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1 | Should Thailand Raise the Minimum Wage? | Tokony Hanondrotra Ny Karama Farany Ambany Ve i Thailandy? |
2 | One of the campaign promises of newly elected Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party was to raise Thailand's minimum wage from the current average of 160 baht to a national level of 300 Baht (US$10) a day. | Zavatra anisan'ny nampanatenain'ny praiminisitra Yingluck Shinawatra sy ny Antoko Pheu Thai ny hanondrotana ny karama farany ambany ao Thailandy izay manodididina ny 160 baht ho lasa 300 Baht (US$10) ny andro iray. |
3 | After her electoral victory, it was announced that the increase will take effect next year while the new pay scale for university graduates (Bt15,000 or $500) will be implemented this October. | Tao aorian'ny fandreseny anefa dia nilaza izy fa ampiharina amin'ny herintaona ny fanondrotana ny karama rehefa tafapetraka ny maribolan-karaman'ireo tafavoaka teny amin'ny anjerimanontolo amin'ny oktobra ho avy io (Bt15,000 na 500 dolara amerikana). Araka ny efa nampoizina dia mandà izany fanondrotana ny karama farany ambany izany ny mpandraharaha. |
4 | As expected, the business sector is opposing the proposed higher minimum wage. The government assures the private sector that it will be consulted before implementing the promised wage reform. | Efa nanome antoka ny rafitra tsy miankina amin'ny fanjakana ny governemanta fa tsy maintsy hakàna hevitra ry zareo mialoha ny hametrahana ny fanondrotana dia nilaza fa tsy maintsy maka hevitra any aminy vao manapa-kevitra momba ny fanavaozana ny karama. |
5 | Here are some reactions from bloggers. | Ireto misy fihetseham-po avy amin'ny bilaogera : |
6 | Andrew Spooner calls for more research to support the need for a minimum wage adjustment: | Andrew Spooner dia mangataka ny mba hanaovana fikarohana misimisy kokoa ho fanohanana ny filàna ny fanitsiana kely ny karama: |
7 | What we seem to be witnessing, rather than an evidence-based debate on the likely benefits and possible pitfalls of increasing Thailand's minimum wage, is the usual range of shrill, denuded voices that seem more eager to undermine a popularly elected government than actually establish what is good for the poorest members of the community (aren't these the same people who are usually screeching about ‘national unity' at any opportunity?). | Izay zavatra tena atrehintsika maso, raha tokony ho adihevitra mifototra amin'ny tombony na fatiantoky ny fanondrotana ny karama farany ambany indrindra, dia ny kiakiaka mahazatra, ireo feon'olona izay tena maniry mafy ny handrava ny governemanta voafidim-bahoaka, toy izay hanangana marina izay soa ho an'ireo vahoaka mahantra eo anivon'ny fiarahamonina (ka tsy ireo olona ireo ihany ary ve no efa matetika nikiaka “firaisam-pirenena” isaky ny misy fotoana azo anaovana an'izany?). |
8 | Harrison George of Prachatai highlights the main points of the debate: | Harrison George ao amin'ny Prachatai dia manamarika ireo teboka goavana amin'ilay adi-hevitra: |
9 | Whether the minimum wage is the ideal mechanism for increasing the spending power of the poor sods on the bottom rungs of the economy is another matter, but it's what we've got. | Raha ny fampiakarana ny karama farany ambany no fomba tsara mba hahazoana mampiakatra ny fahefa-mividin'ireo olona izay tena amin'ny ambaratonga ambany eo amin'ny fiarahamonina dia raharaha hafa mihitsy, nefa dia izay no azontsika. |
10 | Pheu Thai have promised to raise it and heaven only knows they have enough capitalist employers in their ranks, so they should know what they're getting themselves into. | I Pheu Thai dia nampanantena fa hampiakatra izany nefa dia Andriamanitra irery ihany no mahafantatra hoe kapitalista mpampiasa firy no miara-dàlana amin-dry zareo, noho izany dia tokony ho efa fantatr'izy ireo ny zavatra nijabahana. |
11 | So do it. | Ka aoka hataony àry. |
12 | Now. | Izao dieny izao. |
13 | Suthichai Yoon mentions the dilemma of the new Prime Minister who ‘used populist policies to win votes': | Suthichai Yoon dia manambara ny olana miandry anio praiminisitra io izay marihana fa nampiasa ny politikan'ny fakàna olona maro mba hahazoana vato': |
14 | Here are the proposed DON'Ts: | Ireto ny TSY AZO ATAO natolotra: |
15 | 1. Bring back the rice pledging scheme for paddy rice of up to Bt20,000 per tonne. | 1. Averina ny endri-panohanana ara-bola ny famokarana vary akotry izay nanodididina ny Bt20,000 ny taonina. |
16 | 2. Increase the minimum wage for skilled labourers to Bt300 per day and the monthly salary for new graduates to Bt15,000 on Jan 2012. 3. Reduce corporate tax from 30 to 23%. | 2. Ampiakaro ho Bt300 isan'andro ny karama farany ambanin'ireo mpiasa nofanina manokana ary Bt15. 000 isam-bolana ho an'ireo mpianatra vao mahazo diplaoma amin'ny Janoary 2012 3. Ampidino ny hetran'ny orinasa izay 30 ho 23%. |
17 | 4. Provide tablet computers to every student from Prathom 1 up. | 4. Omeo solosaina ny ankizy manomboka eo amin'ny fanabeazana fototra no miakatra. |
18 | 5. Build a land bridge to ensure long-term energy supply. | 5. Manamboara lalan-tany mba hiantohana ny famatsiana angovo mandritra ny fotoana maharitra |
19 | But then, those were the election campaign promises, weren't they? | Saingy, hay moa, ireny ka fampanantenana tamin'ny andron'ny fampielezan-kevitra fotsiny, sa tsy izany? |
20 | How they get out of that dilemma is the responsibility of politicians who use populist policies to win votes, knowing very well that they can't be implemented in real life. | Izay fomba hivoahana amin'izao olana izao dia andraikitra fenon'ireo mpanao politika izay nampiasa ny politikan'ny fakàna olona maro fotsiny hahazoana vatom-pifidianana, nefa fanta'izy ireo tsara fa zavatra tsy ho azo apetrakaeo amin'ny fiainana andavan'andro. |
21 | Denyzofisarn reminds Yingluck to keep her promise: | Denyzofisarn dia mampatsiaro an'i Yingluck hitazona ny fampanantenany |
22 | Yingluck was that sweet mango during the election campaign attracting millions of ‘houseflies' in the most important region of Thailand, in term of mp seat number. | ZZZZZZZI Yingluck no ilay manga mamy (voankazo) tamin'ny andron'ny fampielezan-kevitra ka nahazo “lalitra” betsaka tao amin'ny faritra izay manan-danja indrindra ao Thailandy, raha resaka isan'ny seza ao amin'ny parlemanta. |
23 | Keep your promises! | Tazony ny teninao! |
24 | Increase minimum wages to 300bht nation-wide, right away with your 300-strong mps in the house. | Ampiakaro ny karama farany ambany mba hitovy laharana amin'ny 300bht iraisam-pirenena, izao dieny izao miaraka amin'ireo depute 300 anananao. |
25 | You have ‘cooked' up a storm, haven't you?! | ‘Niketrika' tafio-drivotra ianao, sa tsy izany?! |
26 | Aye Nai of the Democratic Voice of Burma writes about the impact of a higher minimum wage to Thailand's more than four million migrant workers. | Aye Nai ao amin'ny Feo Demaokratikan'i Birmania (Democratic Voice of Burma) dia manoratra momba ny fiantraikan'ny karama ambany indrindra izay betsaka ao Thailandy efa misy ho 4 tapitrisa amin'ireo mpiasa mpifindra monina. |
27 | Around 80 percent of the foreign workers are Burmese. | Eo amin'ny 80 isan-jaton'ny mpiasa tsy tompon-tany no avy any Birmania. |
28 | Ko Aye, a Burmese community worker who assists migrants in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, said that while the policy “sounds very delightful for migrant workers”, they are rarely paid the current minimum wage. | Ko Aye, vondrom-piarahamonin'ireo mpiasa Birmana izay manohana ireo mpifindra monina ao amin'ny tanàna an-tsisintany Thai ao Mae Sot, dia niteny fa ‘raha mampilendalenda tsy misy toy izany ilay ‘politika momba ny mpiasa mpila ravinahitra', dia zara kosa raha mandray n y karama farany ambany indrindra izy ireo amin'izao fotoana izao. |
29 | He added that more companies may look to exploit the lax enforcement of labour laws surrounded migrants, the majority of whom work in low-skilled industries and often do not enjoy the same workplace conditions as their Thai counterparts. | Niteny koa izy fa betsaka ireo orinasa no mety mbola hiketrika mafy hitady izay tsy fetezana ao anatin'ny lalanan'ny asa mahakasika ireo mpiasa mpila ravinahitra, izay ny ankamaroany no mpiasa aminà orinasa kely tsy dia ilàna mari-pahaizana ireny ary mazàna no tsy misitraka akory ny fepetra ilain'ny asa tahaka ireo Thai mitovy kilasy aminhy. |