News Forum - Thai minister insists minimum wage increase is not electioneering

[Thaiger]

The Labour Minister, Suchart Chomklin, insists the government’s promise to increase the minimum wage in Thailand by 5-8% this year is not electioneering. With an election due in March next year cynics could be forgiven in thinking it is a government ploy to buy or win votes. Suchart denies this is the case. The Labour Minister said the government is acting on a letter to the government requesting a higher daily minimum wage on April 26 by a group of workers. The letter stated that Thai workers had not had a wage increase in two years and requested it is […]

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[HolyCowCm]

Yes it is and he should be ashamed of himself. Every wage increase pushes Thailand into the cannot compete with other Asian countries and the country loses out.

[palooka]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

The Labour Minister said the government is acting on a letter to the government requesting a higher daily minimum wage on April 26 by a group of workers.

Would be the first letter that they have ever read and taken on board what it says.

Thousands protesting on the streets have got it wrong then, you just have to write a letter and Pnut and Co will resign post haste.