Myanmar: Workers forced to sleep in factory, were underpaid for overtime and failed to receive medical care
Résumé
Date indiquée: 7 Jui 2024
Lieu: Birmanie
Entreprises
Mayfair (Myanmar) Industry - Supplier , DeFacto - BuyerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1500
Travailleurs: ( 1500 - Lieu inconnu , Vêtements et textile , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Heures supplémentaires obligatoires , Santé et sécurité au travail , Salaire impayé , Refus de congé , Objectifs de production excessifsRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par BHRRC
Affaire contenant la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: Mayfair (Myanmar) Industry allegedly supplies to DeFacto; DeFacto did not provide a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre.
Type de source: News outlet
"Mayfair Myanmar garment factory forced to work overtime until 1am, including on Sundays"
Mayfair Myanmar garment factory officials forced workers to work overtime until 1am for a week in June, including on Sundays, workers said.
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Sometimes they had to work overtime until 10pm, and on those days they were transported by shuttle buses, but on those days they had to work until 1am, they were forced to sleep in the factory, a local worker said.
“We don’t feel safe, and our belongings are missing. The factory has not identified or taken responsibility for the theft,” he said.
The factory provided Sunday lunch for overtime, but did not provide any additional days off. On the second Saturday in June, they were forced to work until 6:30 p.m., and on the second Saturday until 1 a.m., the workers said.
“We had to work 7 hours of overtime continuously. We had to work from 12:30 p.m. until lunch. We were hungry,” they said.
The daily wage is set at 6,800 won, but the factory only pays 1,400 won per hour for overtime. One worker said that they ... passed out from the continuous overtime, but the factory clinic did not provide any medicine, saying that there was no medicine. They asked for saline to relieve the nausea, but they did not have it. They also said that there was no medicine for the numbness and tingling. They also said that there was no medicine for the headache, but they did not have it. They did not have it. They said that there was no medicine for the headache ... The factory manager did not give workers the rights to the labor law and cut off their rights and wages because they missed the deadline. In addition, a worker said that he did not pay the annual salary for 10 days of leave.
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Mayfair (Myanmar) Industry Co.,Ltd Garment Factory is located in Dagon Myo Thit (Seakkan) Township, Industrial Zone 2, Makhay Prince Gyi Road ... The workers said that there are 21 production lines in the 3 factories within the factory complex and around 1,500 workers are sewing DEFACTO brand clothes.
[Translation via Google Translate]