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NagaWorld workers strike on higher wage demands

Around 3000 local employees of NagaWorld joined strike action and demonstrated outside the Phnom Penh integrated resort on Thursday demanding higher pay and better working conditions.

According to a report by Reuters, the workers are demanding an increase in the wages of hotel staff to US$300 a month and gaming floor workers to US$500 a month, claiming that current wages start at between US$150 and US$250 a month. They are also calling for the reinstatement of former NagaWorld employee and labor union leader who was suspended in October for allegedly organizing a campaign for higher wages.

“We demand a raise for workers … we need to pay rent and food prices nowadays have also gone up,” Reuters quoted one employee, By Kunthea, as stating.

“The company makes a lot of profits.”

NagaWorld operator NagaCorp began construction of a US$3.5 billion Naga3 expansion in late 2019, which will add an additional 4,720 hotel rooms across five towers as well as new gaming space, retail, restaurants, a theme park, spa and conference center.

NagaCorp’s most recent financial results saw a 20% year-on-year increase in GGR to US$1.29 billion and 29% rise in net gaming revenue for the first nine months of 2019 to US$616.2 million.

[Editor:Diana Chin]

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