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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.