Myanmar garment workers threaten further strikes if demands are not met
Garment workers in Myanmar protesting over pay and factory conditions threatened to continue strikes Tuesday unless their demands are met and authorities release two of their representatives detained earlier this month. …
As many as 200,000 people work in garment factories in Myanmar, according to the MGMA, while the Labor Rights Clinic reports the average garment employee is female, aged 24, and works six days a week and 13 hours per day for around U.S. $80 per month. …
Thiha Tun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/strikes-02242015130920.html
