Social and Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Vulnerable Groups (Tuk-Tuk Drivers, Street Vendors and Domestic Workers) in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia
 By  Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association

The Recommendation 202 on social protection floors (SPF), promoted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and adopted in 2012, is intended to ensure essential health care and basic income security worldwide for children, people of working age who are unable to earn a sufficient income and the elderly. The SPF requires country members to develop a comprehensive social protection system including social security guarantees for the whole life cycle of citizens. However, social protection is very new to many grassroots organizations and proves to be complex in many levels.

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2019 is out!

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AROSP Newsletter December 2018 edition is out.

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The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2018 is out!

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The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2017 is out!

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Statement by the CAMBODIAN FOOD AND SERVICE WORKERS’ FEDERATION

Phnom Penh, 26 February, 2016

Response to the Carlsberg statement issued on February 9, 2016

Carlsberg/Cambrew releases documents giving evidence to their union busting practices

by Cambodia Labour Conferedation (CLC) - Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Union (C.CAWDU)

This education module on capital mobility explains the capitalist crisis, and assesses the impact of capital mobility on workers and trade unions. The module also provides stories of workers in the global supply chains and their struggles.

This meeting report discussed the prospect of labour organising in Asia.

Southeast Asian economies show notable performance in the recent years. In 2013, for instance, the growth rate of the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) is 4.9 per cent compared to the entire world’s GDP growth rate of 3.0 per cent. However, despite this significant GDP growth rate, employment in Southeast Asia did not rise in the same rate as the GDP has risen. It has grown only by 1.5 per cent. Moreover, poverty remains prevalent and income gaps become wider. In other words, the economic growth in numbers does not translate to the improvement of the quality of lives of the people at the grassroots level.

The two-day meeting focused on understanding and mapping the landscape of labour resistance in Asia in the past decade or so, with a special focus on identifying, in each country, (1) emerging forms of labour resistance, (2) emerging actors and players in new labour movements, and (3) trends in emerging alliance building and collaborative initiatives.