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The military has forced out hundreds of families from government-issued housing for being involved in strikes and protests against the February 1 coup Nearly all of Myanmar Railway’s 20,000 workers are on strike, shutting down a sector that transports not only people, but goods, harvest and (...)
Myanmar’s coup government has slaughtered workers for launching general strikes against the junta — but workers have doubled down, calling for comprehensive sanctions against the military. We talked to two leaders of the strikes.
On March 14, Myanmar’s largest industrial district — Hlaing (...)
Trade unions in Myanmar are fighting to ensure that the labour rights of the hundreds of thousands of workers who have been at the forefront of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) are protected. And they are urging the international brands who purchase goods from supplier factories in Myanmar (...)
Striking truck drivers, bureaucrats and bank workers have brought international trade through Yangon’s ports to a standstill, with exports estimated to be down as much as 90 percent since February 1.
When he bought millions of dollars of pulses back in January, Madhu never imagined they would (...)
Hundreds of soldiers and police went to Ma Hlwa Gone railway station and its staff housing compound on Wednesday
Hundreds of soldiers and police swooped on a railway station in Yangon on Wednesday seeking to arrest workers on strike to protest against the military coup in Myanmar.
The country (...)
Despite a vicious crackdown that has left scores of protesters dead, the worker-led movement against the military coup in Myanmar continues to rock the country. We spoke with three female garment workers who helped organize another general strike this week.
As work stoppages, walkouts, and (...)
Despite the junta’s threats of reprisals, the Civil Disobedience Movement keeps growing by the day and its members are set on a near-total shutdown of government.
Since the Myanmar military seized power from the elected government on 1 February, hundreds of thousands of people – perhaps millions (...)
The members of the FGWM make the clothing of most of the global apparel brands who operate in Myanmar. We have worked dutifully over the years in Myanmar factories to make the brands’ clothing and to help the brands build their successful businesses. Now in our time of greatest need, we call on (...)
As the civil disobedience movement in Myanmar enters its second month, Kyaw Ye Lynn reports from the frontline in Yangon on the vital role ordinary workers and trade unions have been playing in the fight to defend their rights and restore democracy.
Moe Sandar Myint, president of the (...)
Myanmar’s banking system has barely functioned since tens of thousands of private sector workers walked off the job three weeks ago in an effort to pressure the military to give up power, crippling large sections of the economy.
Each day since February 7, Ma Nwe Nwe Aye has done exactly the (...)
Update: Late Friday evening, February 26 (local time), the Myanmar military declared most of the country’s labor organizations illegal on public television, with the threat of arrests if their activities continue, adding to the urgency of international solidarity activities.
On February 1, the (...)
Labour activists and striking workers in Myanmar opposing the military regime are facing a growing threat of being detained, despite the International Labor Organization (ILO) urging the junta to cease all harassment of striking workers.
Ma Moe Sandar Myint, chairwoman of the Federation of (...)
The ILO has issued a statement following allegations of harassment and intimidation of trade unionists in Myanmar by police and military authorities.
The ILO has received allegations that the police and military are conducting door to door searches for trade unionists at their dormitories and (...)
Yangon – Work has ceased at copper mines run by Chinese firms in cooperation with Myanmar’s military in Sagaing Region after thousands of laborers joined the civil disobedience movement against the military coup.
By Monday more than 2,000 miners from the Kyisintaung copper mines in Monwya (...)
Interview realized shortly before the coup with Ma Moe Sandar Myint of Action Labor Right, a key organizer of the recent strike wave, to get a better sense of workers’ struggles in Myanmar. On Monday, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup d’etat, deposing former international darling Aung San (...)
Garment factories in Myanmar are sacking worker activists under the cover of the Covid-19 pandemic, and workers say the country’s main labour arbitration council is letting them get away with it. Kyaw Ye Lynn in Yangon describes how trade unionists are fighting back.
Wearing personal protective (...)
Campaigners report job losses and jailing of those airing grievances – and urge global fashion brands to stand up for workers’ rights
On the morning of 4 May, Zar Zar Tun, a Burmese garment worker, led a strike at a factory in the city of Yangon. Within 24 hours she was an inmate at Myanmar’s (...)
Appeal from: Act Now - International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF).
Send a message to the government of Myanmar, demanding the 6 trade unionists be immediately and unconditionally released.
On March 1, the chairman and (...)
Basically all unions demand a stronger sanctioning capacity for the Arbitration Council.
On June 9, 2016, more than 12,000 workers from different Yangon factories were protesting in Hlaing Tharyar township against low wages, forced and unpaid overtime, and the firing of organized workers. They (...)
Introduction
Since 2011, Myanmar has been one of the main countries to draw international attention. Before that year, international news coverage on the country was mostly related to oppression and political turmoil caused by military dictatorship. However, after 2011, the reasons were quite (...)
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