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Pay Rise: More money for workers who oppose Thaksin
The Labour Ministry will propose pay rises for state enterprise employees and daily-paid workers at the Cabinet meeting today, an informed source said yesterday. State enterprise employees are a key force behind the anti-Thaksin rally.
Political observers said the proposed pay raise was a government effort to appease the disgruntled employees. The source said the proposal recommended a 5 per cent pay raise for employees and a Bt184 minimum daily wage for workers retroactive to October 1. The minimum daily wage for state enterprise workers now stood at Bt181. March: Traffic police prepared More than 300 traffic police will be posted at the 35 intersections along the route that the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) will take to Government House this morning. Traffic police chief Maj-General Panu Kerdlarpphol, said police would not block traffic for the march but would ask protesters to stay on the footpaths. However, if too many people join the rally and overflow onto the road, police might make a diversion for traffic in areas where the crowd moves past. Panu asked drivers and commuters to follow traffic reports on radio stations and electronic bill boards to avoid the worst affected areas. Political Crisis: Truck drivers want an end More than 100 truck owners will gather today in Ayutthaya province and turn on their headlights in an attempt to end the political crisis, the land transport union chairman Aphichart Prairungruang said yesterday. He said the truck owners were neutral in the dispute and just wanted to see the turmoil end.
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