Trade unions to push for increase of minimum wage

Trade unions to push for increase of minimum wage

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The Confederation of Trade Unions in Myanmar (CTUM) is bringing a proposal to raise the minimum wage from 4,800 kyats (USD 3.19) to 7,200 kyats per day (900 kyats per hour for an eight-hour work day) to the National Committee for the Minimum Wage. In

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Striking garment workers return to work after deal

Factory agrees to re-hire 30 sacked workers following protests

Posted on October 31, 2018

The Fu Yuen garment factory on the outskirts of Yangon has agreed to re-hire 30 sacked workers following high-profile protests by employees.  An intervention by Yangon Region chief minister U Phyo Min Thein supported the case for the previously sack

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