The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a press statement on declining condition of labour rights in Myanmar.

ILO Director General reportedly said this week that many workers and their families were living with difficulty and the uncertainty.

ILO called on Myanmar to abide by the resolution passed at the International Labour Conference in 2021 that aims to respect fundamental labour rights and restore democracy in Myanmar.

This week trade unions in Myanmar issued press statements which say that employers in Myanmar are violating labour rights including exploiting their wages by all forms as the trade union movement was weakened after the military coup.

The Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) said that the trade unions formed under the military junta could not handle the basic demands in terms of wages, one day per week holiday, and were only operating for the Myanmar junta and the employers.

Although junta leader Min Aung Hlaing issued a statement of assurance for workers, trade union activists said there were still problems with a minimum wage for workers. In addition, workers who joined the protest movement had been imprisoned and 16 labour associations were declared unlawful after the coup, after they were deregistered.

Meanwhile, a number of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand held May Day rallies in Bangkok by joining hands with Thai trade unions and calling for labour rights.