ABSTRACT
Lingerie manufacturer Triumph International came under fire for its presence in Burma some time after PepsiCo, Heineken and IHC Caland.1 Burma has a military regime, and people disappear, are being tortured and deployed in forced labour camps. Triumph’s factory was situated on property that is owned by the military government. Renting this site was therefore regarded as directly financing the military regime. The political opposition in Burma, under leadership of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and the independent trade unions urge the international community to refrain from doing business in Burma so as to force the rulers to the negotiation table. In 2001, the NGO Clean Clothes Campaign, in collaboration with, among others, The Burma Campaign UK, Burma Center Netherlands (BCN), The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), labour unions FNV Global and CNV, requested Triumph to withdraw from Burma.
