Joint effort to lift TIP ranking
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published : 3 Apr 2021 at 09:30 (Bangkok Post file photo)
Business associations are cooperating with the Labour Ministry to eliminate human trafficking and improve the kingdom s standing in the US State Department s annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP).
Thailand was ranked at Tier 2 in the 2020 TIP, meaning the kingdom did not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking despite making significant efforts to do so.
Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said the government aims to eliminate the practice of using child and forced labour in the fishery, agriculture and textile industries so it encouraged business operators to sign a memorandum of understanding that promotes the quality of life of workers and ensures the implementation of good labour practices and inspections.
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Airport workers stage protest over labour conditions
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published : 10 Mar 2021 at 23:13
3 Airport workers protest over labour conditions at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok, Wednesday. (Photo: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Handout by Puwadon Onlamoon/International Transport Workers Federation)
Hundreds of airport workers held a demonstration in Bangkok on Wednesday to dispute changes to their contracts that they say strips them of basic labour rights and has led to forced resignations and arbitrary dismissals.
The protest involved at least 200 workers for AoT Aviation Security (AoT Avsec), a joint venture set up last year between state-owned Airports of Thailand (AoT) and three security firms, with unions saying conditions had worsened during the pandemic.
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Navy inspections find no illegal workers on Phuket fishing boats
Navy inspections find no illegal workers on Phuket fishing boats
PHUKET: Random inspections of four Phuket fishing boats by Navy personnel yesterday (Mar 4) found no illegal migrant workers among the 147 fishermen checked, reports the Thai Navy.
Photo: THAI-MECC Area 3
The raids were conducted to prevent any illigal human trafficking, reported Vice Admiral Cherngchai Chomcherngpat of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command.
V/Adm Cherngchai also serves as Director of the Third Area Command’s Maritime Enforcement Coordination Centre (THAI-MECC Area 3), which conducted the inspections yesterday, led by Capt Kriangkrai Lai-ngern of Phuket Naval Security Control Centre.