Press Release
For immediate release
Tuesday, September 7th, 2011
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme has convened a meeting of the key international brands sourcing from the Kingdom’s garment industry which has resulted in them jointly supporting a comprehensive investigation into the recent group faintings within garment factories.
More than 24 international clothing brands attending the annual Better Factories Cambodia Buyers’ Forum in Phnom Penh this week expressed the need for immediate action on behalf of the welfare of workers. They pledged a collaborative commitment to support and provide resources for comprehensive technical research including international expertise to determine the precise causes of the incidences of fainting among factory workers.
This new research will work in conjunction with numerous concentrated efforts already underway to examine recent group faintings and to prevent future incidents. Cambodia currently has just under 300 exporting factories, of these there have been in the region of ten reported fainting incidents in 2011 to date. The Royal Government of Cambodia has created an inter-ministerial government task force encompassing the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Health to address any future incidents. BFC has given this taskforce a series of inputs in order to assist their work.
For immediate release
Tuesday, September 7th, 2011
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme has convened a meeting of the key international brands sourcing from the Kingdom’s garment industry which has resulted in them jointly supporting a comprehensive investigation into the recent group faintings within garment factories.
More than 24 international clothing brands attending the annual Better Factories Cambodia Buyers’ Forum in Phnom Penh this week expressed the need for immediate action on behalf of the welfare of workers. They pledged a collaborative commitment to support and provide resources for comprehensive technical research including international expertise to determine the precise causes of the incidences of fainting among factory workers.
This new research will work in conjunction with numerous concentrated efforts already underway to examine recent group faintings and to prevent future incidents. Cambodia currently has just under 300 exporting factories, of these there have been in the region of ten reported fainting incidents in 2011 to date. The Royal Government of Cambodia has created an inter-ministerial government task force encompassing the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Health to address any future incidents. BFC has given this taskforce a series of inputs in order to assist their work.
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