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- Over 100 migrant workers demand unpaid wages in Chiang Mai
- Responses to Karenni Groups Fear Calls for Inclusion Will Fall on Deaf NLD Ears
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| Over 100 migrant workers demand unpaid wages in Chiang Mai Posted: 27 Jan 2016 05:17 AM PST Over 120 laid-off migrant workers submitted a petition to both the Chiang Mai governor and the Chiang Mai-based Consulate-General of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on Wednesday, demanding 3.5 million baht ($97,700 US) in wages from the Perfetto Ltd. Partnership Company.
The 121 migrant workers were among 200 who were hired to work for the company on three construction projects in Chiang Mai, including the Star Avenue 5, Diamant Condominium and the Spring Condominium. "The workers had been laid off since December 16," said Mwe Oo Nanta, an official from the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) and an assistant advisor to the Migrant Workers Federation (MWF). "They didn't know where to contact the construction firm because they had shut down their offices." She said the total amount that the company refused to pay the included 906,988 baht ($25,325 US) for unpaid wages, 2,036,100 baht ($56,850 US) for compensation and 554,850 baht ($15,500 US) filed because the company failed to give them advance notice of the termination of their working contracts. She also said that the migrant workers had to move out of their living quarters because the water and electricity had been cut off. "Now there is only me living in the construction camp," said 55-year-old Loong Seng, who worked with one of Perfetto's projects in Chiang Mai's Hang Dong district. "Other people moved out to find new shelters or to stay with their relatives. For me, I do not have any relatives so I have to stay here." "Now, some parts of the living quarters have been destroyed," he added. Thansanat Nutsaengphli, chief of the Labour Protection and Welfare Department, promised the migrant workers that the department would ask the employer to pay them the money within 30 days. He said that they would take action against the company owner if they refused to give the migrant workers their wages within the proposed deadline. BY SAI AW/ Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | ||||
| Responses to Karenni Groups Fear Calls for Inclusion Will Fall on Deaf NLD Ears Posted: 27 Jan 2016 12:43 AM PST  The Arakan National Party (ANP), which won the most vote in November nationwide election, and also Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) that also won some 40 seats nationwide, have demanded and aired the same opinion. It is in line with the Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD's election campaign promises and should be honoured without fail. In normal federal union set up, it will be absurd to even ask for such rights for it should be ingrained in the federal constitution, with ethnic self-governance rights. But 2008 Military-drafted Constitution is to protect the Burmese military privileges and uphold Bamar ethnocentrism. Suu Kyi should start to change this now, show that she really means business and fulfil the request of the non-Bamar ethnic nationalities' right of self-determination, in line with the genuine federalism election campaign promises. | ||||
| Posted: 27 Jan 2016 12:32 AM PST Day One. Wednesday, 15 January 2016 Every deck of cards needs a joker. I'm that. (Anonymous)
I don't want to go. But I want to go. There are good reasons why I don't: · The place is six hours time difference from where I'm living. Worse, it's winter time and you know how cold it's there. I'm not sure whether this already battered body of mine will be able to adapt itself to the rigors of them. · Since the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), I had been waiting for the day when political dialogue would start. And it is already starting, 12-16 January. On the other hand, I also have other reasons why I want to:
· Switzerland has been one of the countries I have always wanted to visit. Since I had , as a schoolboy, read the story of William Tell, who, under threat from Gesseler the tyrant, had successfully shot an apple off his son's head. Later, as I grew older, I was introduced to the federalism practiced there by U Tun Myint of Taunggyi, the Shans' foremost political writer. · Battered or not, deep down in my heart, I know that if I don't go now, there'll be no second chance for me. Moreover, the Union Peace Conference (UPC) doesn't need me. Besides, it is not going to go away. There'll still be UPC#2, UPC#3, and so on. All I need to do is to stay alive. · Switzerland, like Shan State, is a landlocked country, a multi-national one, to boot. Only a quarter of Shan State's size, surrounded by powerful neighbors, and no rich natural resources worth mentioning , it has managed to overcome all the odds to become one of the most successful countries in the world. Surely, there's a lot to learn from it. Sao Yawd Serk, Chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), and head of the delegation, while waiting for our plane at Suvarnabhumi, says there have been two issues hotly discussed at the UPC: · How to reconcile the "one country, one military" principle and the non-Burmans' call for "state defense forces" · The demands by PaO, Palaung (Ta-ang), Wa and Tai Leng (Shan Ni) for separate statehoods Well, I say to myself, our trip may be able to find some answers, if not all, to these questions. Just before midnight, we are on the plane. The air hostess offers me a Jack Daniel for a night cap. With that in my belly, I hope to kill most of the 12 grueling hours of the flight to Zurich. |
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