Myanmar: Employers at H&M supplier allegedly forming yellow union
Summary
Date Reported: 1 Apr 2024
Location: Myanmar
Companies
Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) - Former buyer , Saung Oo Shwe Nay (Golden Sunshine) - Supplier , New Yorker - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1800
Workers: ( 1800 - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Freedom of AssociationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Saung Ooo Shwe Nay (Golden Sunshine) allegedly supplies to H&M and New Yorker; H&M provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre stating it does not source from the factory. New Yorker did not respond.
Source type: News outlet
"Attempts are being made to form a fake union within Song Oo Shwene Factory", 1 April 2024
An official of the factory union said that some officials of the factory are trying to form yellow unions inside the Saung Oo Shwe Ney factory...
“Two months ago, in meetings, the HR manager said that another union would be formed. After this, the two leaders who had already left the union were organized. He gave them both opportunities..” A factory union official said.
A member of the Labor Federation said that the yellow union is a union led by employers and factory officials...
There are more than 100 members of Song Oo Shwene Factory Union, and some of the factory office workers wrote on social media that there are financial scandals against the leaders of the union, and some of the leaders said...that they tried to destroy the image of the union...
"...If fake unions are created, the workers will suffer because the employer will listen to what the employer says," said a union leader...
More than 1,800 factory workers are [producing clothes for] SMOG...[and] H&M...
[Translation via Google Translate]