<div> <p>The Supreme Court has overturned a lower court verdict and ordered a retrial in a labour dispute between a textile company and workers who were allegedly not properly compensated.</p> <p>On 23 May 2017, at the Labour Court Region 5 in Chiang Mai, the judges read the Supreme Court verdict on the case between Georgie &amp; Lou Co. Ltd., a textile company producing clothes under the brands Neon Buddha and Pure HANDKNIT, and 24 of its former employees. &nbsp;</p> </div>

<div>When 78 workers at Georgie &amp; Lou, most of whom are older women returned to work on September 8, 2015, after having been suspended without being paid, they were not allowed to enter the factory and instead were met by an announcement stating that “presently this establishment is run by Sanook Garment Ltd.”</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Georgie &amp; Lou located in Sankamphang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, has preceded goods for Pure &amp; Co under brands: Neon Buddha and Pure Handknit, since 2006 for Mr. Sebastien Sirois, a Canadian businessman who is the real owner of Georgie &amp; Lou Ltd. </div>

<div>Workers at the Canadian-linked garment factory, Georgie &amp; Lou Co., Ltd. based in San Kamphaeng District of Chiang Mai, were frustrated when their employers dispatched only an attorney to negotiate with them in the third round of negotiations, creating an unnecessary delay in settling the ongoing labour dispute – a delay that put workers under increased pressure as the company is using warning letters and dismissals to pressure workers to sign new contracts.</div> <p></p>