Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by HOSKINS Tansy
Campaigners report job losses and jailing of those airing grievances – and urge global fashion brands to stand up for workers’ rights
On the morning of 4 May, Zar Zar Tun, a Burmese garment worker, led a strike at a factory in the city of Yangon. Within 24 hours she was an inmate at Myanmar’s (...)
, by IUF
Appeal from: Act Now - International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF).
Send a message to the government of Myanmar, demanding the 6 trade unionists be immediately and unconditionally released.
On March 1, the chairman and (...)
Introduction
Since 2011, Myanmar has been one of the main countries to draw international attention. Before that year, international news coverage on the country was mostly related to oppression and political turmoil caused by military dictatorship. However, after 2011, the reasons were quite (...)
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