| 30 Nov 09 | Labour Ministry to seek court order to oust Triumph workers from its premises -- The Ministry of Labour will seek a court order to remove Triumph workers from the ground floor of its building, citing a complaint from a citizen, after it previously claimed the need to use the space for an exhibition to celebrate the King’s birthday. Products under the workers’ own brand name ‘Try Arm’ have been made and sold, and a labour organization in Switzerland has placed an order for 400 pairs of underwear. ( Prachatai ) |
| 30 Nov 09 | SRT is in a state of loco-motion -- There can be no light at the end of the tunnel for the State Railway of Thailand so long as executives and union members drive the agency in different directions. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 27 Nov 09 | Registration of Burmese workers undermined by rumours -- Tens of thousands of Burmese workers have "gone underground" because of rumours they will be hit with unreasonable taxes or deported when registering for temporary passports. ( The Nation ) |
| 27 Nov 09 | US blacklists Thailand over child, forced labour -- The US has pushed forward a law allowing tough measures on manufacturers who reportedly use children or forced labour, a senior official said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 20 Nov 09 | Triumph labour leaders bailed -- Two leaders of the Triumph labour union, who were charged with inciting unrest and blocking roads during their protests at Government House and Parliament in late August, have been granted bail with academics from Chulalongkorn University as guarantors. ( Prachatai ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | Woman loses medical suit over kidney -- A garment factory worker yesterday lost a civil court battle for compensation from a hospital and a doctor after she claimed her right kidney was removed during a surgery that went wrong. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | Govt turns eyes to list SEs' subsidiaries -- The government is pushing for the listing of state enterprises' subsidiaries next year in the further move to boost the Thai exchange's attractiveness. ( The Nation ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | Ecco ups Thai investment -- Ecco (Thailand) plans to allocate Bt700 million-Bt800 million to its Ayutthaya shoe factory for this year and next as part of its ongoing investment strategy after noticing clear signs of economic recovery in this second half of the year. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Nov 09 | Security boosted at Aranyaprathet checkpoints -- Stricter security measures are being imposed at the main border town in Sa Kaew following intelligence reports that Cambodian soldiers disguised as vendors had infiltrated into Thai soil on intelligencegathering operations. ( The Nation ) |
| 16 Nov 09 | 20,000 job vacancies -- A huge number of job vacancies in automotive and electronics productions are immediately needed to be filled, a seminar on unemployment was told yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 10 Nov 09 | Union opposes sale of SCIB stake -- At least 30 members of the labour union at Siam City Bank Plc (SCIB) submitted a letter to the chairman of the parliament’s financial and fiscal and committee, Surapong Towichakchaikul, expressing opposition to the plan to sell the bank's shares to foreign financial institutions. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 09 Nov 09 | Taiwan restaurant fire leaves 3 Thai workers dead -- Taipei - An explosion and fire caused by a brawl between Vietnamese and Thai migrant workers in a Taiwan restaurant Friday left three people dead and seven injured. ( The Nation ) |
| 06 Nov 09 | SOPHON AND ABHISIT AT LOGGERHEADS OVER THE TRAIN STRIKE DEBACLE -- Thai Transport Minister Sophon Saram announced yesterday that he would hold the Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva personally responsible if previously sacked State Railway of Thailand (SRT) workers were to be re-instated. ( http://www.pattayadailynews.com/shownews.php?IDNEWS=0000010900 ) |
| 06 Nov 09 | SRT softens reform plans -- The State Railway of Thailand union has won a key victory in its fight over reform of the troubled state enterprise. The SRT management yesterday abandoned its demand that train operations, freight transport and land development functions be split off from the SRT and operated by company subsidiaries. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 06 Nov 09 | PM orders full evaluation of SRT's locomotive fleet -- The condition of the nation's locomotives will be examined by independent experts following strident calls from the State Railway of Thailand union that lives are being put at risk. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 04 Nov 09 | PM meets railway labour union to resolve rail conflicts -- BANGKOK, Nov 3 (TNA) - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva pledged to form a committee to oversee the security of the state railway, ruling out the possibility of privatisation of the state enterprise during the meeting with the railway labour union on Tuesday. ( MCOT ) |
| 04 Nov 09 | Union hands proposal to PM -- The labour union of the State Railway of Thailand handed a six-point proposal to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in their meeting on Tuesday. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 04 Nov 09 | State enterprises workers rally -- About 200 members of the State Enterprises Labour Relations Confederation (SERC) rallied in front of Government House on Tuesday, demanding the dismissal of Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum and State Railway of Thailand governor Yutthana Thapcharoen. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 04 Nov 09 | Government House besieged with protesters -- Disgruntled railway workers and disabled lottery vendors on Tuesday held separate rallies at Government House in order to air their respective grievances. ( The Nation ) |
| 02 Nov 09 | Training policy needs reviewing -- The government needs to reconsider its labour policy to overcome a severe shortage in the job market, says Thaveekij Jaturajarernkul, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries' labour committee. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 02 Nov 09 | PM needs to resolve rail problems for sake of country -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should pay serious attention to unlocking the conflicts in the debt-ridden state-owned enterprise State Railway of Thailand (SRT) labour union to enhance the nation's mass-transit and cargo transport with quality services and competitive prices. ( The Nation ) |
| 02 Nov 09 | PM to hold urgent meeting to tackle SRT problems -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday he would hold an urgent meeting to address the internal problems plaguing the State Railway of Thailand. ( The Nation ) |
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