"Sunrise Myanmar Fashion Garment Factory Wants Day Laborers with Full (3) Months of Experience to Be Legally Employed", 4 October 2024

...Sunrise Myanmar Fashion garment factory claims that day laborers with more than (3) months of experience and up to (6) months of experience are not appointed as permanent employees and are being subjected to violations.

The factory is located on Jade Road, Sadukan Industrial Zone (4), Shwe Pyi Thar Township, Yangon Region, and employs over (1,000) workers and produces [for] brands such as...CLOSSHI Biz.

“The working hours are from (8) am to (7) pm....When [we] were hired, they announced that they would pay (8,200) per day and other benefits. In fact, the daily wage is only (5,600). [We] have to work from Monday to Saturday. Half of Saturday is not paid overtime. Since [workers are] considered a[s] day laborer[s], there is no pay for Sunday. On other days, if you work overtime, you are paid (1400) per hour. The factory pays the existing workers (8200) kyats, regular wages, support wages, and overtime (1800) kyats. We have been working for more than (3) months, but we have not [been] hired [as] permanent employees,” said a day laborer.

There are nearly (60) day laborers in the factory. Since these day laborers...are not hired as permanent employees, the day laborers are deprived of their right to wages, leave benefits, and allowances...

...We are entitled to wages and other benefits like everyone else. But it is not possible. There is a labor coordination committee formed by the employer in the factory. But it does not solve anything about workers' rights. Even if there is a complaint, they side with the employer,” said a victim.

[Workers at] Sunrise Myanmar Fashion Garment Factory [are] demanding that day laborers be paid a daily wage of (8,200) kyats...that workers who have completed (3) months of service be appointed as permanent employees and given benefits, that the overtime pay for Saturday half-day work of day laborers be recalculated in the budget, that wages for Sunday holidays be paid, and that day laborers be issued pay slips when paying wages.

[Translation via Google Translate]