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    Tagged: labour rights

    Lead Story News

    Suspended animation – Sacked comic illustrators hit back

    Illustrators fired by a Korean owned business in Rangoon claim that their sacking was a recrimination for previous union activity.

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    Tawwin factory workers convicted under Article 18

    Six workers from Tawwin Wood Finished Products Factory who staged a protest demanding salary increases and labour rights in October 2012 were convicted by Sanchaung township court in Rangoon on Friday and ordered to either pay fines or serve one month in prison with labour.

    Politics

    Burmese labour activist sued for ‘cursing’ at NLD

    A labour rights activist defended himself in court on Tuesday, after a local chairman from the National League for Democracy sued him for “cursing” at members during a party meeting

    News Politics

    Accident at construction site kills 7 in Shan state

    Seven workers were killed and three injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in Shan state’s capital Taunggyi yesterday afternoon

    Business News

    ASEAN chief fears Thai labour drain

    Surin Pitsuwan adds voice to concerns that job creation in reforming Burma will damage Thai industry reliant on migrant workers

    News Politics

    Deportation threat for 1m Burma migrants

    Deadline for Thailand verification extended but rights groups warn many migrants may not make it, with stateless at most risk

    Business News

    Female migrants see dark side of China’s border

    China’s Ruili has seen a tenfold increase in migrants from Burma since 2006, many of whom are women facing workplace abuse

    Business News

    Talks fail as Rangoon strikers push on

    Attempts by Burma’s labour department to mediate fail as strike by up to 2,000 factory workers in former capital enters second week

    Business News

    Police lurk as Rangoon strike continues

    Police set up blocks on roads leading to shoe factory in Burma’s industrial hub as 2,000 workers strike

    News Politics

    Rangoon workers fight for compensation

    Factory staff injured in work-related accident that left seven dead send letter to Labour Administration Department demanding justice

    News Politics

    Burma ‘not ready for unions’: minister

    Information Minister Kyaw Hsan reminds MPs of the alleged murky role played by unions during Burma’s brief spell of democracy after 1948

    News Politics

    Govt pushed on labour rights

    Opposition groups say Burmese government must enact legislation that protects workers, as 30 labuor activists remain behind bars

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