Myanmar: Trade unions face suppression & crackdowns since the military takeover
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 13 Aug 2023
Standort: Myanmar
Unternehmen
Jichodo - Buyer , Yangon Fukuyama Apparel - SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Gender not reported )Themen
Verweigerung von Vereinigungsfreiheit (siehe: Arbeit) , Einschüchterung & DrohungenAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von BHRRC
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Yangon Fukuyama Apparel allegedly supplies to Jichodo; Jichodo provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"Intimidating and restricting upon forming trade unions", 13 August 2023
Trade Unions [have become] weak on operating on-ground [at] factories...due to suppressions and crack downs after the military-coup...
The...super[visor]s and leaders from Yangon Fukuyama Apparel (YFA) garment factory form War Ta Yar industrial zone, Shwe Pyi Thar intimidated individual[s]...who [were] interested in forming a trade union and also called a meeting to intimidate the whole factory with [a] microphone.
It is also known that the factory didn’t approve the labourers a gate pass to go out to register the union on August 8...