FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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Myanmar workers rescued from labour abuses in Chachoengsao

Myanmar workers rescued from labour abuses in Chachoengsao

Labour officials have rescued eight girls and two women, all fromMyanmar, from labour abuses in Chachoengsao.

Apinya Sucharittanan, deputy director general of the Labour Welfare and Protection Department, said the rescue was carried out on Friday following tips-off by the Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN).
The LPN learnt that the 10 Myanmar workers were abused at a noodle shop in Chachoengsao’s Bang Pakong district, so it alerted the department.
The department dispatched a labour protection taskforce to check the shop and found that its 10 workers were paid lower than the minimum wage and the employer owed them back pay. The workers were also physically abused.
Eight of them are under 18 years old and they were put under protection of the LPN foundation pending legal action against the employer.

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