| 25 Sep 09 | Thai Union Leaders Face Arrest for Protesting Factory Closures -- Three Bangkok union leaders are facing arrest for protesting the closure of several clothing factories in Thailand and the Philippines run by subsidiaries of UK-based Triumph International. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Sep 09 | Automakers rehire as demand picks up -- As demand for passenger cars in both the domestic and export markets start to recover, many auto producers in Thailand are rehiring workers who have been laid-off since last year. Toyota Motor Thailand, the biggest auto-maker in the country, has also taken back a large number of workers as demand for Toyota passenger cars started to grow in May. ( The Nation ) |
| 21 Sep 09 | The varying degrees of triumph -- You wouldn't think much could come of a girl who grew up in Suphan Buri, moved to Samut Prakan at age 15 and spent four decades toiling in a clothing factory, but Jittra Kotchadej's destiny is bigger than that. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Sep 09 | Hiring up among BoI investors -- A Board of Investment survey shows 42 per cent of promoted investors in six industries have hired more staff, thanks to signs of an economic recovery. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Sep 09 | Workers demand action on job losses,rights -- Led by the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), 500 workers gathered in front of Government House for many hours yesterday, demanding the government take urgent action on labour problems such as job termination. ( The Nation ) |
| 11 Sep 09 | Labour Ministry vows to help workers -- A group of garment workers yesterday rallied outside the Labour Ministry to voice their concern about a recent termination of contracts which saw more than 1,900 of them without jobs. ( The Nation ) |
| 11 Sep 09 | Mitsubishi to start hiring again -- Japan's Mitsubishi Motors will hire another 1,300 workers in Thailand as the car market slowly recovers after being battered by the global recession. ( The Nation ) |
| 04 Sep 09 | Agencies told to cut health care costs -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday summoned government agencies responsible for the central health programmes to find ways to make the programmes more efficient to rein in the government's health-related costs. ( The Nation ) |
| 04 Sep 09 | Parents of 17-Year Old Unregistered Burmese Migrant Killed at Work To Receive 250, 000 Baht Compensation in Rights Test Case Success -- Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) In a migrant rights victory in Thailand, the parents of a 17 year old unregistered male Burmese work accident victim, Sai Htun, today settled their compensation claim against employers of their son at Region 5 Labour Court in Chiangmai, Northern Thailand. Two years after Sai Htun was killed on a local authority flood defence project, the 250, 000 baht (US$7, 143) settlement provides hope for over 2 million Burmese migrants currently working in dangerous workplaces in Thailand. Yet the settlement comes despite systematic and discriminatory failings by the Social Security Office (SSO) to address Burmese migrant’s inability to access compensation from the SSO’s Workmen Compensation Fund (WCF) following work accidents. ( prachatai ) |
| 01 Sep 09 | B2,000 for state enterprise workers -- The State Enterprises Worker Relations Committee resolved at its meeting on Monday to propose an allowance of up to 2,000 baht per month for six months for workers of seven state enterprises on salaries below 15,000 baht per month, said Labour Minister Paithoon Kaewthong, the committee chairman. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 01 Sep 09 | Workers at state agencies to get Bt2,000 allowance -- The State-Enterprise Relations Committee yesterday agreed to provide a monthly allowance of Bt2,000 for six months to workers of seven state enterprises who earned less than Bt15,000 a month, and also made way for the remaining 57 state enterprises to request for such allowances. ( The Nation ) |
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