Myanmar: Garment workers fired after requesting clarification on employment status
"The length of service of the workers was not made clear, so I asked for a solution", 5 June 2024
...In 2021, the [Popular Garment was] factory reopened under the name of Beaume International Garment...
...under the name of the former factory, Popular Garment, there are only more than 70 workers left, and more than 400 workers were employed last month. 32 workers who...asked [for the workers from each factory] to be separated and to clarify their seniority were fired...
The worker said that now only 70 of the veteran workers are left...
When asked about the lost seniority...it is evident that the same factory has 2 owners, 2 factory names and two WCC groups, and there has been no change in the employment agreement and the name of the applicant for the opening of the workshop.
Last 2024 On May 20, more than 70 popular workers were temporarily suspended from work on the grounds that they could not [meet] order [targets]...
The factory is ]supplying] NORTHLAND [and] Multiblu...
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