One of last-remaining independent worker rights organizations active in Cambodia has found itself in the crosshairs of the country’s government due to its reporting on freedom of association in the garment industry.
The Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), which on June 4 published a white paper pinpointing the barriers to representation impacting workers in the sector, is under threat of investigation by the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior (MoI).
CENTRAL’s report analyzed and critiqued processes employed by the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program, which monitors apparel factories’ compliance with international labor standards and serves as a resource for brands across the globe, from H&M to Inditex, C&A and Nike.
