RLUG broke new ground by organising previously excluded workers while strengthening existing structures.
Key achievements
Significant progress included:
- Growing to 48% density across 21 unions (10,234 of 21,351 workers)
- Nine unions reaching 60-83% membership density
- Establishing new constitutional departments for:
- Migrant Workers Union
- Platform workers (including food delivery drivers)
- Retired workers
- Training two young women leaders from Kawasumi Medical Supplies Union as seminar facilitators
- Electing RLUG vice president to National Social Security Board (from 228 candidates)
- Organising 60-rider convoy for platform workers’ rights awareness in Phatnum Thanee province
- Including LGBTQI+ workers in leadership roles and data collection
- Developing specific policy proposals for:
- Increased maternity leave
- Converting daily wages to monthly salaries
- New labour laws for platform workers
Challenges faced
- Complex legal framework for platform workers
- Resistance to daily wage conversion
- Balancing needs of diverse worker groups
- Coordinating across multiple new departments
- Building unity across different worker categories
- Maintaining momentum across multiple campaigns
Project impact
RLUG successfully:
- Created formal structures for previously excluded workers
- Developed diverse, representative leadership
- Advanced platform workers’ rights through direct action
- Built more inclusive union structures
- Influenced national policy discussions
