Myanmar: Garment workers report high targets, forced overtime & child labour at Myanmar Tencent Fashion garment factory
Résumé
Date indiquée: 4 Avr 2022
Lieu: Birmanie
Entreprises
Myanmar Tencent Fashion Garment - SupplierConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 400
Travailleurs: ( 400 - Birmanie , Vêtements et textile , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Mandatory overtime , Excessive production targets , Denial of leave , Dismissal , Travail des enfants , Wage TheftRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
“Myanmar Tencent Fashion garment workers face record overtime, free OT and illegal layoffs”, 4 April 2022
Workers' sewing standards have been unjustly...and [workers have] been forced to work overtime on the grounds that the standards are not up to standard. If the standard is not met [workers face] threats. Workers at the Myanmar Tencent Fashion garment factory are facing hardships due to illegal layoffs, according to the victims…
"In addition to not being able to take time off work at the factory, workers are being forced to work on Sundays…for free… if [workers] do not meet the standards, they will be forced to resign," said one of the factory workers.
Workers…were unable to apply for a leave of absence to visit the clinic if they became ill at work.
"There are more than 30 minors in the workplace, which is a violation of labor rights," he said.
At present, there is no union in the factory to help the workers, but the workers are demanding that the OT be paid…and that there should be no unlawful dismissal of the workers…