Press releases: Myanmar

2009 

• Thai Workers’ Organization submits complaint to ILO
  11 June 2009 - Thailand’s State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC) has submitted a complaint to the International Labour Organization during the 98th International Labour Conference (ILC) presently in Session in Geneva, Switzerland. The complaint alleges the Royal Thai Government is breaching the Organization’s Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention (C-19). ...
• ILO to issue report on women and the global crisis for International Women’s Day
  04 March 2009 - The ILO will mark International Women’s Day 2009 with the launch of a new report assessing the impact of the global financial crisis on women in the world of work.
• ILO renews supplementary understanding with Myanmar
  02 March 2009 - ILO has agreed with the Government of Myanmar to extend for 12 months the ILO Supplementary Understanding which provides a mechanism for Myanmar Citizens to lodge complaints of forced labour through the ILO Liaison Officer in Yangon.

2008 

• ILO Director-General highlights ASEAN charter as foundation for helping "Marginalized Majority"
  09 May 2008 - ILO Director-General highlights the ASEAN Charter as a “fundamental political commitment” to honour “the dignity of work and respond to the legitimate aspirations of people and families for a better life" at the 20th ASEAN Labour Ministers meeting.
• Statement regarding the deaths of migrant workers in Thailand
  11 April 2008 - A statement by ILO Sub-regional Director Bill Salter regarding the deaths of migrant workers in Thailand
• Global Employment Trends 2008
  23 January 2008 - Development in South-East Asia and the Pacific has been less impressive than elsewhere in Asia and the region faces some pressing challenges, notably the problems of young people looking for work, according to the ILO’s 2008 Global Employment Trends (GET).

2007 

• Statement from the ILO on detained labour activists in Myanmar
  12 September 2007 - The ILO calls upon the government to review and reverse the sentences of six labour activists in Myanmar.The persons concerned should be released without delay.
• Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) in South-East Asia
  03 September 2007 - Labour productivity in South-East Asia and the Pacific[1] is “stagnant” compared to the rest of Asia , and not enough employment opportunities are being created, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new report published today.
• ILO and regional trade unions meet to promote migrant workers rights
  27 March 2007 - A training programme to engage Thai, Cambodian, Lao and Burmese Trade Unions in improving respect for the rights of migrant workers is being organised by the ILO.
• New ILO Myanmar web site
  15 March 2007 - A new web site has been set up by the Office of the ILO Liaison Officer in Yangon to increase awareness of the ILO’s work on forced labour in Myanmar

2004 

• ILO Conclusions on Myanmar Regarding Forced Labour
  18 June 2004 - The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards presents it's conclusions concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention 1930 (Convention 29).

2001 

• ILO High Level Team visits Myanmar
  17 September 2001 - An ILO High Level Team, visits Myanmar to assess actions by the Government concerning forced labour.
• Fresh Hope for Myanmar
  15 January 2001 - The ILO reports on democratic breakthroughs in Myanmar that came under unprecedented ILO sanctions for widespread and systematic use of forced labour.