Myanmar: Garment workers face mandatory overtime & excessive targets
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Date Reported: 22 Apr 2024
Location: Myanmar
Companies
Kiabi - Buyer , Bestseller - Reported buyer , ONLY (part of Bestseller) - Reported buyer , Inditex - Reported buyer , Zara (part of Inditex) - Reported buyer , Shimamura - Buyer , K-Way (part of BasicNet) - Buyer , LPP Spółka Akcyjna - Reported buyer , Reserved (part of LPP Spółka Akcyjna) - Reported buyer , Dishang Kenny (Dishang Group) - SupplierAffected
Total individuals affected: 600
Workers: ( 600 - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Occupational Health & SafetyResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Dishang Kenny (Dishang Group) allegedly supplies or has supplied to BESTSELLER, Inditex, K-Way, LPP, Shimamura and KIABI; LPP and KIABI provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. LPP stated it does not source from the factory. K-Way and Shimamura did not respond. BESTSELLER and Inditex previously informed us it does not source from the factory.
Source type: News outlet
"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]