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The traceability challenge in the supply chain
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 13/01/2016
» In the past, considerable physical and temporal distance separated the upstream activities of a supply chain from a manufacturer and its downstream stakeholders. Now technology, especially mobile devices and social media, can make downstream stakeholders -- consumers, business customers, news media, regulators and NGOs -- aware of upstream risk almost instantly.
Pursue graft to end abuses
News, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2015
» As the world marks International Migrants Day today to recognise their economic contributions and to call for safe migration and decent employment, Thailand is still a long way from fulfilling those goals.
Agents of mistreatment
News, Editorial, Published on 02/12/2015
» Big business and the government are facing inconvenient charges from abroad that show how much more must be done in battling human trafficking and associated labour abuses.
Chicken processing firms pledge to examine ‘unfair’ recruiting fees
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 29/11/2015
» Owners of chicken processing companies have promised to look into allegations of unfair recruitment fees imposed on immigrant workers and to improve communications with them and to cut out alleged labour abuses.
CPF denies abusing migrant workers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/11/2015
» Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc has denied accusations by European advocacy groups of labour abuses involving migrant workers at two of its giant plants.
Government hits back on worker rights
Business, Published on 27/11/2015
» The Thai government insists it has done its utmost to protect workers' rights.
Fix migrant labour rules
News, Editorial, Published on 27/11/2015
» Thailand's efforts to clear its name as a hub of forced and slave labour received a double blow this week.The first came from a report by global food giant Nestle on endemic forced and slave labour abuse in the Thai fishing industry. Immediately afterwards, two corporate watchdogs -- Swedwatch and Finnwatch -- released a joint study on widespread labour abuse in the chicken processing industry, reported worldwide by the Thompson Reuters Foundation.
Fresh labour abuse claims spark probes
News, Published on 27/11/2015
» The processed chicken industry and labour authorities are gearing up for probes into labour abuse claims after fresh research findings indicate migrant workers processing Thai chicken for Europe face widespread abuse by their employers.
Migrants processing Thai chicken exports 'abused, exploited'
Published on 26/11/2015
» LONDON - Migrants processing Thai chicken for its biggest export market, Europe, face widespread abuse by their employers, partly because foreign auditors have focused on food safety rather than workers' conditions, researchers said on Wednesday.