CNI News
24 April 2024
The Wage Committee summitted a letter mentioning that it was necessary to raise the minimum wage for migrant workers including Myanmar citizens to 400 bahts a day on 17th April and it was signed by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Labor.
The Thai authorities might implement the wage increase plan in two months and the sub-committee has been assigned to review the minimum wage and after studying kinds of businesses in each state, the minimum wage would be raised to 400 bahts reportedly.
" Wages and salaries of the employees from the tourism industry were raised separately. It's not convenient. They have planned to raise the minimum wage until 400 bahts a day. In fact, activists and those who carry out for the labor affairs demanded to raise the minimum wage. Employers argued that they could raise at a reasonable situation." said U Min Oo, In charge of labor affairs from the FED to CNI News.
An aquatic product manufacturing workplace in Thailand
The minimum wage of the employees working in the hotel and tourism industries was raised to 400 bahts starting from 13th April depending on the region of the districts concerned.
Logistics, seafood and export industries would be studied in two months and the board meeting would be held reportedly.
If the minimum wage was raised to 400 bahts, it would be more convenient for workers, Ko Moe Lay who is working in Thailand, told CNI News.
" I'm glad if they raise the minimum wage to 400 bahts. At present, we earn 360 or 363 bahts. We can have a meal at 40 bahts." he said.
While migrant workers were being tested for the Covid-19 during the Covid-19 pandemic
However, workers at the workplaces in the Thai-Myanmar border areas haven't earned the minimum wage designated up to now.
The Federation of Thai Trade Unions, the Raks Thai Foundation and the Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) demanded the Thai government on the International Labor Day last year to raise the minimum wage to 715 bahts.
There are 77 districts in Thailand and workers in some districts earn more wages. The workers in Chonburi, Rayong and Phukhet Districts that are economically important earn 361 bahts a day and 345 bahts in Kanchanaburi and Tak.
