The illusion of a living wage in Myanmar’s factories

The illusion of a living wage in Myanmar’s factories

The calculation of wages for factory workers is often manipulative and intentionally confusingOriginally published on Global VoicesMyanmar garment workers. Photo from Flickr page of IndustriALL ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) This article by Zung Ring was originally published on May 27, 2025, on The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar that has been exiled in Thailand since the military coup in 2021. An edited version is republished on Global Vo…