Day: February 22, 2012
Burma Democratic Concern: We are with exploited strike workers of Tai Yi (BST)
Dear Friends,
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) sends our solidarity with strike workers of Tai Yi shoe factory of Burma who are peacefully demanding to have fare pay, better employee rights and better working condition. Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) members are with the strike workers of Tai Yi of Burma.
We are very sad to learn that the workers from Chinese Owned Tai Yi shoe factory which is located in Hlaing Thar Yar Industrial Zone in Rangoon, Burma are mostly rural women are just asking for 150 kyat (19 cents) per hour from 75 kyat (less that 10 US cents) an hour. The workers got to work at least 50 hours a week but they are struggling to survive day in and day out due to low wages since they only make around 60,000 kyat ($75) a month including overtime.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) would like to urge Burmese government, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and all the citizens of Burma to lend your support for the exploited strike workers of Tai Yi shoe factory of Burma. Continue reading “Burma Democratic Concern: We are with exploited strike workers of Tai Yi (BST)”
Maj Gen Zaw Win, Deputy Minister for Border Affairs,said the BP1 checkpoint between Mongton and Chiangmai will not opened yet
20 February 2012
Drivers of many passenger vehicles that run between Mandalay and Muse, a distance of 288 miles (460.8 km), are drug users, according to concerned travelers. There are two stops on the way: 38 mile station near Hsenwi and Pang Makhaw (Zibin Sakhan) between Kyaukme and Gokhteik. While passengers are having their meals, the drivers are taking methamphetamines. Some of them even double as drug carriers. (SHAN)
| 21 February 2012 Maj Gen Zaw Win, Deputy Minister for Border Affairs, on 27 January, in reply to the inquiry made by People’s Assembly MP Sai Aung Kyi, said the BP1 checkpoint between Mongton and Chiangmai, closed since 2002, will not be opened yet, according to sources from Mongton. But the road from Mongton to BP1, 53 miles (85 km), will be renovated during the 2012-13 fiscal year that begins in April.(SHAN) |
KNU Ceasefire and Peace Talk Progress Report-KNU Press Release final – English-Burmese
အဖြဲ႔အတြင္း တင္းမာမႈမ်ား ျဖစ္ေပၚေနသည္ဟု လတ္တေလာ ထြက္ေပၚေနသည့္ သတင္းမ်ားမွာ အေျခအျမစ္မရိွသည့္ သတင္းမ်ားသာျဖစ္သည္ဟု သတင္းစာရွင္းလင္းပြဲတြင္ KNU ေျပာ Continue reading “KNU Ceasefire and Peace Talk Progress Report-KNU Press Release final – English-Burmese”
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