{"id":25995,"date":"2022-01-04T10:22:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25995"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:33:47","slug":"15-nagaworld-workers-arrested-during-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/15-nagaworld-workers-arrested-during-strikes","title":{"rendered":"15 NagaWorld workers arrested during strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cambodian officers arrested 15 NagaWorld employees who were striking at NagaWorld’s venue in Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.-\u00a0NagaWorld union leader Sithar Chhim<\/strong>‘s fears of arrests came true<\/a>\u00a0as 15 NagaWorld workers were arrested by local officers during a recent strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court had declared the strike illegal. But Sithar told Reuters\u00a0nearly 300 employees continued striking despite the arrests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last June, NagaCorp<\/a> confirmed plans to reduce pay and lay off employees in order to improve cost efficiency<\/strong> due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld <\/strong>previously demanded NagaWorld reverse redundancies and rehire some of those fired and increase the enhanced termination compensation<\/strong> for those workers who have already accepted severance arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last December, the company released a statement clarifying that its operations have not been affected by the strike and stated the dispute with workers began when the company implemented an employee rationalization programme in a bid to improve cost and operational efficiency following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme included\u00a0a mutual separation plan that affected 1,329 employees<\/strong>\u00a0who would receive “enhanced compensation”.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the company said 360 of its affected employees refused to accept the MSP and served notification of a potential strike on 18 December 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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