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Article

10 Dec 2015

Author:
Schyst Resande & Fair Action (Sweden)

Swedish groups report below minimum wages, discrimination, other abuses on Burmese workers in Thai hotels

…This report examines the working conditions of Burmese migrants at hotels contracted by Sweden´s three major tour operators Apollo (REWE Group), Fritidsresor (TUI Group) and Ving (Thomas Cook Group) in Khao Lak and Phuket, as well as hotel suppliers. The 29 interviewed migrants, who work at seven different hotels and six suppliers to the hotels, report receiving below statutory minimum wages, working overtime without compensation as well as facing discrimination….Such practices violate both the Thai labour law and international conventions, as well as the policies of the Swedish tour operators…