Snarare är det väl div stora risbönder och plantageägare som "drabbas"
av att minimilönen höjs till 300 bath per dag.
"The Pheu Thai Party is adamant that it will increase the minimum wage to 300 baht a day nationwide - 40-90% above current levels - by January, while academics and businesses have warned of adverse impacts on the overall economy.Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech, head of the Pheu Thai economic team and a former finance minister, said that even though the party had yet to decide whether to lift wages in one move or gradually, it was committed to the plan that it says will benefit 9 million workers."
"This is our wealth distribution strategy for factory workers to have a better life. These workers will be able to buy goods manufactured from the company they work for and afford better food."
"Tanit Sorat, vice-chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), called the wage promise a "disaster".
An FTI survey a few months ago found the wage increase would force 6.7% of its members out of business, with 42% to be affected seriously and 37% moderately. At present, Bangkok's average daily minimum wage is 215 baht.
The official minimum wage ranges from 159 baht a day in Phayao to 221 baht in Phuket.Dr Tanit said that only large corporations were paying more than 300 baht a day.
He believes a large number of small and medium-sized companies would be in big trouble if the minimum wage was raised to the level pledged by Pheu Thai."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/245653/wage-hike-guaranteed
