| 28 Jan 10 | Suchart asked to keep bus plan -- The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority labour union has asked new Deputy Transport Minister Suchart Chokechaiwattanakorn to stick to his predecessor's policy and push ahead with the controversial bus-leasing scheme. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 27 Jan 10 | Labour protests dismay foreign investors -- Continuing labour protests for wage increases are alarming foreign investors, who could cancel their investment plans in Thailand, says Board of Investment (BoI) secretary-general Atchaka Sibunruang. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 27 Jan 10 | Order to hand over forest land annulled -- On Monday, some 200 FIO employees protested in front of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry over Minister Suwit Khunkitti's order for the FIO to hand over the land. ( The Nation ) |
| 26 Jan 10 | Labour groups urge fair treatment of migrant workers -- The labour groups attending the session organised by the National Human Rights Commission included the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), the State Enterprises Workers' Relations Confederation (SERC) and the Foundation for Human Rights and Development (FHRD). ( The Nation ) |
| 25 Jan 10 | Labour shortage as migrant workers quit jobs to avoid nationality ID -- Migrant workers in Samut Sakhon are quitting their jobs to avoid nationality identification, resulting in labour shortages in the province. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 25 Jan 10 | SSO mulls raising age for pensions to avoid fund running out of cash by 2047 -- Options worry beneficiaries, who demand say in any changes Salaried workers and wage earners under the Social Security Fund may have to boost their monthly contribution to 5 per cent of their earnings from the current 3 per cent to cover future pension payments. ( The Nation ) |
| 14 Jan 10 | The looming prospect of massive deportations -- Even if the answer is "yes," the messy situation of underground migrant labour will not get much better. But if the answer is a dreaded "no," the mess will get messier. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 14 Jan 10 | Sackings row may go to ILO -- The International Transport Workers' Federation is threatening to lodge a complaint with the International Labour Organisation over what it calls the unfair dismissal of six Thai railway staff. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 14 Jan 10 | AAT counters union claims -- AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT) has countered claims by its union that the workers now manning its assembly lines lack experience and that car quality could suffer. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 13 Jan 10 | Managing Migration in 2010: Effective Registration or Effective Deportation? -- On 20th January (or in just 8 working days) the end of the “permission to stay and work in Thailand for one year, pending deportation” for 61, 543 Burmese, Cambodian and Laotian migrants who “illegally” entered the country will arrive. As the first migrant work permit renewal deadline of the year it is somewhat different to past deadlines however. For if any of these workers refuse to go through the Royal Thai Government’s (RTG) Nationality Verification (NV) process, policy announcements suggest they will be deported. Whether deportation starts then or on 28th February (the “final” deadline to agree to NV or be deported for the other million or so registered migrants whose work permits expire on that day) remains unclear. ( Prachatai ) |
| 11 Jan 10 | Managing migration in 2010: effective registration or effective deportation? -- ON JANUARY 20, in just eight working days, the end of the "permission to stay and work in Thailand for one year, pending deportation" will arrive for 61,543 Burmese, Cambodian and Laotian migrants who "illegally" entered the country. As the first migrant work-permit-renewal deadline of the year it is, however, somewhat different to past deadlines. For, if any of these workers refuse to go through the Thai government's Nationality Verification (NV) process, policy announcements suggest they will be deported. Whether deportation starts then or on February 28 - the "final" deadline to agree to NV or be deported for the other million or so registered migrants whose work permits expire on that day - remains unclear. ( The Nation ) |
| 11 Jan 10 | Start of mass deportations of Burmese migrants from Thailand on 20th Jan 2010? -- 20th Jan 2010 marks the renewal deadline for the first batch of 70, 000 Burmese, Cambodian and Laotian migrants working in Thailand whose work permits will expire on that day. The next date for the expiry of all the other work permits of migrants from Burma, Cambodia and Laos (approximately 930, 000 officially registered persons) is 28th Feb 2010. This latter date is also the deadline for migrants to express their intention to go through the migrant nationality verification process (for migrants from Burma, must return to Burma and get a temporary passport from the State Peace and Development Council) or be deported. For those 1.5 million plus migrants not currently registered, the crackdown to get them out of Thailand will also begin with intensity, according to Royal Thai Government policy, on 28th Feb 2010. ( Prachatai ) |
| 08 Jan 10 | AAT employees return Union denies sabotage and retains demands -- About 70% of the permanent employees at the AutoAlliance Thailand assembly plant in Rayong reported to work yesterday and have accepted the company's new pay and bonus terms, according to an AAT executive. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 08 Jan 10 | Jobless figures improve -- Unemployment is falling, the Labour Ministry reported to the meeting of council of economic ministers on Wednesday, source at Government House said. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 07 Jan 10 | Employment picture looks brighter for Thais, at home and abroad -- Demand, both domestic and overseas, is picking up for Thai workers, with more than 140,000 positions expected to be opened next year, the Economic Cabinet meeting was told yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 07 Jan 10 | Wallop takes responsibility, resigns from Thai Airways -- Thai Airways executive chairman Wallop Bhukkanasut yesterday resigned after spending weeks battling a storm of controversy over the checking in of excess baggage on a THAI flight from Japan to Bangkok in November. ( The Nation ) |
| 07 Jan 10 | Employment picture looks brighter for Thais, at home and abroad -- Demand, both domestic and overseas, is picking up for Thai workers, with more than 140,000 positions expected to be opened next year, the Economic Cabinet meeting was told yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 05 Jan 10 | Workers fall victim to brokers' cunning -- Labour export swindles continue to thrive, and workers and the government are regularly manipulated by clever job brokers who exploit workers' ignorance and the Labour Ministry's inadequate protection measures. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 05 Jan 10 | Questions remain on public investment projects -- Doubts remain over whether the government can ensure productive investment under the Bt1.43 trillion Thai Khemkhaeng stimulus scheme. ( The Nation ) |
| 05 Jan 10 | Berry picking jobs not pick of the bunch -- Villagers from the Northeast should be wary of jobs offering high wages for picking berries in Finland and Sweden, the chairwoman of the Finnish-Thai Association says. ( Bangkokpost ) |
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