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Andrew Drummond

Thammakaset poultry farm

MIGRANT WORKERS FACE FIVE YEARS FOR PROVING THEY WORKED A 20 HOUR DAY

NEW CHARGES OVER THEFT OF 2 BAHT  CHICKEN FARM TIME CARDS POSE THE QUESTION ‘JUST HOW INSANE CAN THAILAND’S JUSTICE SYSTEM GET?’   While Thailand’s military junta is anxious to show the West, in particular the U.S. State department, that it is cracking down on the human trafficking of workers in Thailand we can happily […]

There are those Thai time cards again

Every time that I read that migrant workers in Thailand are being prosecuted for stealing their time cards, by a Thai chicken processing company accused of labour abuse I can’t help giggling. (Pause) How is the court going to assess the value of the time cards  -50 satang or the millions the company will have […]

MIGRANT WORKERS WERE ABUSED IN THAILAND – COURT RULES

EMPLOYEES COMPENSATED AND AWARDED 1.7 MILLION THAI BAHT US$5,2000  BUT THEY CONTINUE WITH CLAIM FOR US$1.2 MILLION In a landmark case Burmese migrant workers labouring on a poultry farm in Lopburi, central Thailand, have been awarded compensation for their abuse at the hands of their employers who were supplying chicken meat for export through the […]