A protester holds a sign supporting the Civil Disobedience Movement at a demonstration against the coup in Yangon on February 14, 2021. (AFP)

From mass disobedience to mass exit: CDM workers quit Myanmar

Many striking public sector workers are seeking employment abroad amid a prolonged economic crisis, but the junta is blocking them from leaving and even offering them their jobs back.

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