History of Myanmar's labour movement (284/505)

This post presents page 284 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

Vocabulary:

အခြင်းအရာ ။ the state of affairs, nature of things
လက္ခဏာ ။ sign, characteristic, symptom
အဝှမ်း ။ low-lying place
လက်ဝါးကြီးအုပ် ။ to monopolise
ကြီးစိုး ။ to administer, predominate
ခြယ်လှယ် ။ to manipulate
ဖြစ်ရပ် ။ event, occurrence,
အဆွယ် ။ sth appended or added subsequently; sth which is auxiliary; annex; extension; tributary; offshoot
အကြောင်းရင်း ။ fundamental cause, root cause
သာမန် ။ ordinary
စစ်စစ်ပေါက်ပေါက် ။ meticulously
လှီးလွှဲ ။ to evade
တမင်သက်သက် ။ specially; intentionally; purposely; deliberately
အလိုကျ ။ satisfied
ဖုံးကွယ် ။ withhold (information), conceal
ထိမ်ချန် ။ withhold (information), conceal
ဆူပူ ။ be in a state of unrest
သောင်းကျန်း ။ be unruly​, be rampant, run riot, rampage
တရားမဲ့ ။ lack of fairness or justice
ငြိမ်ဝပ်ပိပြား ။ calm
ဧရာမ ။ large, huge
မှိုင်းတိုက် ။ to indoctrinate
နှိမ်နင်း ။ to suppress
ချေမှုန်း ။ destroy, annihilate, crush,
ထွင်လုံး ။ fabrication
အသိဉာဏ်ခေါင်းပါး ။ to lack intelligence
ရန်စ ။ to quarrel
စော်ကား ။ to insult
တမျိုးတဖုံ ။ some way
လေသံ ။ sound of blowing wind,
သနား ။ to bestow, award, reward
ညှာ ။ to favour
ရင်ထုမနာ ။ inconsolably

Translation:

For those issues [labour unions] have the right to freely have relations such as the delegation of a representative to the international labour associations, relations with international labour associations, attendance at conferences and congresses, conduct of written exchange, invitation of good will representatives from other countries, sending [representatives] to foreign countries, and giving or accepting financial [or] in-kind assistance.

Section 28

Workers and Strikes

Worker strikes are not signs of the state of affairs that distinctly emerge in just one country, but rather around the whole world they are natural events in all departments and in all countries that are controlled by the monopoly capitalist system and they are the shadowy off-shoot [of the capitalist system] which cannot be separated from the capitalist system. It has not been the case that worker strikes emerge for no reason [under] any capitalist or in any colonial country.

Truthfully, although [we] will not be able to understand precisely for ordinary people the fundamental cause of the emergence of workers' strikes, while understanding, the capitalists who are intentionally evading and lying and their [satisfaction?] bureaucratic governments conceal the true reasons and using grandiose words, always lie and indoctrinate the masses of the country [saying that] the strikes are the agitations of workers without justice, the destruction of the tranquility of the country [or] town, harassing the public's peaceful work, life and consumption, and causing the country's economy to fail. At a minimum, in order to suppress and annihilate worker strikes the reason given is just a fabrication. Usually, every time workers enter into strikes the capitalist (employer) and their governments propagate [the claims] that the workers provoke and insult the employer without reason and terrorise the employer without discipline like unruly uneducated poor people who lack intelligence. Sometimes, those people somehow change the sound of the wind and acting as though they desired the benefit of workers...