The Assassination of Union Leader Chea Vichea—A Decade On
Ten years after his assassination, friends and associates remember Chea Vichea, the founding president of the Free Trade Union, as a quiet man but a charismatic leader, passionate about labor issues and the right for workers to collectively bargain for higher wages and better conditions. …
On Wednesday, the FTU will march to mark the 10th anniversary of the day Chea Vichea left his home in the early morning to buy a newspaper at a stand in front of Wat Lanka and was gunned down by two men on motorcycles. …
While there is still no clear answer as to who killed Chea Vichea, friends, family and observers say they think they know why he was murdered: because of his affiliation with the political opposition, as well as his determination to organize Cambodian workers to bargain collectively with their bosses and the government. …
Ten years after the assassination, however, that right to collective bargaining, inscribed in the 1994 Labor Law, can still not be properly exercised. …
Denise Hruby
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