Burma - Success Stories

August 2003:
Intrepid Travel suspend Burma operations.
In March 2003, Intrepid Travel decided to resume selling holidays to Burma. The company is a market leader in small group adventure travel, leading groups from Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand on tours in Asia, Russia and the Middle East. The company had previously withdrawn from operations in Burma after consulting with stakeholders in 1999.

Union Aid Abroad activists were involved in an international campaign urging the company to reconsider its position and to stop selling holidays to Burma.

In August 2003 the company announced that it had decided to suspend operations for the foreseeable future.

January 2002:
Triumph International ceases production in Burma altogether.
Because of great international public pressure, Triumph International decided to close down their factory near Rangoon.

This was an imporant success for all who campaigned through writing letters, sending postcards and protesting in the streets.

October 2001:
Triumph International (Australia) ceases sourcing bras in Burma.
In mid-2001, the Australian leg of the campaign to pressure Triumph International--a Swiss based lingerie company--to cease manufacturing bras in Burma began.

The bras, labelled Made in Myanmar, retailed in Australia in Target, Grace Bros and Kmart.

The decision by Triumph International (Australia) to cease sourcing bras in Burma came days after unions and community groups undertook a ritual bra burning outside a Sydney department store.

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA activists were involved in a postcard campaign targetting Triumph International (Australia) and in street demonstrations against the company.

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