Articles from Myanmar
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 April 2017 Myanmar: Thousands march for workers’ rights
On 26 March, more than 7,000 workers from all over Myanmar took part in a demonstration called by the Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar to urge Myanmar’s public authorities to respect workers’ holidays and rights.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 March 2017 Myanmar: educators’ right to collective bargaining on the line
Education workers have called for a well-supported strike in order to pressure Myanmar’s public authorities to respect their right to collective bargaining, especially during holiday periods when family is the priority.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 September 2016 Myanmar: teachers work from the ground up to strengthen union
With a young democracy as its backdrop, the Myanmar Teachers Federation continues to build its ranks across the country with the help of Education International and its affiliates’ experience one year after its creation.
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Union growth 13 March 2015 Myanmar: trade unions condemn the terrible crackdown on students
Education International has demanded that Myanmar’s public authorities stop the violent crackdown on student protests calling for changes to the National Education Law, and include them along educators’ representatives in the parliamentary discussions.
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Union renewal and development 17 July 2014 Myanmar: EI leads exploratory mission
EI’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office (EIAP) led a very successful fact-finding mission to Myanmar recently. The EIAP team were in Yangon from 30 June-2 July to check available data and get basic field information, and to assess and proceed to a critical analysis of the country’s current situation, specifically concerning the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 July 2012 Myanmar: EI supports efforts to build a strong trade union movement
Maung Maung, General Secretary of the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma, expects to be able to return to his home country in November without the risk of prosecution.
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Union growth 22 April 2009 Burmese teacher and other unionists detained
A Burmese teacher activist and four other trade unionists were arrested earlier this month after taking part in the historic first National Congress of the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB).
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 March 2009 Beyond Burma: Lessons in hope for refugee children
Mae Sot, THAILAND — He has the quiet, professional demeanour of a man who prefers the educational sanctuary of the classroom to the dangers of revolutionary politics. Yet Burmese teacher Htay Hlaing spent nine-years incarcerated in a notorious torture prison in his military-ruled homeland for the so-called “crime” of helping...
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2008 Asia Pacific teacher leaders criticize Burmese military
A month after Burma’s devastating cyclone left 133,000 people dead or missing, the chair of EI’s Asia Pacific Regional Committee has lashed out at the Burmese military government for continuing to thwart humanitarian and rescue operations by international aid agencies.
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Union renewal and development 9 May 2008 Burma: EI calls on the military junta to allow international aid to be delivered by relief agencies
Education International is deeply concerned by the current situation in Burma caused by the cyclone Nargis and consequent flooding. EI deplores the reluctance of the Burmese authorities to facilitate the delivery of aid so urgently needed by the people of the regions most severely hit.
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Union growth 1 October 2007 Burma: Urgent Action Appeal
Education International encourages all member organisations to write to the Burmese representatives in their countries following the recent violent repression used to break up peaceful demonstrations.
Burma: Urgent Action Appeal