| Title: |
When cats become tigresses in Thailand - a story from Asia |
| Author: |
Edited by Junya Yimprasert, from the Thai Labour Campaign and IGTN Asia.
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| Date Published: |
January 1, 2008 |
| Source: |
research |
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When cats become tigresses in Thailand  |
| Abstract: |
Case study that describes the situation of garment workers in Thailand, based on the story of over 900 workers from the Bed & Bath factory who showed up on the morning of 7 October 2002 to find that the factory gates were locked and their bosses had run away, leaving all the workers without any compensation. Nearly 400 workers decided to fight for their rights and camped on the ground floor of the Ministry of Labour building for three months until their case was solved in January 2003. |
Throughout the three-month period, the workers stayed firm and insisted on fighting for their
rights and for justice. As a result the law was changed to the benefit of all workers in Thailand. And 40 worker leaders started the ‘Solidarity Group Factory’, the first workers’ factory in Thailand. |
