CAMBODIA CHILD LABOUR
December 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation has claimed that a probe of working conditions in Cambodian textile factories found no evidence of child labour, forced labour or sexual harassment, but revealed problems related to overtime payments, working hours and union discrimination. A good ILO report will allow Phnom Penh to claim a 14 per cent increase in US import quotas under a trade agreement with Washington.
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation has claimed that a probe of working conditions in Cambodian textile factories found no evidence of child labour, forced labour or sexual harassment, but revealed problems related to overtime payments, working hours and union discrimination. A good ILO report will allow Phnom Penh to claim a 14 per cent increase in US import quotas under a trade agreement with Washington.
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