The New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union organised a protest march yesterday, urging the government to push the city’s six gaming operators to raise their workers’ wages by at least five per cent.
According to Cloee Chao Sao Fong, the union’s high-profile leader, the protest rally also aimed to urge the government to reduce the number of non-resident workers and submit a trade union bill to the legislature.
Speaking to reporters before the protest, Chao said that except Sands China, the other five gaming operators had not increased their workers’ wages last year.
New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union President Cloee Chao Sao Fong speaks to reporters after handing her group’s petition to an official outside Government Headquarters yesterday. Photo: Debby Seng
Protesters, led by New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union President Cloee Chao Sao Fong (second from right, first row behind main banner), march in Rua do Campo yesterday, urging the government to raise their employees’ salaries by at least five per cent. The banner states the union’s Chinese name. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
