| 31 Jan 11 | Former Triumph workers prosecuted for protests in 2009 -- On 27 Jan, Jitra Kotchadej, Bunrod Saiwong and Sunthorn Bunyod were charged by the public prosecutor for their protests at Government House and Parliament on 27 Aug 2009. ( Prachatai ) |
| 28 Jan 11 | Burmese worker rejects Ukrainian's claims -- The Department of Special Investigation has located the Burmese worker who helped a Ukrainian engineer to escape the clutches of an oxygen factory where he claimed he had been held captive for 14 years. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 28 Jan 11 | Work permit key to 14year slave ordeal: DSI -- DSI chief Tharit Pengdit said yesterday that some Burmese workers at the factory in Rangsit industrial complex in Pathum Thani claimed Anatoli Vdovichenko, 57, was not held captive. They said the company stopped paying him after his work permit expired. ( The Nation ) |
| 27 Jan 11 | Brain drain looms as AEC draws near -- Thailand risks an outflow of highly skilled workers in the next few years as Asean members are expected to allow free mobility of labour in the region in 2015. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 27 Jan 11 | Migrants fail to renew work permits -- Of 39,272 workers from Cambodia, Burma and Laos whose work permits expired on January 20, only 11,879 renewed their work permits, he said. ( The Nation ) |
| 23 Jan 11 | Wage hike to be delayed until April -- The Bt300 rate was due to be implemented first in Bangkok, Phuket, Samut Prakan, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Sakhon, said Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap, who proposed the delay. ( The Nation ) |
| 17 Jan 11 | Wage subsidy for workers -- The Labour Ministry has agreed to pay workers a monthly wage of 2,000 baht for three months to help those hit by floods and to ease unemployment. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 12 Jan 11 | KFC chain grilled over sackings -- The vice-chairman of the Labour Relations Committee is threatening action against the local operator of the world's biggest fried chicken restaurant chain for firing three managers who demanded better working conditions and higher staff wages. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 05 Jan 11 | Companies told to |follow wage hike -- The hike, due to take effect on January 1, means workers on minimum pay will earn from Bt8 to Bt17 more each day, depending on which province they work in. ( The Nation ) |
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