Seafarers' Union of Burma

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S.U.B

Country	Burma (Myanmar)
Key people	Ko Ko Khaing, general secretary and Aung Thu Ya, president
Office location	Bangkok, Thailand
Website	www.seaburma.org

The Seafarers Union of Burma (SUB) is a trade union in exile from Burma (Myanmar). It represents an estimated 20 - 30,000 workers in the international shipping industry, many of whom work on Flag of Convenience ships and suffer from poor work and pay conditions.

Founded in 1991 by the Burmese seafarers who are in trouble and get contact with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and its affiliated maritime unions around the world and supported by the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) in opposition to the government sactioned "Myanmar Overseas Seafarers Association" (MOSA), SUB remains banned in Burma (Myanmar) but is recognized as the legitimate representative of Burmese sailors by other maritime unions, and is a member of the International Transport Workers' Federation.

[edit] References

• (2005) in ICTUR et al,: Trade Unions of the World, 6th, London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7. 

[edit] External links

• Action Alert: Murder of seafarers’ trade union organiser. International Transport Workers' Federation. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
• Thet, Ko (2003). "Shoring up Burma’s Seamen" (^{[dead link]}). The Irrawaddy 11 (1). 
• International Labor Organization (1994-02-02). Complaint against the Government of Myanmar presented by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Report No. 295, Case(s) No(s). 1752. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
• International Labor Organization. Case(s) No(s). 2268, Report No. 333 (Myanmar): Complaint against the Government of Myanmar presented by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
• Violations of Trade Union Rights in Asia and the Pacific. International Labour Organization, International Training Centre. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.