The New York Times
By Elizabeth PatonMarch 12, 2021
Female garment industry union leaders are emerging at the forefront of the deadly anti-military protests, and asking global brands to take their side.
Members of the Federation of Garment Workers Myanmar — most of them women — have been prominent in the protest movement since the country’s military coup on Feb. 1.Credit...FGWM
Ma Moe Sandar Myint is the leader of one of Myanmar’s largest garment worker unions. Until recently, the 37-year-old mother of three and former sewing machine operator would spend her days representing workers with labor complaints and helping members of the Federation of Garment Workers Myanmar unionize their factories.