“JESSIE MYANMAR APPAREL factory workers face hardships due to illegal labor rights violations”, 23 April 2022

In the workplace…people kick…workers they do not like, dismiss them on the grounds that they do not meet the [targets], and raise the [targets]…

The factory was closed from the 5th of October last year to the 1st of this year, but the employer did not pay the [compensation] and only paid 50,000 kyats in the last 11 months.

"Workers...are referred to as day laborers, whether they agree or not, and if workers do not agree, the[ir] wages [will be cut and they are] threatened with unemployment," said one worker…

Workers are not paid OT at all.

The victim was embarrassed when a foreigner kicked him in the leg, injuring the worker and even expelling him immediately.

"Working hours [start at] 8 am, but ferries have been forced to arrive at work [at]… 7.10am…and have been threatened with late pay or ferry drivers' fines," he said…

In addition…workers often arrive early for work from 6:00 am to 7:00 am…

In addition to the daily stress, anxiety and psychological oppression…the bosses point fingers at those who do not enter the workers' office early in the day when ferries arrive…child laborers are being forced to work cheaply, and child laborers are being forced to leave the factory on public holidays when the number of visitors and inspections increases…

More than 500 factory workers have been protesting against the illegal labor rights violations committed by their employers…

Workers say there is no union at the factory because they are not allowed to form a union for labor rights.

Jessie Apparel Myanmar Garment Factory is a company that makes Next brand clothes...

[Translation via Google Translate]