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Article

18 Dec 2023

Author:
Min Ni Kyaw, Myanmar Labour News

Myanmar: Twenty-nine supervisors demoted due to missed deadlines

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"Layoff of workers 29 workers, including Super, quit at Li Da Garment Co.,Ltd factory", 18 December 2023

Sources...ay that 29 workers have resigned from the Li Da Garment Co., Ltd. factory, where they were forced to move from super (supervisor) positions to leader (leader) positions due to missed deadlines.

"When the workers complained to the labor coordination office, the office resolved it in one day. The factory side apologized for everything. He said go back to work. The workers said that they were not comfortable with continuing to work, but they did not return to work and asked for compensation..." said a person close to the workers...

The factory opened last June 1, and the workers said that they have been paying social security fees every month. However, one of the workers said that they continued to complain because the factory did not supply them.

"In that factory...I don't know what casual leave is. There is no proof of social security payments to take medical leave. I can't ask for that. The EC contract is not [formalised]. The leader [was] informed that his child is sick through the workers in the line. At the clinic, the factory official told me that he was demoted and resigned because he could not return [a] phone[call] with the child...." A worker who quit his job told Myanmar Labor News.

The Li Da Garment Co.,Ltd factory has around 250 employees...There are no nurses and medical supplies. In addition, the workers said that there are only 3 toilets that employees can use in the workplace...

...there are no trade unions in the workplace, and there is no WCC.

[Translation via Google Translate]

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