Negotiations are currently being held in Rangoon which may pave the way for an official minimum wage in Burma.
Tag: ILO
Interview: DVB speaks to Steve Marshall, ILO
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.
Thailand tries to clean up its fishing act
Thai authorities are issuing labour ID cards to migrant workers within its fishing industry to combat rampant human trafficking in the trade.
Sit-in held at Taiyi factory despite govt threats
Workers at the Rangoon shoe factory defy warnings of legal action from local authorities.
British activist’s defamation trial begins in Bangkok
A potentially precedent-setting trial began on Tuesday in Bangkok, as British activist Andy Hall faced the first of four libel charges against him for his research about a Thai company’s…
Trapped Burmese migrant workers strike in Chiang Mai
Burmese migrant workers say they are being held captive and forced to work for half the minimum wage.