Solidarity Center News: Cambodia: Brands Could Help Garment Workers Get Better Nutrition
Friday, January 25, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Among the thousands of Cambodian garment workers who have fainted on the job
over the past few years, many suffer from malnutrition, anemia and dehydration.
Cambodia’s garment manufacturers and unions recently have begun working
together to urge clothing and apparel brand makers to fund one free meal for
workers each day. The cost to corporations would be minimal, yet would be a big
boost for garment workers, who now spend 60 percent of their salary on food,
says David Welsh, Cambodia program director for the Solidarity Center. The
Solidarity Center played a key role in facilitating the agreement between the
two groups. Read more at the Solidarity Center. - photo:
Cambodian garment workers at an organizing rally; photo courtesy Solidarity
Center