Myanmar: Garment workers allegedly threatened with arrest by the military if they informed union leaders of labour rights violations at the Popular Garment factory
요약
보고된 날짜: 2021년 9월 11일
위치: 미얀마
기업 페이지
Popular Garment/Beaume International Garment - Supplier , JD Sports Fashion - Reported buyer , JD Sports Fashion - Former buyer , Lidl - Former buyer , Regatta - Former buyer , Jeans Fritz , Iturri - Buyer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 1000
Workers: ( 1000 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 의류 및 섬유 , Gender not reported )토픽들
위협 , 기업-군대 유착 , 감금 , 결사의 자유결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, BHRRC에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Popular Garment allegedly supplied to Lidl, Regatta and JD Sports; All brands provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. JD Sports stated it had not proceeded with production at the factory after authorisation. Lidl stated that it had stopped business with the factory from September 2021. Regatta stated it does not have current business with the factory. In September 2024, Iturri and Jeans Fritz were invited to respond. They did not.
출처: Social Media
“Popular factory workers were threatened with arrest if they contact to union leaders who are joining CDM”, 11 September 2021
According to workers at the popular garment factory, workers were threatened that they can be arrested if they contact to union leader[s] who are joining CDM and tell[ing] [them about] the working condition of the factory.
A worker said…“We…called a meeting on September 2 [with] Line 1 supervisor. She conveyed the message from the factory manager U Pyae Phyo Aung at the meeting. She said that “the factory knows that workers are informing about what is happening at work to the union leaders who are doing CDM. The factory will call the military to come to the factory to arrest the workers if the workers continue giving information. “
As a result of such threats from factory management, most workers are worried that they will be arrested if they report workplace violations…