"600 workers strike for better pay at Japanese company", 13 January 2023

Over 600 Ho Chi Minh City workers have halted work...in protest of their Japanese employer Toyo Precision’s announcement it would give them a minimum year-end bonus of only VND100,000 ($4.27). Workers gathered at the sewing machine part factory...to protest the negligible Tet bonus.

The most-highly anticipated bonus for Vietnamese workers is traditionally given before the Lunar New Year ends and helps migrants travel home for the important holiday. The strike came after the company, which has been operating in Vietnam for 28 years, said that all workers who have been with the company for less than 12 months will only receive VND100,000 each.

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However, even workers with years of seniority at Toyo Precision in HCMC have joined the strike due to low bonuses and the insignificant salary hike.

One such employee, who asked not to be identified, said that he had been working at the factory for 11 years, but his basic salary was still just VND5.66 million a month.

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Since the strike began, the company has agreed to give workers with less than 12 months of employment a bonus of more than VND100,000 based on seniority. But no details have been released as to exactly how much more, and workers are still refusing to go back to work until more of their terms are met. They want those who have been working for 12 months or more to have a bonus of 140% of their basic monthly salary. They also want a 5% salary hike.