NagaWorld workers were met with less violent resistance from security personnel on Tuesday as they attempted to continue their protest against termination from the casino corporation.
NagaWorld protestors were met with violence by security personnel on the streets of Phnom Penh Monday afternoon, after weeks of their protests proceeding relatively subdued.
About 100 former workers of the Canteran Apparel factory in Phnom Penh have resorted to petitioning the prime minister himself to sort out their grievances, claiming the manager of their site left without warning and shut down the business without paying any compensation.
NagaWorld union members submitted petitions to the prime minister’s cabinet and National Assembly, with union leader Chhim Sithar remarking that only Hun Sen can resolve
The government will continue to support Siem Reap tourism workers as the sector continues to struggle in the temple city, a Labor Minister official said Thursday, but will suspend monthly payments for other tourism workers.
Workers seeking compensation from the shuttered Canteran Apparel garment factory have moved their tents to the sidewalk after they were made to leave the factory compound, they said.
More than 400 investors in GoldFX — a troubled investment firm linked to ruling party scions — last week accepted a deal to recover 30% of the money they lost, a company lawyer said.
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.
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.
Police briefly arrested three union representatives amid a demonstration of more than 1,000 shoe-factory workers in Kampong Chhnang, saying workers should be only allowed to submit letters, not protest.
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