Union critical of Goodyear’s labour practices in Thailand

Union critical of Goodyear's labour practices in Thailand - Rubber World, June 14, 2005
...According to ICEM, local management at the 600-worker factory in Bangkok has systematically denied basic trade union rights to members and officers of ICEM affiliate Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Federation of Thailand.
In March, managers fired the chairman of the Goodyear Thailand branch of the PCFT, Anan Pol-ung, for carrying out his lawful responsibilities in attempting to achieve social benefits for workers in the factory's rubber stock division. Many of these employees have worked at the plant for over ten years, but are employed under one-year, fixed-term contracts that deny them the same benefits as permanent employees...