On the 9th anniversary of the 22 May 2014 military coup, activists put up a banner in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) calling for the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), leaders of the 2014 military coup, to be held accountable.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, when performance and entertainment venues closed, Thailand's musicians faced unemployment and lack of income. Many were forced to sell their beloved instruments or resort to finding other jobs to make ends meet, while missing out on assistance from the government for being informal workers. Meanwhile, the pandemic brought to the surface issues faced by workers in the Thai music industry, from precarious employment and unfair working conditions to lack of support for the creative economy.

<p>The Workers&rsquo; Union and the Myanmar migrant worker network Bright Future staged a small gathering last Friday (7 October) to mark the World Day for Decent Work, to demand protection of labour rights and an increase in the minimum wage.</p>

<p>To celebrate Labour Day last&nbsp;Sunday (1 May), the Workers&rsquo; Union marched from Ratchaprasong Intersection to the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre to call for labour rights and fair treatment for workers in every sector.</p>

<p>A network of musicians and entertainment workers filed a petition to the Prime Minister on Tuesday&nbsp;(23 November) to demand that entertainment businesses be allowed to reopen, after the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on 12 November that their reopening date will be pushed back from 1 December to 16 January 2022.&nbsp;</p>