Myanmar: Workers at Myanmar Knitting garment factory reported intimidation and gender discrimination
Özet
Date Reported: 6 Tem 2023
Lokasyon: Myanmar
Şirketler
Myanmar Knitting Factory - Supplier , Primark (part of Associated British Foods) - Former buyer , Marks & Spencer - Former buyer , Lidl - Former buyerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
İşçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Giyim ve tekstil , Gender not reported )Meseleler
Harassment (other than sexual)Yanıt
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
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Action taken: Myanmar Knitting is allegedly supplying or has supplied to Primark, Marks & Spencer and Lidl; all companies provided a response to a request from the Resource Centre. Primark informed the Resource Centre that its final handover of products from this factory was in August 2022, and Marks & Spencer informed the Resource Centre that its last orders from Myanmar took place in April 2023. Lidl stated it had terminated business with the factory in 2021.
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 6 Tem 2023
Lokasyon: Myanmar
Şirketler
Primark (part of Associated British Foods) - Former buyer , Myanmar Knitting Factory - Supplier , Marks & Spencer - Former buyer , Lidl - Former buyerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 4969
İşçiler: ( 4969 - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Giyim ve tekstil , Gender not reported )Meseleler
Dayak ve şiddetYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Myanmar Knitting is allegedly supplying or has supplied to Primark, Marks & Spencer and Lidl; all companies provided a response to a request from the Resource Centre. Primark informed the Resource Centre that its final handover of products from this factory was in August 2022, and Marks & Spencer informed the Resource Centre that its last orders from Myanmar took place in April 2023. Lidl stated it had terminated business with the factory in 2021.
Source type: News outlet
"Union bursting and labor violations at the Myanmar Knitting garment factory"
... The factory is owned by Hong Kong citizens and employs over two thousand (estimated) and is known to manufacture M & S brand.
"The Chinese supervisor slapped an employee because he didn't understand what he was saying. He didn't call an interpreter... There is no rule, the dining tables are dirty, and the bread and curry left on the dining table are always picked up by crows."
"There are Chinese people who discriminate against LGBT people, threaten to fire them, and make fun of them," said an employee at the factory...
"Union leaders and representatives at the factory have not yet returned to work... I believe that only when they return to the workplace will there be justice and fairness in the workplace," said an employee of the factory.