Irrawaddy: 4,000 workers go on strike in Rangoon – Ba Kaung

8 March 2010, 12:02 pm

In the latest escalation of labor tensions in Burma, around 4,000 factory workers at an industrial estate  on the outskirts of Rangoon staged a sit-in on Saturday to demand better pay, according to sources in the area.Workers at two garment factories in South Dagon Township’s No. 2 Industrial Zone began their strike at around 8 [...]... Read More »

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