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    Bangkok factory boss gives in to Burmese workers’ demands
    February 23, 2017in Labour Issues, Lead Story, Migrants Issues, News39by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Bangkok factory boss gives in to Burmese workers’ demands

    A factory boss has agreed to compensate Burmese workers at a motorcycle helmet factory in Bangkok after the migrants staged a one-day strike.

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    Shoe factory workers demand removal of abusive Korean supervisor
    November 17, 2016in Archives, Labour Issues, Lead Story, News547by ARKAR / DVB
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    Shoe factory workers demand removal of abusive Korean supervisor

    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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    Rangoon factory workers go on strike
    June 6, 2016in Labour Issues, Lead Story, News, Rangoon187by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Rangoon factory workers go on strike

    Around 100 workers of the Lawun Htet Tha garment factory in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone have gone on strike in protest against late salary payments.

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    No end in sight for trial of 14 Shwepyithar workers
    November 26, 2015in Lead Story, News77by DVB
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    No end in sight for trial of 14 Shwepyithar workers

    The case of 14 garment factory workers arrested when a strike was forcibly put down by plain clothed vigilantes in March continues to languish in court.

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    Minimum wage tug-of-war goes on
    July 7, 2015in Labour Issues, Lead Story, News5by AYE NAI / DVB
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    Minimum wage tug-of-war goes on

    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.

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    200,000 jobs at stake as garment factories threaten closures
    July 3, 2015in Archives, Labour Issues, Lead Story, News110by AUNG HTOO
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    200,000 jobs at stake as garment factories threaten closures

    Foreign and domestic factory representatives say the proposed minimum wage is unaffordable.

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