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Labor Ministry Says Brands Hold Key to Wages [Cambodia]
The minimum wage for garment factory workers can only be raised if international clothing brands sourcing from Cambodia pay more for their products, a Ministry of Labor official said…Khieu Savuth…of the Ministry of Labor…laid down the challenge a day after Swedish retail giant H&M announced a push for countries they source from to instate a fair living wage by 2018…H&M…[announced] on their website that it is launching a plan to enable garment workers, specifically in Cambodia, to receive a “fair living wage” by 2018…Dave Welsh, country head for the Solidarity Center…said H&M’s announcement is a tacit agreement with unions that the wages in Cambodia are currently not high enough…