A year after two dozen large fashion brands wrote the Cambodian government requesting investigation into the killing by security forces  of 5 garment workers protesting low wages, there has been no investigation or compensation for families of the deceased according to Dave Welsh, Solidarity Center-Cambodia.

Five years after the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, workers are still struggling to pay for transportation, food and housing, as the cost of living rises exponentially while wages fail to keep pace, writes the Solidarity Center’s Tula Connell.

In a major victory for Cambodian garment workers and their allies last year European brands, including H&M and Zara, pledged a pay increase for garment workers at supplier factories. David Welsh, director of Solidarity Center programs in Cambodia, together with Cambodian factory workers are calling for American brands to follow suit.