A growing regional campaign is calling on Malaysia to take a leadership role in the upcoming International Labour Conference in Geneva this June. They’re urging Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to support unprecedented measures under Article 33 of the International Labour Organization’s Constitution—the most serious sanction the ILO can impose—in response to Myanmar’s military junta’s continued violation of workers’ rights and violent suppression of democracy. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Apolinar ‘Dong’ Tolentino, the Asia Pacific Regional Representative from Building and Wood Workers’ International. BWI is a Global Union Federation representing 365 trade unions, with members in the building, construction, wood, forestry, and allied industries.
