Prey Veng workers protest for Pchum Ben advance
About 1,000 workers protested outside the Chinese-owned Komchay Mear Trading factory in Prey Veng province on Saturday morning after managers refused to give them a government-mandated salary advance for the Pchum Ben holiday, officials and unionists said on Sunday.
The protest was short-lived, however, ending Saturday afternoon when managers offered the workers 30 percent of their September wages ahead of schedule, following negotiations between the factory and provincial labor officials, according to Sok Siem, a representative for the union that organized the demonstration. …
Ben Sokhean
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