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WFTU solidarity statement with the fishery workers

30/12/202031/12/2020 adminThailand, World Federation of Trade Unions

The World Federation of Trade Unions, the militant voice of 105 million workers from 130 countries of the globe, support the fair struggle of thousand of fisheries workers from 22 provinces of Thailand who protested outside the agriculture ministry a few days ago. The protesters demand substantial support of the fishermen and fisherwomen who are seriously affected due to related regulations enacted since 2015 that destroying thousand legal and fishing people.

WFTU solidarity message with the student protests in Thailand

14/08/2020 admin

The international class oriented trade union movement expresses its internationalist solidarity with the students and youth of Thailand that are taking the streets demanding democratic freedoms in all the aspects of the life. The protests against the military interventions and influence in schools and society are reflecting the wish of the Thailand people for social rights and the right of association and abolition of the rules imposed by past military regimes.

Working people form new rail and metro union in Bangkok

14/02/2020 admin

Bangkok has seen a historic moment today as a new workers’ union has been launched. Working people on the city’s metro and rail system have come together to form the Metro and Rail Transport Workers’ Union (MRTU) and held their first general meeting at the offices of the State Railway Workers’ Union of Thailand (SRUT). The MRTU represents workers in Siemens Mobility Company Thailand, and has the backing of the workers’ union at Siemens in Germany.

WFTU solidarity statement with the people of Thailand on the tropical storm

07/01/2019 admin

The World Federation of Trade Unions representing more than 95 million in 130 countries of the globe expresses its solidarity with the people of Thailand who are facing the consequences of the tropical storm which afflicts the Pak Phanang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

WFTU solidarity statement with the political prisoners in Thailand

14/08/2017 admin

The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 92 million workers in the 5 continents, condemns the increasing phenomenon of imprisonments, based on the expression of people’s opinion in Thailand. The incidents of attacks against freedom of speech is an overt violation of the rights of the people of Thailand. Those practices mainly undermine the action of the working class and aim to the subjugation and manipulation of the popular strata, minimizing the possibility of the class oriented struggles.