"SHUNRONG Chunlong Garment Factory workers want to get their original wages back", 26 October 2022

The workers of SHUNRONG Garment Factory in Hlaing Thayar Industrial Zone 5 Shwe Li Road have demanded that their wages be restored to their original wages without any cuts. The factory [supplies] CMP...

"...we want workers to [be paid] wages as normal. At the end of this month, [they] will remove ten and a half thousand daily wages and ...will no longer pay bonuses...The workers want to demand the full amount, because the prices are also rising because the salary is not enough," said a worker at the factory.

Workers are entitled to medical leave and casual leave. Not all workers are entitled to it...

When [supervisors ask] for [workers to meet targets], [they] slander...the workers...; If the standard is not met, the [workers must work] overtime [for free]...on working days...

The factory...operates with more than 300 workers, but the workers in the factory are fired without any reason and are forced to change jobs without firing.

"...There is no union in the factory....We don't know anything about the WCC. There is no negotiation in the current issues. The older workers are made to feel miserable so that they don't want to continue at work...

He said that there are no less than ten people who were fired without reason, and those who understand little about labor rights receive compensation, but those who do not understand, get nothing, and those who are fired for more than a year and at least three to six months.

In addition, there are many child laborers and many are fired after the boss arrives. He also said that the workers have to go off duty until 11:30 at night, and sometimes they have to go to work all night...and then they have to go to work continuously the next day.

Some of those who work overtime get [overtime pay], but some people do not meet the [targets], so they are [not paid] overtime pay, and there are days when they get free work on weekends...

The time to start work is 7:30, and the cleaning workers are asked to come to work 1 hour early at 6 am and [they] do not pay [them] overtime pay.

...the employer sends...workers to a factory other than the one [they have been] appointed [to] and forces them to [go] without the consent of the workers...

In the workplace, workers are drinking water that is not clean. If there is a workplace injury, there is no responsibility from the employer.

Dismissing workers without valid reasons; Now, we are hearing that pregnant women will be fired from their jobs.

Taking advantage of bad politics in the workplace, putting pressure on the workers and threatening them. The workers say that they are working anxiously because they are always told to quit if they say something and cannot do it.

Therefore, the demands that the workers [have] are:

1- To hire workers who have completed three months and pay 4800 kyats as a bonus.

2- To [allow] workers to stay in a fixed place within the workplace.

3- Not to be forced to work in another factory that does not belong to the workers, and if forced, to ask the workers' wishes and to pay the travel expenses from the employer.

4-To provide clean drinking water for workers.

5- To remove the CCTV installed in front of the toilet and not to fire the maids.

6- Not to cut the previously paid daily fee, professional fee, and rare expenses.

7- ...allowing [workers] to enjoy casual medical leave that workers are entitled to.

[Translation via Google Translate]