SPDC worker representative expelled from ILO Workers Group

Federation of Trade Unions – Burma Responsibilities & Rights International Contact: FTUB DC SEIU Bldg., Suite 2005-C 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 USA Fax: 61 2 9267 4051 Fax: 81 3 3205 0560 Fax: 66 2 632 8832 ftub@ftub.org SPDC worker representative expelled from ILO Workers Group. 11 June 2007 Geneva The Chairman of the worker’s group, Leroy Trotman, while chairing the workers group of the 96th sitting of the International Labor Organization Conference, today announced that the worker representative of the SPDC regime was not from a democratically elected workers body and therefore did not have the right to partcipate in the Workers Group. The workers group chair also went on to say that the SPDC “Workers Representative “ was not from a working level and therefore requested the SPDC representative to leave the meeting room if he was already in. It was found that Khin Maung Oo, who was listed by the regime as their Workers Representative is a supervisor from the Myanma Mayson Inditsrial Co. Ltd of Hlaing Tharyar Indutrail zone. This expulsionof the SPDC’s worker representative has not been voted at the ILC plenery and he may still have the chance to vote. This is the third year in a row that the regime’s worker’s representative has been rejected by the ILO workers group. -ends-