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The Cambodian Confederation of Labor (CLC) celebrated International Labor Day on May 1 under the theme “Together to promote labor rights and freedom of association” with a total of more than 2,000 participants from nine sectors and representatives of civil society organizations. On the morning of May 1, 2023 at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in Phnom Penh.

On May 1, International Labor Day, the leaders of the Union and the Federation of Associations expressed their concerns about the workers and asked the Royal Government to help solve the following 18 challenges:

1. Request the Royal Government to increase the minimum wage of $ 250 per month for garment workers and set the minimum wage for workers in the tourism, construction, agriculture and transportation sectors.
2. Request the Royal Government to reduce the price of fuel, bank interest rate and fertilizer price to a reasonable level.
3. Request the Royal Government to include paid national holidays, especially the Memorial Day of the Paris Peace Agreement (October 23) and International Human Rights Day (December 10).
4. Requests the Royal Government to Intervene to Drop the Charges of Union Member Mam Srey Leak Accused by the Jinpei Casino Company in Sihanoukville and the Authorities ) Named Tang Sakbouy and Dul Nareth, as well as union representatives at NagaWorld, to be released and re-employed, including a reminder fee from the time of dismissal to return to work.
5. Request the Ministry of Labor to intervene with the union representatives of Capitol Transport, Sorya Passenger, Chai Nibis, Elite, Junsu, ASEAN, Wellfare Lattery, Holiday Design, Weissing Products Khmer Electric Power (KEP) and Longmet The company was unfairly stopped from returning to work and paid a legal remuneration.
6. Request the Royal Government and the National Assembly to amend the Law on Trade Unions to ensure that workers have full rights to join unions, the right to depend on unions to represent and the right to strike.
7. Request the Royal Government and the National Assembly to ratify Convention No. 183 on “Rights of Women Workers on Maternity Leave”, Convention No. 189 on “Protection of the Rights of Domestic Workers”, Convention No. 144 on “Tripartite Consultation (International Labor Standards) And Convention No. 190 on “Violence and Harassment” to eliminate all forms of violence against gender and harassment in the world of work.
8. Request the Royal Government to implement the social security system for unemployment as soon as possible and to strengthen the quality of treatment and care services without discrimination and to expand the registration of members of the Social Welfare Party. For everyone, especially vulnerable workers in construction, handicrafts, steel, brick kilns, agriculture, industry, transport services and informal workers.
9. Request the Royal Government to formulate policies and proclamations on occupational health and safety to protect vulnerable workers in the fields of construction, handicrafts, steel, brick, agriculture, industry, transportation and services.
10. Request the Royal Government to create a law to include workers transporting goods or doing business through the App system for those companies to be responsible, they are the workers of the company, so that those workers have the right to work and social security system (CSF) as Other workers as well.
11. Request the Royal Government to withdraw the third point of the Notification No. 142/20 of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training on the procedure for registration of informal workers in the National Social Security Fund to receive the Health Equity Fund Card.
12. Request the Royal Government and the National Assembly to establish an independent, neutral and fair labor court by 2024 to resolve labor disputes for workers quickly and without budget and to have workers’ representatives as council judges in this court. Also.
13. Request the Royal Government to encourage employers to properly implement the law and pay five legal compensation when the company closes and provide benefits to workers in other sectors when suspended, such as garment workers.
14. Request the Ministry of Labor to inspect rubber plantations, oil palm plantations, banana plantations, sugarcane plantations and other plantation companies that are using workers on a day-to-day basis or illegally floating and not being granted employment rights, seniority and social security. .S.) Properly.
15. Request the Royal Government to arrange suitable places for informal economic workers to do business safely and provide capital support for them to do business.
16. Request the Royal Government to provide social land concessions, training in agricultural technical skills and find markets for selling agricultural products at reasonable prices to farmers.
17. Request the Royal Government to establish effective mechanisms to protect migrant workers, both inside and outside the country, and to ensure the safety of migrant workers from trafficking, sexual exploitation and violations of their rights and freedoms.
18. Request the Royal Government to take strict measures for companies to organize the environment, safety and security of the workplace to provide happiness and comfort to workers and stop the release of toxic waste, liquid and toxic fumes that affect human health, animals and the environment.

The Cambodian Labor Union and the Federation of Associations hope that the Royal Government will intervene and address our above requests to ensure the promotion of workers’ rights, freedoms, working conditions, decent living conditions and dignity. Obtain decent wages and other benefits in accordance with the Constitution, Labor Law and other legal standards of the Kingdom of Cambodia.