“Thai Union leads in opting for zero recruitment fees policy – a major step towards eliminating potential abuses of labor and human rights welcomed by migrant rights group”

Thai Union Group…the world’s largest shelf-stable tuna processor and owner of a portfolio of leading global seafood brands, announced…that it will eliminate recruitment fees for all workers in its factories and processing plants, effective immediately for all future recruitment of workers both from within Thailand and also from overseas.

Thai Union’s workforce in Thailand is composed of workers primarily from Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia, recruited locally or directly through formal channels engaging licensed recruitment agents…

The move follows Thai Union’s continued development of an ethical migrant worker recruitment policy and has been welcomed by Migrant Workers Rights Network, whose mapping of all Thai Union factories and processing plants during 2016 highlighted challenges in recruitment as requiring an urgent response…