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Wed, 09/03/2008 - 14:01
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Telecommunications gateway at risk, despite otherwise normal union activity
BANGKOK, Sept 3 (TNA) – While the previously announced labour strikes have not fully materialized, the possibility of a CAT Telecom labour union work stoppage which would affect international circuit telecommunications and the Internet gateway is still being considered.
The CAT union has said it will decide Wednesday afternoon whether to cut the international circuit telecommunication gateway or not. Disconnecting the gateway would affect internet, overseas telephone services as well as financial transactions.
All modes of transportation nationwide were on normal services despite
some labour unions of transportation state enterprises and companies
threatened to strike and join the anti-government protest to put pressure against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to resign.
The bus services of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA),
inter-provincial bus services of Transport Company, were on normal
services while the operation of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Thai Airways International (THAI) were almost in full services.
The State Enterprise Labour Relations Confederation on Monday said that more than 200,000 members of the 43 state enterprise labour unions nationwide had jointly agreed to stop work which involves public utilities to support the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government protest.
The Confederation also threatened to cut tap water, electricity supplies and other public utilities supplying metropolitan Bangkok to pressure Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to resign.
BMTA Director Pinate Puapatanakul said that bus services were running
normally. This was the result of the talks on Tuesday between Bangkok Mass Transit executives and the BMTA labour union in which they agreed that even though joining a political movement is a personal right of the staff, BMTA has a commitment to serve the public, he said.
He added that some staff had taken leave but not a large enough number to affect overall services.
Transport Company managing director Wuthichart Kanlayanamitr said taking leave was the right of the staff but the leave should not affect the passengers.
SRT governor Yuthana Thapcharoen said the talks between the executives and labour union were successful to a certain degree.
Northern and Northeastern route train services were already back to normal while southern line trains remain suspended as the Hat Yai terminal is still shut down. The governor said he would try to hold talks to persuade railway workers to return to work.
A number of SRT workers took sick leave since Monday in support of the
ongoing anti-government demonstrations which have encamped in the
Government House compound since August 26.
Meanwhile the THAI airways employees were working normally and flights
nationwide were almost at normal frequency except for southern airports, particularly Hat Yai, where THAI has been forced to cancel flights because PAD protesters were still blocking the entrance to the terminal.
In related developments, the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) said that power supplies were operating normally.
Some employees are on leave but MEA operations are unaffected, he said, adding that the agency's staff vowed to carry out their duties and not do anything to affect the public.
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) power plants were
running normally, but security measures were stepped up. The numbers of staff which have taken leave will not affect power supplies to the public.
Meanwhile, the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) labour union confirmed
that its staff would strike to add pressure on the government. Controllers at 10 container crane had stop working, a move which disrupted the loading operations at Bangkok Port.
The CAT Telecom labour union said it would make a decision this afternoon whether to cut the international circuit telecommunication or gateway or not. Disconnecting the gateway would affect internet, overseas telephone services as well as financial transaction (TNA)
The CAT union has said it will decide Wednesday afternoon whether to cut the international circuit telecommunication gateway or not. Disconnecting the gateway would affect internet, overseas telephone services as well as financial transactions.
All modes of transportation nationwide were on normal services despite
some labour unions of transportation state enterprises and companies
threatened to strike and join the anti-government protest to put pressure against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to resign.
The bus services of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA),
inter-provincial bus services of Transport Company, were on normal
services while the operation of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Thai Airways International (THAI) were almost in full services.
The State Enterprise Labour Relations Confederation on Monday said that more than 200,000 members of the 43 state enterprise labour unions nationwide had jointly agreed to stop work which involves public utilities to support the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government protest.
The Confederation also threatened to cut tap water, electricity supplies and other public utilities supplying metropolitan Bangkok to pressure Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to resign.
BMTA Director Pinate Puapatanakul said that bus services were running
normally. This was the result of the talks on Tuesday between Bangkok Mass Transit executives and the BMTA labour union in which they agreed that even though joining a political movement is a personal right of the staff, BMTA has a commitment to serve the public, he said.
He added that some staff had taken leave but not a large enough number to affect overall services.
Transport Company managing director Wuthichart Kanlayanamitr said taking leave was the right of the staff but the leave should not affect the passengers.
SRT governor Yuthana Thapcharoen said the talks between the executives and labour union were successful to a certain degree.
Northern and Northeastern route train services were already back to normal while southern line trains remain suspended as the Hat Yai terminal is still shut down. The governor said he would try to hold talks to persuade railway workers to return to work.
A number of SRT workers took sick leave since Monday in support of the
ongoing anti-government demonstrations which have encamped in the
Government House compound since August 26.
Meanwhile the THAI airways employees were working normally and flights
nationwide were almost at normal frequency except for southern airports, particularly Hat Yai, where THAI has been forced to cancel flights because PAD protesters were still blocking the entrance to the terminal.
In related developments, the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) said that power supplies were operating normally.
Some employees are on leave but MEA operations are unaffected, he said, adding that the agency's staff vowed to carry out their duties and not do anything to affect the public.
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) power plants were
running normally, but security measures were stepped up. The numbers of staff which have taken leave will not affect power supplies to the public.
Meanwhile, the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) labour union confirmed
that its staff would strike to add pressure on the government. Controllers at 10 container crane had stop working, a move which disrupted the loading operations at Bangkok Port.
The CAT Telecom labour union said it would make a decision this afternoon whether to cut the international circuit telecommunication or gateway or not. Disconnecting the gateway would affect internet, overseas telephone services as well as financial transaction (TNA)
