Setha Tavisin, Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mr. Gobham for the second time when asked about the new minimum wage hike by the Wage Committee chaired by Mr. Piroj Chotikasthian, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour. Mr. is under the Ministry of Labour. The Bhumjaitai Party, which has Bipat Ratsakitprakarn as its minister, will present the new minimum wage for cabinet approval on December 12 tomorrow, which will be announced on January 1, 2024.
The new minimum wage increases by 2-16 baht per day, with an average increase of 2.37% or 345 baht per day, divided into 17 levels. Phuket received a maximum wage increase of 16 baht (but did not ask for a raise) to 370 baht per day. As for the three southern border provinces, Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala are poor and have problems with violence. The minimum wage was raised by 2 baht per day to 330 baht per day.
Prime Minister Setha told reporters that the Labor Minister will propose the minimum wage in the cabinet tomorrow. If offered, I myself did not agree. Definitely won’t agree, as Prime Minister Seth announced the scrapping of the new minimum wage before entry. Bhumjaitai Party Labor Minister Mr. The Cabinet believes that Pibat Ratsakitprakarn. The Prime Minister disagreed with this new minimum wage. Tomorrow the Cabinet proposal was definitely rejected. Because it is against the campaign policy of the Pew Thai Party which proposed to raise the minimum wage to 600 baht per day within 4 years and increase it by 2-3 baht per day. How many more decades will it take to reach 600 baht per person? day?
Prime Minister Setha gave reasons for not agreeing to a minimum wage hike of only 2-16 baht per day, saying it was too low. Increasing income is important. Tens of thousands of people depend on the minimum wage. Although the government is trying to develop Thailand as a high-tech industry. He went abroad to attract big companies to invest. We are going to open new sales markets abroad What the government is doing Businessmen will benefit Including reducing electricity costs, gas prices and more. Would Thai workers be allowed to live in such a low state today? In countries close to Thailand like Singapore and Korea, the daily wage is 1,000 baht. Do we allow our fellow citizens to be 2nd and 3rd class citizens of the world when the minimum wage is so low?
Prime Minister Seth Gone raised another question when asked about raising the minimum wage to 2 baht per day in the 3 southern border provinces. I don’t understand why only 2-3 baht has gone up. I still can’t buy an egg. I’m not happy, I want justice. We need to talk to both the Tripartite and the Cabinet for our brothers and sisters who are in labor. Asked if the government will provide up to 400 baht per day as per policy or not, Prime Minister Setha replied that we will have to see accordingly. Larger provinces may reach 400 baht, smaller provinces may not.
I don’t agree with that. The tripartite system of raising the minimum wage has been in place for a long time. I don’t know which criteria to use. Instead of helping the poor province to raise the level, the Wage Board raised wages to a very low level to reduce poverty. Only 2 baht per day. Buying half an egg is still not poor. The more it was covered. No chance. Education for workforce development is not done by the government. Such wage hikes indirectly undermine the quality of people and the Thai economy and society. Where are the crores of “unskilled workers” who today we have as Prime Minister Setha talks about humanity and morality and who “must be paid minimum wages”?
I agree that the minimum wage should be raised gradually. It is not the increase of 400-600 Baht per day which affects weak and labor intensive SMEs more. Every government should have clear policies. The minimum wage should be raised every year. In years when the economy is doing well, it will increase slightly more than inflation, to match the increase in “inflation”. Let workers live well and eat well. Do this for 2-3 governments, 8-12 years, unskilled labor will decrease. The minimum wage will rise. May you live each day.
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