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Industry-based unions touted

Core labour leaders are pushing for the establishment of a union for each industry to boost workers' bargaining power.

Chalee Loysung, chairman of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), said labour leaders have been campaigning for proposed industry unions to give workers more leverage in their jobs.

Industry unions are part of a 10-year strategy to strengthen labour movements across all sectors, he said.

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  • pquinlan

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    Discussion 1 : 18 Feb 2013 at 07.581

    Well, about 120 to 150 years later than many other places in the world, but I guess Thailand is still ahead of places like Somalia. Or perhaps not?

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