Swedish Television Accused H&M Of Abusing Workers In Kampuchea

Sweden's TV-4 program, Kalla Fakta, plays a documentary. H&M Kampuchea factory workers are struggling on the survival line. A NGO The Clean Clothes Campaign in Holland said in the program that H&M refers to the 1/4 paid to Kampuchea workers whose wages are only local minimum wage, which is 61 dollars per month.

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The news comes as 300 people died in a fire in Pakistan's clothing factory. Jeroen Merk, the head of The Clean Clothes Campaign, said that because H&M refused to pay the minimum wage standard for workers, 2400 of them collapsed last year due to malnutrition.

However, H&M says there are many inaccuracies in the program. The minimum wage standards mentioned in the program are not accurate, and the minimum wage standard of H&M is just like other companies. It only talks about the problem that H&M is usually the first to be told. At the same time, H&M said they wanted to make some changes, but it should be a negotiation between workers and employers, so that all workers in Kampuchea could benefit.

The Clean Clothes Campaign said that H&M and Kampuchea officials held a series of talks on the minimum wage, but the response was not positive. The NGO group said that H&M should publish a public statement to support the union to raise the minimum wage to $131 and propose a plan mechanism to pay equal wages.

Cambodia clothing Athit Kong, vice chairman of Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union, said: "We support the establishment of a dialogue between trade unions and employers, but the role of H&M must also play its role." He also called on the Swedish Trade Unions to give H&M pressure to let H&M and Kampuchea and the international trade union organize the issue on the table to ensure that the rights and interests of Kampuchea workers are truly protected.

Previously, it was precisely because of the brutal "live plucking" phenomenon in the Chinese down garment manufacturing industry that the Kalla Fakta (cold fact) of Sweden TV-4 showed the Chinese part. Down Jackets Brands were boycotted in Europe.