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22 Apr 2024

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Myanmar Labour News

Myanmar: Garment workers face mandatory overtime & excessive targets

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"A letter from a worker at Dishang Kenny Garment", 22 April 2024

Dishang Kenny Garment Garment Factory is a Dishang Group factory located on King Maha Min Khao Road, Shwe Sam Lwin Industrial Zone, Luinthayar Township, Yangon City.

The factory...has more than 600 workers, sewing [for] K Way & TIGORA & RESERVED labels.

The starting time for work is 7:30 in the morning, but [they are] forced to work from 7:15.

The workers were forced to stay at night from 9:00 to 11:00.

I...work until 5 pm on Saturday...

If the [supervisors] ask for a [target] and [the workers don't meet it], they are cursed and yelled at...

The heat inside the factory is also bad. [The] Air con & water heater are not good...They don't look at the health of the workers.

[Translation via Google Translate]

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