Resolved Incident
Tsang Yih shoe factory workers win a 12,000 kyat daily wage
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Workers at the Taiwan-owned Tsang Yih Shoe Factory, an Adidas supplier in Hlaing Tharyar Township, Yangon, began a sit-in strike on 14 May 2025 demanding a daily wage of 12,000 kyats. The junta labour ministry told them to return to work and a 900 kyat daily offer was rejected. On 21 May management agreed to raise the basic daily wage to 5,800 kyats plus allowances worth 6,200 kyats and the strike ended.
- Workers involved
- 6,200 (estimated)
- Outcome
- Won – Worker counts and wage figures differ: The Irrawaddy says about 4,000 workers struck and that the basic daily wage was 5,200 kyats, while Mizzima says more than 6,200 workers joined and that pay was 6,800 kyats a day. Mizzima also reports that a 17 May deal offering a 900 kyat daily subsidy was rejected before the 21 May settlement worth 12,000 kyats a day in total.
- Issues
- Living Wage, Working Hours
Sources
- Workers at Adidas Factory in Myanmar Strike for Living WageThe Irrawaddy
- Adidas Shoe Factory Agrees to Striking Workers' DemandsThe Irrawaddy
- Workers' protest continues at Tsang Yih Shoe Factory as Myanmar junta officials fail to address wage demandsMizzima