Israeli work scheme getsaxe on huge tab for Thais | Bangkok Post: news
Israeli work scheme getsaxe on huge tab for Thais
- Published: 16/03/2012 at 02:02 AM
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The Labour Ministry has scrapped a plan to send 5,000 Thai workers to Israel after learning the job placement expenses were more than 300,000 baht a worker.
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"It is a kind of unfair exploitation and it won't benefit workers," Labour Minister Padermchai Sasomsap said.
About 5,000 Thai workers were expected to travel to Israel next month.
Mr Padermchai revealed some employment firms tried to cover up the high cost of worker placement through various tactics such as splitting the bill for one worker into two bills.
Ministry officials found out about the placement costs after interviewing Thai workers and their families from northeastern provinces such as Udon Thani, Nong Bua Lam Phu and Nong Khai.
All of them confirmed the cost of a job placement in Israel ranged between 300,000 and 400,000 baht due to a bidding process which benefits only employment firms in Thailand and Israel.
"I have instructed officers to compile all information before forwarding it to the National Anti-Corruption Commission and the Department of Special Investigation for further investigation and action against people involved in any illegal activities," he said.
Inflated job placement expenses is a problem that could taint the reputation of both the Thai and Israeli governments, Mr Padermchai said.
The Labour Ministry has sent a letter to the Israeli government to seek cooperation in its effort to tackle the problem.
The minister will today meet with the Israeli ambassador to Thailand Yitzhak Shoham to discuss the matter in greater detail, an aide said.
"I want to propose that job placement should be done through government agencies of both countries, so that the expenses per worker will not be so high," said Mr Padermchai.
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16-03-2012, 11:13 AM #1Out there...
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Israeli work scheme gets axe on huge tab for Thais
"Slavery is the daughter of darkness; an ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction; ambition and intrigue take advantage of the credulity and inexperience of men who have no political, economic or civil knowledge. They mistake pure illusion for reality, license for freedom, treason for patriotism, vengeance for justice."-Simón Bolívar
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Thais and Israelis...
What chance does the poor worker have against these 2 sets of parasites...
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A much better chance with the Thai's. In Israel they would become indentured servants never paying back the "expenses". The Thai women would be forced into prostitution. I really do hope Yisrael attacks Iran. There won't be anymore Yisrael if they do.
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Thais and Israelis...
What chance does the poor worker have against these 2 sets of parasites...
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16-03-2012, 01:19 PM #4DanGuest
That's an impressively bad headline.
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Seconded.
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Deja Vu. Heard it before. Last year? Apparently nothing has changed.
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Parasites you say? I suppose so. What chance has a low end Thai got in Thailand?
What do you call people who exploit their own people? "Slave traders."
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'PM should probe worker deal' - The Nation
'PM should probe worker deal'
The Nation on Sunday March 18, 2012 1:00 am
Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap could be taken to task by the Opposition over his move to scrap a plan to send Thai workers to Israel, a deal signed during the Democrat-led government.
Democrat Party deputy spokesperson Mallika Boonmeetrakul said she would file a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against the minister if he scrapped the plan.
The minister claims the plan must be scrapped because of a problem of overcharging for job-placement fees, insisting that each worker must not be charged more than Bt120,000.
Mallika described the ministry's claim as dubious. She said the contract signed on August 3, 2010 indicated that the workers pay Bt80,000, and if they are made to pay Bt120,000, it means the terms in the contract have been violated.
She suggested Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra should order an investigation into an allegation that a close aide of a politician in the Labour Ministry called a private meeting with private job-placement agencies on the sixth floor of the ministry in February to demand an additional Bt30,000 from each worker sent to Israel.
Phadermchai on Friday challenged Chalermchai Sri-on, the Democrat secretary-general, to name the person he claimed was his close aide and had demanded an extra Bt30,000 commission from workers.
The minister said he scrapped the plan to send Thai workers to Israel after learning employment firms were exploiting workers by charging excessive job-placement fees.
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....good to see visiable moves to stamp out corruption...
....and of course....a bonus...free kick...at the jews...
Arr....Old Siam....
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My BiL went to work in Israel on one of these schemes. I felt that it was a total con, considering the employment agency fees. Every week he sent about 30,000 baht back to my wife to repay the agent. After about 3 years he had finally completed the payback and was ready to continue his work for a couple more years and to save his salary in the bank.
His shister employee in Israel conveniently forgot to provide the paperwork for him to renew his WP. He and all his Thai colleagues were imprisoned for a week and then deported back to Thailand...Groping women when you're old is fine - everyone thinks you're senile
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This exploitation has been going on for years.
It's actually human trafficking but whereas folk get their little knickers in a twist over a few whores most are indifferent to the thousands of honest workers enslaved by the greed of their own agents and the ruthless foreign labour gangmasters.
Unfettered capitalism at work and no surprise the Yids are at the top of the greasy pole in the exploitation stakes. Having denied the Palestinian labour supply access to their markets the Israelis need fodder for their donkey work and, given the opprobrium heaped on their shoulders by the muslims, they have had no choice but to rely on the likes of Thailand - traditional suppliers of lumpen labour such as the Pakis and Banglas are of course off limits.
How typical of the Yids to bite the hand that has been feeding their economy.
The world is indeed a ghastly place.
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