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15 Jan 2015

Author:
Owen Tudor, TUC UK

Unions join condemnations of Thai prison labour plans

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…The Thai fishing industry has a terrible track record of workers’ rights violations, including forced labour, physical violence, illegally low wages and human trafficking. The prison labour plan could have negative economic and political consequences for Thailand. Western retailers and buyers are already increasingly wary about Thai seafood because of abuses in the industry, and the scrutiny the industry is under would intensify if buyers had to deal with new concerns regarding prison labour…

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