Workers in the Kingdom’s lucrative garment and footwear industries appear close to a monthly minimum wage increase of at least $6, despite talks between trade unions, the factories’ association and the government ending in deadlock yesterday.
The three parties agreed in the early evening to adjourn closed-door talks until this afternoon, after unions stood firm in their demands for nearly double the minimum wage across the $4 billion export industries.
Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), said unions had dismissed a figure put forward by the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) and would lobby again today for the minimum wage to be increased from $61 to $120.
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Source: (The Phnom Penh Post – February 27, 2013)
