May Day

Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG) Duwa Lashi La
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02 May 2023
NUG's Acting President expresses pride in workers' relentless fight against Myanmar junta
Workers install steel beam reinforcement at the construction site in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
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01 May 2023
Myanmar workers union and labour activists demand...
On the occasion of the 133rd International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day,...
Workers make disposable surgical gown at a garment factory in Yangon, Myanmar, 02 May 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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04 May 2020
About 90,000 laid-off factory workers to receive...
About 90,000 workers who have been terminated or suspended because of the impact of the...
A general view shows an empty street on the first day of Myanmar's New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 12, 2020, amid restrictions put in place to halt the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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02 May 2020
No May Day protests in Myanmar
Myanmar’s streets were quite on May Day as no marches are allowed with COVID-19 lockdowns...
Employees work at a garment factory in Shwe Pyi Thar, Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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02 May 2019
Successive governments have been weak in reducing...
National Unity Party (NUP) said on the occasion of International Workers’ Day that...