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Women Leaders at Forefront of Key Worker Rights Struggles
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Myanmar
In Myanmar, the Solidarity Center works with union partners in agricultural, garment and other industrial sectors. Credit: Solidarity Center/Tula Connell
The Solidarity Center, which provided assistance to Burmese union leaders who were exiled under the military dictatorship until 2011, works with the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM) and other partners in Burma’s growing trade union movement in agricultural, garment, woodworking and other industrial sectors.
Workers Speak Out: Unions Are Essential to Democracy
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Workers from around the world, including those exiled from Belarus, Eswatini and Myanmar for forming unions, striking and trying to speak freely, describe why democracy is important—and why unions are key to democracy.
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Union Leader Elected to Myanmar People’s Council on Eve of Coup Anniversary
As Myanmar’s military junta marks the first year of its overthrow of the country’s democratically elected government February 1, delegates to a national unity assembly seeking to establish civilian control and return the country to democracy elected a five-member...
Podcast: Myanmar Workers Stand Up for Democracy
After the military overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government in February, the country’s garment workers, most of them young women, were the first to stand up to defend their right to a free and peaceful society. Since then, workers have led peaceful...