| 26 Feb 10 | Transnet President approaches Thai govt over railway workers’ rights -- Alexander Kirchner, President of Germany’s Transnet union and ITF Executive Board member, has protested to the Thai government over its treatment of the State Railway Workers’ Union of Thailand (SRUT). ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Feb 10 | Verification deadline poses risk to migrants, says HRW -- The deadline on Saturday for migrant workers to begin their nationality verification will only exacerbate the risk of further abuses against them, Human Rights Watch warns. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 24 Feb 10 | Thailand and Burma agree on register cross-border Migrants -- Systematic labour migration and cross-border registration of migrant workers should be practised and made a national agenda to solve the long-standing illegal migration and illegal employment problems, a Bangkok seminar on the subject was told yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 Feb 10 | Triumph workers end protest -- Former employees of Body Fashion (Thailand), a subsidiary of Triumph International, ended their eight-month-long protest and slowly started moving out of the Labour Ministry compound yesterday in exchange for 250 industrial sewing machines. ( The Nation ) |
| 23 Feb 10 | Former Triumph staff call an end to protest -- Former staff of swimwear and lingerie giant Triumph International have agreed to end their eight-month protest against their former employer at the Labour Ministry, Triumph labour union adviser Jitra Kotchadej says. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 22 Feb 10 | Angry Underpants -- Factory workers made redundant from swimwear and undergarment giant Triumph International are taking on their former employer at his own game. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 19 Feb 10 | TOT, CAT unions oppose plan to transfer concession revenue to state -- The labour unions of TOT and CAT Telecom yesterday filed a petition to Parliament Vice President Samart Kaewmeechai against section 78 (3) of the draft law establishing the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, citing its possible impact on the two state agencies. ( The Nation ) |
| 19 Feb 10 | Burmese migrant workers ask Thai government to extend deadline for nationality verification -- Burmese migrant workers, together with Thai labour activists and unionists, have petitioned the Thai government and the UN to extend the 28 Feb deadline for nationality verification. ( Prachatai ) |
| 18 Feb 10 | Protests grow against expulsion of migrants from Thailand -- THAILAND: Over 2 million migrants have been threatened by the Royal Thai Government with deportation after February 28, 2010 if they fail to enter a complex "nationality verification" process. Over 80 per cent of these migrants are from Burma and face ethnic and political conflict as well as continuing economic deterioration in their homeland, which is controlled by a military government. Migrants from Burma left their country illegally but are still being pressured by the Thai government to submit their biographical information to Burma's military government, return to Burma to complete nationality verification and then return to work "legally" in Thailand with temporary Burmese passports. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Feb 10 | 27,000 Burmese pass ID process -- Out of nearly one million Burmese workers in Thailand, 27,000 have passed the national identification process, the Department of Employment (DOE) revealed yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 18 Feb 10 | Layoff employees ask for help -- Employees of Thai Airports Ground Services Co Ltd (TAGS) yesterday urged House Committee for Labour to assist some 1,000 workers are facing layoff without compensations. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Feb 10 | Budget okayed for non-Thais' health -- A Bt550-million budget for hospital treatment for more than 450,000 people awaiting Thai citizenship will be made available soon, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 12 Feb 10 | ITF increases pressure on Thai railway managers -- The ITF has stepped up pressure on Thai railway managers, following the launch of a website protest campaign. The move responds to reports of further anti-union intimidation by the railway company and a government minister. ( http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/4182 ) |
| 11 Feb 10 | Interior Ministry freezes all entry permits for Thai workers -- The Interior Ministry is freezing all entry permits for Thai workers until further notice, it informed farmers organizations over the weekend. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Feb 10 | Hitachi expanding Thai investment -- Hitachi Asia is boosting its investment here to position Thailand as its manufacturing base for Asia and the Middle East and a centre for research and development of energysaving products. ( The Nation ) |
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