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Thai labour coalition steps up push for ratification of ILO Conventions 87 and 98 2025-11-02 [IndustriALL]

Thailand: 1,400+ Myanmar workers allegedly dismissed & threatened 2025-10-17 [BHRRC]

Migrant workers at the heart of Thai rubber sector equipped with labour rights and social protection knowledge 2025-09-25 [ILO]

Thailand advances labour rights in fishing sector with new phase of EU-funded ‘Ship to Shore Rights’ programme 2025-09-24 [ILO]

UNI Post & Logistics unions head for World Conference in Bangkok 2025-09-19 [UNI Global Union]

Trade unions take a significant step forward to realise a safe and healthy working environment in Thailand 2025-09-03 [ILO]

Thai senate advances workers’ rights through key dialogue with ILO 2025-08-21 [ILO]

Victory for the Chiang Mai Barista Labor Union Against Wage Theft! 2025-04-21 [iufap.org]

Unions and Rights Groups Call on Thai Government to Strengthen Labour Inspections/Stop Rollbacks 2024-12-23 [ITF]

Call to action: Stop union busting at YPC Precision in Thailand!  ActNOW!  2024-12-07 [IndustriALL]

Make Conventions 87 and 98 core agenda in EU-Thailand free trade talks 2024-12-03 [IndustriALL]

Union busting and layoffs at Swiss-backed e-bus manufacturer in Thailand 2024-11-18 [IndustriALL]

Workers’ union urges creditors to block appointment of govt execs 2024-11-16 [The Nation]

Thai employer continues to violate workers’ rights under Swiss programme 2024-10-11 [IndustriALL]

Female journalist assaulted by Thai MP 2024-08-28 [IFJ]

Chiang Mai Barista Union in Thailand campaigns for better wages and conditions for food services workers 2024-06-30 [IUF Asia/Pacific]

Comments Concerning the Ranking of Thailand by the United States Department of State in the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report 2024-06-15 [Global Labour Justice]

Underwear King Robert Ng Stole $5.9 Million from Low-Wage Workers 2024-03-23 [WRC]

UNI Thai Affiliates Commit to Boosting Organizing and Union Growth, Prepare to Host 6th UNI APRO Regional Conference 2024-03-20 [UNI]

Women workers call for protection from violence, discrimination 2024-03-08 [The Nation]

Thai unions advance campaign towards ratification of ILO Conventions 2024-03-06 [IndustriALL]

Workers hope for better pay in 2024 2024-01-05 [Benar News]

After Pocketing Workers’ Wages, Nike Supplier Paid Shareholders a Bonus 2023-11-04 [WRC]

Y-Tec violates workers' rights in Thailand 2023-10-25 [IndustriALL]

A Labor Strategy Beyond Elections 2023-05-16 [Asian Labour Review]

Unions urge government to ratify ILO Conventions 87 and 98 2023-04-15 [IndustriALL]

Considered neither refugees nor economic migrants, Burmese workers in Thailand eke out a living in the shadows 2023-03-24 [Equal Times]

Winning workers’ rights to maternity protection in Thailand 2023-03-04 [IUF Asia/Pacific]

Workers in Thailand who made F&F jeans for Tesco ‘trapped in effective forced labour’ 2022-12-19 [The guardian]

Workers in Thailand who made F&F jeans for Tesco ‘trapped in effective forced labour’ 2022-12-19 [The Guardian]

NXP Thailand must reinstate sacked workers 2022-12-15 [IndustriALL]

Call from CILT (IndustriALL Thailand) from Thailand to Monitor Union Busting in Honda Motor Supply Chain 2022-11-28 [CILT Official Facebook]

“Which Side Are You On?” Thailand’s anti-authoritarian youth challenge to the labour movement 2022-11-26 [Asian Labour Review]

People’s Radio: a friend to Burmese migrant workers in Thailand 2022-11-26 [Asian Labour Review]

CNN criticised for mass shooting coverage 2022-10-13 [IFJ]

Nestlé​ admits slavery and coercion used in catching its seafood 2019-11-30 [CBC]

Labour rights activist demanding release on bail of all anti-establishment Ratsadon leaders indicted on lèse majesté charges 2021-05-02 [Thai PBS World]

Top Thai union leader ‘targeted' with jail for rail safety campaign 2021-09-21 [Guardian]

Nestlé admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast 2017-01-09 [Guardian]

Nestlé and Thai Union inaugurate demonstration boat to promote human and labour rights in fishing industry 2018-03-01 [webwire]

Thailand: Garment workers at former Victoria's Secret supplier secure $8 million severance pay win after 13-month campaign 2022-06-04 [Business and Human Rights Resource Centre]

Court sentences journalist to two years' jail for Twitter post 2019-12-30 [IFJ]

Migrant Workers Stream Home as Thailand's Economy Goes into Covid-19 Lockdown 2020-03-29 [IOM]

Myanmar's Migrants Face Discrimination Amid Surging COVID-19 in Thailand 2021-01-09 [The Irrawaddy]

Bangkok's airport workers still waiting on rights 2021-03-24 [ITF]

Fishers' Rights Network calls on Thai Government to enforce contract provisions 2021-07-01 [ITF]

Union takes big step to building aviation workers' power 2019-07-10 [ITF]

Sweet, smart, strong and sexy': the sex workers taking a stand in Thailand 2020-02-19 [Opendemocracy]

Burmese migrants charged with defamation after alleging labour abuses in Thailand's multimillion-pound poultry export industry 2017-06-07 [The Guardian]

Union formed for workers in Thailand's fishing industry 2018-06-02 [Undercurrent News]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-11-1956 1st decree governing the number of working hours, the work of women and children, wages and compensation, weekly rest (1 day), sick leave, and the right to organize trade unions (except civil servants). [more]