Thai workers protest for higher minimum wage
BANGKOK (AFP) — Thousands of workers waving flags and banners gathered in the Thai capital on Labour Day to call on the government to raise the minimum wage and improve their welfare.
More than 3,000 workers from various industries across Thailand gathered for a rally outside Government House, where they handed in a list of their demands.
Speaking from a makeshift stage on the back of a truck, labour leaders criticised the government, which they said was more concerned with constitutional amendments than efforts to improve the welfare of workers.
“We will gather here with no time limit,” Wilaiwan Sae Tia, president of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee, which helped organise the rally, told the gathering.
“Today is the day that will prove whether this elected government is sincere about solving our problems or not,” she said, as protesters waved Thai and labour organisation flags along with signs saying “Expensive rice prices, cheap labour wages,” and “How can labourers live?”
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