"...Win & Win bag factory closure; A factory official told the workers to work in another factory without compensation", 24 May 2023

Mandalay Division The Win & Win Co.LTD (bags) factory in Kyaukseok Industrial Zone was closed on December 17, 2022, but no legal compensation was given, and the factory officials told them to work in another factory, the workers said.

The workers also said that the factory would reopen in January 2023, but the factory did not reopen.

"They said they would open in 1 month, but they didn't open. I found out that the factory was closed only after the workers from other factories around the factory told me. "They said that all the equipment of the bag sewing factory has been confiscated," said a female garment factory worker...

However, Win & Win Co.LTD has announced that all workers [return to work] at the HJ factory, which was closed on May 19...and announced that workers who do not return to work after May 24 will be considered to have voluntarily resigned.

"... The factory official told me to enter the work in another factory. This is not convenient," said a bag factory worker...

The workers said that they do not want to work in the factories organized by the factory because they are unskilled jobs.

"... we are asking for legal damages," said a female worker at Win & Win Co.LTD.

The workers...will win compensation for the closure of the factory and salary benefits for the period of the temporary closure...

"The demands of the workers are legal.... " he said.

It is reported that the Win & Win Co.LTD bag factory used to make backpacks and raincoats before the factory closed.

Win & Win Co.LTD bag factory has more than 110 workers and other workshops in the factory produce shoes and raw materials.

[Translation via Google Translate]