History of Myanmar's labour movement (279/505)

This post presents page 279 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

Vocabulary:

ညှဉ်းပန်း ။ torture, ill treat
အခစား ။ paid worker
အရေးဆို ။ demand (rights, privileges); put up demands; negotiate
ပိတ်ပင် ။ to prevent, prohibit, forbid
ခုခံ ။ to resist, oppose, defend
တွန်းလှန် ။ to repulse, repel
တိုက်ဖျက် ။ attack, destroy, eradicate
စွန့်စား ။ to take a risk, venture
သိသာ ။ obviously
ထင်ရှား ။ distinct, conspicuous
ပြည့်နှက် ။ many, crowded, teeming with
စပ်လျဉ်း၍ ။ relating to ; in connection with; as regards to
ရင်းနှီး ။ to be close, intimate, familiar, to invest
ထိန်းသိမ်း ။ to preserve
တိုးမြှင့် ။ to raise
အစိုး ။ manager

Translation:

Section 27

Basic Labour Rights

Workers are the main economic power of every country under the capitalist system. However, as this class is the class that suffers oppression, ill treatment and exploitation, [it] must produce in order to be able to make as much profit as [the capitalists] desire solely for the capitalists' financial benefit. At a minimum, this class must hire out their labour power to the capitalists as wage workers. In that way, however the capitalists want to be able to take profit, they and their class representative capitalist governments always oppress [the workers] and prohibit workers' right to organise, workers right to protect their benefits, right to collective bargaining, and rights to protest and strike, using many kinds of weapons, powers, laws, orders and rules.

Although all people are born with basic rights and freedoms, for those freedoms workers must vigorously resist capitalists and capitalist governments with many kinds of tactics. In regards to those [tactics] there are not just a thousand or ten thousand historical cases, but an abundance [of such cases]. Up to the present day, while tens of thousands of workers around the world are investing their lives [they] are striving to claim their basic rights and to preserve and increase [their rights].

In the present day, the tripartite government, employer and worker general labour organisation (ILO)... promulgating declaration [#17 and 98] concerning workers' freedoms and right to organise and right to negotiate...