An alliance of influential worker unions in Myanmar has called for an extended nationwide strike starting on Monday, with the intention of causing the “full, extended shutdown” of the country’s economy in an attempt to stop a military coup.
In a statement, nine labor organizations called on “all Myanmar people” to stop work in an effort to reverse the seizure of power by the military, which overthrew the civilian government on Feb. 1.
Moe Sanda Myint, chairwoman of the Federation of Garment Workers Myanmar, said she believed the majority of workers would join.
“We are urging to continue the strike until the dictatorship is uprooted,” she said.
Andrew Tillett-Saks, Myanmar…
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