The health and productivity of Cambodian garment workers have declined due to malnutrition, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint study this week, adding concerns to the plight of the workers campaigning for an increase in salaries which they say can’t met their basic needs.

Factory owners did not dispute the study but have ask ILO to share with them all the findings for appropriate action.

The study, a joint effort by the ILO’s Better Factories Cambodia project, the French Development Agency and local analysis firm Angkor Research and Consulting Ltd, found that 43.2 percent of garment workers suffer from anemia, and 15.7 percent are underweight.

It also found that garment workers, whose current monthly minimum wage is U.S. $100, spend about U.S. $9 a week on food, or U.S. $1.30 a day.

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Source: (RFA)