8 October 2023 at 7:03 PUBLISHED
At a rally on Saturday to commemorate World Day for Decent Work, around 600 workers urged the government to end what they refer to as cruel employment conditions and advance job security.
Members of the International Labour Organization Convention Mobility Network, the State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation ( SERC ), and the Thai Labour Solidarity Con Federation ( TLSC ) joined the rally along Ratchadamnoen Avenue and nbsp in Bangkok.
Labour organizations, including Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, are urging the government to abolish short-term work or labor deals in both the public and private sectors, according to TLSC head Sawit Kaewwan during the meeting.
Additionally, the groups urged the government to abandon any plans to privatize state businesses involved in power, transportation, banking, and communications.
According to Mr. Sawit, in order to maintain minimal public utility costs, which lowers production charges and household expenses, the government must run state enterprises.
Instead of privatizing state businesses, he advised the authorities to take into account the SERC’s State Enterprise Development Bill to better understand how to structure them.
A TLSC advisor named Somporn Kwannet claimed that more companies are hiring deal employees. The deal does not, however, guarantee total benefits or job stability.
Osot Suwansawet, leader of the Thai Government Employee Union, stated that he works at Maharaj Hospital in Nakhon Si Thammarat under a common health deal.
He claimed that despite being a Social Security Fund customer and earning the minimum wage, he is not eligible for pensions or downsizing compensation.
For instance, the Ministry of Public Health employs more than 200,000 contract workers in public facilities nationwide. Welfare perks, which labor advocates have pushed for for more than 20 years, are not provided by their employers, though.
Tang, 23, a Chon Buri stock contract worker, claimed that while continuous employees in the same place are unfairly paid over 30, 000 baht each, he only makes about 18, 000 Baht per month.
” The business gives permanent employees a yearly benefit of more than 10,000 baht each.” Deal workers also contribute to the bank’s profits, but we are not equally entitled to benefits.