Thai workers are feeling the pinch from months of higher living expenses, leading them to take to the streets on Labour Day to demand a 45% increase in the daily minimum wage.
Some economists and business leaders have pushed back, claiming the burden from such a wage hike would result in higher product costs and inflation.
What are the details of the daily minimum wage increase?
The Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) and the State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation have called for a new rate of 492 baht nationwide to ease the hardship of rising living costs.
On Labour Day, workers paraded from Democracy Monument…
