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Fighting back against exploitation
Business, William Hicks, Published on 04/06/2021
» As sharing economy tech companies plot major mergers and initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, they are running into problems in Thailand as the state, labour organisations and restaurateurs attempt to push back against the exploitation inherent in their business models.
Labour strikes against the algorithm
Business, William Hicks, Published on 07/09/2020
» Not long ago the streets of Bangkok were near empty -- save for a bustling network of green-, pink- or yellow-vested delivery drivers shepherding food across a shuttered city to the millions trapped indoors fearing an accelerating viral outbreak.
A company man in an unsettled age
Business, William Hicks, Published on 20/04/2019
» Despite being only 44, the chief executive of Unilever Thailand is a man from a bygone era. A man who joins the company right out of university, builds a career and climbs the ladder from intern to executive in an age when most people feel they have no ladder to climb and either jump ship or sink.