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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