"Dishang Kenny Garment factory workers have to work 16 hours a day", 23 February 2024

...The workers said that at the Dishang Kenny Garment factory on King Mahamin Khok Road, they were working 16 hours a day.

The Dishang Kenny Garment Factory is one of the Dishang Group's factories, and the workers said that they started working at 7:30 in the morning but worked until 11:00 at night. The factory...has over 600 workers. SEASON REASON by Lin&Red, RESERVED [and] CLOSHI labels are being sewn.

"...I was forced to go down from 4pm to 11pm. After going down until 11:00 p.m., the workers were forced to sleep inside the factory. In the morning, I had to go to work at 7:30 as usual, In the evening, they had to go down again until 11:00 p.m.," the workers said.

He said that he had to work until 5pm on Saturdays and had to work overtime on weekends...the workers said that if they said they could not work overtime, the factory officials fired them...

.The workers said that the daily wage (20,000 kyats) and the professional fee are being cut.

...only the workers who are comfortable with the super[visors] receive the set professional fee. The workers said that...day laborers with almost 3 months to 2 years of experience were not appointed as confirmed employees.

Requesting a [target] that workers cannot sew, If you don't [meet the target] you will be slandered...n addition to being yelled at, workers at the Dishang Kenny factory said they had to work overtime without pay to meet the [target].

...the news of the military...pulling and the fear that the pedestrians are not safe everywhere is happening among the workers, he said.

[Translation via Google Translate]