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OSH TRAINING FOR BURMESE WORKERS IN THAILAND |
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Saturday, 15 January 2005 |
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SANJIV PANDITA
Mae-Sot is a town bordering Burma in the Tak province of Thailand. There are about 100,000 Burmese migrant workers working in Mae Sot predominantly in garment factories but also in the construction and agricultural sectors. The working conditions in the garment factories
are pretty dismal; workers have to work for very long hours with very low wages and almost no rights.Many organisations working in the area have elaborately documented the labour rights and human rights situation in the area.
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