Workers at a garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia have spent
the past several days on a 24-hour vigil in front of Kingsland Garment in the capital city’s garment district. They say managers of an underwear supplier to retail giants Walmart and H&M shuttered the factory and fled while still owing workers hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages and benefits.
Workers are maintaining a camp in front of the factory in hopes of catching managers if they return to take machinery and equipment out of the factory.
Continue reading: Cambodia Garment Workers Expose Illegal Abuse at Walmart Supplier
Source: (VOD – January 15, 2013)
For more information, please read LICADHO press release: Walmart and H&M Supplier Fails to Attend Conciliation with Kingsland Employees
