"FITEX (Myanmar) Garment factory lays off more than 400 workers", 17 March 2023

Workers at the FITEX (Myanmar) garment factory in Shwe Linban Industrial Zone told RFA that more than 400 workers have been laid off…

A worker at the factory, who did not want to be named for security reasons, told RFA that the workers who have been fired now are those with less than 6 months of service and were not given a…notice in advance.

"The factory also has no orders…Those who were dismissed had less than 6 months of service..

The workers of the factory said that they fired the workers with less experience before Thingyan because they did not want to pay their wages for the Thingyan holiday.

According to the labor law, workers with 6 months to one year of service are entitled to severance pay, but the workers who have been fired now will not receive any severance pay, Myanmar General Federation of Trade Unions (FGWM) president Mamoes Sanda Myint told RFA.

RFA contacted FITEX (Myanmar) regarding the dismissal of over four hundred workers, but was unable to contact them.

The FITEX (Myanmar) factory is a factory that focuses on the AMISU...

[Translation via Google Translate]