Myanmar: Workers at factory allegedly supplying brands such as LIDL report abuse from supervisors, excessive production targets and an unsanitary and uncomfortable working environment
Summary
Date Reported: 20 Apr 2023
Location: Myanmar
Companies
Myanmar Taieasy Textile - Supplier , Lidl - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1000
Workers: ( 1000 - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Excessive production targets , Occupational Health & Safety , Harassment (other than sexual) , Gender DiscriminationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Myanmar Taieasy Textile allegedly supplies to Lidl; Lidl provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre.
Source type: News outlet
"Labour rights are being violated at Myanmar Taieasy Textile (MTT) CO,LTD"
The Myanmar Taieasy Textile (MTT) CO,LTD factory, which has been opened on Zeyang 7 Road, Mylangadom Township and operates with more than 1,000 workers, has heard from the workers that workers are being pressured and discriminated against, and labour rights are being violated.
It is also known that the company is owned by Chinese nationals and that there is no trade union in the workplace
The factory is [reportedly sews menswear, children's trousers and jackets for LIDL and NET
Violations include [excessive production targets] ...
A worker who works at the factory said that they ask for more than 100 fabric standards in an hour ...[and make no allowances for new people].
[One worker reported that she doesn't have enough time to eat properly at meal times and that workers are fired and replaced by day labourers].
[...]
... It is said that the workers have to buy and use soap powder to cut edges with their own money
There is always a shortage of water for the toilets used by the workers; In the dining area, ... rain [falls]. [It is too hot in the workplace, even if the fan is turned on ....
[...]
[Workers also report that supervisors shout at and abuse them]
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