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News / August 4, 2020

Dutch Garment Agreement takes up complaint against C&A

The Complaints and Disputes Committee of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles has informed SOMO, Action Labor Rights and the Clean Clothes Campaign that it will take up the complaint they submitted last…

Garment factory workers walk down the footpath near their home on their way to work. The girls get a stipenf of 300 kyats ($0.25 USD) if they choose not to take the shuttle bus provided by their factory.

Long read / July 9, 2020

Towards a new normal

What must change in the Myanmar garment industry post-Corona crisis – a research into the labour conditions of two factories

News / July 2, 2020

Complaint against C&A submitted to Dutch Garment Agreement

Garment giant not addressing problems at supplier in Myanmar Today, SOMO, the Clean Clothes Campaign Netherlands (SKC) and Action Labor Rights (ALR) from Myanmar are submitting a complaint about C&A garment company to the Complaints…

News / June 11, 2020

C&A ignores problems at its supplier in Myanmar

Trade union busted at Roo Hsing clothing factory – C&A did not intervene Two years ago this week, a Myanmar garment factory started a union-busting campaign against a newly formed union, leading to the dismissal…

Long read / November 12, 2018

Higher minimum wage in Myanmar: bad news for workers?

Bad news for workers?

News / February 5, 2017

Garment industry in Myanmar far from fair

After years of sanctions, trade with Myanmar (formerly Burma) has started to flow. Low wages and favourable trade conditions are luring garment production from the region to this fragile democracy. Big and lesser known European…