"Workers' rights are being violated at the GNS (Bago) Healthcare Co,Ltd factory that sews surgical gowns", 29 July 2023

Workers say that labor rights are being violated at the GNS (Bago) Healthcare Co, Ltd factory, which is operating at 653/B, Awain Village, Awain Village, Bago City, Bago Province, and is operating at No. 653/B.

He said that the company is owned by Chinese nationals and operates with more than 300 workers, and there is no trade union organization in the workplace.

The workers say that they are uncomfortable because they have to work from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and only have a 30-minute break for lunch...

Starting last July 13, it was announced that there will be an increase in the daily wage in the workplace, and not all of them will be set in a uniform manner, but 5,600, 5300 4800 is classified as 4,800, not according to seniority, but it is given according to what you want, and the records are being requested more than before.

"They are being forced to act like cattle, they are not allowed to go to the toilet, the toilet water is cut off on purpose... The sewing machine needle pierces the hands, the fingertips are cut, and even the hands are flattened," said a worker who did not want to be named.

They asked for a high [target] under the pretext that they would raise their wages, and if the standards were not met, they told them not to go to work the next day...

The workers said that pregnant workers are having a hard time in the workplace because they ask for the same record as regular workers...

"I have to work in misery every day. Not only that, there are about 30 children under the age of 12, 13, and 14 who are under the age of 12, 13, and 14..." said the worker.

Workers [asked the factory: To keep] pregnant women in comfortable places and not ask for [high targets]. To add professional fee A, B, C that was taken [off]the salary. Not to limit the access to the toilet...To avoid coercive treatment and direct rule...not to shout [and swear]; When calling for overtime OT, workers should be asked for their consent quickly, and if they don't work, they will [not] be fired...According to the workers, they want to solve the problem of giving the workers a full 1-hour meal break.

[Translation via Google Translate]