Unions and NGOs have asked the Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene in the prolonged NagaWorld strike action, which has reached a stalemate with small protests occurring weekly and the Labor Ministry saying the case was out of its hands.
In brief, Preak Sihanouk provincial governor demands inquiry into recent gun violence. Meanwhile, the NEC is suing Son Chhay for defamation, and the apparel giant Adidas has decried police action against labor leaders in Kampong Chhnang.
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.
Another round of negotiations between NagaCorp and its casino union in Phnom Penh came and went Friday with no progress,
Ten days of voting for the leadership of the NagaWorld union ended with exactly 1,000 voters and current president Chhim Sithar re-elected, a unionist said.
The trio of fired workers were employed at SYSG Garment factory in Ang Snoul district and said they were terminated without cause or notice last week.
Only about 400 of an estimated 2,000 members of the embattled union have so far voted five days into a seven-day leadership election.
Friday marked the sixth negotiation meeting since the Phnom Penh casino workers’ union began to strike and demonstrate in December.
Another round of talks for the NagaWorld casino labor dispute on Wednesday saw the company and union still stuck in opposing positions.
Four of five union negotiators returned to a meeting with NagaCorp and the Labor Ministry on Wednesday afternoon — all but union leader Chhim Sithar.
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