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Brands Should Consult Unions before Resuming Sourcing in Myanmar

Country: Myanmar
Issues: Myanmar Coup

Within the past two weeks, several apparel brands that put a pause on sourcing from Myanmar in response to February’s military coup in the country resumed their sourcing, drawn by cheap prices for apparel and a labor movement constrained by arbitrary arrests and violent suppression from the police and military. Despite the military’s unwillingness to…

Bestseller, H&M and Primark Resume Myanmar Sourcing

Country: Myanmar
Issues: Myanmar Coup

Belabored: The Power of Alt-Labor

Country: Myanmar
Issues: Myanmar Coup

The Myanmar Coup

Country: Myanmar
Issues: Myanmar Coup

February 10, 2021 Dear Colleagues, The military coup last week in Myanmar is a cruel setback for the cause of democracy and has significant implications for the global apparel supply chain and for university apparel. It was the advent of civilian rule in Myanmar in 2015, after decades of dictatorship, that led to the lifting of US…