Swiss-funded Thai climate project accused of labour abuse

A Thai electric bus company, which is partially financed by Swiss CO₂ tax funds, stands accused of violating local labour rights in Bangkok. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox As part of the Paris Climate Agreement, Switzerland finances electric buses in Bangkok. This will reduce emissions in Thailand, and Switzerland will in turn receive CO₂ certificates. This is the first compensation project of its kind in the world. But the Thai company that manufactures the buses is accused of violating trade union rights, according to the Beobachter. + Swiss citizen triggers uproar in Thailand We meet Su an hour’s drive outside Bangkok. He tells us how much hope he had placed in the new union that he founded last year with other employees. Su’s real name is different and he wishes to remain anonymous. He wanted to be elected as the union's chairman. The shock came on the day of the meeting. He says he was called into his supervisor’s office, where he was told that ...