Myanmar: Garment workers at Textile Palace forced to work overtime and denied leave to meet increasing targets
Resumo
Data informada: 7 Dez 2021
Localização: Myanmar
Empresas
Textile Palace - Supplier , OVS SpA - Former buyer , Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) - Buyer , Kiabi - BuyerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 2500
Trabalhadores: ( 2500 - Localização desconhecida , Roupa e Material Têxtil , Gender not reported )Temas
Horas extras obrigatórias , Metas excessivas de produção , Benefício Negado , DemissãoResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por BHRRC
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Textile Palace allegedly supplies to H&M, KIABI and OVS S.p.A; H&M, KIABI and OVS S.p.A provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. OVS S.p.A stated the factory was a subcontracted factory that had been used Jul-Aug 2020.
Tipo de fonte: Social Media
...Textile Palace garment factory from Mhawbi township, producing for H&M is forcing workers to [complete] higher target[s] which [are] not possible to meet and forced overtime. Leave...[is] not allowed and some workers were dismissed [for] taking leave...Workers have to sign a warning letter if they do not meet the target.
Workers are asked to sign on the warning letter if they are taking leave...
The factory can dismiss workers after...the warning letter [is signed twice]...