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Fri, 08/26/2011 - 11:17
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New Thai government demanded to raise minimum wage in six months
BANGKOK, August 26 (TNA) - A labour leader has demanded that the new Thai government raise daily minimum wages to 300 baht in six months, or face heavy pressures.
The labour leader, Chalee Loysung, Chairman of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee, insisted if the Puea Thai Party-led government failed to raise the daily minimum wage to 300 baht as promised during its vote campaigns, local workers would protest against the new administration.
Chalee said if the new government changed its wording from the 300-baht minimum wage to a 300-baht minimum daily earning which included overtime, travel allowance, meal and accommodation allowance, it would be considered as lying, as local workers’ minimum earnings have already exceeded 300 baht per day when overtime is included, noting that in fact, the country's daily minimum wage should now exceed 400 baht.
The Thai labour leader claimed that only 30 per cent of labourers in Thailand have secured their 300-baht daily minimum wages; while earnings of the rest have remained unreasonably lower.(TNA)
The labour leader, Chalee Loysung, Chairman of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee, insisted if the Puea Thai Party-led government failed to raise the daily minimum wage to 300 baht as promised during its vote campaigns, local workers would protest against the new administration.
Chalee said if the new government changed its wording from the 300-baht minimum wage to a 300-baht minimum daily earning which included overtime, travel allowance, meal and accommodation allowance, it would be considered as lying, as local workers’ minimum earnings have already exceeded 300 baht per day when overtime is included, noting that in fact, the country's daily minimum wage should now exceed 400 baht.
The Thai labour leader claimed that only 30 per cent of labourers in Thailand have secured their 300-baht daily minimum wages; while earnings of the rest have remained unreasonably lower.(TNA)
