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    Uber to hire only govt-approved taxi drivers in Burma

    This partnership with local taxi drivers and their unions is unique to Burma, Sam Bool, Uber’s expansion general manager for Southeast Asia, told Reuters.

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    In Burma, garment industry booms — and labour unions pay the price

    Discrimination against workers standing up for their rights in Burma’s garment industry was highlighted this month after a union leader was fired at a factory supplying fashion brand H&M.

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    Worker benefits increase but awareness stays low

    Burma’s workers are losing out on social benefits because they are not aware of their privileges, according to a labour official.

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    Academics say anti-union campaign continues

    Pro-union lecturers at Rangoon University are being transferred to different institutions across Burma in what the professors say is a deliberate move to undercut unions

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    Professors claim transfers reflect officials’ anti-union sentiment

    Leading members of the University Lecturers’ Union in Mandalay have been transferred to several institutions across Burma in what they claim is a deliberate move by education officials who dislike unions

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    Strikes spread to Mandalay

    Widespread factory strikes in Burma that began in Rangoon’s Industrial Zones last month have spread to Mandalay as 300 workers from Aung Sein textile and wool factory are staging a sit-in protest

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    Workers need holiday pay: union

    A leading union in Rangoon is demanding that workers at industrial zones be paid during the country’s New Year holiday period

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