Workers Strip Naked At Govt House Protest

[george]

Workers strip naked at Govt House protest

BANGKOK: -- Dissatisfied with the Thai government's failure to help them receive severance pay after their garment factory closed without advance notice, 10 laid-off women workers on Tuesday stripped naked in front of Government House where Prime Minister Gen. Surayud Chulanont was meeting with the Cabinet.

About 300 labor union members workers at the Inter Moda garment factory in the Rangsit area of north suburban Bangkok have been protesting at Government House since Monday, demanding that the government step in and help them get severance pay following the closure of their company on August 26 without informing the workers.

They asked the government to pay some Bt24 million in severance pay which the company failed to give to them, and suggested the government could collect fro0m the company.

The workers earlier blocked all entrances to Government House, causing inconvenience for government workers and visitors.

As the government kept silent in response to their demands, 10 women workers stripped off their clothes and covered themselves with printed banners instead and marched to a small gate of the Government House. They stood in front of the policemen while some shouted that they now had nothing and yet had to support their families.

The protesting workers later demanded that the government respond to them by September 19.

Less than a kilometre away, a thousand demonstrators from the eastern resort of Rayong province traveled to Bangkok and gathered at the Ministry of Education to hand over a letter to the prime minister protesting the plan to build a coal-powered electrical power plant there by IRPC Public Co. Ltd.

They said they had gathered more than 15,000 signatures of Rayong residents who opposed building the plant.

They threatened to rally again Saturday in Rayong and would wait for a reply by the government.

--TNA 2007-09-11

[taxexile]

photos please george.

[lazeeboy]

photos please george.

stripping in public wont help ,it will only amuse onlookers .....

[LaoPo]

photos please george.

Don't tell me you never look here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113122

LaoPo

[taxexile]

photos please george.

Don't tell me you never look here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113122

LaoPo

didnt know that thread was still going !

[taxexile]

photos please

sorry folks .

photo from mcot.

[sriracha john]

Photo montage courtesy of Kom Chad Luek..... allow time for all of them to load to fully enjoy the experience...

Edited September 11, 2007 by sriracha john

[TopDogger]

Where were then working.. In the canteen?

[wadsy]

[esbobes]

Where were then working.. In the canteen?

It is now the time for all good people to strip in Bangkok to support the workers.

[sriracha john]

Women strip in protest

Dissatisfied with the government's failure to help them receive severance pay after their garment factory closed without notice, 10 gorgeous, laid-off female workers stripped off their clothes in front of Government House yesterday morning as Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont was in a Cabinet meeting.

About 300 labour union members workers from the Inter Moda garment factory in the Rangsit area of Bangkok have been protesting at Government House since Monday, demanding that the government step in and help them get severance pay following the closure of their company on August 26 without informing workers.

They asked the government to pay Bt24 million, which the company had failed to give to them, and suggested that the government then collect the money from the owners.

The workers had earlier blocked all entrances to Government House, causing inconvenience for government workers and visitors.

As the government remained silent in response to their demands, 10 stunning female workers stripped off their clothes and covered themselves with printed banners and marched to a small gate at Government House.

They stood in front of the police, some shouting that they now had nothing yet still had to support their families.

The dazzling protesting workers later demanded the government respond to their plight by September 19.

- The Nation

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The red adjectives added for spice are not necessarily reflective of reality.... unless.... well, to each his own.

[jackr]

Photo montage courtesy of Kom Chad Luek..... allow time for all of them to load to fully enjoy the experience...

I thought perhaps the cameraman could have done us a favour and pictured from the other end at least, until the 'other end' came into focus that is

Good on em anyway.

[PeaceBlondie]

As I mentioned the last time this kind of naked protest was done publicly in Thailand, it's actually a time-honored traditional form of extreme protest. Jesus basically encouraged it in Matthew 5:40 and Luke 6:29, and it has been used in many places and centuries. Its effect is to shame the official, so that he is responsible and loses face, not the naked subjects. That's what we see here, the ladies shaming the government for lack of protection.

[Scott]

Sometime ago, the gov't said that troubled businesses should provide training for employees. Perhaps these ladies are getting ready for a career change.

[farang prince]

Looks like the ladies had a great time with their protest. If they bring some dancing poles next time, they will get my undying support.

[OneeyedJohn]

Reminds me of the Samoan rugby team, well that was my first thought

[dkstoney]

They don't look like they're starving to me.

Edited September 12, 2007 by dkstoney

[FBN]

photos please george.

Workers strip "naked"...!!!

About the same creative journalism as in "Airbus 380 has accident in flight" in BKK...

[TheExpat]

Who did they work for Omar the Tent Maker???

[mazeltov]

amazing thailand, the place where reality beats april fools day.

[Guest]

And where bored posters dig up three year old posts.

[bkkjames]

Old George is going to the well one too many times today I think. 2007

[eek]

Who did they work for Omar the Tent Maker???

Not all Thai women are tiny and in Thailand for your eye candy Mr Handsum man. Might come as a surprise that some of the women here have bigger issues to deal with, than worrying about whether or not you rate them.

I think a lot of western men here have blinkers on when it comes to looking around them, because i see women of all shapes and sizes. Maybe its just around certain areas where women are expected to be young-ish and slimmer-ish, that men get much of their perspective of Thai women from...who knows. But, regardless of the fact that women are subject to derogatory comments regardless of how physically attractive she is, its kinda lame to focus on those womens bodies, when they are trying to protest about something that is important to them and their families.

But im sure you are cushy at home raking in your millions of baht and glancing in the mirror because you are oh so very handsome, so it becomes fun to joke about people who dont live up to your ideals of beauty, and who are going about mundane protests because they are concerned about keeping their families afloat.

Sorry for the rant...

Couldnt help it.

Even if it is a 3 year old comment.

[chesneychez]

My god, i thought it happened today, then i noticed the date !