More than 50 Sagaing marchers charged
A police officer said that of 71 protesters detained, 51 had been charged and taken to Yamethin Prison near the capital after they refused to be split up from fellow demonstrators.
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Labour Issues Lead Story News Protest
Sagaing workers’ march ends in arrests
Police in the Naypyidaw Union Territory said they arrested eight people as they attempted to march into the capital to set up a rally camp in front of the President’s Office.
Sagaing marchers to face police as they near Naypyidaw
As former workers from a wood-processing plant in Sagaing approach Naypyidaw after a long march, police will be ready to prevent them entering the Burmese capital.
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Labour Issues Lead Story News Rangoon
Sit-in held at Taiyi factory despite govt threats
Workers at the Rangoon shoe factory defy warnings of legal action from local authorities.
Govt to confiscate idle industrial zone land
Rangoon’s divisional government will confiscate land from individuals who have purchased more than 4,000 acres of industrial zone land without operating businesses there.
Labour Ministry orders Korean footwear firm to pay compensation
Burma’s Deputy Labour Minister Htin Aung has announced that the now defunct Master Sports footwear factory is obliged to pay severance packages and outstanding salaries to more than 700 laid-off workers.
With five hours of power, industrial zones continue to struggle
Days after major industrial zones in Burma began receiving five hours of electricity a day, factories continue to struggle to stay afloat after a month of operating off the grid
