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).

He said the workers are also demanding that the company stop forcing employees to work overtime; stop cutting monthly wages during strikes; and remove male security guards from outside the factory’s female restrooms.

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