Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour launched the project to promote and support the operations of volunteer work in Bangkok, while also giving admiration to the volunteers for their determination to work for the Ministry of Labour despite not receiving compensation.
Today (July 22, 2020) at 12.00 hours, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Surapol Ploysook chaired the commencement of the project to promote and support the operations of Bangkok volunteer workers for the third time, at the Ratchavipha Room, 2nd floor, Than Thip Building, Chaopraya Park Hotel, Bangkok. The Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour said that “Labour volunteers perform tasks to assist the Ministry of Labour in various areas to accomplish missions. Therefore, they must understand the Ministry of Labour’s mission. They are an essential mechanism to drive the Ministry of Labour’s tasks to the community’s people. Therefore, there are expectations that the volunteers will bring knowledge and experience gained from exchanging learning between the Bangkok labour volunteers at the coordinator level in Bangkok, staff of all departments and Social Security Offices at the local level, to drive the mission of the Ministry of Labour for sustainable efficiency, to meet the needs of the people and the community.”
“In addition, the Ministry of Labour recognizes the importance of integration among agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Bangkok, for responsible agencies and relevant labour volunteer work to take the results from the seminar to develop an overview of labour volunteer work with agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Bangkok. The results will be used to make operational plans and integrate labour missions, leading to the concrete workforce of Bangkok volunteers, supporting workers to have a better quality of life and job security, fulfilling the purpose that the ministry set forth. In addition, participants will be informed of the missions of the five agencies under the Ministry of Labour and guidelines for assigning Bangkok labour volunteers with operations to take labour volunteer services to the people in the area, providing information, coordinating the needs of labour services in various fields, to promote and prevent labour problems at the local level and to store labour data for the Bangkok labour volunteers to work following the Ministry of Labour’s mission. There will also be communications to create awareness among the people in the area and the exchange of learning to be applied to benefit the participants and volunteer work in the future.”
“I would like to thank and commend the labour volunteers in Bangkok for their sacrifice and determination to work for the Ministry of Labour despite not receiving compensation,” concluded the Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour.
For the said project, there were 351 participants in total, consisting of Bangkok labour volunteers in the area, district coordinators, and president of the Bangkok taxi network. There were 69 taxi network coordinators and area coordinators in Bangkok who participated and 200 officers from all departments under the Ministry of Labour, with 82 speakers, civil servants, officials, and observers. The area president and coordinator of Area 3, Khlong Toei, Bang Na, Prawet, Phra Khanong, Wattana, Suan Luang and Area 4, Khan Na Yao, Bang Kapi, Lat Phrao, Bueng Kum, Wang Thonglang, also joined as participants.
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Division of Public Relations
22 July 2020
