Wage Negotiations Are Deadlocked. The Kampuchea Government Calls For Flexibility In Negotiations.

Following the recent stalemate in the wage negotiations, the Kampuchea government appealed to the trade unions to have flexibility in negotiations between the trade unions and < a > clothing /a > owners of the P. < /p >
Mr. P Samouth, Deputy Minister of labor, recently noted that he had asked union leaders to lower their demands. He urged the representatives of the Kampuchea Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC) to raise the wages they would be willing to pay for the early compromise between the two sides of the Sat. < /p >
< p > he said the government is optimistic that the two sides will be able to reach a new minimum wage agreement in April. < /p >
< p > several trade unions and Kampuchea < a > clothing manufacturers < /a > business association representatives after two days of negotiations, < a > clothing enterprises < /a > the family insisted on their position, the monthly minimum wage from the current 61 US dollars to 72 dollars. < /p >
< p > on the other hand, at the beginning of the negotiations, the representatives of the garment workers union asked for a doubling of the minimum wage, which was about $120 per month, but when the negotiations ended, they would ask for a reduction of $100 per month. < /p >
< p > Kampuchea labor department and social welfare department coordinate in two days of negotiations between employers and trade unions. < /p >
Although P disagrees with the new minimum wage for garment workers, the two sides have decided to nominate their own representatives to form an independent committee, which will decide the minimum wage. < /p >
< p > there are more than 300000 workers in Kampuchea garment industry, more than 90% are women. < /p >