Angkor brewery agrees to strikers’ demands
More than 200 striking workers at Cambodia’s largest brewer, Cambrew Ltd., resumed work on Saturday after the company agreed to lift their monthly salary from $120 to $150 as they had been demanding. The workers at the company, which produces Angkor beer and Black Panther stout, had protested outside the brewery in Sihanoukville on Thursday and Friday saying that a $120 salary did not reflect either their qualifications or the hazardous conditions they work under. … “Our manger agreed with the demands of the workers for the minimum wage because we don’t want to see the protests and strikes of the garment workers, who have affected their companies’ production and been violent,” [Cambrew administrative manager] Mr.[Chheng] Sopheap said. “Our company never had any protesting before.” …
Ben Sokhean
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