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.
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Cambodia: 17 years after the assassination of prominent union leader, workers & unions continue to call for justice & an end to impunity 17 years on, workers mourn assassinated union leader Chea Vichea and decry culture of impunity , 22 January 2021
Dozens of workers and unionists gathered ⦠to mourn the death of Chea Vichea, an outspoken union leader who was assassinated in broad daylight while reading a newspaper at a roadside newsstand outside Wat Langka in 2004â¦
âThe government is responsible for finding justice for workers, especially crimes against union leaders, or there will be no justice for the people,â said Ath Thon, president of the Cambodian Labor Confederation.