"Garment manufactures oppose minimum wage increase", 7 July 2015

Myanmar's garment manufacturers have signalled their opposition to a proposed national minimum wage of just over US$3...per day, claiming the increase it represents could force some factories in the vital economic sector to close...The apparel industry's resistance to paying the proposed daily minimum wage drew a sharp rebuke from local labour groups, as well as the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)...The Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA), which represents 280 factories employing approximately 200,000 worker met...after...[the] announcement by Myanmar's National Minimum Wage Committee proposing that the minimum wage be set at 3,600 kyats (US$3.24) - or 450 kyat per hour - for an eight-hour day.