Myanmar's garment manufacturers oppose a proposed national minimum wage of a little over $3 per day. They claim that this increase may compel some factories in some important economic sectors to close down. This totals to $90 a month. The minimum wage for a garment worker in Bangladesh is Tk 5,300.

Meanwhile local labour groups and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), reprimanded this resistance by the apparel industry towards the proposed daily minimum wage ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow stated that even with the new minimum wage, the workers and those who depend on them, who are just above the global severe property line, will barely mange to make ends meet. The global severe poverty line is $1.25 per person.

At the end of June, Myanmar's National Minimum Wage Committee proposed the minimum wage be set at 3,600 kyats ($3.24), or 450 kyat per hour, for an eight-hour day. This committee comprises of government officials, business people and those who represent the workers.

Post this announcement, the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA), which represents 280 factories employing approximately 200 million workers held a meeting.