Bagu-based Myanmar BAGO NTMODE Garment Co., Ltd factory employs many child laborers and violates the law by not [confirming] an employment agreement with the EC...the factory workers said.

"Currently, there are around 600 factory workers....Most of them are child workers...Some have been around for years...All are young children. Permanent workers are not appointed..." the factory workers said.

Those underage child laborers have to work on par with other workers and receive 4,800 kyats per day...

One of the day laborers said that they do not get the daily wage and the subsidy issued by the ministry...In addition, all workers, including day laborers working at the factory, are not entitled to benefits.

"[Day] workers are not allowed to go to work if there are people who come to inspect the factory...Factory workers don't know about casual leave...[b]ecause the factory does not give that permission. I only know about medical leave...No work permit is given...." He said.

The Myanmar BAGO NTMODE Garment Co., Ltd factory did not inform the workers of the overtime and did not arrange transportation in advance, the workers said, violating the EC contract.

One of the workers said that there is discrimination among the factory workers because the bonus is given only to the sewing workers in the factory and not to other departments.

"We have to work two hours overtime every day. There is no advance notice...There are only two ferries to Thanapin. The workers from Bagu have to come [to work] with their own plans..."

Pregnant workers are also forced to work on an equal basis with other workers...and the supervisors in the factory swear rudely...the workers said.

"Factory toilets are also unsafe...For drinking water, there is only one cup in one place. The clinic is a small room that is always closed...

The workers said that the factory's medical center is always closed without medicine and...preten[s] to be open...when there are inspectors, and because the WCC team [is pretending to be] formed, the workers said that they could not complain about labor rights violations...

[Translation via Google Translate]