Khaing Zar Aung

Khaing Zar Aung is president of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) and a central executive committee member of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM). Having started as a garment worker at the age of 16, she joined the political movement against the previous military dictatorship led by the then Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) in exile in 2007. After she was able to return to Myanmar in 2012, she was a key force in helping to grow the free and democratic union movement. Khaing Zar is currently studying for an MA in Labour Policies and Globalisation in Germany.

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