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2023年3月13日

作者:
Hsu Latt Phyu, Myanmar Labour News

Myanmar: Workers at Shunrong Garment factory reported multiple human rights violations including GBV and intimidation

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"Workers say that there are violations of labor rights, including surveillance cameras by security personnel during the garment work"

... At the SHUNRONG Garment (MYANMAR) CO,LTD factory opened at 5 Shwe Li Road, Hlaing Thayar Industrial Zone, while the workers are working, the security guards are walking around the machine line, filming the workers and talking rudely to the workers, and entering and exiting the women's restrooms.

It is reported that the company is operating with more than 300 workers without a trade union.

The factory is currently producing for brands such as CMP.

"The drinking water purifier in the factory is broken. That's why the workers have to buy and drink water from outside with their own money...

The workers also said that they have set a rule saying that they cannot sell goods in the workplace (they must sign a ticket) and that they see the HR Manager himself selling fancy items.

It is reported that they have set excessive production targets that not a single worker can handle in the workplace. It is said that a record of 50 pieces per hour has been requested for workers, and there are cases where people are forced to work overtime without pay on weekends.

"On days like official holidays and Sundays, the employer calls the workers to work overtime until 2:30 a.m. without paying, and if they refuse to do so, they are discriminated against. Workers are forced to leave because they are afraid of that," said the worker, who did not want to be named...

In addition, the workers who left work were only paid a severance pay and no professional fees were paid. In case the workers are injured by accidents during the work, there is no medicine or bandages for emergency use, so they have to use the extra cloths as a bandage.

...because they have stopped using fans to save electricity in the factory, workers are sweating excessively and it is becoming difficult to work...

[Translation via Google Translate]