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The Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) has applied for permission from the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration to conduct a wreath laying ceremony for the late Chea Vichea, former president of the organisation.
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.