A majority of Thai workers want higher daily minimum wages from currently between 305-310 baht, according to a survey conducted by Bangkok University (Bangkok Poll). A majority of 78.9% said they had been paid the new minimum wages while 21.1% said they had not. Asked to comment on the new minimum wages, 52.8% said they should be higher; 32.8% said they suited the current economic condition and 14.4% said jobs would be more difficult to find if the minimum wages were higher. Asked whether they thought migrant workers from neighbouring countries would take away their jobs, 51.4% said no while 48.6% said yes. Most of the respondents, 58.7%, said they did not know that the daily minimum wages for skilled workers would go up to between 300 and 700 baht while the rest said they knew about this.

Source: Bangkok Post April 30, 2017 03:45 UTC