"LRSU Members Gather to Urge Labor Ministry to Expedite Resolution to Three-Year Labor Dispute ", 21 February 2025

Approximately 40 Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU) members gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training …, to follow up on a complaint they filed ...

The labor dispute has dragged on for three years with former NagaWorld casino workers still awaiting a resolution from the ministry. They want Minister Heng Sour to see that the dispute is resolved in a fair and transparent manner by urging the NagaWorld management to respect working conditions and abide by trade union rights…

About 30 minutes after they gathered, with officials and authorities monitoring and questioning them, a representative was called into the building where they handed over a letter urging for a swift resolution. However, the officer who accepted the letter did not specify a timeline for a response…

… They demand that NagaWorld reinstate 29 workers at the Naga Academy training center, 281 workers and 11 Executive Trainee Program members who joined the protest, and 85 others who were laid off unlawfully. All these people must be paid severance pay from the date of termination until the day they return to work, she said.

… Yang Sophorn, President of Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions, told …, that the dispute which has prolonged for three years without any resolution has caused so much suffering to the workers.

“For me, if we look at the rights of the worker – when they face any dispute, it means they’re asking for a solution or an intervention from the ministry but this has carried on for so long, yet they have not seen any solution,” said Sophorn…