| 29 Jan 12 | Union wants answers on THAI axing -- Thai Airways International's labour union is pressuring airline chairman Ampon Kitti-ampon to clarify the removal of president Piyasvasti Amranand or face an ouster bid. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 27 Jan 12 | Worker ‘threatened’ for speaking to press -- A Cambodian migrant worker in Thailand has said that a recruitment firm in Phnom Penh that sent him and about 1,000 others to work at an “exploitative” factory is threatening him because he spoke to the press. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jan 12 | TLSC demands wage hike nationwide -- The Thai Labour Solidarity Committee plans mass gatherings of workers throughout the country to pressure the government to immediately raise the daily minimum wage to 300 baht nationwide, TLSC chairman Chalee Loysoong said on Thursday. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 23 Jan 12 | Minimum wage should be Bt500, Dhanin says -- The Yingluck government is planning to boost the minimum wage to Bt300 per day nationwide to implement the ruling Pheu Thai Party's election pledge. ( The Nation ) |
| 11 Jan 12 | Jobs lost to floods will not exceed 50,000 -- The 25,994 workers were laid off by 91 businesses in nine provinces, including Bangkok and heaviest-hit Ayutthaya, director-general Arthit Issamo said. His department estimates that no more than 50,000 workers would be laid off as a result of the floods, and has recommended they be offered help in the form of jobs fairs and social security. ( The Nation ) |
| 08 Jan 12 | Child labour: The worst forms -- With removal from US watch list as goal, govt drive to end trafficking & forced labour of children (in seafood industry, as maids, in prostitution, pornography, working with boilers, heavy objects, metal pressing) ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 05 Jan 12 | Wanted: About half a million more labourers -- Labour needed in the auto parts industry is set to double in the next nine years as Thailand becomes one of the world's top five vehicle exporters. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 04 Jan 12 | Job losses from floods not too severe -- The number of workers still laid off because of the worst inundation in decades is estimated at about 60,000, much lower than expected, said Arthit Issamo, director-general of the Labour Protection and Welfare Department. ( The Nation ) |
| 04 Jan 12 | Union to meet as Hoya announces flood-related layoffs -- Union president Akkaradech Chobdee said the January 9 meeting at Wat Phra Yeun in Lamphun's Muang district would gather names of those who didn't participate in Hoya's voluntary-resignation scheme and look for ways to assist the laid-off workers. Participants in the voluntary scheme will get compensation on top of 75 per cent of their salary. ( The Nation ) |
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