"General Textile Garment Factory Forced to Work Late Sunday Nights for Thadingyut", 13 October 2024

General Textile Garment Factory officials said they would close for 5 days for Thadingyut, but instead forced workers to work overtime on Saturdays. They were also forced to work overtime on Sundays and weekdays...

On the days they have to work overtime, they have to work until 6:30 p.m. and then get a break for lunch. After lunch, they have to work from 7 p.m. until 12 a.m. without a break, and then go home at 4 a.m., the workers said.

After working overtime at 12 o’clock at night, they had to sleep on the floor and benches. In addition, the workers said that the factory turned off the fans and electric lights, so they were bitten by mosquitoes and insects...

The workers said that they were tired and faced health problems because they had to work overtime without a day off. The ministry ordered [factories] to pay 1,000 kyats in support, but the factory paid it a month later, in September...

The Ministry of Labor has instructed factories to increase their daily allowance by 1,000 kyats starting August 1, starting the first week of that month.

The General Textile Garment Factory is located in In-Lyte Village, Hmawbi Township, and employs around 700 workers. The factory...does not have a factory union, but the WCC has been formed, according to workers.

The factory has two buildings and is known to share the same entrance with the Tabak Factory and Hengda Garment Factory.

[Translation via Google Translate]