The Human Cost of Fashion: Chinese Fashion Conglomerate (Kingsrich) and the Struggles of Burmese Garment Workers
18 Minutes To ReadHaymarn Soe Nyunt and Pai Cheimt Khaung delve into the unseen hardships of Myanmar’s garment workers with a focus on Kingsrich Garment Factory.
Global garment brands unable to safeguard labour rights in post-coup Myanmar
22 Minutes To ReadCorporate Accountability Myanmar (CAM) inquires how global brands respond to labour rights abuses in post-coup Myanmar.
Advancing the Rights of Women Workers through the 2020 Elections
11 Minutes To ReadSeik Nyan and Ye Yint Khant Maung explore the difficulties of women workers and discuss how political parties should address it.
COVID-19 Weaponized Against Unionists in Myanmar
6 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses the hardships unionists face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women and COVID-19 in Myanmar
8 Minutes To ReadKassandra Neranjan and Sakshi Shetty consider the specific vulnerabilities women face in Myanmar in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
A New Way for Workers’ Rights Beyond the Legal Framework: The All Burma Federation of Trade Unions
12 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses trade unionism and labour disputes in Myanmar.
Enslaved fishery workers near Pyapon City
13 Minutes To ReadKhin Myat Myat Wai reports on offshore raft fishing in Myanmar, as translated by Stephen Campbell.
Border Capitalism, Disrupted: Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone by Stephen Campbell. Cornell University Press, 2018. 206 Pages.
8 Minutes To ReadCourtney T. Wittekind reviews Stephen Campbell’s account of migrant labor in Thailand.