| 30 Jun 09 | Body Fashion to lay off 1,930 workers -- Body Fashion (Thailand) Ltd, a manufacturer and distributor of women's lingerie and swimwear under the Triumph trademark, announced on Monday that it would lay off 1,930 staff at a factory in Samut Prakan province in August because of the global economic downturn and lower demand for its products ( www.thailabour.org ) |
| 30 Jun 09 | Rohingya man arrested making fake immigrant worker IDs -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Monday arrested a Rohingya man for allegedly helping arrange worker registration and produce fake immigrant worker ID cards for some 7,000 Rohingya people before sending them off as fishery workers and maids. ( The Nation ) |
| 30 Jun 09 | Triumph to lay off almost 2,000 workers -- An announcement yesterday that 1,930 workers at Body Fashion (Thailand) will be laid off prompted more than 1,000 workers to stage a protest. ( The Nation ) |
| 29 Jun 09 | Triumph Company Plan to Lay off Workers. -- After many members of Triumph International (Thailand) Labour Union had heard rumours that workers may be dismissed, and also that Triumph International factories in other countries have been temporarily shut down, the Human Resources Manager of Body Fashion (Thailand) Ltd., Mr. Prayoon Wonglek, has just notified workers today that Saturday and Sunday, 26 and 27 June, are special holidays, so they don’t have to come to work because of the reduced quantity of work. Workers will still get their wages as usual. Workers are to return to work on 29 June. ( Prachathai ) |
| 25 Jun 09 | Allowance proposed for MEA workers -- The Interior Ministry will put a proposal to Cabinet next week for Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) employees with a salary less than Bt50,000 to get a living allowance of Bt2,000 a month for one year. ( The Nation ) |
| 25 Jun 09 | Communication is key to solving problems -- Now that the strike of the State Railway of Thailand's union has come to an end, the SRT management and unions should seriously work out how they can best serve the country. Hundreds of SRT employees returned to work on Tuesday evening after paralysing much of the national rail service for 36 hours, stranding several thousand travellers who were not informed of the strike. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 Jun 09 | Train services return to normal -- Rail services will return to normal today after the government agreed to delay a restructuring plan for the debt-ridden State Railway of Thailand to allow unions to have input into its reorganisation. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 24 Jun 09 | Train to resume services at 6pm -- Trains services nationwide are ready to resume their services on Tuesday evening after train labour unions struck a deal with the government. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 Jun 09 | Sanan instructed to end rail strike by today -- The Cabinet on Tuesday instructed Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kachornprasart to find solutions to end the State Railway of Thailand labour union strike within today, Transport Minister Sophon Saram said. ( The Nation ) |
| 23 Jun 09 | Halting train services cannot be justified -- Thousands of travellers were stranded yesterday as some key State Railway of Thailand workers went on strike to protest against the government's plan to restructure the heavily-indebted and loss-making state enterprise. Without advance notice, SRT's union decided to halt train services on some routes. The union is unlikely to gain public sympathy from its campaign that affects a large number of travellers. ( The Nation ) |
| 23 Jun 09 | Rail workers strike over SRT reorganisation -- The government's attempt to reorganise the money-losing State Railway of Thailand hit a major obstacle yesterday as hundreds of workers went on strike and disrupted 17 per cent of the national rail service. ( The Nation ) |
| 22 Jun 09 | SRT goes on strike nationwide -- The labour union of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on Monday had gone on strike nationwide in protest against the state enterprise's plan to restructure itself. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 22 Jun 09 | Railway unionists strike nationwide -- The State Railway Union announced Monday that the unionists will lay down tools around the country to oppose the Cabinet's resolution to reform the State Railway Authority. ( The Nation ) |
| 19 Jun 09 | Panel to assess SSO project after corruption ruling -- A Bt2.3billion computer and database project for the Social Security Office (SSO) will be thoroughly scrutinised before it progresses further, following a ruling on Wednesday indicting a former SSO chief for corruption for approving the deal. ( The Nation ) |
| 19 Jun 09 | Bt400m in steel-tariff refunds -- Thailand will have to shell out about Bt400 million in tax refunds under the Japan-Thai Economic Partnership Agreement, which requires duties on imported Japanese steel to be cut to zero. ( The Nation ) |
| 17 Jun 09 | Union wants free bus ride to continue -- About 150 representatives of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority labour union submitted a letter to the prime minister on Tuesday, calling for the government to continue with the free bus ride programme to cushion the city people's economic hardship. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 17 Jun 09 | Rail union may go on strike -- The State Railway of Thailand labour union has threatened a strike to pressure the government to revoke the Cabinet's approval in principle of the SRT's rehabilitation plan. The union claimed that the rehab plan could pave the way for a private firm to gain benefits and influence SRT decision-making. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Jun 09 | Rubber worker beheaded and burnt -- A rubber-plantation worker was beheaded and burnt beyond recognition in the southernmost Yala province yesterday in what police say was revenge on Buddhists for last week's massacre at a Narathiwat mosque. Kimxiang Saetang's headless body was found in a plantation in Than To district at about 10am yesterday. He may have died two days earlier, police said. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Jun 09 | Firms in govt programme to continue hiring -- The 80 financially ailing companies that are participating in the government's careertraining programme can continue hiring 50,000 workers, Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Jun 09 | Govt save 50,000 jobs: Korbsak -- Eighty ailing companies which have participated in a government career training programme can continue hiring a total of 50,000 workers, Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu said Monday. ( The Nation ) |
| 08 Jun 09 | Vocational Training for New Migrants -- Our AWU has Training class for new migrant workers who come from Burma to Thailand. We are giving vocational training of sewing and knitting machine training to find job easily in Mae sot, Thai. This training are very important for new migrant workers who arrive to thai from Burma. When they arrived to Thai to find job, they have so many troubles and difficulties for their proper job. Beause of the employers don't need the migrants who have no skills full on the job like as sewing and knitting machine. They will get job easily if they can sewing and knitting. So that, This training is very important for new migrants. We can arrange for living and training cost free. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Jun 09 | Workers angered by loss of SSO payments -- Thousands of furious workers who have paid into the social security fund - in some cases for up to 16 years - have been told their membership with the fund "does not exist". ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 02 Jun 09 | BMTA unionists urge Govt to lease purchase 4,000 buses instead of leasing -- Sanan Boonngok, chairman of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority Labour Union, Monday urged the government to lease purchase 4,000 NGV-fuelled buses instead of just leasing them. ( The Nation ) |
| 02 Jun 09 | Bag-snatch woman bites back -- Authorities in Phang Nga are revamping registration of Burmese migrant workers while closely monitoring their activities after a worker attempted to rob a foreign dive instructor on Sunday. ( The Nation ) |
| 02 Jun 09 | GM Thailand to continue to expand, will not lay off workers: CEO -- GM Thailand will continue its investment here to turn Thailand its hub of Southeast Asian operations and will not lay off its workers here, its chief told Industry Minister Charnchai Chairungrueng Monday. ( The Nation ) |
| 01 Jun 09 | Labour Affairs Q&A -- Does Thailand's labour law set a standard retirement age for employees? Is severance payment mandatory if an employer retires an employee on the mutually agreed retirement date? ( The Nation ) |
| 01 Jun 09 | Singer 'staff' see years of contributions go down the drain -- "What should I do? I've paid between Bt400 and Bt500 a month into social security for years. How can they kick me out just like that?" asked 59-year-old Preeda Bandarapiwat yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
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