Thairath Online
10 May 2022 3:32 a.m.
“Independence” came out to hijack “Big Tu” to raise the minimum wage to 350 baht urgently, indicating that inflation has soared to the highest in 13 years.
On May 9, 65 Mr.Issara Sereewatthanawut List of MPs as deputy secretary of the partydemocratic (PorChor.) and chairman of the Committee on Modern Economy said that from the Office of Trade Policy and Strategy (OCP) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have announced the current inflation rate is around 5%, which Considered to be the highest in 13 years, while over the past 5 years, Thailand’s inflation rate has averaged less than 1%. When the inflation rate has risen 5-6 times higher than usual, the price of goods has risen as a shadow. This is a natural mechanism, although the Ministry of Commerce (P.O.) will try to control the case of opportunistic price increases. including asking for private cooperation enough to have the strength to not raise the price or reduce the price of the product to alleviate the suffering of the people as well as rigorously suppressing people who stock up on goods But all are just measures to reduce the impact. but can’t go to prevent the product price increase because it is once morest the nature of the market mechanism
Mr. Issara added that what the government must do urgently is to raiseminimum wage which is enough to alleviate some of the immediate troubles but should not take the same leap for the whole country at once, amounting to 492 baht as requested because the employer side cannot live Business closures, layoffs, and crises Therefore, raising the minimum wage at an appropriate rate able to survive on both the employer and employee side should be up to regarding 350 baht per day before Originally, the minimum wage rate in each province was 313-336 baht per day, which is a calculation of the minimum wage increase to follow with the inflation rate of 5-8%. Then assess the situation closely. close once more to consider the stepped adjustment However, in this regard, he urged the government to urgently order the matter. I can’t wait. Please ask Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha to speed up this matter immediately. to alleviate the suffering of the labor brothers
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