Myanmar: Garment workers report rights violations at factory incl. denial of benefits & verbal abuse
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 17 Feb 2022
Ubicación: Birmania
Empresas
Rainbow Textiles (Myanmar) - SupplierAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores: ( Número desconocido - Birmania , Ropa y Textiles , Gender not reported )Temas
Discriminación por género , Excessive production targets , Denial of leave , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
“I have to work without getting paid every three years”, 17 February 2022
According to the contract, the RainbowTex Co. Ltd. garment factory has been negligent for three years, despite the fact that the contract...will pay 48,000 rupees for each worker who does not take 10 days off each year…
"I have not been paid for three years. They paid the leaders and recruited them...[we] did not receive any benefits," one factory worker told MLN.
Workers say the current working conditions at the plant…are worse than expected.
These include the…[supervisors]…shouting….Increased demand for…clothes.
"There is nothing left in the factory. There are no workers' rights…"...
The factory workers often arranged to visit the factory owner to discuss the issue, but the leaders did not respond…
[Translation via Google Translate]