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5 Dec 2015

Author:
Nyein Nyein, Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

Myanmar: Around 100 workers from Tai Yi shoe factory file complaint with Labour Ministry over alleged violation of union rights

“Striking Hlaing Tharyar Factory Workers Take Labor Dispute to the Capital”, 1 December 2015

Around 100 workers from the Tai Yi shoe factory in Rangoon Division’s Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone traveled to Naypyidaw…with the aim of resolving a labor dispute following a more than week-long protest at their factory.

The Tai Yi workers, who claim their employer is in violation of the 2011 Labor Organization Law which provides for labor unions to represent workers, traveled to Naypyidaw…to file a complaint at the labor ministry and President’s Office. However, police prevented them from reaching the latter location…

Workers at the Chinese-owned Tai Yi factory have staged various protests over issues such as unfair dismissal, low daily wages and other labor issues since at least 2010…