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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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Some 20,000 convicts toil in prison labour camps across the country, where they face abuse, exploitation and forced labour, a Myanmar Now investigation finds.
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Food giant Betagro issued a statement on Wednesday saying it had “stopped business operations with the farm until there is a solution for the labour conflict.”
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Thai police say a crackdown on human traffickers has led to the dismantling of thirty five criminal rings supplying slaves to fishing boats.
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Burmese overseas employment agencies have voiced complaint against Malaysia’s One Stop Service Centre (OSC) which increased migrant visa fees eightfold.
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Three laundry staff said they worked up to 19 hours a day during the peak tourism season with only two days off a month. Another reported working 16-hour shifts with no time off.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has repatriated 105 Burmese migrant workers, the first of some 364 nationals stranded in Indonesia.
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Thousands of Burmese face an emotional and social dilemma if Gen. Prayut’s plan to bar migrant workers from bringing their families to Thailand is enforced.
Burma has set a minimum wage of 3,600 kyat for an eight-hour work day, a move likely to boost investment in the fast-growing country’s garment industry.
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Andy Hall, a British activist who campaigns for the rights of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, faces final hearing in defamation suit on Monday.
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Garment factories threatening closure over proposed minimum wage adjustments could face legal action if they fail to obey official procedures.
Business Lead Story News Protest Video
Two hundred and fifty workers circled the Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone on Sunday, chanting for a baseline daily wage of 4,000 kyat (US$3.33).
The All-Myanmar Network of Trade Unions rejects the 3,600-kyat-a-day offer and calls on workers to be prepared to take to the streets in protest.
The Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar throws its support behind a government-led proposal for a minimum wage in Burma of 3,600 kyat (US$3.60) a day.
If accepted, the salary conditions will be applicable to all employers except small enterprises with 15 workers or less, and family businesses.
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Negotiations are currently being held in Rangoon which may pave the way for an official minimum wage in Burma.
Two construction workers were killed and 18 injured when metal scaffolding collapsed at a Pullman Hotel construction site in Mandalay on Saturday afternoon.
Interview Lead Story News Video
DVB sat down with ILO country liaison officer Steve Marshall to discuss how five years of political and economic reforms have touched Burma’s working class.
Environment Lead Story Natural resources News
A three-month ban on offshore fishing has been ordered by Burma’s Department of Fisheries to allow marine fish stocks to replenish.
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The executive officer of the operator of the sunken trawler in which at least 56 crew members died is on the run, says the Burmese embassy in Moscow.
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The families of those sailors who died when the Dalny Vostok sank have been offered compensation of one million roubles by the Russian government.
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More than 300 Burmese and Cambodian migrants who were forced to work in slave-like conditions were rescued.
Lead Story Media News Women's Issues
A dearth of women in positions of power within Burma’s media is preventing women from influencing content, and entrenching gender stereotypes.
Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News
DVB takes a look at the deception and hardships faced by Burmese nationals who are recruited as domestic servants in Singapore.
Labour Issues Lead Story News Rangoon
Workers at the Rangoon shoe factory defy warnings of legal action from local authorities.
Business Lead Story News Protest
Striking factory workers in Rangoon, asking for an increased minimum wage and amendments to holiday, faced being locked out of their living quarters.
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Fifty-two Burmese nationals, jailed by Malaysian immigration authorities in August after entering the country on fake visas, have been freed.
ASEAN Business Lead Story News Trade
Thailand will lose billions in the Chinese market to Cambodia, Laos, Burma and Vietnam over the next five years due to their better labour competency and higher manufacturing quality.
Labour Issues Lead Story Mandalay Division News
The Federation of Trade Unions Myanmar heads a protest of some 600 workers in Mandalay, calling for amendments to the Labor Dispute Law, which, they say, completely favours employers.
Analysis Business Contributor Economy Finance Lead Story News
Economics by nature is not a generous science. For Burma, the benefits of reform and development are far from certain.
