BURMA’S GARMENTS SECTOR SEEKS TO FIX MINIMUM WAGE AMIDST LABOUR SHORTAGE
March 15th, 2014
AS foreign investors in the garments sector trickle into Myanmar, local research companies and the International Labour Organisation are undertaking a study that could prompt the country’s parliament to pass a minimum wage law by December (2014). The study, for which one local participant is the Myanmar Marketing and Research Development Co (MMRD), will look at how local factories are struggling to cope with a labour shortage, partly attributed to low available salaries.Dr U Aung Win, vice-chairperson of the Myanmar Garments Manufacturers Association, described ...
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