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By Alastair McCready • Oct 06, 2020
The vendors plying their trade on Phnom Penh's streets play an invaluable but under-appreciated role supporting life in the capital. But using their makeshift riverside studio, two photographers set out to place these overlooked workers in the spotlight
By Dominique Virgil and Rahma Safira • Jul 09, 2020
With Indonesia's controversial and sweeping pro-investment Omnibus Bill set to be passed this year, researchers at Amnesty International Indonesia explain why workers should be concerned about the legislation's finer details
By Paul Millar • Apr 04, 2016
Security forces cracked down on today’s peaceful protest, leaving union workers bruised and bleeding
By David Hutt • Oct 21, 2015
Last year, trade unionism in Cambodia appeared to have reached its high-water mark. But with minimum wage negotiations taking place this month, there are already concerns it has become a divided and weakened movement
Positioned on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, Mae Sot has long attracted migrant workers who are largely responsible for that region’s economic success. Now, with improving infrastructure and social reforms, the town could be set to boost the Kingdom’s business profile even further
By Denise Hruby • Aug 27, 2015
Recent violence in Cambodia linked to protests over wage levels underlines the struggle between workers, governments and business owners
By Daniel Besant • Mar 01, 2014
Every day, hundreds of men, women and children risk their lives mining for gems in a remote corner of Cambodia. A young miner and his father share their stories and struggles as they carve out an existence
By Jennifer Meszaros • Feb 10, 2014