Experience with the WTO over the last ten years has shown clearly that Thailand is being adversely affected. For example, we have witnessed the destruction of small-scale farmers; increasingly violent struggles over land, forest and water that have resulted in the loss of large numbers of innocent lives; the plight of poor people who have been pressed into migrating to Bangkok, only to be faced with forced displacement at the hands of capital and the state; the privatization of state-owned enterprises, resulting in skyrocketing prices for essential public services; and the inadequacy of labor protection laws, which have led to widespread abuses of labor, including problems relating to labor subcontracting, workers' health and safety issues, employment in the informal sector, and the failure to adjust the minimum wage to a level sufficient to meet people's basic needs.
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