On July 5, 2021, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned Advisor to the Labour Minister Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan to visit the worker’s camp of Pre-Built Co., Ltd., on Rama 3 Road, Soi 75 Intersection 1, Chongnonsi, Yan Nawa, Bangkok. The visit donated 150 rice boxes from the Safety and Health at Work Promotion Association (Thailand), including rice, dry foods, and essential items to workers affected by the worker’s camp closure measures. The Ministry of Labour’s Spokesperson (on politics), Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat, and Deputy Director-General of the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Mr. Wannarat Srisuksai, also joined the occasion. Mrs. Thiwalrat spoke about the media which presented the news on “Urgent!! 136 people are begging for their lives following measures to worker camps after six days.” The news shared photos of living conditions inside a camp in the Rama 3 area, Bangkok, and asked for help claiming that there was no agency to caring for the employees. In this regard, the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense General Prayuth Chan-ocha shared his concern for the workers in the construction camp. The Ministry of Labour has remedial measures to support employees in worker camps following the CCSA’s measures to close them, to restrict the traveling and movement of workers in the six dark red provinces, namely Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan, Nakhon Pathom, for one month. The measure aims to control the spread of COVID-19 in worker camp clusters by paying compensation of 50 percent of wages for a month. The Ministry of Labour has asked for cooperation from employers to provide three food meals for all workers. The Ministry of Labour will support consumer goods such as rice, drinking water, chicken eggs, and canned fish, donated by the private sector and delivered to the Thai Contractors Association Under H.M. The King’s Patronage, to be delivered to workers in various camps. The Ministry of Labour has also launched proactive Covid-19 screening for workers, where if the infection is found, the employee will be sent to treatment. Furthermore, COVID-19 vaccinations have been provided. The situation will be assessed every 15 days.
Mrs. Thiwalrat said that today, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned her to visit the worker camp area of Pre-Built, on Rama 3 Road, Soi 75 Intersection 1, Chongnonsi, Yan Nawa, Bangkok, to deliver 150 boxes of rice from the Safety and Health at Work Promotion Association (Thailand), including rice, dry foods and essential items for the workers. This is a supplementary measure where the Ministry of Labour has asked employers for their cooperation in providing three meals of food for all workers, whereby the Ministry of Labour supports consumer goods to alleviate the suffering and food expenses for workers as well.
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Division of Public Relations
5 July 2021
