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23 Mar 2023

Author:
Yoon Sat, Myanmar Labour News

Myanmar: A worker at G&B Manufacturing Garment factory reported violence and unfair dismissal

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"G&B Manufacturing (Myanmar) Co.Ltd Garment Factory called a thug and beat up the worker and fired him"

The G&B Manufacturing (Myanmar) Co.Ltd garment factory opened on Sadhukan Road, Shwepyitha Township, Shwepyitha Township, Yangon Region is said to be calling in thugs, beating workers and firing them.

The factory manufactures for the brand Sinsay. It is reported that if the clothes do not meet the standards, the workers are forced to work overtime without payment... laborers from the employer's side provoked and beat 1 employee from line No. 5.

"The man who punched me went to the manager's office. The employee of Line 5 who got punched went to the supervisor of his line and told him that he had been punched, and the super said that not...

According to the the workers from the line, the employer was angry and hired thugs...

Currently, the worker is unemployed,... so the worker tried to file a complaint with the relevant authorities, but the labor office said that the worker would lose the case...

[Translation via Google Translate]

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