The US government is increasing pressure on the Myanmar military regime with additional sanctions on two state-owned banks, which will take effect on June 20th, according to a diplomatic source. The source said that the banks are the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and the Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank. The

Side by side with the International Labour Conference’s (ILC) historic vote invoking Article 33 of its constitution on Belarus’ flagrant disregard of its workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining, BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson and fellow global union leaders met with Myanmar National Unity Government (NUG)

According to sources close to the military council, Ma Thidar Win, the leader of the Sun Apparel Myanmar garment factory protest workers, has been arrested by the military council. Ma Thidar Win was arrested a day before the scheduled date to negotiate the demands. The sources also said that it

Yangon, Shwe Pytha Township, At the Hosheng Myanmar Garment Factory in Thadhukan Industrial Zone, seven workers who led a demand for a pay rise were fired, and a female trade union leader was arrested today, June 14, workers said. Ma Aye Thandar HTay, MA Thandar Htay, Ma May Thu Min,

လူ့အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီး ဦးအောင်မျိုးမင်း၊ အလုပ်သမားရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ နိုင်ငံတကာဆက်ဆံရေးအရာရှိ ဦးကျော်စိုးမိုး၊ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ

Income from garment exports provides the Myanmar military regime with vital foreign exchange. The EU-funded MADE in Myanmar programme helps maintain this industry and provides diplomatic cover for the regime by presenting an illusory semblance of social dialogue. EU brands operating in Myanmar provide revenue for the regime. The EBA

Standing in solidarity at #ETUC50 with workers in Myanmar: the EU should halt the MADE programme & suspend EBA trade preferences KhaingZarAung  & Myanmar trade unions applauded by etuc_ces Congress