"Great Glowing Investment (JW) (ADK) garment factory workers are being violated at work", 9 January 2024

[At] Great Glowing Investment Co, Ltd. in Magladon Township (JW) (ADK Branch)[,] workers say that there are violations of labor rights at the workplace, including the absence of statutory holidays and forced overtime without workers' consent...

"At this factory, we do not have casual leave, work leave, or medical certificate, as stipulated in the 1951 Leave and Work Leave Act. If you apply for emergency leave, HR will call the employee, if there is a death in your family, you will not be given leave[.] It's pretty bad, hitting heads, throwing balls, twisting thighs, hitting backs, etc..."Those who do not agree with the leaders are discriminated against by being moved to multiple lines and not given bonuses," said a worker at the factory.

The worker said that if he misses a day of leave for any reason because he is not entitled to casual leave, 6,000 kyats of holiday pay and 15,000 kyats of daily allowance will be cut, resulting in a total cut of 21,000 kyats.

The worker said that supervisors...often force them to yell and scream at the workplace and physically abuse them.

In addition, there is no medicine to treat an emergency injury, and [there is the] forced collection of money for other issues, and they are forced to work overtime without taking a break...

"When the machine is broken, at least 2,000 money is deducted... The factory has poor ventilation...In case of [an] injury, there are no medicine boxes. Medicine boxes are only kept when visitors come for inspection...female employees are forced to carry the clothes upstairs and down...I have to work overtime from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m., they don't give me a break...All night, they keep calling me. If I complain about my health the next day, I will not be allowed to take leave," said one of the workers.

The factory...has a population of around 5,000. Hang Ten and ZARA brands are sewn [at the factory]

In July 2022, it was reported that more than 2,000 workers filed a collective demand because they were not allowed to enjoy legal rights in the workplace, demanded excessive clothing standards, and violated workplace rights.

[Translation via Google Translate]