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14 Jul 2015

Author:
Associated Press (AP)

Hundreds of workers rally for higher minimum wage, ask for US$3.5 per day

"Myanmar workers demostrate for higher minimu wage", 12 July 2015

Several hundred workers in Myanmar rallied...for a higher minimum wage despite a warning by factory owners that the demand might put them out of business. The workers protesting in a northern suburb of Yangon...want the daily minimum wage of 4,000 kyat ($3.54) instead of the 3,600 kyat ($3.18) proposed by the National Minimum Wage Committee...following prolonged negotiations between the government, employers and employees. The current daily minimum wage is 3,000 kyat ($2.65). Small businesses employing fewer than 15 employees are not affected. Factory owners say a wage hike would affect their ability to operate, and some Chinese and Korean-owned garment factories have threatened to shut down if it is implemented. 

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