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29 Jul 2022

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Myanmar Labour News

Myanmar: Garment workers report unfair dismissals, unpaid wages & child labour at Myanmar Sinyoung factory

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“…He said that there are illegal dismissals and non-payment of wages”, 29 July 2022

At the…Myanmar Sinyoung Garment Factory, which operates with more than 600 employees in Thantapin Township, Yangon Region, the workers say that they are firing without reason, forcing them to work overtime, not paying their wages, and shouting rudely.

Workers working at the factory said that they are facing difficulties because there is no union organized in the workplace and there is no solution for workplace violations.

"The main thing is that everyone…is fired without any reason and without any compensation. Once you are fired, it is done," said a worker at the factory.

In addition, after the dismissal[s], there are claims that the wages for the days worked will be paid from the 11th of the next month. When the factory opened, the workers were called for overnight…workers, and the overtime OT fees were not paid at all by the employer, the workers said.

In addition, he said that he was…forced to leave work if he took [a] gate pass (permission to go out), forced to leave work on Saturdays and paid only 4,800 kyats.

In addition, the workers said that without social security benefits, they would not receive any benefits.

A worker at the factory said, "If you miss a day, you[r] [wages] are cut by more than 15,000. In the workplace, [they] make unreasonable requests to raise [targets]. If you don't [meet] it, you are rudely [spoken to] it's like hell."

In the workplace, there are young workers aged 14 to 16…

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