| 29 Mar 10 | Thailand: Support railway workers -- The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and its affiliate, the State Railway Workers' Union of Thailand (SRUT) are demanding the Thai rail management (SRT) stop its anti-union practices and improve its industrial relationship with the union. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Mar 10 | Nikon workers demand improved benefits -- AYUTTHAYA : Thousands of workers from the camera maker Nikon (Thailand) Co are staging a rally to demand improved benefits from the company's management. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 22 Mar 10 | Poland 'exploiting Thai farm workers' -- Labour activists have demanded Polish authorities suspend issuing visas for Thai workers unless the problem of labour rights violations in its agricultural sector is solved. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 18 Mar 10 | Sisters in Arms -- A small shop house on Sukhumvit Soi 115, in passing, might look like just another sewing shop. The women sitting behind the sewing machines might appear like just other women workers in the big city. On closer look, these women who call themselves the Try Arm Group, are not only making undergarments - they are weaving their dream for a fairer and better life. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 16 Mar 10 | LAST YEAR'S event drew more than 100,000 job seekers. -- More than 100 companies will be participating in the |event, which the Employment Department says is taking place under improved economic conditions. ( The Nation ) |
| 15 Mar 10 | SSO book a 'waste of money' -- The Social Security Office has come under fire over its plan to spend 200 million baht to print books promoting its former boards of directors. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 10 Mar 10 | Thailand to jail migrants at political rallies: minister -- Thailand will imprison and hand out heavy fines to any migrant workers who attend mass anti-government rallies in Bangkok this weekend, the labour minister said Tuesday. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 09 Mar 10 | No Migrants at Redshirt Rally -- Thailand's Ministry of Labor warned Thai employers not to bring any migrant workers to join ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra's supporters, who are scheduled to launch a major anti-government protest in Bangkok this weekend. ( Prachatai ) |
| 08 Mar 10 | 8th of March is International Women's Day -- 100 years anniversary. One hundred years ago the tradition of International Women's Day were founded in Copenhagen. Monday female union members and like-minded demonstrate at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Mar 10 | Union head recognised -- A senior member of the human resources development team at Post Publishing Plc, publisher of the Bangkok Post, is among 28 women to receive an award today from the Labour Protection and Welfare Department. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 08 Mar 10 | Thais in Polish 'job swindle' want help -- The Labour Ministry has been urged to help 58 Thai workers allegedly swindled by a job recruitment firm after they went to work in Poland. ( The Nation ) |
| 05 Mar 10 | 850,000 migrants register in Thailand: ministry -- Around 850,000 migrant workers in Thailand have met a deadline to start a registration process, the labour ministry said Thursday, as rights groups made renewed calls for a halt to the policy. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 05 Mar 10 | Taiwan quake leaves Thai workers unscathed -- The massive quake disrupted communications and triggered at least one large fire at a textile factory. Luckily, the 155 Thais working there escaped unscathed. The only person hurt was 25yearold Thanapon Aisaengmueang, slightly injured while breaking down a door to rush to safety. ( The Nation ) |
| 04 Mar 10 | Minimum wage won't be raised -- The wages committee will not raise the minimum wage just because the Ministry of Commerce had reported last month’s inflation rate at 3.7 per cent, the chairman and labour permanent secretary Somchai Chumrat said on Wednesday. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 04 Mar 10 | NESDB: Labour shortage in the next five years -- The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) announced on Wednesday that Thailand could face a labour shortage in the next five years due to shifting demographics and aging society. ( The Nation ) |
| 04 Mar 10 | ILO: Thailand’s Discrimination Against Migrant Workers Breaches International Law -- State Enterprise Workers' Relations Confederation (SERC) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has strongly criticised the Royal Thai Government (RTG) for its treatment of migrant workers. Just a week after the United Nation’s Special Rapportuer on the Human Rights of Migrants publically issued a statement of concern on RTG’s migrant worker policies, Thailand’s human rights reputation falls into question as it vies for membership of the UN’s Human Rights Council. ( Prachatai ) |
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