Thai workers call for minimum wage increase

Workers in Thailand urged the authorities to raise the minimum wage nationwide.

On 14 September 2016, about 100 people from the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) and its networks submitted a petition to ML Puntrik Smiti, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, voicelabour.org reported.

The workers want the minimum wage to be raised to 360 baht (about 10 USD) instead of 300 baht per day currently.

The Labour Ministry has given a green light to the proposal to raise the minimum wage in 13 provinces in accordance to what the 13 Provincial Wage Committees proposed. However, it is uncertain if the policy will apply to 64 other provinces or not.

The TLSC stated that the increase of minimum wage should be applied in every province regardless of minimal differences of the cost of living in each province.

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