Together with Plan International and FAIR Fish we developed a digital training app to raise awareness among workers, recruiters and employers in the Thai fishing industry. Read below story from the project.

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The Proud Association is a well-established organization that works to promote migrant workers’ rights in Samut Sakhon Province. The association has collaborated with the FAIR Fish project since 2022 to train migrant workers, employers, and recruiters about safe migration and labor rights using the FAIR Fish mobile app.

Ms. Inklai believes that the mobile app is a bold departure from traditional training that relies on trainers, interpreters and volunteers. At first participants were skeptical about the app and thought it was an online scam or a fee-based training. However, the association built trust with trainees through various methods including informal talks supported by volunteers, community leaders, and local government agencies.

Ms. Inklai also shared that the mobile app training has had a real impact in raising awareness about labor rights in Samut Sakhon Province. For example, a worker who had attended the training and was laid off without receiving a fair severance payment understood that they had a right to their full severance pay. They contacted Ms. Inklai for assistance which led to talks between the employer and employee. This resulted in the worker receiving their full severance pay.

In another instance, a factory owner and his HR staff were concerned about the content of the training but after they learned that it was based on Thai labor law, and covered employees’ legal rights, they supported the training. The employer also liked the mobile app-based training because it was unbiased, dispassionate, and based on fact. Migrant worker trainees sometimes tell Ms. Inklai that they can't read or they don't know how to download the app.

The FAIR Fish app provides information on labor rights that workers can listen to in their own language rather than read, and Proud Association mentors can help trainees install and use the app. Migrant workers have also commented that they never received training about their rights before coming to Thailand. Based in this feedback, Ms. Inklai recommends that the app should be used for training in migrant workers’ country of origin to help them learn about their rights and safe migration before coming to Thailand. In addition, the training should be provided to workers, recruiters and employers beyond the seafood processing sector.

Contact Fair Fish

The Fostering Accountability in Recruitment for Fishery Workers (FAIR Fish) project

Plan International Thailand
12th Floor, 253 Sukhumvit 21 (Asoke)
Klongtoey Nua, Wattana
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Tel: 66 (2) 259 8284-7 Ext. 272, 274
Fax: 66 (2) 259 8218
Website: www.plan-international.org/thailand
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/fairfishthailand