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While
we are on the subject of evil... HISTORICAL
EVIL:
"The Triangle Fire," by Leon Stein with a new introduction
by William Greider. (Cornell University Press, 2001.)
EVIL
IN THE RAG TRADE:
"NO SWEAT: Fashion, Free Trade, and the Rights of Garment
Workers," edited by Andrew Ross. (Verso Press 1997.)
BORDERLINE
EVIL:
"Border Witness," by Maureen Casey and Brian Casey. (The New
York State Labor-Religion Coalition, 2002).
COSMIC
EVIL:
"Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy,"
by Susan Neiman. (Princeton U. Press, 2002.)
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> NO SWEAT NEWS >
NEWS ARCHIVE
LIGHT HOUSE WORKERS WIN SETTLEMENT
Campaign for Labor Rights
On
September 16, 24 workers won a long fight and returned to their
jobs at the Light House plant in Thailand, a sub-contractor of the
U.S. luggage giant, Samsonite. Their reinstatement is part of a
settlement reached on September 13, which provided assurances that
the company will not "interfere with trade union activities."
This settlement comes after months of struggle on the part of the
Light House union beginning in October 2001 with the dismissal of
600 workers. Campaign for Labor Rights first alerted you to the
situation in July, when workers presented a protest letter written
in their own blood to the Thai parliament and a worldwide trade
union campaign.
Since July, you and others who receive our Labor Alerts wrote thousands
of letters and emails to Samsonite (and also to Ricardo of Beverly
Hills and Atlantic Luggage) in support of the Light House workers.
Your support and action in this case have helped to win an important
labor rights struggle, proving that U.S. corporations can not freely
roam the world looking for the cheapest deal.
THANK
YOU FROM THAILAND
Below is a short excerpt of a letter thanking you for your support
and activism on this campaign. It comes from Jaturong Sornroong,
President of the Light House Union, and the coordinators of two
labor rights organizations in Thailand. For the entire text of the
letter and the settlement, please visit www.thailabour.org
”The Light House Labour Union, the Center for Labour Information
Service and Training (CLIST) and the Thai Labour Campaign (TLC)
would like to send you our report about the settlement of Light
House appeal and to THANK YOU for your hard work and solidarity
support to this campaign over the past three months.
With more and more of the international solidarity support, we are
getting more confident and have stronger belief in our power to
change the situation in our factory, and in Thailand. We have come
to realize that the only power that management has in hand are money
and time, but we are much greater in numbers and unity. It’s
not all the time that money wins over dignity, courage and unity.
We have proved that, because of the courage of the Almond Union
workers, and now again by the Lighthouse workers… Thank you
very much.”
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