The 97-page report, “Only ‘Instant Noodle’ Unions Survive: Union Busting in Cambodia’s Garment and Tourism Sectors,” documents how the Cambodian government and some employers have used various legal and administrative tactics during the Covid-19 pandemic to weaken Cambodia’s independent union movement and violate workers’ rights. Measures adopted to address the severe economic impacts of the pandemic have punished independent unions while benefitting employer-friendly unions, which could register quickly with the government, like “making instant noodles,” in the words of a prominent union leader.
On weekends from May through October, the backyard of the otherwise nondescript Nice & Neat Dry Cleaning transforms into a Cambodian food pop-up amid a lush oasis complete with a babbling creek and Buddhist statues. Here, owners Sakura Kim and Chakra Oeur dish out traditional Cambodian dishes from dumplings and egg rolls to curries like Nam Banh Chok.
when the administrations change. it is like the tourists changed. the tourists changed. the cabinet, all the people that work under them change, and that s a lot of people. and a lot of people just moved out. it s like a dark cloud came over the city for a little bit. yeah. even though there are barriers of entry, you could find the hole that you could get through to be your own person. yes. and to pave your own way, and to tell your own story. if you re into food, man, and you re passionate about food and you re the kind of person that actually respect people s food culture and revere it the way it deserves to, you can travel the world, you can connect with anybody, anybody. can we get a toast to that? with un100%. bro, i appreciate you, bro, for bringing us together. to the journey, man. we re here. we made it. i was conflicted about coming back home to find a completely new d.c. that it stopped representing who i am. but i m pleasantly surprised. i haven