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By Govi Snell and Nguyen Hao Thanh Thao • Feb 09, 2023
With low orders from overseas, tens of thousands of Vietnamese have lost factory jobs. The layoffs showcase worker precarity in the country's export-reliant economy
By Jack Brook • Aug 10, 2022
Garment factory labourers for big clothing brands often struggle for legal compensation after losing their jobs, even when court rulings favour workers in wage cases
By Ashley Hui Yin Tan • Apr 06, 2022
NGOs and the Cambodian government seek to make factory employees safer on the way to work, but transportation options are limited
By Kiana Duncan • Aug 17, 2021
As large fashion brands begin placing garment orders once again in Myanmar, the sector's largely female workforce must balance diminished worker’s rights, threats to physical safety and post-coup political considerations with the need for a paycheque
The outlook seemed bleak for the Kingdom's garment industry when early last year Cambodia simultaneously lost tariff-free access to the EU and the pandemic struck the global economy. Almost 18 months on, we speak with GMAC head Ken Loo and researcher Dennis Arnold to learn about the state of the industry today
By Andrew Haffner • Jul 28, 2021
New research has uncovered how global garment brands have been unilaterally cancelling orders, delaying payments and changing contracts to their betterment during the pandemic – leaving factories and workers to shoulder the burden
By Alexi Demetriadi • Oct 23, 2020
For decades the garment and footwear industry has fuelled Cambodia's economic miracle, with more than 900,000 workers employed by over 1,000 factories at its peak. But with the global economic shutdown, the factory lights are off and the doors locked
By Andrew Haffner and Kong Meta • Aug 10, 2020
With the halt of global tourism, and the mass cancellation of orders from the West, the global pandemic has hit the Cambodian economy especially hard. While the government has instituted support measures for workers, Cambodian labour rights organisation CENTRAL marks Labour Day 2020 with the message that it's not nearly enough
By Patrick Lee • May 01, 2020
As COVID-19 brings the global economy to a grinding halt, industry insiders warn that Cambodian workers face factory closures and job suspensions as the demand for goods falls in the West
By Alastair McCready • Mar 23, 2020
Cambodia has bid a (partial) farewell to Everything But Arms — but what is next for the union women left fighting on the front line of the fallout?
By Sabina Lawreniuk • Mar 11, 2020
Cambodia’s garment factories are synonymous with hard work, long hours and low wages. But among the assembly lines and dusty backstreets, couples are falling in love
By Nathan A. Thompson • Feb 14, 2014