Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study living conditions of foreign labors from ASEAN countries who work in Surin province, and to study the impact of economies, societies, and cultures on foreign labors from ASEAN countries. The samples were 30 foreign labors of nationality proof from Cambodia, Lao, and Burma, selected by purposive sampling method which consisted of 18 feign labors from Cambodia, 8 from Burma, and from Lao. In this qualitative research, the data of were collected from documents and in-depth reviews. The collected data were also analyzed, summarized and presented by descriptive discussions. The results indicated as follows:
Living conditions of foreign labors from ASEAN countries who work in Surin province were found that there were nine significant factors which had an effect on being and living of foreign labors consisting of going to work, accommodation, food, health, life and property safety, hobbies, work time, wages and welfare, and expense.
The impact of economies, societies, and cultures on foreign labors from ASEAN countries who work Surin province indicated as follows:
The impact of economies was found that the problems of minimum wages had a direct effect on the Thai local labors that were more difficult to get a job and higher unemployed. Reduction of labor costs had a positive effect on employers or business owners who got higher incomes. Moreover, there were more proprietors, and the labor qualities could were more selected because of lower wages. However, this had an effect on job competition between local labors and alien labors.
The impact of societies was found that the problems of dwellers and children without nationality, slums, and lack of good public utility had an effect on nearby societies, causing slums and being related to drugs so that it was difficult to control.