Passports for migrant workers

This post presents an article from 7 Day News Journal, December 29, 2011, p. 1 and 12.

Women workers abroad

This post presents an article from The Irrawaddy online from Saturday, December 24, 2011.

Registration of migrant workers in Thailand

This post presents an article from 7 Day News Journal, December 22, 2011, vol. 10, no. 40, p. 4.

History of Myanmar's labour movement (46/505)

This post presents page 46 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (45/505)

This post presents page 45 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (44/505)

This post presents page 44 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (43/505)

This post presents page 43 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (42/505)

This post presents page 42 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (41/505)

This post presents page 41 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (40/505)

This post presents page 40 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (39/505)

This post presents page 39 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (38/505)

This post presents page 38 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (37/505)

This post presents page 37 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (36/505)

This post presents page 36 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (35/505)

This post presents page 35 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

The right to form labour unions

This post presents a recent article from The Irrawaddy on legislation legalising the formation of labour unions in Myanmar.

History of Myanmar's labour movement (34/505)

This post presents page 34 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (33/505)

This post presents page 33 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (32/505)

This post presents page 32 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (28-31/505)

This post presents pages 29 and 31 (28 and 30 are blank) of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p27/505)

This post presents page 27 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p26/505)

This post presents page 26 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p25/505)

This post presents page 25 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p24/505)

This post presents page 24 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p23/505)

This post presents page 23 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p22/505)

This post presents page 22 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p21/505)

This post presents page 21 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p20/505)

This post presents page 20 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p19/505)

This post presents page 19 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p18/505)

This post presents page 18 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p17/505)

This post presents page 17 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p.16/505)

This post presents page 16 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p.15/505)

This post presents page 15 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

 

Tree planters (12/12)

This post presents page 11 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (11/12)

This post presents page 11 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (10/12)

This post presents page 10 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (9/12)

This post presents page 9 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (8/12)

This post presents page 8 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (7/12)

This post presents page 7 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (6/12)

This post presents page 6 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (5/12)

This post presents page 5 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (4/12)

This post presents page 4 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (3/12)

This post presents page 3 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (2/12)

This post presents page 2 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Ban-pwint-khayay [Blossoming star flower].

Tree planters (1/12)

This post presents page 1 of 12 of Ma Sanda's short story "The tree planters" from her book Blossoming star flower.

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p.6 - 8/505)

This post presents the list of tables (pages 6 to 8) from The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p.3 - 5/505)

This post covers the index (pages 3 to 5; page 2 was blank) of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

History of Myanmar's labour movement (p.i - 1/505)

This post presents the first four pages of the 1968 book The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement, written by Thakin Lwin. The book was published by Bagan Books and was awarded second prize for the Myanmar National Literature Award.

Language of security

The College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University has compiled a vocabulary list related to security issues for a range of Asian languages, including Myanmar. This list provides some interesting discussion of the varied uses of the selected words. The Myanmar language section is accessible here.

Organising workers in the colonial era (1/4)

This post presents page 1 of 4 of an essay by U Htet Kyaw regarding the formation of a labour union at the oil fields in the colonial era. The text comes from Saw Htet Lin's Mingalaba blog. The complete scanned pages of this essay plus other essays by U Htet Kyaw are available here.