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At a garment factory on the outskirts of Myanmar’s biggest city, Zin Mar Htun has been working through the night doing unpaid overtime in a desperate attempt to keep her job. Myanmar’s clothing factories have cut more than 250,000 jobs since the military seized power in a Feb. 1 coup, unleashing economic turmoil and triggering sanctions against the ruling generals that anti-junta protesters want to see extended. Trade unions, which have been at the fore of protests since the coup, are urging foreign fashion firms and governments to sever trade ties to pressure the military, though many low-paid garment workers like

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