In an attempt to make this the final chapter in the ongoing saga, Cambodia hopes the two sides will reach an agreement soon. However, the workers aren’t likely to be flexible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
What started as a fight for rights under contractual agreements turned into a fight against the system. NagaWorld has allegedly received “biased” support from the government, which has converted the strike into a battle over ensuring the rights of workers from interference at all levels.<\/p>\n
The second time police arrested Sithar, it was as she returned from a conference in Australia. Cambodia argued that she violated the conditions of her parole from the first arrest, which it alleged contained a no-travel clause.<\/p>\n
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Sithar and her attorney fought the latter arrest in court, arguing that she didn’t know that she wasn’t allowed to leave the country. The court denied Sithar’s request to see a copy of her parole conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
As a result, the ongoing strike is now just as much about highlighting the deficiencies in Cambodia’s system as it is about NagaWorld’s refusal to recognize legally binding agreements. The country agreed to the charter of the United Nation’s International Labour Organization, but now isn’t willing to abide by the rules it agreed to uphold.<\/p>\n
However, workers have to take on one battle at a time. They have to be able to find a way to resolve the conflict with NagaWorld and then determine how to take on the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than a year after it began, a workers’ strike at the NagaWorld casino complex in Cambodia lingers. It has been, at times, a perilous journey for employees, and damaging to Cambodia’s image on the international stage. Still, there will be negotiations next month that might finally bring the strike to an end. Workers began […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":255285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,84511],"tags":[81913,55,13363],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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