Airport security workers staged street protests in Bangkok on Wednesday over what they say are new employment contracts with scaled back labor rights. AOT Aviation Security, a joint venture between private security firms and the state-owned Airports of Thailand, is accused of cutting airport workers’ pay and basic employee rights.
Airport works staged a street protest in Bangkok yesterday over reduced pay and conditions. Photo: Getty Images
New contracts allegedly cut airport workers’ pay and conditions
According to a Thomson Reuters Foundation report, airport workers were last year presented with new employment contracts that not only reduced their take-home pay and allowances but cut out meal and toilet breaks. There are also allegations of ad hoc sackings and forced resignations.
“Businesses are also exploiting the pandemic to erode the rights of airport workers,” a Thai…
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