Success: Workers at San Yuan Garment factory win and get back to work
Report from a fellow worker on the ground:
Sisters and brothers of the San Yuan Garment factory, members of the Federation of Garment Workers Myanmar (FGWM), celebrate their first day back to work by singing “Solidarity Forever” in Burmese.
After the factory mass-fired all union members for organizing a union to demand improvements in working conditions including Covid-19 safety measures, the union has fought for months and won reinstatement of all union members and beat back the union-busting using a strong membership and international solidarity from the Spanish and American labor movements.
The workers produce mainly for ZARA and Bershka (both Inditex Group).
International worker solidarity is both a necessity and an unstoppable force!