"Day laborers have to work for 3,600 kyats a day. HEN BO Myanmar garment workers say that if they take leave, they will be fired and their rights will be lost" 06 June 2023

At the HEN BO Myanmar Garment Factory, which opened with more than 600 workers in Hlaing Thayar Township Industrial Zone 1, Yangon Region, day laborers only receive 3,600 kyats per day, and there is no holiday pay on weekends. 'ZARA...[is] made by [the factory]...there is no trade union organization or WCC in the current workplace...

A worker said that when asking for fabric records in the workplace, the number of orders is more than what the workers can sew, and if the standards are not met, the relevant line leaders shout rudely.

If you take leave for various reasons, if you are a day labourer, you will be fired at once, and if you are a permanent employee, you will have to sign it. The workers said that they are facing difficulties because they are not getting the social security fees that are due to them under the law.

"I am not given medical leave and my social security payments are cut every month," said the worker.

The factory is recruiting day laborers, and they are hired for 3,600 Kyats as a day fee, and as day laborers, they will not hire permanent employees after 3 months...when paying day laborers, the salary is not calculated for Sunday, but only the day of work is calculated.

As workers in the workplace, it is said that female workers face more difficulties due to the lack of clean drinking water, lack of clean toilets, and the lack of adequate toilets for the population.

A worker said that he started work at 7:30 a.m. and did not leave until 7:00 p.m. every Monday to Friday. Due to the need, he called a shift from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and a split shift from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Workers who have to spend the night at the factory are not provided with accommodation, so they have to sleep in a place that is convenient for them, and they are sent back by ferry at 5:00 am and have to go back to work at 7:30 am. "There are not enough cars to ride the ferry, so I'm having a lot of trouble," said the worker...

[Translation via Google Translate]