Forced Labour

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) called on its members here Thursday
to review their ties with Myanmar over the country's use of forced labour

DAILY NEWS

  • Myanmar, Colombia, Palestinian workers on agenda at ILO talks
  • ICFTU Issues Blacklist of Foreign Firms Backing Burma Regime
  • ILO, Myanmar in discussion over high-level mission
  • ILO delays appointment of liaison officer by at least a month
  • ILO sees Myanmar army contacts as vital in bid to end forced labour
  • ILO appoints interim liaison officer in Myanmar
  • ILO representative in Myanmar will have broad mandate: official
  • ILO officer in Myanmar a positive step but problems remain: analysts
  • ICFTU for banning new investments in Burma
  • Myanmar proposes appointment of ILO liaison officer
  • Myanmar stymied dialogue on forced labour--ILO
  • Burma police block Suu Kyi visit
  • ILO Team Optimistic About Permanent Office
  • Myanmar doing little to stop forced labour - ILO
  • ILO to dispatch high-level mission to Myanmar on forced labor
  • Army forcibly recruits porters in Tavoy District for border operations
  • 39 US companies named for continuing involvement in Burma
  • Shame! Six Canadian companies linked to Burma
  • British firms on blacklist for Burma dealings
  • Myanmar rejects ILO call for permanent presence
  • Murder reports put regime to the test
  • ILO: Permanent monitors needed to oversee ending of forced labor in Myanmar
  • ILO keeps up pressure on Myanmar on forced labour
  • ILO builds pressure over forced labour
  • Myanmar says forced labour probe a "delicate and subtle" issue
  • World trade talks, forced labour in Myanmar, on ILO agenda
  • Investigators silent after Burma visit
  • ILO team wraps up Myanmar mission on forced labour
  • ILO turns spotlight on use of forced labour
  • International Labour team at controversial Burma pipeline site
  • DVB says people coerced to lie to ILO team
  • ILO experts fan out across Myanmar to investigate forced labour
  • ILO delegation meets Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
  • ILO team to meet Myanmar generals before heading to Shan, Karen states
  • Forced labour 'unlikely to end'
  • UN agency set to assess actions on forced labour
  • Burma "slave" probe opens
  • ILO starts mission to check Myanmar forced labour
  • ILO Team Visits Myanmar
  • ILO mission to verify junta's promises on forced labour
  • Junta Prepares for ILO Visit
  • ILO mission to have full access in Burma
  • ILO team to inspect Myanmar on forced labour
  • Report of forced labour in Burma as new army command set up
  • ICFTU and FGTB urges the Belgian presidency of the EU to pursue the issue of forced labour in Burma
  • Burma to cooperate with forced-labour probe
  • Burma feels sting over farm labor
  • Regime seeks to eject chief accuser at ILO
  • Human Rights Watch concerned over still use of forced labour
  • U.N.Agency to test Burma's commitment on forced labor
  • Burma agrees to ILO probe of measures against forced labor
  • ILO back on slave labour warpath
  • ACTU makes May Day Burma call
  • HMS urges Government to talk Burmese junta on forced labor tussle
  • Sign up to end Canadian complicity in forced labour
  • ILO says Burmese response to forced labour questions : disappointing
  • Triumph accused of double-speak over refusal to quit Burma
  • DVB reports Rangoon's paper on measures to resist sanctions
  • U.S. and EU keep heat on Burma over forced labour
  • Burma Denies Rights U.S Group's Accusations Of Forced Labor
  • U.S. human rights group says Burma Uses Forced Labor Despite Decree
  • Union wants to pressure Burma
  • Burma "persists" in use of forced labour: Unions
  • ILO assumes credit for new political dialogue
  • ILO sees progress in Burma talks with opposition
  • ILO tells Burma to eradicate forced labour
  • Army Defectors says Slave labour rife
  • Activists urge total ban on investments in Burma
  • ILO takes first step in implementing Burma sanctions
  • ILO to send over 200 request letters for Burma sanctions
  • Exiled leader asks for sanctions to fight forced labour
  • ILO Censures Burma despite Asian opposition
  • Burma's Forced-labour row threatens to thwart economic integration bid
  • ILO urges sanctions on Burmese junta
  • ILO adopts sanctions against Burma over forced labour
  • Burma Govt Quietly Publishes Anti-Forced Labor Measure
  • Burmese junta's new orders prohibiting forced labour is to remain secret, says ICFTU
  • Burma could win sanctions reprieve from ILO
  • Pressure builds for decision on forced labour


    Grapevine & news release

  • Don't be fooled by the window-dressing
  • Steps to better labour standards in Burma
  • SPDC,ILO and U Maung Maung
  • ILO Opens Way for Action Against Forced Labor in Burma
  • On the acceptance of the ILO mission over forced labour by the junta
  • Press Release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar
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    SPECIAL EDITION

  • Forced labour still massive in Burma, says ICFTU
  • Trade unions praise ILO report and reveal the Burma links of 250 companies
  • ILO says Burma still using forced labour
  • Trade sanctions against Burma fully compatible with WTO rules
  • ICFTU : Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights in Burma (2001)
  • Burma: Forced labour their only prospect
  • Burmese forced labour in the spotlight
  • Burma Tests Resolve of I.L.O. on Enforcing Standards
  • Sanctions Revisited
  • Report of ILO mission to Burma
  • The Rising Cost of Labor
  • Burma under scrutiny again over forced labour
  • The Junta versus Forced Labour
  • UN Call to End Burma Abuses Hits Flat Note
  • Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Burma of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
  • Forced labour in Burma tests ILO
  • To boycott or not to boycott?
  • International labor to maintain pressure on Burma
  • Behind the facade II
  • Behind the facade
  • Burma Is an Easy Case to Make for Sanctions
  • Penalizing Burma
  • A Rebuke to Forced Labor
  • Added sanctions the last thing Burma needs
  • Sanctions? May be ,Maybe not
  • Burma must no longer be coddled
  • Situation of human rights in Burma(Report of the Secretary-General)
  • Situation of human rights in Burma(Statement by Judge Rajsoomer Lallah
  • ILO sets stage for Burma showdown
  • Burma Report 2000 by Human Rights Watch Group
  • Big business and slave labor in Burma