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Teachers and unionists take great risks to resist military rule and keep hope alive for democracy

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Myanmar Teachers and unionists take great risks to resist military rule and keep hope alive for democracy [Education International] 21-03-2024

Myanmar BWI releases new report on Myanmar unionists’ extraordinary struggle for democracy [BWI] 11-03-2024

Myanmar #WomenHoldTheLine: The story of Myanmar's Phyo Sandar Soe [BWI] 07-03-2024

Myanmar / Europe European trade unions call on EU to oppose forced conscription [UNI Global Union] 06-03-2024

Myanmar EPSU joins trade union movement protesting the forced military service in Myanmar [EPSU] 02-03-2024

Myanmar BWI denounces Myanmar junta’s mandatory military service targeting young people [BWI] 15-02-2024

Myanmar BWI denounces Myanmar junta’s mandatory military service targeting young people [BWI] 14-02-2024

Myanmar On 3rd anniversary of military coup, democracy now! [IUF] 09-02-2024

Myanmar ILO marks third anniversary of Myanmar military takeover with call for the release of trade union leaders and all those unjustly detained [ILO] 02-02-2024

Myanmar ITF joins global unions in calling for tougher EU action against Myanmar regime [ITF]  ActNOW!  01-02-2024


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Myanmar 200 Myanmar workers fired from garment jobs in China’s Yunnan province aftrer protest 2024-03-26 [RFA]

Teachers and unionists take great risks to resist military rule and keep hope alive for democracy 2024-03-21 [Education International]

BWI releases new report on Myanmar unionists’ extraordinary struggle for democracy 2024-03-11 [BWI]

Los sindicatos europeos piden a la UE que se oponga al reclutamiento forzoso 2024-03-07 [UNI]

Les syndicats européens appellent l'UE à s'opposer à la conscription forcée 2024-03-07 [UNI]

#WomenHoldTheLine: The story of Myanmar's Phyo Sandar Soe 2024-03-07 [BWI]

Europe European trade unions call on EU to oppose forced conscription 2024-03-06 [UNI Global Union]

EPSU joins trade union movement protesting the forced military service in Myanmar 2024-03-02 [EPSU]

Asia အမျိုးသမီး လုပ်သားများအတွက် အာမခံချက်ရှိသော အလုပ်နှင့် ပိုမိုကောင်းမွန်သော လုပ်အားခ အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ အမျိုးသမီးများနေ့ ၂၀၂၄ 2024-03-02 [IUF Asia/Pacific]

BWI denounces Myanmar junta’s mandatory military service targeting young people 2024-02-15 [BWI]

BWI denounces Myanmar junta’s mandatory military service targeting young people 2024-02-14 [BWI]

On 3rd anniversary of military coup, democracy now! 2024-02-09 [IUF]

Myanmar Nuevas sanciones australianas contra dos bancos estatales de Myanmar 2024-02-07 [UNI]

Myanmar L'Australie annonce de nouvelles sanctions à l'encontre de deux banques publiques du Myanmar 2024-02-07 [UNI]

Myanmar Fresh Australian sanctions announced against two Myanmar state-owned banks 2024-02-07 [UNI]

Más que nunca, solidaridad y lucha 2024-02-04 [Rel UITA]

Workers being forced to turn to sex work as big clothing brands leave Myanmar, advocates say 2024-02-02 [ABC]

သုံးနှစ်မြောက် မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏အာဏာလွှဲပြောင်းရယူမှု အထိမ်းအမှတ်ဖြင့် အလုပ်သမားသမဂ္ဂ ခေါင်းဆောင်များနှင့် မတရားဖမ်းဆီး ချုပ်နှောင်ထားခြင်းခံရသူများအားလုံးကို လွှတ်ပေးရန် အိုင်အယ်လ်အိုတောင်းဆို 2024-02-02 [ILO]

L'OIT marque le troisième anniversaire de la prise de pouvoir par les militaires au Myanmar en appelant à la libération des dirigeants syndicaux et de toutes les personnes injustement détenues 2024-02-02 [OIT]

La OIT conmemora el tercer aniversario del golpe militar en Myanmar pidiendo la liberación de los dirigentes sindicales y de todas las personas injustamente detenidas 2024-02-02 [OIT]

ILO marks third anniversary of Myanmar military takeover with call for the release of trade union leaders and all those unjustly detained 2024-02-02 [ILO]

3rd anniversary of Myanmar military coup 2024-02-01 [Irish Congress of Trade Unions]

Europe La agrupación Global Unions pide a la UE que retire la iniciativa EBA y el programa MADE in Myanmar  ActNOW!  2024-02-01 [IndustriALL]

Europe Глобальные союзы призывают ЕС приостановить EBA и программу MADE in Myanmar  ActNOW!  2024-02-01 [IndustriALL]

Europe Les FSI demandent à l’UE de retirer l’initiative TSA et le programme MADE in Myanmar  ActNOW!  2024-02-01 [IndustriALL]

ITF joins global unions in calling for tougher EU action against Myanmar regime  ActNOW!  2024-02-01 [ITF]

Myanmar Global unions call on EU to withdraw EBA and the MADE in Myanmar programme  ActNOW!  2024-02-01 [IndustriALL]

Latin America FSC’s Latin America and Caribbean members call for suspension of Myanmar’s certification system  ActNOW!  2024-01-29 [BWI]

Europe L’UE doit cesser de soutenir les politiques MADE in Myanmar et TSA 2024-01-13 [IndustriALL]

ЕС должен прекратить поддержку программ MADE in Myanmar и EBA 2024-01-11 [IndustriALL]

La UE debe retirar su apoyo a las políticas “MADE en Myanmar” y “Todo menos armas” 2024-01-11 [IndustriALL]

EU must end support for MADE in Myanmar and EBA policies 2024-01-11 [IndustriALL]

Global A challenge for the world’s unions  ActNOW!  2024-01-10 [Solidarity - Eric Lee]

Two journalists detained by military 2023-12-21 [IFJ]

Petition: Rescind FSC certification in military junta-ruled Myanmar  ActNOW!  2023-12-21 [BWI]

FSC ignores grave workers' and trade union rights in junta-ruled Myanmar  ActNOW!  2023-12-20 [BWI]

BWI denounces military junta’s sentencing of labour leader 2023-11-18 [BWI]

Global Khaing Zar Aung speaks at PSI Congress 2023 2023-11-15 [PSI]

ILO taking action on the Myanmar Commision of Inquiry in record time 2023-11-15 [PSI]

Myanmar military slowly strangling public sector workers resisting their rule 2023-11-15 [PSI]

Global အော်တိုနည်းပညာသစ်များက လုပ်ငန်းခွင် စိတ်ဖိစီးမှုကို တိုးများစေပါသည်။ 2023-11-10 [IUF Asia/Pacific]

Independent outlet shuttered, journalist arrested 2023-11-01 [IFJ]

ILO Commission of Inquiry demands end to union repression and forced labour 2023-10-11 [ITUC]

ILO Commission of Inquiry finds the Myanmar military has committed grave violations against unionists and perpetrated forced labour 2023-10-07 [PSI]

ILO Myanmar Commission of Inquiry finds far-reaching violations of freedom of association and forced labour Conventions 2023-10-04 [ILO]

Myanmar Prof Sean Turnell calls for sanctions against Myanmar state-owned banks 2023-09-14 [FSU]

Photojournalist sentenced to twenty years imprisonment 2023-09-08 [IFJ]

La campaña de IndustriALL impulsa la salida de H&M de Myanmar 2023-08-18 [IndustriALL]

La campagne d'IndustriALL précipite le retrait de H&M du Myanmar 2023-08-18 [IndustriALL]

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