Dear all,
This week hundreds of Cambodian garment workers have fallen unconscious in mass fainting incidents throughout the city.
On Wednesday – April 2nd, 2014, around 60 workers fainted at Shen Zhou (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. Workers estimate that yesterday [Thursday, April 3rd 2014] a further 200 lost consciousness at the same factory as well as Daqian Textile (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. The affected workers who produce for Adidas, Puma and Nike suspect that it was unsanitary water and food and strong fabric odors that caused them to lose consciousness en masse.
Earlier in the week other mass incidents involving almost 100 workers occurred at a New Wide (Cambodia) Garment Co., Ltd, whose parent company also claims business relationships with the international sporting giants.
Community Legal Education Center (CLEC) call on the government to return to wage negotiations immediately and end the endemic corruption that businesses now associate with Cambodia.
And we call on international brands such as Adidas, Puma and Nike to take concrete measures to address wages that currently do not satisfy basic needs nor provide for a life with human dignity.
For more information please contact:
Mr. Joel Preston, Consultant, Community Legal Education Center (CLEC), +855 66 777 037
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