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14 Mar 2023

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Solidarity of Trade Union Myanmar (STUM)

Myanmar: Garment workers report delayed wages at shoe factory

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… At the Mountain Top shoe factory…workers who quit their jobs are not being paid the wages they are due and they are delaying and causing difficulties. The employee quit his job and went to collect the remaining salary on the pay day, but did not receive it….On March 3, 2023, when I went to collect the wages, I waited from 7:30 in the morning, but I did not receive it until…the afternoon. When I contacted him by phone, he replied that he was in a meeting and was not ready yet. Recently, there has been a delay in the payment of such wages. In the past, a female worker was dismissed because she was pregnant. The factory is a factory owned by Taiwanese citizens and mainly sews CAPRICE brand shoes and also sews tamaris brand shoes. According to the investigation, it is known that the Mountain Top factory in Shwe Pytha has a branch factory named New Way in Hlaing Tharay too…

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