19 Sep 13 | Thai Union Frozen Products joins ILO's Good Labour Practices programme -- "TUF already has in place an international code of conduct that regulates our operations and our supply chain to adopt and promote good labour practices and refrain from engaging in child labour or forced labour from catch to can," president Thiraphong Chansiri said at yesterday's signing of a letter of intent with the ILO. ( The Nation ) |
17 Sep 13 | Attitudes could affect the benefits of the AEC -- Recently, I came across a very interesting short story in which the author confirmed the regional perception that Thailand's awareness of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is relatively higher than many of the other nine member countries of Asean. ( The Nation ) |
16 Sep 13 | Struggle for imprisoned Thai labour activist continues -- Sukanya Prueksakasemsuk, wife of the convicted labour and human rights activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, visited Geneva to meet with diplomatic missions and United Nations representatives. ( http://www.industriall-union.org ) |
12 Sep 13 | SAMET HOTEL-OCCUPANCY RATE DIPS TO 29% -- Somsak said that the island's tourism industry was affected by the oil spill in July as well as rubber farmers' protests. He admitted that the authorities had not yet succeeded in restoring tourist confidence in Samet. ( The Nation ) |