"The workers who quit their jobs are being cut from day pay, overtime pay, and professional fees", 23 April 2024

At...SHUNRONG GRAMENTS MYANMAR factory...the workers said that they want to settle the balance of wages for the workers who quit their jobs in the last month because of the cut of daily wages, overtime and professional fees.

The factory, which employs more than 500 workers, sews protective industrial products. It is said that there is no labor union in the workplace and a workplace coordination committee has been formed.

The working hours are from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm (including 2 hours of overtime), and the current wage rate is 4,800 kyats per day for an 8-hour workday and 1,000 kyats per day allowance. 1,400 kyats per hour for OT and 30,000 kyats per day He said that the expert fee is 45,000 kyats for A level, 30,000 kyats for B level and 10,000 kyats for C level.

Workers who quit their jobs in February and March last month were given 4,800 kyat overtime pay and only 1,200 kyat per hour for the reason that they were not paid for the full month, the worker said...

He said that he wants to solve the problem of all the workers who quit their jobs because of the reduction in wages, because it is more difficult for the workers and their family members to make ends meet.

"What we want to request is to recalculate the cut daily wages and professional overtime fees. In the future, we want workers' daily wages and professional overtime fees to be proportionally cut and calculated proportionally according to the number of days worked," said the worker.

[Translation via Google Translate]