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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Mar. 25, 2008

Out of the Sweatshop

Forum Column - By John Hall - Whether Cambodia can adhere to global trade laws is a question of great significance to the future of international labor standards and democracy-building throughout the developing world.

FORUM COLUMN

By John Hall
This article appears on Page 6

      The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Trade Agreement and the current trade union movement in Cambodia are being closely watched by international labor organizations, who see in Cambodia a potentially viable alternative to the sweatshop race-to-the-bottom model for global labor. Inasmuch as a truly independent trade union movement serves as an important voice for workers...

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