Myanmar: A worker at G&B Manufacturing Garment factory reported violence and unfair dismissal
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Date Reported: 23 Mar 2023
Location: Myanmar
Companies
OVS SpA - Buyer , LPP Spółka Akcyjna - Buyer , Bershka (part of Inditex) - Reported buyer , G&B Manufacturing Myanmar - Supplier , Inditex - Reported buyer , Sinsay (part of LPP S.A.) - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Intimidation , Harassment (other than sexual) , Violence , Excessive production targets , Mandatory overtime , Gender Discrimination , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: G&B Manufacturing Myanmar allegedly supplies or has supplied to Inditex for its Bershka brand, OVS S.p.A and LPP S.A for its Sinsay brand; Inditex, OVS S.p.A and LPP S.A provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. Inditex stated it does not source from the factory
Source type: News outlet
"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]