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    Garment industry gears up for rise in minimum wage
    April 12, 2018in Feature, Features (OLD), Labour Issues2191by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Garment industry gears up for rise in minimum wage

    The minimum wage will rise from 3600 kyats ($2.70) to 4,800 kyats per day, but for some workers, fears have been raised it may come at the cost of other…

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    Shoe factory workers demand removal of abusive Korean supervisor
    November 17, 2016in Archives, Labour Issues, Lead Story, News547by ARKAR / DVB
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    Shoe factory workers demand removal of abusive Korean supervisor

    More than 600 workers are on strike, demanding the removal of a South Korean supervisor they accuse of abuse and sexual harassment.

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    Rangoon factory workers go on strike
    June 6, 2016in Labour Issues, Lead Story, News, Rangoon187by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Rangoon factory workers go on strike

    Around 100 workers of the Lawun Htet Tha garment factory in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone have gone on strike in protest against late salary payments.

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    No end in sight for trial of 14 Shwepyithar workers
    November 26, 2015in Lead Story, News77by DVB
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    No end in sight for trial of 14 Shwepyithar workers

    The case of 14 garment factory workers arrested when a strike was forcibly put down by plain clothed vigilantes in March continues to languish in court.

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    Angelina Jolie, Suu Kyi tour Rangoon factories
    August 1, 2015in Labour Issues, Lead Story, News, Suu Kyi, Women's Issues466by ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    Angelina Jolie, Suu Kyi tour Rangoon factories

    UN goodwill envoy Angelina Jolie joins Aung San Suu Kyi on a visit to Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone to speak with female workers about working conditions.

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    H&M favours ‘uniform’ minimum wage
    July 21, 2015in Archives, Labour Issues, Lead Story, News243by DVB
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    H&M favours ‘uniform’ minimum wage

    Clothing giant H&M has voiced their support for a standard minimum wage across Burma, as negotiations on the proposed 3,600 kyat (US$3) per day figure continue.

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