Recent Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Issues in Thailand

During the recent economic crisis, globalization including economic and financial liberalization affects labor–management relations in Thailand, especially at the national level, with respect to various aspects, such as the application of numerical and functional flexibility, which leads to mass layoffs, lower job security, and more confrontational collective bargaining between employers and workers, and the roles of mass media, which broadcasts several cases in Thailand regarding unfair labor practices to people across the globe. In additions, the fragmentation of labor organizations and the inability to merge them together is a critical problem that will weaken the labor movement within the country