Labour demands promised wage rise

The Thai Labour Solidarity Committee has called on the incoming Pheu Thai government to raise the minimum wage to 300 baht a day nationwide as it promised to do in its election campaign.

The committee chairman Chalee Loysoong made the demand on Monday in a letter submitted to Pheu Thai deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsap at the party's headquarters.

In the letter, the committee asked the new government to increase the minimum wage to 300 baht a day throughout the country within six months.

The committee also called on the new government to continue labour-related tasks initiated by the outgoing government on matters such as labour rights, labour unions and restructuring workers' relations.