GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
December 21st, 2009
The protests by women working in a bra factory in Tak’s Mae Sot district reignited today and has grown to include more than 3,000 protesters according to the Bangkok Post. The more I read about this protest, the more I have to believe that news reports are actually describing separate incidents.
More than 3,000 female Burmese workers at a bra factory in Tak’s Mae Sot district again went on strike on Monday over an assault on two of an employee’s relatives by four security officers.
On Friday, workers from Top Form Brassiere (Mae Sot) Co Ltd gathered in front of the plant and demanded that police show them the two Burmese victims, Awor and Korla, whom they earlier suspected had been killed after the assault.
The protest ended on Sunday after police showed the angry workers that Awor was alive, while Korla returned to Burma to receive medical treatment.
The protest resumed on Monday. The workers demanded the plant owner rehire sacked Burmese workers and provide them with the welfare benefits they were entitled to under the law.


