"Tell workers not to call in excessive overtime", 14 June 2024

At KBL Garment...I have to sew bridal dresses...The workers say that they have to work 11 hours a day and are forced to work on Sundays, which are holidays, so they are having a hard time not getting a day off.

The factory...operates with more than 900 workers and sews brand bridal dresses such as DAVIDS BRIDAL...

Working hours are set from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, but from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The worker said that he is having a hard time because he has to work until 11 p.m. and...on weekends.

On Sundays, all the workers in the factory have to leave overtime... and even though they have to go overtime until the early hours of the morning, they say that they are having trouble returning to their own schedule because there is no ferry arrangement. The industrial zone township is under military administration and there is a night curfew, so they are living in danger.

They said that they asked for [higher targets] than what they could sew...those who to work overtime were [spoken to] rudely and threatened by the Super[visors]...

The workers are hoping for an increase in their wages due to the difficulty of living, and they do not want a situation where they are planning to cut it again, he said...

The demands of the workers are:

1. Tell workers in advance if overtime is required.

(a) To arrange [transport] if [overtime is] called at 11pm.

(b) Not to work overtime continuously on Sundays.

1. According to the workers, they want to request an increase of 1,500 kyat or 1,000 kyat in the day fee.

[Translation via Google Translate]