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Article

12 Nov 2013

Author:
Lucy Towers, The Fish Site

Weekly Overview: Thai Fishery Organisations Collaborate to Address Labour Issues

…[The] Board of Trade of Thailand has joined forces with eight associations and Charoen Pokphand Foods to create the “Thai Fishery Producers Coalition” (TFPC), which will work on addressing labour issues and work against illegal child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in the country…TFPC will focus on four-key objectives including encouraging fair practices in the working place, preventing illegal and child labour, working with government agencies and labour organisations to campaign against illegal labour and to jointly organise activities to promote and support access to education of migrant children in the Thai educational system…