Triumph: Closing down the union?
Triumph: Closing down the union?
Triumph Dismissals in Asia Attempt to Get Rid of Unions
In June 2009, Triumph's producer in Thailand, Body Fashion Thailand, announced that around half of its 4200 workers would be out of their jobs by the end of August. Earlier this year, another Thai Triumph producer, Worldwell Garment Company, had been closed down, and the entire work force sent home without their last salaries or the legally-required severance compensations. Similar scenes took place in the Philippines.
Triumph said it was due to economic downsizing, but on closer inspection, it appeared that only the factories with unions in were being closed...
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Background
The German/Swiss lingerie multinational Triumph is using the excuse of the global economic recession to close down factories in the Philippines and Thailand. It is clear, however, that Triumph's actions are aimed at hampering the unions in their factories.
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