Khon Kaen -- Hundreds of Burmese workers Friday continued protesting against their employer, Decha Fishing Net Factory, over low wages. The protest began on Thursday.
The workers complained that they were being paid just Bt144 per day, and nothing for overtime, while Thai workers at the same factory were earning a daily wage of Bt157 plus overtime. The factory reportedly has about 4,300 foreign workers, most of them Burmese.
Some of the protesters also complained that their passports appear to have been modified.
"We are worried that this modification may make it impossible for us to return home," a 25yearold worker said.
Khon Kaen immigration officials have, so far, declined to comment.
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