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Victoria’s Secret pays $8.3 mn settlement to sacked Thai workers

Victoria's Secret

More than 1000 sacked Thai garment workers who made bras at a manufacturing facility offering undies massive Victoria’s Secret have acquired a landmark $8.3 million agreement, labour rights activists stated Saturday. Brilliant Alliance Thai closed down its Samut Prakan factory in March 2021 after going bankrupt. But the 1,250 laid-off workers — many of whom … Read more

Omicron cases spike in Thailand during Christmas, New Year holidays

Omicron

BANGKOK, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday that a total of 2,062 Omicron cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the country. Supakit Sirilak, medical sciences director-general from the Ministry of Public Health, noted that omicron cases in the country had spiked up quickly from around 700 before the … Read more