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Article

18 Jul 2003

Author:
International Union of Food and Allied Workers (IUF)

10 Years After the Kader Toy Factory Fire: Thailand's CP Group and Corporate Responsibility

CP was the co-owner of the Kader Toy Factory...10 years later there has been virtually no change in health and safety standards in Thailand (in some measures they have worsened since 1993), no one from the CP Group or management of the Kader factory has been found responsible for anything other than building code violations (warranting a US$12,000 fine, imposed 10 years after the fire) and the workers who survived the fire today lack adequate social protection or the means to recover their lives...Does CP respect the right of workers to form unions and negotiate independently of government or company intervention? Has CP supported improved health and safety regulations that are independently monitored?