Immigrant workers running low on food
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Food shortages have been reported by representatives for Cambodian and Myanmar workers at a factory in Songkhla, which was the scene of a rowdy industrial dispute last week over pay and alleged mistreatment of employees.
The Phattana seafood factory has been closed since April 8 and with workers allegedly not due to be paid until April 22. Workers were running short of cash and had been collecting snails and vegetables from local areas, according to Andy Hall, an advocate for migrant workers.
Senior Myanmar officials have reportedly been dispatched to Thailand to try to resolve the matter. Hundreds of Cambodian workers have quit the factory and allegedly returned home in recent days.
