On 15 September 2020, six independent unions boycotted a meeting with garment industry and government representatives to discuss amendments to the Labour Law that the unions say will harm the interests of garment and footwear industry workers.
The unions had taken issue with the revisions to articles 144 and 162, which would reduce the amount workers are paid for night shifts and holiday pay.
The six union groups that joined the boycott include the Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW), Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC), Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (CCAWDU), Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU), Confederation of Cambodian Worker Movement (CCW) and the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC).
In a joint statement on 14 September, the six union groups said they had attended two previous tripartite meetings on the amendments on 16 January and 21 July 2020 and on both occasions had demanded that the ministry drop the proposed changes.
