About 20 members of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) labour union went to the Finance Ministry on Wednesday to demand that the ministry play its outstanding electricity bill of 7.53 million baht, which fell due on May 31.
Head of the MEA labour union Pien Yongnu said his members would cut off the electricity supply to the ministry if it fails to pay the bill within seven days.
He said he was acting in the interests of the MEA.
The union would also send representatives to other government agencies, all of which have failed to pay their bills. The total amount outstanding was 1.02 billion baht.
Mr Pien said that the demand had nothing to do with the government's foot dragging on paying a 2,000-baht a month cost of living allowance to MEA staff.
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