Myanmar: Garment factory demands workers meet high targets & face verbal abuse
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 3 Feb 2024
Ubicación: Birmania
Empresas
Sen Yu/Zhejian Newway (Myanmar) - Supplier , LPP Spółka Akcyjna - Reported buyer , Sinsay (part of LPP S.A.) - Reported buyer , Terranova - Buyer , New Yorker - Buyer , LC Waikiki - Former buyerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1000
Trabajadores: ( 1000 - Ubicación desconocida , Ropa y Textiles , Gender not reported )Temas
Acoso (no sexual) , Discriminación por género , Salud y seguridad en el trabajoRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por BHRRC
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: Sen Yu/Zhejian Newway (Myanmar) allegedly supplies or has supplied to LC Waikiki, Terranova, New Yorker and LPP (for Sinsay); LC Waikiki provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre, stating it no longer sources from the factory. Terranova and New Yorker did not respond. LPP has previously informed us it does not source from the factory.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"ZHEJIANG NEWWAY(MYANMAR) GARMENT FACTORY FABRIC EXCESSIVE REQUESTS", 3 February 2024
At the ZHEJIANG NEWWAY (MYANMAR) GARMENT factory...the [factory is] demanding [high targets], and if they do not meet the [targets], the workers say that they are committing violations.
With more than 1,000 workers, Japanese brand FSBN and CNTMP pants are sewn, and there is no trade union in the workplace.
He said that the current wage rates for garment workers are 5,800 kyats per day, 1,400 kyats per hour overtime, 20,000 kyats per day, and (A) 4,000 kyats, (B) 30,000 kyats, and (C) 20,000 kyats...
The worker also said that they are forcing foreigners to enter the workplace directly and shout with interpreters.
The worker said that garment workers are working without benefits, and if they take medical leave due to health, their daily wages and professional fees will be cut.
"...No one wants to take such a casual leave. Super[visor]s...threaten to cut professional fees if they take such casual leave. There are no emergency exits in the workplace, and they are blocked with cloth boxes, so they have to work hard," he said...
The workers said that they would like to resolve issues such as preventing....shouting...in the workplace, balancing heat and cold in the factory, ensuring safety in the workplace, and so on.
[Translation via Google Translate]