The Garment Alliance urges the end of Cambodia's garment industry

International brands and retailers including Puma, H&M, Gap Inc, Columbia Sportswear, American Eagle Outfitters, The Jones Group, Warnaco Inc, and Lululemon Athletica have joined a garment industry alliance, urging them to end the recent violence in the Cambodian garment industry.** .

The appeal resulted from the strike and injury of three women workers from Kaoway Sports Ltd, a supplier of Puma in Manhattan Specil Economic Zone (SEZ) in February this year. The products and equipments of companies such as Kaoway, Kingmaker and Sheico were damaged by demonstrators. .

The Garment Industry Alliance, which includes the American Association of Apparel and Footwear (AAFA), the Fair Labor Association (FLA), and the Ethical Trading Initiative, sent a letter to Cambodian Minister of Commerce HE Cham Prasidh last week, calling on the Cambodian government to target The incident launched a comprehensive and transparent investigation, hoping that the government of Cambodia will redouble its efforts to create a safe and stable business environment for workers and enterprises in the country.

The alliance stated that it is hoped that the agreement formulated by the local government will satisfy all parties, eliminate disagreements between all parties, and allow the industry to return to peace. During this period, the alliance will continue to support the Cambodian government and help facilitate constructive dialogue between all parties.

In 2011, Cambodia supplied approximately US$2.6 billion worth of garments to the United States, and was the sixth-largest garment supplier country in the United States.

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