Trafficking training

Every month, AWU provides trafficking law trainings and give a speech after visiting many work-sites because Most Burmese people are coming to Thailand with brokers.

This is human right s training at AWU office.

 AWU bi-monthly provides basic human rights trainings among Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot, Thailand. Most Burmese workers don't understand about human rights because the governor of Burma does not announce, provide and publish documents for getting knowledge to all citizens.

Ceremony of Ottama failure day

On 9 September 2013: With an aim, AWU – Arakan Workers’ Union is celebrated the 74^th of ceremony of monk Saradow Ottama failure day.Monk saradow ottama was a prominent politician of many politicians in Burma’s political source of history, therefore AWU is held that day for all of people by aim to get acknowledging and observe prominent monk saradow ottama failure day in future by around 400 migrant workers including the monks participated. That saradow ottama was really prominent monk politician in British colony era able to be not confused and made the wrong historical tale activities records. The ceremony at AWU was dedicated to Ottama, who greatly sacrificed for our country’s independence and distribute pamphlets regarding with Monk saradow ottama political activities since British was conquering and ruling to the whole Burma. Saradaw Ottama is considered as the first architect of the independence struggle of Burma as he initiated to organize the Burmese people to fight against the British colonial rulers. Born in 1879, Ottama passed away in 1939 during the British rule in Burma. Initially the Burmese government in Rangoon used to observe the day of anniversary Ottama failure day, but the military regime that seized power in 1962, had never organized the program in the honor of the patriotic monk.

Macro level actions

Union need campaigns at national level on issues such as:

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• labour law reforms to ensure- right to organize, union recognition and collective bargaining (ILO conventions 87 and 98) 
• Patriotism -  right to be represented in the decision making 
• partnerships with other social organizations
• domestic ' social clause' (companies using public funds/ national resources should also respect workers rights?)

Organizing

"One of the main ways for union to promote decent work and social protection for workers"
but how does one organize in this age of flexible and insecure employment where neither labor laws, nor employment conditions are favorably placed for promoting organizing? and the situation for Burmese workers is even more difficult- both inside and outside Burma.

unions all over the world

unions all over the world are going thru difficult times in this age of economic liberalization and globalization - however, the situation of Burmese workers is even more difficult.conditions of work outside burma for the burmese workers is not good either - being "non - citizens" their rights as 'workers' are not protected in the host countries. as migrants, most Burmese workers are engaged in 3D jobs, mostly in informal economy, under exploitative conditions, any attempt to organize or seek rights as workers leads to threat of imprisonment and deportation.

Discussion with AWU members

one of work program of many programs at AWU is hold a discussion among all of AWU members every six month

At current, AWU has 110 members during this month, so want to know all of people about activities of AWU and  discussion which is hold on the 22^th of July , 2013.The objective of like this doing is to know, consult and make relative each other and make a discussion for the future plan of AWU. And, at the same time AWU got agreements of many members to give  good assistance new arakan migrant workers arrived and participate with other arakan organizations, And then all of AWU members had a talk concerning with events of working at employment, these words are minimum wages, none-payment in time, late payment of wages, cheating out of wages, Deduction from employees wages, unfair dismissal, life insurance at workplace, worker rights, individual right, emotional abuse, physical abuse look like beat – fight, confiscating of work permit visa, forced labour, none-employment contract, detention and deportation. Therefore AWU is exactly trying hard for many work schemes with purpose that will be undoubtedly provided migrant workers working in Thailand.

4,8,2013 – supporting to Myawaddy refugees

 

Some migrant workers and 20 members of AWU support to foods, water, mats, clothes and snacks many people having problems because of flood from Myawaddy Township in Myanmar. Maung Mying Soe- leader of AWU meets with NLD community leaders helping refugees  and homeless people and interviews about supporting to homeless people, they say that now no one to help foods, mats, clothes and cooking equipment, so AWU and some well-wishers will

Go and give contribution people who are exactly happening and having problems as much as we can.

Earnestly AWU just wants to describe all of donors/good wills that need to accommodations for people who have lost their home for the time being.

AWU supports directly, never make over!