"Thai workers"

The widow of one of three Thais who died while working illegally in South Korea on Tuesday (September 10) has been offered help getting a job back home by the Nakhon Ratchasima Employment Office.

Seventeen Thai workers, who earlier this week had claimed to be stranded on a trawler off the coast of Somalia and wished to return home, would arrive in Thailand later this week, a senior Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) official told the press on Wednesday (August 7).

Thai workers are the seventh most vacation deprived globally yet 74 per cent claim they would cancel a vacation due to work, according to the 18th annual Vacation Deprivation Study by Expedia.co.th.

A MAJORITY OF Thai workers want the minimum daily wage set at a flat rate of Bt400 once the new government is in place. But, fearing a hike in prices of necessities because of the move, they also called for price controls, a recent survey by Bangkok Poll revealed yesterday.

THAI workers have shouldered ever-higher household debt in the past 10 years as their incomes have not been adequate to meet their expenses, according to a survey.

The Labour Minister, Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo, has instructed officials to be stricter in intercepting “little ghost” Thai workers who aim to work illegally in South Korea.

THAI WORKERS  will enjoy a salary increase of 5.5 per cent in 2019, similar to the previous year, according to a forecast issued by consulting firm Korn Ferry.

LABOUR MINISTER Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo last week visited Moshav, a cooperative farming community in Israel, and threatened to send back Thai workers found to be dependent on alcohol and drugs. He also urged Thais in the town, which is near the Gaza Strip, to be cautious as the area is conflict-ridden.

BIG CONGLOMERATES are known to have a strong influence over government policy, so they should use their leverage to improve the lives of migrant workers and push for better labour rights protection, academics said yesterday.

The Department of Employment (DOE) is warning Thais who wish to work in the agricultural sector in Canada to beware of fraud on social networking sites.

I call readers’ attention to the shocking new BBC documentary “Who cares about Israel’s Thai workers?” (November 23).

More than 120,000 illegal Thai workers in South Korea will be able to return to their home country without being blacklisted, if they come forward voluntarily by March 31, 2019.