| 30 Oct 09 | Sophon angered by Thaworn's "manners" in rail dispute -- Transport Minister Sophon Saram expressed his dissatisfaction yesterday at a Cabinet colleague for holding talks with railway workers without his consent. ( The Nation ) |
| 30 Oct 09 | SRT seeking to sack 18 more -- Trains that had been suspended since October 17 start¬ed running yesterday as the State Railway of Thailand went ahead with punishing 18 employees for instigat¬ing the strike, including Sawit Kaewwan, head of the labour union. ( The Nation ) |
| 29 Oct 09 | Rail bosses crack down on strikers -- The head of the state railways has ordered the dismissal of six staff at Hat Yai station and two leading members of the railway union. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 29 Oct 09 | SRT to seek funds| for infrastructure -- State Railway of Thailand chairman Tawalyarat Onsira is planning to propose a five-year investment plan, worth nearly Bt80 billion, to the Transport Ministry soon. ( The Nation ) |
| 29 Oct 09 | Hat Yai rail dispute service resumption on track -- The State Railway of Thailand yesterday evening fired six of its workers stationed at Hat Yai Junction for allegedly instigating a strike and disrupting train service, throwing into doubt the relaunch of normal services today. ( The Nation ) |
| 28 Oct 09 | Rail staff accused of train sabotage -- The State Railway of Thailand plans to sack 10 union members and is threatening legal action against them after a train was allegedly blocked from leaving Hat Yai by another train. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 26 Oct 09 | Train services still suspended as talksstall -- Train services in the three southernmost provinces failed to resume yesterday despite an announcement by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor on Saturday. ( The Nation ) |
| 26 Oct 09 | Ministry still backs plan to split SRT into separate units -- The Finance Ministry still backs a proposal that would separate investment in rail infrastructure from rolling stock operations and land management, despite strong opposition to the idea from the labour union of the State Railway of Thailand. ( The Nation ) |
| 20 Oct 09 | SRT and union on the warpath -- The State Railway of Thailand's legal action against striking workers signals its intent to bring the long-standing conflict at the state enterprise to an end, despite the risk of a head-on collision with its rebellious labour union. ( The Nation ) |
| 20 Oct 09 | Veteran train driver says safety feature -- Experienced train drivers confirm locomotives can still operate effectively without a working safety feature called the Vigilance system, contradicting State Railway of Thailand workers who cited a lack of the system as a reason for suspending train services. ( The Nation ) |
| 20 Oct 09 | En-masse leave of railway -- A tripartite committee overseeing labour unions of state enterprises is set to make changes to regulations regarding holidays allowed to employees in the wake of the ongoing suspension of several train services and the leave taken en-masse by railway workers. ( The Nation ) |
| 20 Oct 09 | SRT to get more power to recruit -- Cabinet to consider move today even as Sophon assures services to be restored in two days ( The Nation ) |
| 19 Oct 09 | Transport chaos goes off the rails -- The Transport Ministry has been ordered to solve the train drivers' dispute, amid fears the work stoppages could spread nationwide. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Oct 09 | South-bound train strike continues -- The suspension of South-bound train services continued on Monday and State Railway of Thailand (SRT) labour union members in Hat Yai insisted they will not resume work until the locomotives are safe to drive again. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 19 Oct 09 | Passengers threaten to sue SRT -- Passengers left stranded in Chumphon yesterday following an abrupt suspension of train services threatened to sue the State Railway of Thailand for compensation. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Oct 09 | Burmese trafficking victims freed from Thai vessels -- Eighteen Burmese nationals who were sold as fishers to two Thai captains have been released thanks to a joint operation in Thailand. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Oct 09 | Obstacle course ahead of NTC on 3G licensing -- The national telecom regulator faces a host of obstacles that could derail its plan to auction four 3G-2.1GHz spectrum licences in December. ( The Nation ) |
| 15 Oct 09 | Worker Networks To Demand Assistance from Thai Prime Minister for 151 Thai Workers Who Remain Stranded in Libya After 8 Months -- Network to Assist Thai Workers Abroad (NATA) Over 2 years ago, a group of Thai workers went to work in Libya with CKG Company and other companies. These workers signed employment agreements with these companies as a result of assistance from employment brokers certified by the Thai Ministry of Labour. Related costs for this assistance ranged from 150, 000 to 200, 000 baht. However, once workers completed their 2 years work, the employing companies refused to send the workers back to Thailand in breach of the employment agreements. As a result, 151 Thai workers currently remain stranded in Libya. ( Prachatai ) |
| 13 Oct 09 | Job agencies agree to partial refunds -- Four job agencies that sent Thai workers to Sweden to pick wild berries have agreed to give partial refunds, Labour Minister Paitoon Kaewthong says. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 13 Oct 09 | Panel wants train driver fired -- A fact-finding panel looking into the cause of the Oct 5 train derailment in Hua Hin has proposed that the driver be dismissed. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 13 Oct 09 | Train driver sacked -- The State Railway of Thailand has dismissed the train driver and cut the salary of the train mechanic and caretaker by 15 per cent for 10 months after concluding they were responsible for the accident in Prachuab Khiri Khan on October 5. ( The Nation ) |
| 13 Oct 09 | Do we really need to go down the Detroit road? -- For years there have been media reports that Rayong and the eastern seaboard will be the Detroit of Southeast Asia. Is this a good idea? Detroit statistics, available on the Internet: Unemployment in August was 17 per cent; violent crimes 338 per cent over the national average; property crimes 158 per cent over the national average. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Oct 09 | Govt asked to ratify ILO conventions -- About 1,000 workers on Wednesday rallied in front of Government House, calling for the government to ratify two conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 09 Oct 09 | Garment firms look abroad for help -- The garment industry in Thailand sees no future or prospect for new investment due to severe labour shortages, with all eyes on investments in neighbouring countries with cheaper labour for producing exported goods, says the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association (TGMA). ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 09 Oct 09 | Ammar proposes Social Security changes -- Economist Ammar Siamwalla yesterday called for a cancellation of unemployment insurance paid to those who quit their jobs. ( The Nation ) |
| 08 Oct 09 | UN Report Speaks Up for Migrant Workers -- At the global launch of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2009 Human Development Report in Bangkok on Monday, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the report's findings provide “guidance for policymakers around the world.” ( http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16944 ) |
| 08 Oct 09 | Migrants should have basic rights UN report -- The migration of an estimated billion people around the world currently, gets special emphasis in a report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched in Bangkok yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 08 Oct 09 | 5,000 lose jobs after Map Ta Phut ruling -- Some 5,000 construction workers have been laid off after the Central Administrative Court ordered a halt to 76 industrial projects in Map Ta Phut and nearby areas in Rayong. They are among the first casualties of the judicial review of the government's industrial policy. ( The Nation ) |
| 08 Oct 09 | GM Thailand fires labour unionists after failure to solve disputes -- General Motors Thailand has laid off over 800 labour union members after almost a year of fruitless talks to solve disputes between them. ( Prachatai ) |
| 05 Oct 09 | Act now or investors' trust will be lost -- LAST WEEK, the ruling of the Administrative Court to suspend all permits for 76 industrial projects, many in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, led to absolute panic in the industrial communities - especially among investors in these 76 projects, which had been granted approval by the state authorities. ( The Nation ) |
| 01 Oct 09 | Thai Workers Fly to Sweden Where the Wild Berries Are -- IT'S BEEN a bad year for blueberries and lingonberries in Sweden. Normally, these wild berries grow in abundance in the Swedish forests. But a long, wet summer with more rain than anyone can remember destroyed the berries before they matured. That's bad news for Thailand as well. Every year, in what has become a regular feature in today's globalised world, thousands of Thais travel to Sweden to pick berries. The life may be hard, and anyone from a tropical climate would find the weather unbearable even when it's summer in Sweden. But, under normal circumstances, Sweden's abundant wild berries bring wealth to rural Thailand and fresh berries and jams on European tables. ( The Nation ) |
| 01 Oct 09 | NESDB points out main risks of NGV -- The National Economic and Social Development Board has pointed to four risks associated with the Transport Ministry's natural-gas bus project, which was approved by the Cabinet yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
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