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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific 22 January 2021 Chinese healthcare workers protest over wage arrears On January 16, hundreds of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers at Suixian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Henan Province marched to the local government building, demanding unpaid salaries. Many of them have not received any pay for months. The government responded by arresting more than 20 healthcare workers. The hospital has stopped paying bonuses and merit-pays since May 2019. Management kept deducting pensions and insurances from employees’ salaries but these amounts were never used to pay for actual pensions and insurances. One doctor said he has only received the full amount of his monthly salary once in the past two years. ....
Myanmar Workers at International Joint-Venture Construction Site Strike for Unpaid Wages Construction workers at the Yoma Central projects hold protest for unpaid wages and social-security allowances. / Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy 5.7k By Zaw Zaw Htwe 19 January 2021 Yangon – Hundreds of construction workers at the Yoma Central development projects are on strike, blocking a major Yangon road over late payment of wages and unpaid social-security allowances. In 2015 Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings Limited, headed by Serge Pun, received approval from the Myanmar Investment Commission for the redevelopment of a four-hectare site on Bogyoke Aung San Road, including restoring the 1877 Burma Railways Headquarters. In 2017 the firm signed an agreement with two global construction companies to build two integrated housing developments, Yoma Central and the Peninsula Yangon, including turning the rail headquarters into a luxury hotel. The budget for the tw ....
A cross-cultural past The first stop on Ivan’s itinerary is a stroll through downtown Yangon an orchestra of colour, colonial relics and cross-cultural references anchored by the glistening Sule Pagoda. You’ll find bustling mazes of vibrant Burmese shophouses side by side with colonial British architecture. Structures like The Secretariat and the Balthazar Building have an imposing presence, but while some have been or are being restored Peninsula Hotels are currently developing the former headquarters of the Myanmar Railway Company, which will open as The Peninsula Yangon in 2021 many are left unoccupied and dilapidated. Owned by government departments, these heritage giants remain asleep, with the hope that the city might one day be restored to its former glory. ....