Labour Behind The Label

A People's Tribunal into the state of poverty pay in the Cambodian garment industry took place this February, following months of mass faintings and worker strikes. The verdict announced an immediate need for action.

After months of intense struggle, unions and employers reach an agreement to increase wages in Cambodia. Unions and garment manufacturers in Cambodia have reached an agreement to increase wages significantly. The agreement follows months of unprecedented labour activism in Cambodia, where a rapidly growing garment industry has become the most important industrial sector and income-earner.

One of LBL's series of occasional briefings, this covers the garment industry in Cambodia; a major exporter to the UK high street, and an industry which came under threat of competition when China and Vietnam join the World Trade Organisation in 2008.

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