DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodia's garment manufacturers have held talks with unions and government officials about sharply increasing the 50-US-dollar monthly minimum wage paid to factory workers, local media reported Tuesday. Unions and the government's National Institute of Statistics have calculated that the country's 358,000 garment workers need to earn at least 93 dollars per month to afford food, housing and travel expenses.
The president of the Garment Manufacturers' Association of Cambodia, an industry body, told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper that he was supportive of the increase "in principle."
"[But] today I want to emphasize to workers that we are only discussing the issue, not agreeing to an increase to 93 dollars," Van Sou Ieng said, adding that the topic required further research before any deal could be reached.
If an agreement is settled on a wage hike, it would be the first increase in two years.
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