The American Center for International Labor Solidarity has set its sights on the Herculean task of unionising Cambodia’s civil service, a move that, were it successful, could have profound implications for the country’s political landscape.

The term civil service in Cambodia has unusually broad application, referring to bureaucrats, teachers, doctors, police and nurses – professions that are, at least officially, rewarded with remuneration that makes garment workers look positively well-off.

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Source: ( The Phnom Penh Post – October 30, 2012)