| 29 Dec 09 | Minimum wage increase insignificant -- The new minimum daily wage increases expected to come into force on Jan 1 are no more than chicken feed and can hardly be considered a New Year's gift for the workers, as suggested. They deserve much better treatment. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 29 Dec 09 | PM ponders health fund 'issues' -- Astonished by the doubling of civil service healthcare expenses within a few years, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday called for a brainstorming session to look at the real nature of the issue. ( The Nation ) |
| 28 Dec 09 | Former Triumph workers celebrating New Year at Ministry of Labour -- For over two months, former Triumph workers have rallied at the Ministry of Labour, despite the ministry’s threats to remove them from its premises. Two of their leaders have returned from a campaign trip in Europe. ( prachatai ) |
| 28 Dec 09 | DSI urged to take charge of case of NGO worker in Songkhla -- On 24 Dec, Phairoj Pholphet, Chair of the NGO Coordinating Committee, led a group of NGO workers and members of people’s organizations petitioned the Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation to adopt the case of the shooting of an NGO worker in Songkhla. ( prachatai ) |
| 23 Dec 09 | Labour Court dismisses Triumph workers’ case against employer -- The Labour Court in Samut Prakarn dismissed a case of unfair layoff filed by former Triumph workers against Body Fashion (Thailand) Co. The workers, however, will continue their fight, and sell their own ‘Try Arm’ underwear at their rallies, while two of their leaders are running a campaign in Europe to pressure Triumph headquarters. ( Prachatai ) |
| 22 Dec 09 | No decision yet on minimum wages -- The Central Wage Committee on Monday failed again to reach agreement on a new minimum wage for labourers in various provinces due to a conflict over the wage for Bangkok, a Labour Department source said. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 22 Dec 09 | Burmese bra workers resume protest -- More than 3,000 female Burmese workers at a bra factory in Tak's Mae Sot district again went on strike on Monday over an assault on two of an employee's relatives by four security officers. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 22 Dec 09 | Map Ta Phut, oil prices head list of business influences to watch in 2010 -- In the second of the year-end series, the Business Desk presents the top 10 issues in 2010 that business communities will need to take into account, because they could affect their operations next year. ( The Nation ) |
| 18 Dec 09 | Foreign workers change the face of Thailand -- International Migrants Day is a good time to remind ourselves what a powerful force migrants can be for the economy, for jobs and for cultural dynamism. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 18 Dec 09 | Brief encounter, but no triumph in court -- Laid-off factory workers have lost a court case to demand additional severance pay from the swimwear and lingerie giant, Triumph International. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 17 Dec 09 | THAI union calls for Wallop to resign -- The labour union of Thai Airways International on Wednesday submitted a letter to the senate committee on corruption and good governance asking for a fact-finding investigation into the excess-baggage scandal surrounding THAI executive chairman Wallop Bhukkanasut. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 17 Dec 09 | Labour Affairs Q&A: Uneasy peace at GM (Thailand) -- We read in MR&TS's monthly report "Thai Labour Chronicle" that General Motors (Thailand) concluded a new collective bargaining agreement effective only from October 15 to November 9. Will the three-week agreement soon lead to another round of bitter dispute? ( The Nation ) |
| 17 Dec 09 | Labour Affairs Q&A: Temporary closures and lockouts are different animals -- Question What is the difference between a management order for a temporaryclosure and one for a lockout? ( The Nation ) |
| 17 Dec 09 | Padaung on show in Mae Rim -- The Karen Network for Culture and Environment called yesterday for authorities to investigate a community of 22 Padaung people in Chiang Mai's Mae Rim district because of fears human trafficking laws may have been violated. ( The Nation ) |
| 15 Dec 09 | Abhisit comes under paper airplane attack -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has come under attack from paper airplanes launched by members of the Triumph underwear labour union. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 15 Dec 09 | Malaysia sending back 210 Thai workers -- Malaysia is sending back 210 Thais detained on its soil on charges of illegal entry. "Some are victims of human trafficking," Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 14 Dec 09 | Hundreds evacuated after site gas leak -- RAYONG : Hundreds of construction workers were evacuated and four hospitalised after a gas leak at Map Ta Phut industrial estate - the second such incident in a week. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 14 Dec 09 | Labour Affairs Q&A: Temporary closures and lockouts are different animals -- Question What is the difference between a management order for a temporaryclosure and one for a lockout? ( The Nation ) |
| 14 Dec 09 | Complaint lodged over gas leak -- A group of residents lodged a complaint yesterday against the recent leakage of an unknown gas inside the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and the discharge of black smoke by IRPC. ( The Nation ) |
| 11 Dec 09 | Has THAI chairman lost his luggage? -- Mystery shrouds the whereabouts of the controversial overweight luggage brought in from Japan on a recent THAI flight by executive board chairman Wallop Bhukkanasut. Yesterday, he blamed politics for the growing controversy. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Dec 09 | Labour Affairs Q&A: Change long overdue on the minimum wage -- QUESTION Should the minimum wage be a daily or hourly rate? ( The Nation ) |
| 04 Dec 09 | Thai Labour and Human Rights Groups Call For Urgent Inquiry as Nationality Verification of Burmese Migrants Begins -- On 16 Sept. 2009, the State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC), the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) and the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) will petition the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants calling for an urgent inquiry into the commencement of a nationality verification process for Burmese migrants in Thailand. Subsequently, a set of recommendations will be submitted to the Royal Thai Government. The process, occurring both on Thai and Burmese soil, and on which the Thai Government has disseminated little information, is likely to be ineffective and places 2 million migrants at high risk of exploitation. ( Prachatai ) |
| 04 Dec 09 | Land Bridge 'unaffected' by dubai |debt crisis -- The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) says Dubai World's debt moratorium will not affect the Southern Land Bridge project. ( The Nation ) |
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