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Rain Mires Massive Khmer New Year Party at Site of Strikes
- Released Date: 07-Apr-2014
BY MECH DARA AND ALEX WILLEMYNS | APRIL 7, 2014Torrential rain on Saturday night ruined a large Khmer New Year staff party and concert at the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), one of the main sites of the nationwide garment sector strikes in
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Leaflets get unionist in hot water
- Released Date: 07-Apr-2014
Mon, 7 April 2014Mom Kunthear and Khouth Sophak ChakryaPolice in Svay Rieng province yesterday afternoon arrested a union worker who was delivering flyers supporting a stay-at-home strike scheduled to begin after Khmer New Year.While delivering about
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More Than 100 Workers Faint at Shenzhou Garment Factory
- Released Date: 04-Apr-2014
BY MATT BLOMBERG AND SEK ODOM | APRIL 4, 2014More than 100 workers of Shenzhou garment factory in Phnom Penh fainted Thursday, one day after a similar mass fainting at the same factory.The first workers fainted at about 8 a.m., setting off a chain re
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Villagers Say Pailin Governor Gave Orders to Clear Land in 1999
- Released Date: 04-Apr-2014
BY AUN PHEAP | APRIL 4, 2014A villager involved in a dispute over 684 hectares of land with Pailin provincial governor Y Chhien claimed Thursday that in 1999 Mr. Chhien and a senior military officer distributed axes and farm tools to the families now
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Illness, faintings after factory-funded meals
- Released Date: 04-Apr-2014
Fri, 4 April 2014Sen DavidAbout 150 garment workers fainted at two factories owned by the same firm in the capitals Por Sen Chey district yesterday, after lunch provided to employees allegedly caused food poisoning.Workers at the Shen Zhou and Daqian
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Union bosses grilled
- Released Date: 03-Apr-2014
Thu, 3 April 2014Mom KunthearA Phnom Penh municipal judge questioned Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) president Ath Thorn, vice president Kong Athit and secretary-general Ek Sopheakdey for about five hours yesterday r
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SL protesters appeal for bail
- Released Date: 03-Apr-2014
Thu, 3 April 2014Kim SaromTwo suspects arrested during a deadly garment-worker demonstration in November appealed for bail at the Supreme Court yesterday.Vann Ny and Vann Norn have been detained since an intended march of striking SL Garment factory
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Nearly 100 Garment Workers Faint in Separate Incidents
- Released Date: 03-Apr-2014
BY SEK ODOM | APRIL 3, 2014Ninety-one workers at two garment factories in Phnom Penhs Pur Senchey district fainted at work Wednesday, a local official said.One fainting incident took place at the Yu Wi factory, where 20 workers had also fainted on Tu
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Unions, GMAC Tussle Over New Year Strike
- Released Date: 02-Apr-2014
BY MECH DARA AND MATT BLOMBERG | APRIL 2, 2014Garment worker unions have tangled with factory owners over the unions plan to use the coming Khmer New Year holiday to launch a nationwide strike.A coalition of eight unions will send a letter today to t
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NGO Reports ‘Renewed Wave of Land Disputes This Year
- Released Date: 02-Apr-2014
BY ZSOMBOR PETER | APRIL 2, 2014Land conflicts across the country are rising again, following an election-year lull, according to rights group Licadho.Conflicts continue unabated despite the governments freeze on new economic land concessions and its
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Unrest crimps growth
- Released Date: 02-Apr-2014
Wed, 2 April 2014Hor KimsayDue to political instability and unrest in the garment sector, foreign direct investment has fallen and Cambodias economy is projected to grow only seven per cent this year, slightly down from 2013, according to a new repor
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ADB Predicts Economic Slowdown Due to Social Unrest
- Released Date: 02-Apr-2014
BY GEORGE STYLLIS | APRIL 2, 2014Cambodias economic growth will slow slightly this year, tamped down by political and labor market uncertainties and rising inflation, the Asian Development Bank said in its 2014 economic outlook report, released Tuesd
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