Myanmar: Security worker at garment factory illegally dismissed
အကျဉ်းချုပ်
Date Reported: 25 May 2024
Location: Myanmar
Companies
Bestseller - Buyer , GTIG Guohua Glory Garment - Supplier , Mango - Reported buyer , Benetton Group - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Dismissal , Denial of permanent contracts , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: GTIG Guohua Glory Garment allegedly supplies to MANGO, Bestseller and Benetton Group; All brands provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. MANGO stated it does not operate in Myanmar and does not source from the factory.
Source type: News outlet
"The case a security illegally dismissed is being negotiated after the worker reported", 25 May 2024
The security worker who worked at GTIG Guohua Glory Garment factory...filed a report and the case is being addressed.
“...The trade union, employer and the brand are negotiating but [have] not reached...an exact solution...the overtime... to be calculated by the backdate [is] still being negotiated,” said a person who is helping the worker.
The security worker started working at the factory [on] 9th May, 2022...and was dismissed without any mistake committed[,] on the grounds that a new employer will be replaced.
The worker said he didn’t receive 4 hours of overtime while he worked there and [was] hired as a day employer [for] 2 years without an EC contract [and] therefore contacted Solidarity of Trade Unions, Myanmar - STUM with four points: 1. Illegal dismiss[al], 2. Not getting paid for 4 hours of overtime per day, 3. Hired as a day employer until 2 years and 4. The factory failed to make EC contract.
The employer, employee and brand[s] are negotiating...those 4 requests.
[Translation via Myanmar Labour News]