{"id":7214,"date":"2012-01-10T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T12:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mekongmigration.org\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2012-01-10T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T12:09:15","slug":"burmas-new-trade-union-law-added-onto-the-online-version-of-the-legally-binding-booklet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=7214","title":{"rendered":"Burma&#8217;s new Trade Union Law added onto the online version of the Legally Binding booklet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar&#8217;s parliament passed the new Labour Organisation Law on 11  October 2011. Following this, workers have already started to form  unions in Burma. However, as of today, no regulations on how to  use this law have been passed, and thus the new law cannot be used for  workers to register trade unions. MMN will keep monitoring the  development on this, and shall provide updates when regulations to  register trade unions are passed and are made public. Meanwhile, MMN has  incorporated key elements of the 11 October 2011 Trade Union Law to  the  <a href=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/labourlaw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Online Legally Binding: A Summary of Labour Laws in the Greater Mekong Subregion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online Legally Binding: A Summary of Labour Laws in the Greater Mekong  Subregion<\/a>. Information concerning this new law can be found in  the following sections:<\/p>\n<p>Section 8 Collective Bargaining<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/labourlaw\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=106:burma-myanmar&amp;catid=51:section-8-collective-agreements-&amp;Itemid=90\" title=\"Collective Agreements (Burma\/Myanmar)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Collective Agreements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/labourlaw\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=112:burma-myanmar&amp;catid=52:section-8-labour-disputes-&amp;Itemid=91\" title=\"Labour Disputes (Burma\/Myanmar)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labour Disputes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/labourlaw\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=118:burma-myanmar&amp;catid=53:section-8-strikes&amp;Itemid=92\" title=\"Strikes (Burma\/Myanmar)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strikes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/labourlaw\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=126:burma-myanmar-&amp;catid=54:section-9&amp;Itemid=93\" title=\"Section 9 Trade Unions (Burma\/Myanmar)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Section 9 Trade Unions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/labourlaw\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=133:burma-myanmar&amp;catid=55:section-10&amp;Itemid=94\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Section 10 Dismissal (Burma\/Myanmar)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Section 10 Dismissal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar&#8217;s parliament passed the new Labour Organisation Law on 11 October 2011. Following this, workers have already started to form unions in Burma. However, as of today, no regulations on how to use this law have been passed, and thus the new law cannot be used for workers to register trade unions. 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