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​ Shwepyithar garment wage strike 2015

Resolved Conflict

Shwepyithar garment wage strike 2015

Myanmar Garment

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About 2,000 workers at three garment factories in Shwepyithar Industrial Zone, Yangon – E-Land, Ford Glory and Costec International – struck for a 30,000 kyat monthly pay rise. Employers offered roughly 12,000 kyats, two union leaders were arrested, and police broke up a sit-in in Insein Township in early March 2015.

Timeline 1 incident

  1. StrikeShwepyithar Industrial Zone, Yangon, Myanmar

    Shwepyithar garment workers strike for a 30,000 kyat pay rise

    ResolvedPartial2,000 workers

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