The National Minimum Wage Council has started talks to consider raising the $194 monthly salary of garment workers

Unions representing garment workers in Cambodia are seeking a monthly wage hike of between $20 and $50 for their members in talks with the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) that started yesterday.

The meeting at the Ministry of Labour was attended by members of the National Minimum Wage Council comprising GMAC, Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC Cambodia), Free Trade Union (FTU), as well as factory associations, civil society organisations and NGOs. The National Minimum Wage Council comes under the purview of the Ministry of Labour.

Ath Thorn, president of CLC Cambodia, said the meeting yesterday was a preliminary meeting to gather information from stakeholders on the current state of affairs of the respective stakeholders. “We reported to the Ministry of Labor and the National Minimum Wage Council on the daily expenses of the factory workers, the expenses for the workers’ daily food purchases, and the savings to be sent home

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