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Former employees of Giant Ibis Transport stop a bus carrying the passengers during their protest in Phnom Penh on July 1, 2023. (CamboJA./Eung Sea)

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Laid Off Giant Ibis Bus Drivers Ask Why Resolution Is Taking So Long, Fight Continues For Job, Compensation

21 Mar 2024 10:08 AM|
Runn Sreydeth|

Nearly four years have passed since former employees of Giant Ibis passenger transportation were let go during Covid-19 without severance and seniority payments, as they continue to pressure the bus company to either reinstate or compensate them.

Residents of Phsar Toch village face eviction after the government granted the land alongside the Tonle Sap river to a private company for development, seen here on March 15, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Private Company Receives Nearly 13 Hectares of Riverside Property, More than 300 Families Face Eviction

16 Mar 2023 2:54 PM|

More than 300 poor families face eviction to allow a private company to develop land in the Russei Keo district to the north of the Chroy Changvar bridge in Phnom Penh.

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NagaWorld Union Leader Defends Strike’s Legality on Day Two of Trial

28 Feb 2023 7:52 PM|

On the second day of trial for nine NagaWorld union members accused of incitement, the Phnom Penh municipal court prosecutor claimed union leader Chhim Sithar had been directing an illegal protest while Sithar maintained she was merely participating in a legal strike aligned with labor law.

NagaWorld Union leader Chhim Sithar leaves the Phnom Penh Municipal Court after the first day of trial on February 21, 2023. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Incitement Trial Begins for NagaWorld Union Leader and Eight Strikers

21 Feb 2023 7:55 PM|

NagaWorld union leader Chhim Sithar and eight co-defendants appeared for their first day of trial in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday. Sithar and all her colleagues, except for one, denied the incitement charges against them.

A view of The Pipes Resort on Kong Rong Sanloem, which Preah Sihanouk authorities have ordered closed. (The Pipes Resort)

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Businesses and Resorts Ordered to Leave Koh Rong Sanloem, Some Without Compensation

17 Feb 2023 4:10 PM|

As a final eviction deadline for embattled Koh Rong Sanloem businesses loomed Thursday, owners of hotels and restaurants who rented land there refused to leave, demanding compensation.

The nine buildings owned by Sokimex Investment Group chairman Sok Kong allegedly house foreign nationals not allowed to leave the compound and forced to engage in scam operations. (Jack Brook/CamboJA)

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Scams, Human Trafficking Thrived at Bokor Mountain Behind Tycoon’s Luxury Hotel

9 Feb 2023 10:30 AM|

Every day, crowds of tourists visit a popular sightseeing spot beside the five-star Thansur Sokha hotel and casino atop Bokor mountain to snap photos of temples, colonial ruins and the Kampot province coastline.

Bora, who was fired by his Puma-supplying shoe factory after helping form a union in late October last year, at his home in southwestern Cambodia’s Takeo province. (Jack Brook/CamboJA)

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Authorities Aided Alleged Union-Busting at Puma-Supplying Factory

8 Feb 2023 10:32 AM|

In October 2022, Bora believed forming a union at his Takeo province shoe factory would help him and his colleagues gain better benefits.

Villagers living along the 94 canal in Kandok commune, Kandal province gather to hold a conference at their community to express fears of eviction linked to plans for a new airport, on February 7, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Kandal Families Slated for Eviction from Airport Site Renew Requests for Land Titles

8 Feb 2023 9:16 AM|

Hundreds of families living along both sides of the so-called “94 canal” and facing relocation to make way for a new airport in Kandal province called for authorities to give them land titles, on-site development and an end to intimidation, during a public forum in Kandok commune’s Ampov Prey village in Kandal Stung district on Tuesday. The meeting was closely monitored by authorities.

Uk Chhayavy, president of CITA, speaks to mark World Teachers' Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh, October 5, 2022. Supplied

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Interior Ministry Promises Legal Action for Teachers’ Union if They Submit Financial Reports Late

28 Jan 2023 1:30 PM|

The Interior Ministry said it would take legal action against the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) if it failed to submit a report on its 2022 financial activity by February.

Laid Off Giant Ibis Bus Drivers Ask Why Resolution Is Taking So Long, Fight Continues For Job, Compensation

Private Company Receives Nearly 13 Hectares of Riverside Property, More than 300 Families Face Eviction

NagaWorld Union Leader Defends Strike’s Legality on Day Two of Trial

Incitement Trial Begins for NagaWorld Union Leader and Eight Strikers

Businesses and Resorts Ordered to Leave Koh Rong Sanloem, Some Without Compensation

Scams, Human Trafficking Thrived at Bokor Mountain Behind Tycoon’s Luxury Hotel

Authorities Aided Alleged Union-Busting at Puma-Supplying Factory

Kandal Families Slated for Eviction from Airport Site Renew Requests for Land Titles

Interior Ministry Promises Legal Action for Teachers’ Union if They Submit Financial Reports Late

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Laid Off Giant Ibis Bus Drivers Ask Why Resolution Is Taking So Long, Fight Continues For Job, Compensation

Private Company Receives Nearly 13 Hectares of Riverside Property, More than 300 Families Face Eviction

NagaWorld Union Leader Defends Strike’s Legality on Day Two of Trial

Incitement Trial Begins for NagaWorld Union Leader and Eight Strikers

Businesses and Resorts Ordered to Leave Koh Rong Sanloem, Some Without Compensation

Scams, Human Trafficking Thrived at Bokor Mountain Behind Tycoon’s Luxury Hotel

Authorities Aided Alleged Union-Busting at Puma-Supplying Factory

Kandal Families Slated for Eviction from Airport Site Renew Requests for Land Titles

Interior Ministry Promises Legal Action for Teachers’ Union if They Submit Financial Reports Late

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CSOs, Journalists Raise Concern Over Press Restriction, Information Minister Says All Is Well

Workers Submit Petition To Government on International Labor Day

Mass Public Support Received For Funan Techo Canal, Thwarting International Criticism, Research Report

“Release Wing Star Shoes Union Leader Chea Chan”, CATU Pleads With Kampong Speu Court

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