| 28 Feb 11 | Exodus of workers from Libya speeds up -- More than 3,700 Thai workers have fled the civil unrest in Libya and another 5,000 are set to head to Italy today, the Labour Ministry said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 Feb 11 | Thai workers in Libya 'short of food' -- Labour Ministry officials will leave for the island of Malta tomorrow to try to deliver food and other supplies to Thai workers stranded in nearby trouble-plagued Libya, ministry spokesman Sutham Natheethong said on Wednesday. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 24 Feb 11 | MCOT labour union files complaints over management -- The union's chairwoman Orawan Chudee met and submitted the petition to the premier at Government House. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 Feb 11 | Anti-govt protesters in Libya loot Thai workers' camps -- Udon Thani native Buariwan Meechart said her husband Pranit was among a group of Thai workers stranded at a location where there was only one meal of rice soup served each day, after he and fellow workers fled their camp. ( The Nation ) |
| 23 Feb 11 | 23,000 Thais prepare to escape Libya turmoil -- The Labour Ministry is preparing to evacuate more than 23,000 Thai workers from Libya if the situation worsens. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 17 Feb 11 | Death toll put at 365 as strikes continue -- CAIRO (AP) — At least 365 people died in the 18 days of anti-government protests that pushed out longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, the Health Ministry said Wednesday in the first official accounting of the death toll. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Feb 11 | NUMSA Supports Truck Drivers Strike! -- The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) supports the ongoing truck drivers strike as organised by our sister union, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu), for a living wage and sustainable livelihoods for workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Feb 11 | Court orders worker to be freed from hospital cell -- Chalee Diyoo, 33, had been locked in a room in the hospital for more than two weeks, during which time he has had operations to repair a ruptured intestine and a fractured thigh - injuries he sustained in a work accident. ( The Nation ) |
| 14 Feb 11 | Rayong, Chon Buri workers rally today -- The workers are from three companies - tyre-maker Maxxis, electronics-hardware maker PCB and computer firm Fujitsu. The workers from the first two firms have been camping in Bang Na area since they arrived in Bangkok on February 1. ( The Nation ) |
| 10 Feb 11 | Workers march from Rayong for fair treatment -- "We will march to the Labour Ministry for a serious round of negotiation," Maxxis International (Thailand) labour union's chairman Chairat Bussara said yesterday. The workers started the march on February 1. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Feb 11 | Injured Burmese Migrant Construction Worker Tied to Bed -- The Building and Wood Workers International is outraged to hear of the treatment of Charlie Tiyu, a Burmese migrant worker working in Thailand’s construction industry. Charlie’s hip was broken and his intestine burst from his stomach in a workplace accident on January 9 at Charoen Pokphand’s food processing plant in Pathum Thani’s Lat Lum Kaeo district. He was subsequently sent for treatment at the Pathum Thani Provincial Hospital where both the employer and contractor refused to cover his medical expenses. Due to his severe injuries Charlie was unable to leave the hospital to renew his work permit and was provided no assistance by his employer, his permit has since expired and all his identification documents have been lost. Charlie, despite not having any documentation on him when he was taken to hospital, said he had been a registered migrant since January 2010. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Feb 11 | Workers happy with SSS health system, union says -- She said workers, mostly at factories, who are members of SSS and the Thai Labour Solidarity Organisation, made comments about the SSS system and were still happy with the services they got. They felt health care coverage under the scheme cost less than universal health scheme. ( The Nation ) |
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