Workers protest for speedy pay after fire destroys factory

The roughly 900 employees of a Phnom Penh garment factory gutted by a fire that killed a Chinese supervisor on Monday protested in front of their old workplace on Thursday to demand a quick payout of their final paychecks and severance. The Chinese-owned Cheng Sheng Garment factory, which made clothes for U.S. retailer Kmart, had arranged for the former factory owner to provide its out-of-work employees loans of up to $100 each starting on Monday to tide them over while the factory sorted out its finances. …

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