June 2, 2022
Hul Sokhim, center, speaking to colleagues from the SYHJ Garment factory in Kandal’s Ang Snoul district in April, 2022. (Photo supplied)

Updated: SYHJ Factory Fires 10 More Members of New Union

SYHJ Garment, a Chinese-owned factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district, fired three leaders of a newly emerging union in April, leading to a Labor Ministry directive that the terminations violated Trade Union Law protections for shop steward and union leaders. But the factory has remained defiant.

Construction workers on a site in Bangkok in May 2022. (Kiana Duncan/VOD)

Migrant Vote Stifled by Costs, Crossings, Opposition Leanings

For as many as 2 million Cambodians living and working in Thailand, making a trip back to their communes to vote will be too difficult in the coming days. Workers and organizers there say obstacles and lack of absentee voting only breeds mistrust.