Raising The Minimum Wage Will Force Thailand Textile Enterprises To Shut Down And Raise The Minimum Wage, Which Will Force Thailand Textile Enterprises To Close.

Thailand textile industry expert

If P Thailand HEU Party (PTP) raises the national minimum wage according to the agenda,

Textile manufacturers in the northeastern Chaiyaphum province of Thailand will face closure.

PTP is the leading Party of the ruling coalition government of Thailand.

It proposes to raise the minimum wage from 165 baht to 300 baht / day starting in January 2012.

The five largest in Thailand

It operates more than 40 production enterprises, investing 20 billion baht in Chaiyaphum Province, and established a textile industrial special zone in 2003.

Experts said that these enterprises employ more than 20000 workers to pay the minimum wage. If the minimum wage is actually raised to 300 baht, these enterprises will be unable to survive.

Under these circumstances,

There are only two options - either to close their business or pfer their production and operation units to neighboring countries, such as Kampuchea, Indonesia, Laos, and Vietnam, because the cost of labor in the surrounding countries is relatively cheap.