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By AFP As civil war pounds Myanmar’s economy and drives up prices, garment worker Ma Wai Wai often starts her shift making clothes for international brands on an empty stomach. The orders she and thousands of others churn out for big names including Adidas, H&M and others bring in billions of dollars in export earnings […]
By AFP A global union announced yesterday that it had filed complaints against three major clothing brands – Next, New Yorker and LPP – over their alleged continued sourcing of garments from junta-run Myanmar. The Switzerland-based IndustriALL Global Union said that it and the two banned Myanmar unions Confederation of Trade Unions, Myanmar and Industrial […]