Thai chicken farm not ‘slave labour’, says rights commission
The NHRC’s findings matched results from an earlier Labour Ministry and Labour Protection and Welfare Department probe.
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Burmese migrants sue Thai export giant over alleged abuses
A group of Burmese workers is suing their former employer, a poultry farm in Thailand, for $1.33 million in compensation for alleged abuses.
Thai govt, poultry industry agree to new labour guidelines
The move comes less than two months after a group of Burmese poultry farm workers in Thailand accused their former employer of forcing them to work under slave-like conditions.
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Another poultry farm worker faces charges
A second Burmese poultry farm worker is to be charged with stealing a time-card from his workplace in Thailand, in a case that is attracting international attention.
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Exporter cuts ties with Thai chicken farm after abuse allegations
Food giant Betagro issued a statement on Wednesday saying it had “stopped business operations with the farm until there is a solution for the labour conflict.”
