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Article

23 Lug 2015

Author:
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)

Union claims Bagan Hotel River View management harasses & discriminate against union members

"Bagan Hotel River View in Myanmar - stunning location, fantastic views, no room for unions", 2 July 2015

A large majority of workers at the Bagan Hotel River View...formed a legally registered union...in response to longstanding grievances. Management responded by harassing and discriminating against union members and officers...[M]anagement summoned the union executive to a closed, filmed meeting in a private hotel room guarded by hotel security and instructed them to disband the union and to sign resignation letters. Five union leaders who refused were immediately terminated. The local authorities have twice issued reinstatement orders, but management has only agreed to formally reinstate them while forbidding them access to their jobs and their members at the hotel. The hotel plans to appeal the reinstatement orders, and the absurd legal system gives them up to two years to appeal...