Over 5,000 Thai labourers in Sweden and Finland to return home this month

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Over 5,000 Thai labourers in Sweden and Finland to return home this month

By THE NATION

 

 

Nearly 5,300 Thai labourers who have been working as berry-pickers in Sweden and Finland will gradually return home between now and October 22, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said.

 

“The first group of 498 workers arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on October 1 and will have to stay in either Alternative State Quarantine or Organisation Quarantine for 14 days to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” he said. “Their employers will be responsible for all the expenses during quarantine.”

 

“Sending Thai labour to work overseas is one of the ministry’s missions following the policy of Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to promote the skills of Thai labourers in international markets and assure the world of Thailand’s efficiency in Covid-19 prevention,” he added.

 

Department of Employment director-general Suchart Pornchaiwisetkul asked Thais who seek seasonal work overseas to do so via the department to ensure that they are properly protected under labour laws and against Covid-19 infection.

 

“The department has set up measures together with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration to ensure that Thai workers overseas have proper lodging, equipment and transport that protect them from the risk of infection,” he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30395491

 

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[Phuketshrew]

Maybe they can fill some of the empty spaces on the STV charter flights?

[Bender Rodriguez]

more little ghosts coming back

[Bender Rodriguez]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

to promote the skills of Thai labourers

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

been working as berry-pickers

 

lol.... high skilled thai workers indeed

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Department of Employment director-general Suchart Pornchaiwisetkul asked Thais who seek seasonal work overseas to do so via the department to ensure that they are properly protected under labour laws and against Covid-19 infection.

Let's hope that that includes a 2 week quarantine in the 'fruit picking' country and $100,000 insurance each !

[DrTuner]

What airline are they flying? I don't know if Finnair or SAS have resumed yet.

[2 is 1]

5 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

What airline are they flying? I don't know if Finnair or SAS have resumed yet.

Finnair fly 4 times/week to BKK. And even pick them up whit private plane. When they start they work.

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by 2 is 1

[2 is 1]

24 minutes ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

 

 

lol.... high skilled thai workers indeed

Maybe not high skilled but if they are hard working , they can make many years salary whit that job! Can get over 300000 bth for few month job.

Edited October 2, 2020 by 2 is 1

[kingofthemountain]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Nearly 5,300 Thai labourers who have been working as berry-pickers in Sweden and Finland will gradually return home between now and October 22, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said.

 

“The first group of 498 workers arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on October 1 and will have to stay in either Alternative State Quarantine or Organisation Quarantine for 14 days to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” he said. “Their employers will be responsible for all the expenses during quarantine.”

I can already feel how it's going to be easy to have the money paid when a random berry farmer in Sweden or Finland will receive the overcharged bill for all the expenses (Including a 15 days hotel bill) covering few hundred of his now ex-workers, to begin with the fact that Thais were employed because they were dirty cheap

 

good luck Prayut with this one!

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by kingofthemountain

[kingofthemountain]

5 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Maybe not high skilled but if they are hard working...

We are talking about Thais people here

the ones using labourers from Cambodgia or Myamar

for everything that takes hard working (Farmwork, building sites, pecheries and so on)

[2 is 1]

4 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

I can already feel how it's going to be easy to have the money paid when a random berry farmer in Sweden or Finland will receive the overcharged bill for all the expenses (Including a 15 days hotel bill) covering few hundred of his now ex-workers, to begin with the fact that Thais were employed because they were dirty cheap

 

good luck Prayut with this one!

 

Finland have minimum wage! Normaly berry picking is tax free money when you sell!

[2 is 1]

3 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

We are talking about Thais people here

the ones using labourers from Cambodgia or Myamar

for everything that takes hard working (Farmwork, building sites, pecheries and so on)

If they not work hard nobody want them, they have been many years to do that job!

Many do hard work like my mother in law, i cannot do as fast as her even she is 73 and im 48. And im fit.

Edited October 2, 2020 by 2 is 1

[Chassa]

1 minute ago, 2 is 1 said:

Cambodgia or Myamar

??????????????????????

[Megasin1]

So Mr Cherry farmer, here is your bill for the quarantine of your 300 employees you used this year, it of course includes some top ups, as you understand there are always er herm "committee overheads" etc. So once you've had a chance to get up off the floor, tell me, how many would you like next year please as personally I need to know if I can order myself a new car and an iphone.......

[SpaceKadet]

35 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

What airline are they flying? I don't know if Finnair or SAS have resumed yet.

SAS has not been flying for years....

The government will probably send THAI to pick them up.

[kingofthemountain]

1 hour ago, 2 is 1 said:

Finland have minimum wage! Normaly berry picking is tax free money when you sell!

Afaik minimum wage doesn't include the cost of all the expenses

for a 15 days quarantine in Thailand when yours ex-workers are back

in their country.

 

But maybe i am wrong and maybe the Finn berry farmers 

will be more than pleased to pay for it

 

I am sure the farmers of my country of origin never will pay for it 

they will prefer to look at cheaper workers in another country for the next year 

 

Cheap hard workers are not in short supply all over the world, unfortunately

Edited October 2, 2020 by kingofthemountain

[FarangPumpui]

The employer take care all the quarantine costs when Thais go back to Thailand from Finland. I dont know how Sweden do this.

[PETERTHEEATER]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

to promote the skills of Thai labourers in international markets

But can they pick a peck of pickled peppercorns?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

“The first group of 498 workers arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on October 1 and will have to stay in either Alternative State Quarantine or Organisation Quarantine for 14 days to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” he said. “Their employers will be responsible for all the expenses during quarantine.”

Why?

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

working as berry-pickers in Sweden and Finland will gradually return home

[FarangPumpui]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Why?

If the employers didnt pay the quarantine no one would not have got visa.

[kingofthemountain]

14 minutes ago, FarangPumpui said:

If the employers didnt pay the quarantine no one would not have got visa.

But wasn't the quarantaine in Thailand free for Thai people?

Maybe i have missed something in the process?

[Guderian]

Excuse me but what is Sweden and Finland? Are they colonies of Prathet Scandinavia perhaps, as the government has told us that people from this country may come to Thailand? Lol. 

[Albert Zweistein]

11 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Maybe not high skilled but if they are hard working , they can make many years salary whit that job! Can get over 300000 bth for few month job.

I am sure you don't want to see that job, they work from early morning untill late evening and are paid by the kilo. And surprising, most of them are women. Thai men don't like hard work. 

[Albert Zweistein]

11 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

I can already feel how it's going to be easy to have the money paid when a random berry farmer in Sweden or Finland will receive the overcharged bill for all the expenses (Including a 15 days hotel bill) covering few hundred of his now ex-workers, to begin with the fact that Thais were employed because they were dirty cheap

 

good luck Prayut with this one!

 

The berries are not farmed, they are picked in the woods.

[Albert Zweistein]

11 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Finland have minimum wage! Normaly berry picking is tax free money when you sell!

They can't sell the berries their self, the company behind this is Dutch. The berries are transported to Holland, dry frozen, packed and sold to supermarkets.

[Albert Zweistein]

11 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

If they not work hard nobody want them, they have been many years to do that job!

Many do hard work like my mother in law, i cannot do as fast as her even she is 73 and im 48. And im fit.

That's exactly what we mean, Thai men don't like hard work or even no work at all.

[oldhippy]

I very much doubt that Scandinavian employers would not use the trick of self-employed workers and subcontractors.

[kingofthemountain]

24 minutes ago, Albert Zweistein said:

The berries are not farmed, they are picked in the woods.

Nobody own the woods? You can freely pick the berries as you want?

I ask just out of curiosity, as i don't really know how this business works

but it sounds very strange for me that Thais come that far to do it in the cold

and more than strange than the Thai governement asks to the ''employers'' to pay

for all the quarantaine bills after the work is done and the thais are back in Thailand

who are exactly these ''employers'' ?

Edit i have just seen your post, so it's a Dutch company, employing Thai people

to pick berries in the woods of Swedish and Finland, asked now by the thai govermement

to pay the quarantine bill for all the thai workers? Interesting...

Edited October 2, 2020 by kingofthemountain

[Meat Pie 47]

12 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Maybe not high skilled but if they are hard working , they can make many years salary whit that job! Can get over 300000 bth for few month job.

Well send them all to Australia they can make about 3000 dollars per week