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Labor rights and forced labor in Burma


 

Most of the material related to labor in Burma relates to forced labor.  The best available overview of labor conditions is in the U.S. Department of Labor's:

US department of labor, report on labor practices in burma.gif (1192 bytes) Report on Labor Practices in Burma

The most comprehensive survey of forced labor in Burma is contained in the International Labor Organizations 1998 report:

International Labor Organization report on forced labor in Burma Forced labour in Myanmar (Burma)


Federation of Trade Unions, Burma (FTUB) 
The FTUB is Burma's underground trade union congress.

"People's Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma" Asian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights School

 

See also, The Yadana gas pipeline project

chains.gif (32076 bytes) Corporate Watch, Deadly Partners, on The Yadana Pipeline Project.