Launched - Lao project to improve conditions for plantation workers


Participants at the opening ceremony. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Workers and farmers on coffee and tea plantations in the Bolaven Plateau area will have safer working conditions and be able to exercise their rights as workers thanks to an initiative titled “Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights for Coffee and Tea Farmers” (SOLAR).

The scheme aims to reduce the hazards faced by workers by providing training courses and strengthening local organisations.

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