{"id":10303,"date":"2023-05-05T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=10303"},"modified":"2023-05-05T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T13:34:20","slug":"uni-calls-for-fashion-brands-to-exit-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-calls-for-fashion-brands-to-exit-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI calls for fashion brands to exit Myanmar\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNI Global Union is calling for garment and textile brands to pull manufacturing operations from Myanmar, a murderous military dictatorship where basic human rights are trampled \u2013 including the right to join a union.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The position was taken during UNI\u2019s Management Committee meeting on 4 May, and it is in line with calls from the Confederation of Trade Unions, Myanmar (CTUM) and our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.industriall-union.org\/how-can-hm-justify-its-presence-in-myanmar\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"0\">sister global union IndustriALL<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.di.se\/debatt\/debatt-dags-for-h-m-att-avsluta-sin-verksamhet-i-myanmar\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"1\">article this week<\/a>, representatives from IF Metall along with Swedish UNI affiliates Unionen and Handels called on H&amp;M, the Swedish fast fashion giant, to divest from the Southeast Asian nation.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>They wrote: \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"aa\">The fashion industry is a significant source of foreign currency for Myanmar&#8217;s military regime and is used to buy weapons, energy and other goods.\u00a0This means that the industry contributes to maintaining the regime, which, among other things, controls the central bank.\u00a0Companies that continue to operate in Myanmar thus become indirect support for the military dictatorship.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>The Myanmar ministry of information reports that garment exports were worth US$4.7 billion last year.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>IndustriALL\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.industriall-union.org\/how-can-hm-justify-its-presence-in-myanmar\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"2\">notes<\/a>\u00a0that g<span lang=\"aa\">lobal brand<\/span>s such as\u00a0<span lang=\"aa\">Inditex, Fast Retail, Tchibo, Primark and Marks &amp; Spencer left or announced plans to leave<\/span>\u00a0Myanmar after the<span lang=\"aa\">\u00a0Ethical Trading Initiative, of which H&amp;M is a member,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"aa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.industriall-union.org\/responsible-business-not-possible-in-myanmar-report\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"3\">released a report last year<\/a>\u00a0saying that due diligence is not possible in a context where independent worker voices are suppressed, where unions are banned, and trade unionists are imprisoned and killed. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span lang=\"aa\">UNI\u00a0<\/span>has previously pressed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-renews-call-on-banks-to-cut-ties-with-myanmar-military\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"4\">banks\u00a0<span lang=\"aa\">to divest<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"aa\">\u00a0from shareholdings in companies linked to the military junta in Myanmar.<\/span><span lang=\"aa\">\u00a0<\/span>It will begin reaching out to affiliates \u2013 particularly in the commerce sector \u2013 about this new call to action.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cSince the coup two years ago, the military junta has committed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/11\/asia\/myanmar-junta-village-attack-intl\/index.html\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"5\">atrocity after atrocity<\/a>. Doing business in the country props up this brutal, barbaric regime, and fashion retailers cannot consider themselves \u2018responsible\u2019 or \u2018sustainable\u2019 businesses while manufacturing in the country,\u201d said\u00a0<b>Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><i>Additional action:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.ituc-csi.org\/democracy-myanmar?msdynttrid=jdGrATlYadzlJ80_N_mnuZAsfCILEr1qaAPAPOBPWFE\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"6\">Donate to the ITUC\u2019s campaign to defend democracy in Myanmar.<\/a><\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNI Global Union is calling for garment and textile brands to pull manufacturing operations from Myanmar, a murderous military dictatorship where basic human rights are 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