| 26 Oct 10 | Workers fear SRT threat to landmark -- Labour groups fear a development project being planned by the State Railway of Thailand for Makkasan could force the closure of the Labour Museum. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 26 Oct 10 | Love-hate relationship between Thailand and UN needs sweetening -- When Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, arrives in Bangkok today for a one-day stopover, he will see a different Thailand from the country that has recently been the subject of constant international news headlines and repeated discussion at the UN. In the past few months, Thailand has also had an earful of comments from Ban, who was elected to his current position in 2007, beating other Asian candidates including former Thai foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai. ( The Nation ) |
| 22 Oct 10 | Thailand: Campaign to support migrant workers’ struggle -- At least 2 million migrants from Burma work in low-skilled, dirty and dangerous jobs in Thailand from which they frequently incur accidents and disease. Since 2001, Thailand has discriminated against migrant work accident victims from Burma by denying them access to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund (WCF), even though all workers regardless of national origin are legally eligible for access to this fund. The BWI fully supports the campaign launched by LabourStart. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Oct 10 | Human bycatch -- YAW-KYAW grimaces as he explains how he was sold, like a spare bit of machinery, to a Thai trawler captain. And how his life then slid into a nightmare of beatings, amphetamines, perpetually interrupted sleep and casual death. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Oct 10 | Busy sector needs 50,000 more workers -- The Thai auto-parts industry is experiencing a shortage of more than 50,000 workers as the expanding economy and high crop prices are driving workers to shun the sector, says Prasartsilp On-aht, president of the Thai Auto-Parts Manufacturers Association. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 14 Oct 10 | TOT labour union petitions house panel -- The petition was submitted to Prapat Pothisuthon, chairman of the joint committee, which started vetting the bill yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 13 Oct 10 | Minimum wage has not kept up with inflation: study -- This conclusion was based on initial findings by a panel assigned by a tripartite committee to study wage increases, said Somkiat, who is the ex officio chairman of the committee. ( The Nation ) |
| 12 Oct 10 | Migrant Worker Protest Ongoing At Thai Company -- More than 900 Burmese migrant workers at the Dechapanich Fishing Net Factory in Khon Kaen, northeast Thailand, have again protested against the company, saying documents were being withheld from some workers, according to the Thailand-based NGO, Migrant Assistance Program Foundation (MAP). ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Oct 10 | Govt urged to ensure migrant workers are treated fairly -- "There are enough or perhaps too many alien workers already," Dr Yongyut Chalaemwong said recently in his capacity as the TDRI director for labourdevelopment research. ( The Nation ) |
| 08 Oct 10 | Workers rally for hike to minimum wages -- Chief of the State Enterprise Labour Relations Confederation Sawit Kaewwan led a group of 200 workers to Government House yesterday morning to demand that the minimum wage be hiked to Bt421 daily for an eighthour shift or workers be paid Bt12,000 per month. The rally lasted for about two hours causing traffic congestion. ( The Nation ) |
| 06 Oct 10 | Govt told not to interfere in minimum wage -- The government earlier floated a flat wage countrywide, regardless of the cost of living in each area. ( The Nation ) |
| 01 Oct 10 | Would-be citizens block road in protest -- The group was travelling on seven buses to attend a discussion today on applying for Thai citizenship, but soldiers manning the Pak Son checkpoint on the Ranong-Lang Suan section would not let them pass. ( The Nation ) |
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