Phnom Penh 34 days of Exile Alonzo Suson is the Cambodia country director for the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center. A veteran of student and political organizing back to the Marcos days in the Philippines, he spend a long career as an organizer with several SEIU locals, most recently Local 49 in Portland, as well as the Western …
Month: September 2005
Organizing Cambodia’s Informal Workers
Phnom Penh 34 Days in Exile Running to finish every little thing, I left the hotel late to meet Lous Seyda and get a sense of his informal workers association and the “training” program he had invited me to attend. Grabbing the moto, the driver assured me that of course he knew the location across from …
Cambodia’s Tourism and Service Workers Federation
Phnom Penh 33 Days of Exile Taking a moto in Phnom Penh is a literal experience. These are not the moto-cabs of Manila or Delhi, where you sit in benches in the back. These are small motorcycles where one simply hops on the seat, grabs whatever, and away you go. The streets in this million person …