| 31 May 12 | uu Kyi gets taste of home away from home -- Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she felt at home when thousands of migrant workers gathered to greet their "Me Suu" (Mother Suu) with joy and the hope that she will take their country towards democracy and prosperity. ( The Nation ) |
| 29 May 12 | AEC bad for Thai farmers, workers: NGOs -- Thailand was set to open its borders to almost all farming products from Asean members, meaning its major products such as rice would no longer be competitive, said Witoon Lianchamroon, director of BioThai. ( The Nation ) |
| 29 May 12 | Suu Kyi due in Thailand tonight -- She will then attend and deliver a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF), being held in Bangkok on Thursday and Friday. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 May 12 | Union seeks explanation -- Jamsri Sukchotrat, the union's president, led the opposition. However, the letter has not yet reached Ampon, who is currently also the Cabinet secretary-general, because he was upcountry on a government task. The deputy secretary-general received the letter on his behalf at Government House. ( The Nation ) |
| 18 May 12 | Labour, Cost woes among challenges facing property sector -- "One issue is the shortage of labour, as we know that the Myanmar government is wooing the country's workers back home," Samma Kitsin, director-general of the Real Estate Information Centre (REIC), said yesterday at a seminar. ( The Nation ) |
| 04 May 12 | Empowering Workers -- After years of getting paid to sew fabric by the piece, home-based worker Sujin Rungsawang never knew what she and her fellow workers were branded as. That is, until one day she was told by an activist that she was an "informal worker", who needed to have access to the social security programme. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 02 May 12 | Yingluck vows to meet minimum wage deadline -- In her speech at the main May Day event at the Royal Plaza, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the government would meet the election promise of a Bt300 wage across the country by January next year, and vowed to keep prices of commodities as low as possible to ease the financial burden on low-income earners. ( The Nation ) |
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