On Sunday 16 October 2011, Labour Section of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tel-Aviv went to inspect Thai workers at Kibbutz Ayelet Hashahar, located in Northern Israel, as part of the embassy’s Mobile Consular Service.
During the trip to the Kibbutz, officials of the Labour Section met with 46 Thai agriculturalists who came to make their new passport with officials of Consular Division, under the Royal Thai Embassy’ Mobile Consular Service.
The Thai workers live well and have no problem at work, according to the Labour Section. The officials then travelled to Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar, located 20 km away, where they met with four Thai workers, from a total of 23 at the Kibbutz, — who also came to make their new passport with the Consular Division.
Other workers were working at an orchard, 1 km away from their accommodation, because it was Sunday, which is a workday in Israel, according to the workers. The orchard grows temperate fruit including apple, pomegranate, peach, nectarine, plum, and avocado, they said. The workers said their normal work hours are from 5.30 am to 1.30 pm but they sometime work over time until 3.30 pm. They have a monthly salary of 5,000 shekel, which they are allowed to get 1,500 shekel in advance. They normally sent home some 3,000 shekel each month. Workers have a decent living condition; they have to share their room with one or two other workers as well as refrigerator and laundry machine. There are four shower room, and seven restrooms at their accommodation. A garbage truck comes to pick up garbage everyday. The workers said their employers do not give them pay slip and evidence for money transfer. The Labour Section, therefore, discussed the matter with the employer and will follow up.
Before they left, they had given the workers some badminton and sepak takraw gears to boost their morale.
