| 30 Jan 13 | Agencies are aiming to end human trafficking -- As a monitoring agency for trade disruption, the Department of Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, has been actively and closely working with agencies concerned with a view to solving the problem. ( The Nation ) |
| 29 Jan 13 | Rohingyas 'not trafficked' : NSC -- The entry of Rohingya migrants into Thailand has been deemed illegal and not in accordance with the definition of crimes constituting human trafficking, meaning they will be subject to repatriation, the National Security Council concluded yesterday after a meeting with the Foreign Ministry. ( The Nation ) |
| 27 Jan 13 | 4 protests around Govt House -- Rural doctors gathered to press for the dismissal of the public health minister, following his plan to reform the pay system. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 Jan 13 | Bt300 wage forces Siriraj to hike fees -- Siriraj Hospital plans to hike its fees this year after shouldering an additional Bt800 million in wage costs due to the Bt300 wage policy and losing Bt1 billion in income to the government's measures to reduce drug expenses, the dean of Mahidol University's Medicine Faculty said. ( The Nation ) |
| 22 Jan 13 | Electrolux imprisons then sacks workers in Thailand -- Refusing to negotiate with workers’ representatives, Electrolux management in Thailand locked up over 100 workers for 8 hours, including a pregnant woman, then sacked 127 workers including the local union president of the Rayong plant. ( http://www.industriall-union.org ) |
| 22 Jan 13 | Union proposal sent to THAI board -- Commenting on last week's job action that affected THAI services, union president Chamsri Sukchotirat said it wanted people to understand that it had no choice, as most of its earlier requests to the management had gone unheeded. ( The Nation ) |
| 17 Jan 13 | Diplomats check for abuse in fishing -- Their visit comes after the country was placed on the US Tier 2 Watch List for three years in a row for alleged human-rights abuses in the fishing industry. ( The Nation ) |
| 17 Jan 13 | UN, 20 nations join Thailand to help Rohingya -- Envoys of more than 20 countries yesterday joined a teleconference that was held to address the grievances of and get help for more than 850 Rohingya people. These illegal migrants were arrested in Thailand's South earlier this month. ( The Nation ) |
| 14 Jan 13 | Thai unions appeal to embassies over abuse -- THAILAND - The Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) is today leading 650 representatives from four labour unions to rally outside the Australian, US and Netherlands embassies against alleged abuse of Thai workers by employers from those countries. ( http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130313-408199.html ) |
| 14 Jan 13 | Foreign firms' workers to rally at embassies -- Thai workers will rally at the embassies of the US, Australia and the Netherlands in Bangkok Wednesday to protest against layoffs and alleged unfair employment practices by companies from those countries which employ Thais here. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 11 Jan 13 | Consumer confidence up strongly in December -- The UTCC yesterday admitted that the Consumer Confidence Index last month posted the highest growth in 15 months, to 80.2 points from 79.1 points in November. All sub-indices related to confidence also increased at a rate 1-1.5 points higher than in previous months, except the index on employment opportunity, which was up only 0.5 point, from 71.2 in November to 71.7 in December. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Jan 13 | Give the UN access to Rohingya asylum seekers in Thailand -- The Thai government should immediately halt its plan to deport 73 ethnic Rohingya back to Myanmar. Thai authorities should allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency, unhindered access to these and other boat migrants from Myanmar's Arakan State, to determine whether they are seeking asylum and whether they are qualified for refugee status. ( The Nation ) |
| 07 Jan 13 | Wage hike forces Thai firms hire Cambodians -- A total of 154 Cambodians - 118 men and 36 women - with work permit documents crossed the border in Sa Kaew's Aranyaprathet district on Monday. ( The Nation ) |
| 07 Jan 13 | Ajinomoto MSG plant to start operating in May -- With this new factory, Ajinomoto's monosodium glutamate (MSG) production capacity in Thailand will be close to that of its facility in Brazil, which is the largest producer of Ajinomoto-brand MSG. ( The Nation ) |
| 02 Jan 13 | The 'forgotten' million -- Over a million Myanmar migrant workers living in Thailand still have not received temporary passports and are being forced to pay extortion money to regional authorities to continue their stay, according to officials of the Education and Development Foundation in Thailand. ( The Nation ) |
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