Workers continue rally for laid off colleagues
Some 300 workers from an aluminiumprocessing company in Nakhon Ratchasima continued rallying for a third day yesterday as they demanded that their 400 colleagues who had been laid off get rehired or they all be sacked with full compensation.
Shin A HiTech Co Ltd laid off 400 workers, including the 176 members of the labour union, who were instrumental in demanding more rights for workers.
Arthit Issamo, directorgeneral of the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, who has been mediating between the workers and the management, said yesterday that all the workers would be rehired with the exception of the 176 union members, who would need to be interviewed again.
A source from the department said the protesters were at a disadvantage for demanding that the 176 be rehired, because the unionists’ demand for the management to comply with 35 conditions would be regarded as a separate issue.
Meanwhile, Evason Phuket Resort and Six Senses Spa has laid off 400 workers over claims that the hotel has been operating at a loss for three years. The termination was announced on Tuesday and all the workers have been promised full severance pay.
