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Loading ...But it also continues to be buffeted by labour disputes which will become especially critical next year when restrictions against Chinese garment exports expire, forcing Cambodia into greater competition with this Asian giant.
“In short, there are too many unions,” said Van Sou Ieng of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC), urging greater government regulation of the more than 1,000 workers’ groups.
Should Cambodian garment workers be blamed for the potential downturn in the industry?
Just how much of the $2.5 billion generated by the garment industry is paid to the 350,000 workers?
Let’s do a little number crunching to put things in perspective, shall we?
Let’s say each worker earns $60 a month, which amounts to $720 a year. Multiplying $720 by 350,000, we get $252,000,000 ($252 million).
Dividing $252,000,000 ($252 million) by $2,500,000,000 ($2.5 billion) yields just 10.1%.
Yes, just 10% of the money generated by the industry is paid out as salary to the 350,000 workers.
Granted, this calculation is a bit rough and oversimplified. But it shows how little of the money generated by the garment industry is going to the hundreds of thousands of Cambodian laborers. If one is to look for the culprit for any future downturn in the industry, wouldn’t it make more sense to focus on how the other 90% of the money is being distributed rather than the 10% earned by 350,000 workers?
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(7 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5) Loading ...I’m compiling a list of websites that publish job listings in Cambodia. This would be a useful resource for local Cambodians as well as Cambodian expatriots wishing to return home to make a positive difference in our beloved homeland.
Here are some sites that publish job listings in Cambodia:
If you know of any others, please contact me. I will add them to the list.
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