“YES (1) factory fires…workers and violates CBA agreements”, 7 July 2021

Officials at the YES (1) garment factory have reportedly fired workers at the factory and violated the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)…

During the period of political instability, leaders were reluctant to return to work. Under a labor agreement, they were given unpaid leave until the end of March. The two sides then negotiated and agreed to extend the unpaid leave until the end of April.

During the unpaid leave, a factory official said by telephone that police and soldiers had arrived at the factory to inquire about the 12 leaders and to contact them if they returned to work.

The union leaders said…that the [employer] would fire them if they did not return to work on May 2…Workers demanded that a letter be issued stating the reason for the dismissal, but factory officials said they could not issue a letter of dismissal because they did not return to work on time.

At present, the factory workers are worried that they are starting to violate the CBA agreement that has already been signed by the factory. In addition, workers are required to abide by their contractual rights and to be paid unpaid leave of absence until the time when it is convenient for the 12 expelled labor leaders to return to work…

[Translation via Google Translate]