Workers to spend 2.1 billion baht to celebrate National Labour day

 

Thai workers this year are expected to spend 2.1 billion baht or an average 1,335 baht a person on the National Labour Day comimg on Monday.

 

The spending figures on the Labour Day or May Day was revealed by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in a recent survey.

 

Thanawat Polwichai, director of the Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting with the Thai Chamber of Commerce, said the Labour Day this year would see workers spending 2.1 billion baht or an average 1,335 baht a person, representing a 3% increase year-on-year.

 

He said further that the survey also showed that Thai workers would like to be given 430 baht minimum wage within the next three years.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/workers-spend-2-1-billion-baht-celebrate-national-labour-day/

 

 

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I just got notified that a hoard of family will visit us this weekend. Going to cost me...... heaps. sigh

Workers?.........Why not just refer to them as Spenders as money is the bottom line for everything! Meanwhile, household debt will increase by XX%! 

Seems to be wildly overestimated in my opinion.

1 hour ago, lemonjelly said:

Seems to be wildly overestimated in my opinion.

Never trust them figures - but I can say my moobaan which is usually dead as a permanent resident of a tomb, has now (since yesterday) couple of hundred more cars and bikes, so families on the move :)