Protesting NagaWorld workers were able to breeze past police barriers usually set up to block them and were allowed to resume their protest outside the casino complex, as a visiting UN official observed them.
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 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
Ongoing casino workers’ protests diverged slightly from its usual routine on Wednesday as the demonstrators were able to rally outside Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld casino for around 20 minutes before being forced on buses and taken away.
The union at Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld casino has extended its leadership election for two days to try to garner more votes due to fears it will face obstacles in renewing its registration amid a protracted labor dispute.
Friday marked the sixth negotiation meeting since the Phnom Penh casino workers’ union began to strike and demonstrate in December.
NagaWorld union members did not attempt to resume their strike on Friday, though most of the detained strikers were released.
About 30 NagaWorld strikers spent the night at a Prek Pnov quarantine center waiting for a Covid-19 test that eventually happened Wednesday morning.
NagaWorld union workers said they will return to the casino complex to continue their strike on Tuesday, after about 60 of them were detained on Monday and taken to a Prek Pnov facility to get tested for Covid-19 before being released just before midnight.
A group of detained NagaWorld workers said all of them had tested negative for Covid-19 after authorities surrounded them and shoved about 60 workers into buses Monday afternoon as they tried to resume their strike outside the casino complex.
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