Fisheries industry remains hardest hit by labour shortage 

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The fishery industry says the postponement of the foreign labour law will not help to resolve the acute shortage of foreign labour in the industry as now over 20,000 workers have returned homes since the law became effective.

 

This was disclosed by the president of the Samut Sakhon Frozen Food Association Kamchorn Mongoltrilaksana Tuesday (July 4).

 

He said now more than 2,000 seafood processing factories in the province are facing a severe labor shortage after no less than 20,000 Myanmar workers returned home since  the new rules went into effect, but deferred yesterday.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/fisheries-industry-remains-hardest-hit-labour-shortage/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-07-06

What a shambles these hurriedly introduced immigrant workers laws have turned out to be. Not only is the fisheries in trouble but rice exports look stuffed as well.

Now they are rushing around like headless chooks to try and fix the associated problems with registration centres. This has all the makings of a second shambles to try to fix the first shambles. Well done junta; you have excelled yourselves!

Meanwhile back at the ranch Prayut is busy writing poetry.

I don't have much sympathy for the fishing industry when it comes to foreign staff. For too long many treated them like slaves, so it seems fair that they are now being hardest hit.

The lawmakers are crashing Thailand with stupidity.....

Buffoonery is a word that comes to mind.

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

The lawmakers are crashing Thailand with stupidity.....

It is not that bad. Now the fisheries can hire Thais and pay a decent wage plus health insurance and paid leave. As their are a lot of Thais, who refused to work under the conditions the Burmese did the job, this is a solution, which also would help the unemployed Thais.

16 minutes ago, fxe1200 said:

It is not that bad. Now the fisheries can hire Thais and pay a decent wage plus health insurance and paid leave. As their are a lot of Thais, who refused to work under the conditions the Burmese did the job, this is a solution, which also would help the unemployed Thais.

...and as we all know, this will happen on the day hell freezes over...

Of course the Thai fishery has been hardest hit. Not allowed to use slaves anymore, and

no Thais are willing to work as deck hands, the work is far too strenuous, and now the

foreign works have to have proper work permits. The good news is the fish stocks now

 have a chance to rebound a little.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Fisheries industry remains hardest hit by labor shortage 

Thai rice exports may miss target due to new foreign workers law

They could have got advice in Singapore households. They know: If you sack the foreign maid, you’ll end up in a mess.

1 hour ago, Ulic said:

Of course the Thai fishery has been hardest hit. Not allowed to use slaves anymore, and

no Thais are willing to work as deck hands, the work is far too strenuous, and now the

foreign works have to have proper work permits. The good news is the fish stocks now

 have a chance to rebound a little.

 

They do not have aircons, 7/11 or puyings on the boats.

Turns out the land of smiles doesn't function so well without slave labor.

So what are the pay rates and the conditions they have to work under?

 

What is the profit margin the boat captain's working under?

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

I don't have much sympathy for the fishing industry when it comes to foreign staff. For too long many treated them like slaves, so it seems fair that they are now being hardest hit.

I don't know about other countries so much, but when I'm in Australia and looking for canned fish in a supermarket, it's virtually impossible to find anything that isn't a product of Thailand ( other than Herring and Sardines, which I avoid). They appear to have a monopoly on it, including Salmon.

I only pay attention in order to avoid buying anything sourced from slave labour...but there is little, in any, alternative. So I no longer consume it.

1 hour ago, 12DrinkMore said:

 

They do not have aircons, 7/11 or puyings on the boats.

Can you blame them for not wanting to work on boats ? I would not want to do work like that I doubt you would. Anyone with half a brain will look for a better job unless the pay is a lot higher and its worth the things you miss like aircon and so on. 

Why do you think they pay fishermen a lot in the US... because its hard work and else nobody would want to do it. Here its hard work and not even good pay. I think many expats just like to put down Thais.. if I had a choice I would never do that kind of work.

 

I know that i studied extra hard and long so I would not have to do those kind of jobs. Because I did some of them when younger to make a bit extra money. I vowed that I would not want to do those jobs later in life. 

3 hours ago, fxe1200 said:

It is not that bad. Now the fisheries can hire Thais and pay a decent wage plus health insurance and paid leave. As their are a lot of Thais, who refused to work under the conditions the Burmese did the job, this is a solution, which also would help the unemployed Thais.

Yes, the rich Thais can help the poorer Thais. I mean, they could have already have done this of their own volition, but I guess they wanted to maximise profits by employing the cheapest labour possible. Now they'll be forced to love their brethren. Well, until the rich lawmakers start losing money. Then the love will be lost again. 

I don't understand the problem. The fishing industry used to insist that they  don't employ undocumented migrants. 

9 hours ago, fxe1200 said:

It is not that bad. Now the fisheries can hire Thais and pay a decent wage plus health insurance and paid leave. As their are a lot of Thais, who refused to work under the conditions the Burmese did the job, this is a solution, which also would help the unemployed Thais.

Yep sure, that's exactly what's gonna happen!