"Full Rong factory forced to work day and night without giving break time. Super threatened to ignore the measure", 28 June 2024

At the Full Rong Garment Factory in Shwe Lin Van Industrial Zone, workers say they are being forced to work day and night without a day off.

In June, the factory workers said that they were forced to work until 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, and were forced to return to work the next day at 7:15 a.m. on Sunday...

He said that on June 16th and 23rd, he had to work without a break, and he had to work without a day off for two weeks.

Workers at the Full Rong factory also said that they have been forced to work overtime on Sunday every two weeks for the past few months. In addition, they say that workers' health is being affected because they have to work until midnight every two days...

"There are people who fell asleep and hit their heads with machines while falling asleep," said a worker.

The workers said that because the evening overtime wages were not paid immediately but were paid along with the salary, the workers were facing financial difficulties. In addition, one of the workers said that because the factory officials threaten those who do not work overtime, the workers are forced to work against their will.

"...When I didn't go down [for overtime on Sunday], the super[visor] called me and said that [they] would cut 20,000 from my salary...The cut money can buy 4 tons of rice. That's why the workers are suffering from poor health," said one of the workers...

One of the workers explained that even though they were given half an hour for lunch, they were asked to get up 15 minutes early in the morning and leave 15 minutes late in the evening, so they were not paid for that half hour...

The Full Rong factory...employs around 500 workers. The workers said that there are 5 machine lines in the factory and there are no trade unions or WCC groups.

[Translation via Google Translate]