ASICS shoe supplier in Cambodia accused of labor rights abuses

Japan sportswear company says factory management accepts workers' right to organize

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The Cambodian factory manufactures Asics' Sportstyle sneakers. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka)

MUNEMASA HORIO, Nikkei staff writer

KOBE, Japan -- An international human rights organization has accused a shoe factory in Cambodia that supplies ASICS of violating the right of workers to organize into unions, the Japanese sportswear maker revealed Friday.

The Worker Rights Consortium submitted a complaint in late July claiming the supplier mounted a pressure campaign against the chairperson of a recently formed union. The union has demanded better treatment for workers.

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