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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]

Unpaid wages at Victoria's Secret supplier in Thailand 2021-07-01 [IndustriALL]

ITF welcomes ‘strong' recommendations for Thai action over forced labour in fishing 2017-03-28 [ITF]

14 facts about Somyot and his lèse majesté battle 2017-02-28 [Prachatai]

Migrant workers should not be criminalised for reporting abuse' – watchdog 2017-06-13 [Asian Correspondent]

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]

No rest for labour rights on International Workers' Day 2017-05-05 [prachatai]

Thai lingerie workers call on government to take action against Victoria's Secret supplier 2021-10-14 [IndustriALL]

ITF: lifting of Thailand's yellow card on fishing disturbing 2019-01-10 [ITF]

World's Largest Tuna Company Commits to Supply Chain and Labor Reforms 2017-07-28 [Triple Pundit]

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]

Police release watchlist with details of reporters and citizen journalists 2022-07-20 [IFJ]

Thai garment workers decry COVID arrests after rare labour win For more info 2022-07-14 [AlJazeera]

Victoria's Secret agrees to finance $8.3 million settlement for laid-off Thai workers 2022-05-28 [Reuters]

Long-running garment worker dispute settled 2022-05-26 [Ecotextile]

13-month campaign leads to union win 2022-05-21 [IndustriALL]

Gig workers need unions to secure living 2022-05-06 [The Post]

Lingerie brands urged to pay 1,388 Thai workers US $7.4 million 2022-02-16 [IndustriALL]

Union protest results in criminal charges 2022-01-28 [IndustriALL]

Sex workers have long been disapproved of in Thailand. Now they are calling for their billion-dollar industry to be recognised 2021-11-12 [ABC]

IndustriALL calls on Thai government to stop persecuting union leader 2021-09-02 [IndustriALL]

Unions sign off on text for worker rights at Bangkok airport but management must live up to promises 2021-08-21 [itf]

BWI condemns state harassment of Thai labour leaders 2021-08-17 [BWI]

Airport security workers win back their basic working rights 2021-08-14 [ITF]

New regulation curtails free speech 2021-07-30 [IFJ]

BWI expresses concern over Thailand's militarist pandemic policy 2021-07-01 [BWI]

Censorship laws stifle criticism of government vaccine rollout 2021-06-22 [IFJ]

Reinstate 37 Thai unionists at Yachiyoda Alloy now!  ActNOW!  2021-06-11 [IndustriALL]

Three Burmese journalists arrested in Chiang Mai 2021-05-11 [IFJ]

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