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Fleeing back to the provinces
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/01/2023
» Workers in Bangkok who live from hand to mouth have decided to return to their hometowns as the cost of living in the capital becomes unaffordable.
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Third wave's unpalatable reality
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/04/2021
» The third wave of Covid-19 in Thailand is nothing short of an unprecedented crisis for the country's public health system, just as it is for its already flailing economy.
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Lunar New Year a chance to reminisce
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/01/2020
» For many Thais with migrant links, Chinese New Year is a festival full of memories, a time to reflect and celebrate the strength of ethnic heritage.
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Army of homeless chefs seize control of their lives
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/09/2017
» Kannika Pujina, a former vagabond accustomed to sleeping in public squares, found herself competing with chefs from prestigious restaurants in Bangkok this month in a cooking contest aimed at providing homeless people with career opportunities.
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Chicken farm workers paid compensation
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/03/2017
» The Labour Court has ordered Dhammakaset Co Ltd, which operates a poultry farm in Lop Buri, to pay 1.7 million baht in compensation to 14 Myanmar workers who were forced to work long hours and were underpaid.
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Somchai Neelapaijit Memorial Fund award recipients announced
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/03/2017
» Pawinee Chumsri, a lawyer with the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, has won the outstanding human rights award given by the Somchai Neelapaijit Memorial Fund.
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Workers win pay dispute
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/08/2016
» A poultry farm operator in Lop Buri, which foreign media claimed mistreated 14 Myanmar workers, was found to have underpaid labourers.
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Commission to probe poultry industry labour 'abuses'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 08/07/2016
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has pledged to look into allegations of exploitation of migrant workers in the poultry industry after a chicken farm in Lop Buri province was accused of abuses and rights violations.
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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.
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Many abuses 'carried out by middlemen'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/11/2015
» The exploitation of migrant workers through low wages and poor welfare benefits is widely reported among people hired on a sub-contract basis, a group working for migrant workers' rights says.
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