A year after the enactment of Burma’s labor organization and freedom of association laws, local and international workers’ rights activists say more must be done to support the newfound freedoms in practice…Despite the new laws, and Burma’s wider political liberalization, in practice workers’ rights to form or join unions have not been fully recognized by Burmese officials or businesspeople, activists say…“There has been no real practice of industrial relations here, between government and employers and workers,” said the deputy secretary-general of the Brussels-based International Trade Union Confederation…who added that Burma’s new labor laws still do not meet international standards.