Burma contact thread - TAKE ACTION!

[frogwoman]

This thread ad the other burma thread should be a sticky ...

 

[frogwoman]

Just got a one line reply from Britannic Teak ... wow how professional!! Not!!

britannic teak ([email protected])
to froggy ([email protected])
WE DO
----- Original Message -----
From: froggy
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:18 AM
Subject: Burma


I was shocked to discover that you source the majority of your teak from Burma, which is ruled by one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world and where all plantations are owned by the junta, which means that money from them goes directly into the hands of the regime. Please consider alternative options for sourcing your wood.

Thanks,
froggy

 

[purves grundy]

Here's what I got from Britannic Teak a week or so ago:

Points of View

We will have to stop using Burmese teak and start using teak from China or India.
P S how come there is a very large British Embassy still there. what does it do for the Burmese? . What happens if Britannic walks will the mills still work and pay the workers

Bunch of divs.

 

[frogwoman]

wtf??

Not being funny yeah but the person who replies to Britannic Teak's emails seems to be barely literate.

 

[frogwoman]

From the burma mailing list:

Turns out Texaco are a sub-brand of Chevron, who are the other mainwestern investor in Burma! http://burmacampaign.org.uk/dirty_list/dirty_list.html#c Arg. This means we should target both, or at least not send people toTexaco. Maybe we could do one hour at each? Or if the group is bigenough we could do both at once. We could send people to the Tesco garage in the other direction instead.Tesco's main supplier seems to be Greenergy:http://www.greenergy.com/Products/index.htmlwho buy "petrol components from a variety of oil companies".More research needed if anyone has time.... XXXX despairing at having to advocate lesser-of-many-evils

 

[purves grundy]

This thread ad the other burma thread should be a sticky ...

I'd love it if they were both stickied. On what grounds are threads stickified?

 

[frogwoman]

i don't know ...

 

[frogwoman]

Just bringing this back to the top.

my uni's social justice magazine is out now with article i wrote about burma inside

 

[frogwoman]

check out number of signatures on Avaaz petition

 

[frogwoman]

Worldwide Chevron Protest - November 2

We will be holding the Chevron Protest through FAX and PHONE calls on FRIDAY November 2nd from 11am Eastern Time (This is 8am Pacific Time)

FOR A LIST OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICES, PLEASE VISIT: http://protestchevron.blogspot.com

Chevron pays millions of dollars in oil and gas royalties to the current military Junta. These payments help keep the dictatorship in power.

We urge Chevron to escrow these payments and set them aside for the legitatimate elected government of Burma headed by Aung San Suu Kyi.

Why this specific day and time? It is the time of Chevron's Earning/ Shareholder's Meeting.

Chevron corp
6001 Bellinger Canyon
san Ramon, CA 94583
United States


Executive Office Number -
******** Call +1 925 842 3232 Ask for David O'Reilly or his assistant. ***********

They will ask you to just send an email. Insist upon speaking to someone in Public Relations or Investor Relations.

Phone +1 925-842-1000

Ask for David O'Reilly, CEO

Bill Clutter, Assistant Manager, IR, Phone: +1 925-842-3526

Fax +1 925 842 3530


Staring Times in various time zones:

US Pacific Time (SF, LA) - 8am
US East coast Time (NYC) - 11am

London - 4pm
Madrid- 5pm

Tokyo - 1pm Saturday afternoon
Sydney - 2pm Saturday afternoon

You can send faxes over the Internet -

http://www.freefax.com
http://www.tpc.int
http://faxzero.com
http://www.efax.com

Fax +1 925 842 3530

Email: [email protected]

 

[frogwoman]

Please do this , if everyone did this at the same time starting from 4 o'clock onwards, that would be awesome! thanks!!!

 

[frogwoman]

Anyone heard from Ymu recently?? xx

 

[editor]

If you live in Oxford area you could visit Audley Travel and ask them in person to lobby their business partners, the Burmese military regime.

Audley Travel
New Mill
New Mill Lane
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 9SX

www.audleytravel.com
tel: 01993 838000

Apparently their offices are based in a 17th century converted wool mill so it might be a nice day out anyway.



Alternatively if you live in Surrey you could visit the offices of Bales Worldwide.

Bales House
Junction Road
Dorking
Surrey
RH4 3HL

www.balesworldwide.com
tel:0845 057 1819
fax:01306 740048
[email protected]
[email protected]

And I've just got this today:


Hello,

I hope that you are well. I am contacting you regarding one of your pages which mentions my client, Audley Travel (link to above post included)

If at all possible, it would be greatly appreciated if you could add a follow link to their homepage - Tailor-Made Holidays Crafted By Experts | Audley Travel over the brand name 'Audley Travel' where they are mentioned within the article. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me.

I look forward to your response.

Kind regards,