"....The Migrant Movements Consultation was a gathering of migrant workers from Burma now working in different places in Thailand that took place in late February 2011 in Chiang Mai organised by MAP Foundation. At the Consultation, migrant workers met with representatives of the labour movements of Cambodia, India, Malaysia, and Thai land to share experiences of building collective movements to defend workers interests against injustice and exploitation. Over the course of two days migrant workers, representing workers associations and community based organisations across the country, and the trade unionists, shared information on different aspects of union organizing ranging from the background of the labour movement in Thailand and strategies for collective bargaining, to the role of women and politics in trade unionism. The current political situation in Burma has consistently prevented the development of an independent labour movement for over half a century. The purpose of the Migrant Movements Consultation was to develop greater understanding between trade unions and migrant workers, to provide some information and skills for migrant workers to negotiate their rights with employers and stand up for the interests of their co-workers. In the future, when Burma is free, migrant workers who have developed an understanding of labour organizing in Thailand, can return home and help build a new independent labour movement, building solidarity among all the workers of Burma. ...."