NagaWorld Workers Reinstated After Protests
Following six straight days of protests by hundreds of staff at NagaWorld Casino, casino management yesterday agreed to reinstate four senior workers and said they would consider increasing the entire staff’s minimum wage. Between 500 and 1,000 workers had been demonstrating over what they said were the unfair firings of their four fellow employees, and had also been demanding that their minimum wage be increased from $80 to between $120 and $150 a month. … “All the parties now understand each other and forgave each other to solve this problem and make all the workers return to work,” said Sum Paren, deputy chief of the labor dispute department at the Ministry of Labor. …