Myanmar: Next supplier accused labour rights violations incl. physical abuse, child labour & unfair dismissals
要約
Date Reported: 2022年4月23日
場所: ミャンマー
企業
Jessie Myanmar Apparel - Supplier , Next - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: 500
労働者: ( 500 - Location unknown , 衣料及び繊維 , Gender not reported )課題
性別による差別 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , 児童労働 , Excessive production targets , 組合の自由 , Dismissal , Wage Theft回答
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Jessie Myanmar Apparel factory allegedly supplies to Next; Next provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2022年4月23日
場所: ミャンマー
企業
Jessie Myanmar Apparel - Supplier , Next - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: 500
労働者: ( 500 - Location unknown , 衣料及び繊維 , Gender not reported )課題
Wage Theft回答
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Jessie Myanmar Apparel factory allegedly supplies to Next; Next provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
“JESSIE MYANMAR APPAREL factory workers face hardships due to illegal labor rights violations”, 23 April 2022
In the workplace…people kick…workers they do not like, dismiss them on the grounds that they do not meet the [targets], and raise the [targets]…
The factory was closed from the 5th of October last year to the 1st of this year, but the employer did not pay the [compensation] and only paid 50,000 kyats in the last 11 months.
"Workers...are referred to as day laborers, whether they agree or not, and if workers do not agree, the[ir] wages [will be cut and they are] threatened with unemployment," said one worker…
Workers are not paid OT at all.
The victim was embarrassed when a foreigner kicked him in the leg, injuring the worker and even expelling him immediately.
"Working hours [start at] 8 am, but ferries have been forced to arrive at work [at]… 7.10am…and have been threatened with late pay or ferry drivers' fines," he said…
In addition…workers often arrive early for work from 6:00 am to 7:00 am…
In addition to the daily stress, anxiety and psychological oppression…the bosses point fingers at those who do not enter the workers' office early in the day when ferries arrive…child laborers are being forced to work cheaply, and child laborers are being forced to leave the factory on public holidays when the number of visitors and inspections increases…
More than 500 factory workers have been protesting against the illegal labor rights violations committed by their employers…
Workers say there is no union at the factory because they are not allowed to form a union for labor rights.
Jessie Apparel Myanmar Garment Factory is a company that makes Next brand clothes...
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