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Unocal in Burma: Profits before People
Oct. 5th, 2007 02:32 pmlooking into things makes me sad:
old yet relevant news
"Since September 1996, ILRF has served as lead counsel in a lawsuit charging the Unocal Corporation and Union Oil Company of California (collectively "Unocal") with knowingly using forced labor to construct a natural gas pipeline across the Tenasserin region of Burma. One of the biggest challenges in bringing the Unocal case was developing evidence of conditions inside Burma, since that country's military regime has made it a criminal offense for anyone to provide evidence critical of the regime to "foreigners." The initial plaintiffs of this case were the National Coalition Government for the Union of Burma (NCGUB), the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB), and four refugees from Burma who were among the thousands of villagers who had been forced at gunpoint to work on Unocal's pipeline. A second case on behalf of a second group of villagers was filed shortly thereafter. Both cases survived Unocal's motions to dismiss.
read a summary about the 2001-2004 case here:
http://www.laborrights.org/projects/corporate/unocal/
and an 2000 NPR radio spot by Daniel Zwerdling is accessible through here:Free Burma/myspace blog
old yet relevant news
"Since September 1996, ILRF has served as lead counsel in a lawsuit charging the Unocal Corporation and Union Oil Company of California (collectively "Unocal") with knowingly using forced labor to construct a natural gas pipeline across the Tenasserin region of Burma. One of the biggest challenges in bringing the Unocal case was developing evidence of conditions inside Burma, since that country's military regime has made it a criminal offense for anyone to provide evidence critical of the regime to "foreigners." The initial plaintiffs of this case were the National Coalition Government for the Union of Burma (NCGUB), the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB), and four refugees from Burma who were among the thousands of villagers who had been forced at gunpoint to work on Unocal's pipeline. A second case on behalf of a second group of villagers was filed shortly thereafter. Both cases survived Unocal's motions to dismiss.
read a summary about the 2001-2004 case here:
http://www.laborrights.org/projects/corporate/unocal/
and an 2000 NPR radio spot by Daniel Zwerdling is accessible through here:Free Burma/myspace blog
