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4 Apr 2014

Author:
Nyein Nyein, Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

Striking Burmese Workers at Mae Sot Factory Win Concessions [Thailand]

Protesting Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, returned to work…at the Yuan Jiao Garment factory after successful negotiations...More than 500 workers had staged a more than weeklong strike, demanding a wage increase and other labor rights and benefits…The owner agreed to give the workers Sundays off, and will allow them to take a maximum of 30 days sick leave annually. Overtime pay…will rise to 12.5 percent…Pregnant women will have social and health…The Thai-owned Yuan Jiao Garment factory…supplies its products to the German clothing company Jack Wolfskin, among others…The German firm tweeted it was investigating the situation and said it would be “unacceptable” if the workers were dismissed for their protest…