Myanmar: call for social dialogue over dismissals 18 June, 2020Industrial Workers’ Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) is urging Jia Hao Fashion Industry to immediately engage in social dialogue over the dismissal of 79 workers and continuous protests outside their factory in Myanmar’s capital Yangon.
Heavy metal in Myanmar11 May, 2016Yangon’s South Dagon Industrial estate (Zone 3) is a labyrinth of metal workshops, stores and small factories. Nobody even knows the number of workers employed there.
Discussion begins on responsible exit from Myanmar2 November, 2022IndustriALL Global Union has begun discussions with garment brands on a responsible exit from Myanmar, due to the deteriorating human rights situation and the impossibility of doing due diligence.
Strengthening young workers in Myanmar16 October, 2018Young workers and youth committee members from IndustriALL Global Union trade union affiliates in Myanmar have been trained in leadership and organizing skills at two workshops held in Sagaing and Yangon on 9-10 and 11-12 October respectively.
Textile and garment unions in South East Asia build networks 15 July, 2019Trade union leaders from IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in seven countries in South East Asia resolved to build networks and increase organizing in the textile and garment sector despite threats and harassment.
Philippine unions stand in solidarity with myanmar's fight for democracy8 August, 2024On 3 August over fifty trade union leaders from the Council of Global Union Philippines including IndustriALL affiliates, the Associated Labor Unions (ALU) and the Philippine Metal Workers Alliance (PMA), gathered in Manila to show their solidarity with Myanmar's unions in their fight for democracy.
Myanmar: the military regime’s dangerous attack on independent trade unions6 February, 2025The military regime in Myanmar is actively orchestrating a dangerous and unacceptable attack on independent trade unions. The state administration council (SAC) has created a parallel and illegitimate trade union structure to undermine the legitimate trade union movement.
From Belarus to biohazards: unions demand action at ILC 27 May, 2025The 187 member states of the International Labour Organization meet every year in June at the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s ILC starts on 2 June and will address possible new international standards on the protection of workers against biological hazards in the working environment and decent work in the platform economy.
Myanmar unions win first minimum wage2 July, 2015Three years after unions were made legal in Myanmar, their fight for a minimum wage delivered a victory on 29 June. The country’s first-ever minimum wage of 3,600 kyatts per day is equal to US$3.2.
Landslide kills jade workers in their tents27 November, 2015At least 117 people were killed in a landslide in the jade mining area in northern Myanmar on 21 November. Workers and their families were asleep in their tents that were buried under the piles of rubble.
