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