• Predictions Mixed For Post-New Year Garment Strike

    Predictions Mixed For Post-New Year Garment Strike

    • Released Date: 17-Apr-2014

    BY MECH DARA | APRIL 17, 2014Along Phnom Penhs industry-heavy Veng Sreng Street on Wednesday, garment factories lay idle in observance of Khmer New Year. The dorms around them were empty, save for the few workers who could not afford the bus ticket h

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  • Another New Year Fracas at Land Dispute Site

    Another New Year Fracas at Land Dispute Site

    • Released Date: 17-Apr-2014

    Another New Year Fracas at Land Dispute SiteBY AUN PHEAP | APRIL 17, 2014Security guards at the center of a yearlong land dispute between families in Phnom Penhs Boeng Kak community and the Khun Sear Import Export Company on Wednesday accused the fam

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  • Report Says Cambodia Part of Global Rise in Land Dispute Killings

    Report Says Cambodia Part of Global Rise in Land Dispute Killings

    • Released Date: 16-Apr-2014

    BY ZSOMBOR PETER | APRIL 16, 2014Killings over environmental and land disputes around the world are on the rise and Cambodia ranks near the top, according to a new report by Global Witness.In the report, Deadly Witness, the U.K.-based environmental w

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  • ADB Urged to Consult Rail Project Evictees

    ADB Urged to Consult Rail Project Evictees

    • Released Date: 14-Apr-2014

    BY ZSOMBOR PETER | APRIL 14, 2014More than two dozen NGOs have written to the head of the Asian Development Bank demanding the immediate release of a draft plan the ADB has drawn up to help Cambodian families evicted to make way for a bank-funded rai

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  • Union scrambling for $25k bail

    Union scrambling for $25k bail

    • Released Date: 11-Apr-2014

    Fri, 11 April 2014Sean TeehanThe leader of Cambodias largest independent garment union may soon be in jail, with the group fearing it will not be able to afford the $25,000 bail a judge has ordered be paid by April 25, its vice president said yesterd

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  • Factory shutters in shame

    Factory shutters in shame

    • Released Date: 11-Apr-2014

    Fri, 11 April 2014Daniel Pye, Alice Cuddy and Chhay ChannydaThe Zongtex Garment factory off Phnom Penhs Russian Boulevard looks like a nondescript residential compound, hidden down a dead-end road. There are no signs suggesting that it supplied to so

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  • Unions drum up strike support

    Unions drum up strike support

    • Released Date: 10-Apr-2014

    Thu, 10 April 2014Mom Kunthear and Sean TeehanAt the site where security forces shot dead at least four people during a nationwide strike on January 3, union leaders yesterday passed out fliers encouraging workers to join a stay-at-home strike after

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  • Incitement charge over SL rioting

    Incitement charge over SL rioting

    • Released Date: 09-Apr-2014

    Wed, 9 April 2014Sean Teehan and Mom KunthearDespite a December strike-ending agreement that saw lawsuits against labour leaders and workers dropped, union president Ath Thorn yesterday was charged with incitement by Phnom Penh Municipal Court.Leavin

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  • Costs dont top brands concerns

    Costs dont top brands concerns

    • Released Date: 09-Apr-2014

    Wed, 9 April 2014Sean TeehanIn their latest bid for a $160 minimum monthly wage for the garment industry, independent unions will lead a “stay at home” strike late next week.While the chances of that figure being approved anytime soon seem slight – t

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  • Union activist freed, but cops keep fliers

    Union activist freed, but cops keep fliers

    • Released Date: 08-Apr-2014

    Tue, 8 April 2014Mom Kunthear and Sean TeehanA union activist detained in Svay Rieng province on Sunday for delivering fliers promoting a stay-at-home strike was released after three hours, but police kept the leaflets, he said yesterday.When Kem Cha

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  • Families Demand More Dam Compensation

    Families Demand More Dam Compensation

    • Released Date: 08-Apr-2014

    BY AUN PHEAP | APRIL 8, 2014Representatives of more than 250 ethnic Lao families in Stung Treng province, near the border with Laos, met under a mango tree Monday and decided to reject a compensation package offered by the developer of the Lower Sesa

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  • Garment worker gets six years for beating

    Garment worker gets six years for beating

    • Released Date: 07-Apr-2014

    Mon, 7 April 2014Buth Reaksmey KongkeaA 20-year-old woman was sentenced by Phnom Penh Municipal Court to six years in prison on Friday for beating and robbing an acquaintance in the capitals Russey Keo district last year.In addition to the lengthy ja

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