"All labor rights are being violated in the workplace. Working 17 hours a day and without Sundays off, the health of the workers is affected", 14 July 2022

After spending 6 days in the workplace from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm, the workers said that they have been working overtime until 5 pm on Sunday, which is an official holiday, for over a year, causing difficulties in the workplace, including health problems.

...Myanmar Yangon Richang Apparel Co., Ltd. opened in Hlaingthaya Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone, Yangon Region. The...garment factory is operating with a total of nearly 800 workers, and the workers said that their rights under the labor law are being violated in the workplace.

Factory workers say that they work for 17 hours a day and go home early in the morning, but most of them spend the night at the factory, return home at 4:00 a.m., and return to work at 7:30 a.m.

"Sleeping next to the machines, there's nothing to take a bath, blankets, etc. I can't go home...I'm called every day. On Sunday, I have to go off duty until 5:00 p.m. Tonight, I have to work from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.," said a factory worker.

Due to the lack of pre-arrangement/transportation for the OT workers, there is a lack of security on the way back for women and they are robbed. The workers said that they had to return to work in the morning before work time.

...wages were cut [since] the military took over.

He said that there is a problem with drinking water at the workplace, and the drinking water arranged by the factory is not drinkable...

He said that due to the discharge of waste around the factory, he is breathing bad odors every day, and diarrhea is often caused by drinking water. There are no safety measures in the workplace, and there is no clinic or health care.

"If the machines get stuck, we send them to the hospital, we don't give them money, we don't have anything...they cut the daily wages, I don't know if it's because the prices are high...They only work with one hand if they have an injury. They don't want to lose a day. If a day goes down, they lose 30,000. Because the daily wages are lost, the workers stay in the factory and do only the little [they can]," he said of the conditions they face in the workplace.

There is no trade union in the workplace, and there is no mandatory WCC. When starting work, the employer was asked to read the labor contract once and it was taken back.

"...About 100 day laborers have been hired. They have been fired and rehired," said a worker who has been working for more than 5 years...

What they want to happen is to reduce overtime (OT).

In addition, it is said that if they take leave, which is a right under the labor law, they would like to ensure that they do not cut the daily wages and professional fees and ensure the safety of the workplace.

[Translation via Google Translate]