cavanami Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Mass faintings: Dozens fall ill in Cambodian garment factories http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0403/Mass-faintings-Dozens-fall-ill-in-Cambodian-garment-factories Mass faintings: 118 employees passed out at work on Thursday at textile factories in Phnom Penh. The garment industry earns Cambodia more than $5 billion a year in revenue and employs some 600,000 people. Dozens of garment workers have fallen sick this week at factories in Cambodia, including two that produce clothing for sportswear groups Puma SE and Adidas, workers and the companies said on Thursday. A total of 118 employees passed out at work on Thursday at the Shen Zhou and Daqian Textile factories in Phnom Penh, police said, another blow for an industry fraught with disputes but critical to Cambodia's economy. Garment manufacturing earns Cambodia more than $5 billion a year in revenue and employs some 600,000 people, many of them breadwinners for impoverished families in the countryside. RECOMMENDED: Where is your outfit from? Four items and their (depressing) origin Nguon Sarith, 30, who was hooked up to an intravenous drip at a hospital in the capital, described her symptoms and said she did not know the cause, but suspected it may have been food poisoning. Labour rights group Community Legal Education Center said more than 200 workers had fainted this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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