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.

A People's Tribunal, organised by workers' rights groups and garment workers' unions in Cambodia, will take place next week to hear evidence on the state of poverty pay in the Cambodian garment industry.

Following mass faintings induced by malnutrition in 2011, and strikes pulling more than 200,000 workers to the streets to protest poor conditions and inadequate pay, the tribunal will call evidence from a wide variety of stakeholders from the Cambodian garment industry.

An historic agreement which follows two years of negotiations between sportswear brands and indonesian trade unions was finally signed on 7th June. The pact which addresses core labour rights issues in Indonesian factories was agreed by Indonesian textile, clothing and footwear unions, major supplier factories and the major sportswear brands, including Adidas, Nike and Puma.