'Nationalism'
trumps unions - The Nation,
May 12, 2005
A labour journal article has outlined the main
issues preventing Thai workers from forming labour unions, chief
among them that nation's image supersedes their needs for better
working conditions.
Labour Focus, a quarterly labour journal published by the non-governmental
organisation Campaign for Thai Labour Programme, also cited other
factors such as rhetoric that factories are extended families and
that "Thai-ness" is being held up as an antithesis to
collective bargaining. The article is the result of a survey of
union leaders and workers over recent years.
Other perceived obstacles are threats of factory relocation abroad,
especially to countries with cheaper labour like Vietnam, China
and Indonesia, the slow and costly process of labour court hearings,
and claims by employees that they already have adequate ethical
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