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12 Apr 2024

Author:
Hsu Latt Phyu, Myanmar Labour News

Myanmar: Garment workers face abuse from supervisors to meet targets

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"Forced to swear in the workplace and violated labor rights", 12 April 2024

The workers said that...supervisors abused garment workers at the..BOHUA FASHION CO,LTD factory...

...the factory in Van Maw Kanwan Street, operates with more than 300 workers [ and supplies]...RESERVED [and] Sinsay.

It is reported that there is no labor union in the workplace.

...day laborers were forced to sign a 2-month contract, were terminated after 2 months of service, drinking water was frequently cut off in the workplace, the toilets were not kept clean during hot weather, and workers were not allowed to receive benefits such as medical leave, were discriminated against, and [suppliers]...shout rudely demanding more than [workers can] handle...

"If [workers] take leave for emergency reasons, they get 5,600 kyats per day and 15,000 kyats per day...And when the weather is very hot, even though they are thirsty, the water is often cut off, so they can't drink water," the worker said.

There is pressure [to meet targets] in the workplace...

"The employer set the [targets] and demand...it with a microphone. The [supervisor] in the factory went into the machine line and shouted and asked for cloth... The factory had no manager and there was still an assistant telling the workers to go back to work late Every day before going to work, he pressured me and yelled into the microphone and threatened me that nothing will happen even if I wanted to," said the worker, who did not want to be named.

"...if they go to work all day...they are asked to clean the whole factory in the evening...," the worker said said...

[Translation via Google Translate]