Cambodia's garment industry is increasingly considered the moral alternative to that of scandal-ridden Bangladesh. But this week a Nike clothing factory there fired some 300 workers after they protested for weeks about low wages.
Cambodia’s garment industry represents almost 80 percent of its exports, and with more than 300 factories and about 350,000 employees it is the booming heart of Cambodian economic life. For that reason, the government has aggressively polished the industry’s image over the past decade to reel in foreign retailers. But analysts say that much of the touted reforms are just gloss, lacquered onto a reality rife with abuses.
“It’s part of its marketing strategy,” says Kimberly Elliott, a senior fellow at The Center for Global Development. “The idea is to give buyers some assurance that they won’t face a sweatshop scandal.”
In May, about 4,000 Cambodian laborers stood outside a Nike clothing factory in Kampong Speu Province, just outside the urban capital, Phnom Penh. Earning a monthly wage of $74, the workers wanted an additional $14 a month to help pay the costs of transportation, rent, and health care. They would not go back to work without it. Full story...
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Cambodia’s garment industry represents almost 80 percent of its exports, and with more than 300 factories and about 350,000 employees it is the booming heart of Cambodian economic life. For that reason, the government has aggressively polished the industry’s image over the past decade to reel in foreign retailers. But analysts say that much of the touted reforms are just gloss, lacquered onto a reality rife with abuses.
“It’s part of its marketing strategy,” says Kimberly Elliott, a senior fellow at The Center for Global Development. “The idea is to give buyers some assurance that they won’t face a sweatshop scandal.”
In May, about 4,000 Cambodian laborers stood outside a Nike clothing factory in Kampong Speu Province, just outside the urban capital, Phnom Penh. Earning a monthly wage of $74, the workers wanted an additional $14 a month to help pay the costs of transportation, rent, and health care. They would not go back to work without it. Full story...
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