Workers demand bonus increase, labor laws
About 7,000 workers protested in front of the Wing Star Shoes Co. Ltd. factory in Kompong Speu province on Monday, demanding that the company raise their bonuses by $5 and properly enforce a number of labor laws, a union official said. The strike comes ten months after a ceiling in the factory collapsed and killed two workers. Workers are demanding that Wing Star raise their bonuses, which include lunch and transportation, from $10 to $15 per month, said Phorn Phal, deputy secretary-general of the Free Trade Union (FTU). … Provincial labor department director Sim Rattanak confirmed that he called workers and company representatives for a meeting today. … Mao Chhing Song, a manager at Wing Star Shoes Co. Ltd., said Monday that the company is already in compliance with the Labor Law. He accused the FTU of inciting workers to strike because the company had asked some of its workers to stay home temporarily due to a work shortage. …
Aun Pheap
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