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Myanmarâs Defiant Garment Workers Demand That Fashion Pay Attention
Female garment industry union leaders are emerging at the forefront of the deadly anti-military protests, and asking global brands to take their side.
Members of the Federation of Garment Workers Myanmar â most of them women â have been prominent in the protest movement since the countryâs military coup on Feb. 1.Credit.FGWM
Published March 12, 2021Updated April 6, 2021
Ma Moe Sandar Myint is the leader of one of Myanmarâs largest garment worker unions. Until recently, the 37-year-old mother of three and former sewing machine operator would spend her days representing workers with labor complaints and helping members of the Federation of Garment Workers Myanmar unionize their factories.
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Myanmar Regime Hunts Down Labor Activists Despite International Condemnation
25 February 2021
Myanmar Regime Hunts Down Labor Activists Despite International Condemnation
Thousands of factory workers start the anti-coup demonstration against military rule in Yangon on Feb. 5. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 26 February 2021
Labour activists and striking workers in Myanmar opposing the military regime are facing a growing threat of being detained, despite the International Labor Organization (ILO) urging the junta to cease all harassment of striking workers.
Ma Moe Sandar Myint, chairwoman of the Federation of General Workers Myanmar, is in hiding after the authorities tried to detain her for leading thousands of workers in protest against the military regime.