"HUI YUAN garment force workers continuously for 7 hours and the all super is extorting money from the workers", 4 April 2024

HUI YUAN garment workers said that they have to work continuously for 7 hours without a break as soon as they finished their lunch to 7:00 pm...

“We have to work until 7:00 pm after the lunch time at 12:30 without a break. They would give 10 minutes break...if we...work overtime until 8:30 or 9:30. But 10 minutes is not enough for us...The...super[visors] are always scolding us,” said a worker.

The factory didn’t tell the workers in advance about the overtime...Most workers said that they don’t want to work...overtime [at midnight] due to current situations.

...The super[visors] are continuously pressurizing us and they were...rude...We don’t want to work till midnight but we can’t refuse,” said the worker...

The all super[visor] of line 1 to 4 collect[ed] money from the workers...

The workers thought it was going to help a worker from the factory but in fact she used [the] money for the debts of a worker from another department...

“We gave those money as we believed it is a charity but it’s an extortion as the money is given to use for personal issue and...she used her position for this,” questioned the workers.

There are around 1000 workers in HUI YUAN garment factory and the factory is manufacturing Jackets, Leathers and Warm clothes...

[Translation via Myanmar Labour News]