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Wed, 08/10/2011 - 14:29
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New Thai labour minister promises wage, salary hikes
BANGKOK, August 10 (TNA) - Thailand's newly-appointed Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap announced on Wednesday that he will immediately go ahead with two proposed plans on raising the country's daily minimum wage to 300 baht and monthly salaries for new graduates to 15,000 baht, beginning in some areas where the measures can be practically and effectively enforced first.
Phadermchai said that the new minimum wage hike will be implemented through the existing tripartite system, comprising the Thai government, representatives of local employers and employees, to ensure its balanced impacts, both positively and negatively, and that after he starts working at the labour portfolio on August 15, he will immediately invite all the parties concerned for talks on the wage and salary hike plans.
Phadermchai promised that the new daily minimum wage and salary hike measures will eventually be enforced in all areas across the country, saying that he considers them a realistic, not a populist policy, as it will provide an equal opportunity for workers in the Thai society to enjoy a justified return to their labours with better living conditions and quality of life.
Meanwhile, Chalee Loysoong, head of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), urged the new Pheu Thai Party-led government to urgently contain rising costs of living and to enforce the 300-baht daily minimum wage and the 15,000 monthly salary hikes for new graduates in all areas across the country as of early next year, as promised in its recent vote campaigns.
Representing all local workers, the TLSC chief also demanded that the new Thai government push for the parliamentary ratification of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)'s Convention 87 and 98 on labour rights, including their mass rallies and formations of labour bodies to boost their bargaining powers with their employers.
The TLSC chief also called for the new Pheu Thai administration to upgrade the status of Thailand's Social Security Office (SSO) to be an independent body to improve and guarantee local workers' welfare benefits. (TNA)
Phadermchai said that the new minimum wage hike will be implemented through the existing tripartite system, comprising the Thai government, representatives of local employers and employees, to ensure its balanced impacts, both positively and negatively, and that after he starts working at the labour portfolio on August 15, he will immediately invite all the parties concerned for talks on the wage and salary hike plans.
Phadermchai promised that the new daily minimum wage and salary hike measures will eventually be enforced in all areas across the country, saying that he considers them a realistic, not a populist policy, as it will provide an equal opportunity for workers in the Thai society to enjoy a justified return to their labours with better living conditions and quality of life.
Meanwhile, Chalee Loysoong, head of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), urged the new Pheu Thai Party-led government to urgently contain rising costs of living and to enforce the 300-baht daily minimum wage and the 15,000 monthly salary hikes for new graduates in all areas across the country as of early next year, as promised in its recent vote campaigns.
Representing all local workers, the TLSC chief also demanded that the new Thai government push for the parliamentary ratification of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)'s Convention 87 and 98 on labour rights, including their mass rallies and formations of labour bodies to boost their bargaining powers with their employers.
The TLSC chief also called for the new Pheu Thai administration to upgrade the status of Thailand's Social Security Office (SSO) to be an independent body to improve and guarantee local workers' welfare benefits. (TNA)
