Myanmar: Workers allege excessive overtime and health and safety issues at garment factory
Résumé
Date indiquée: 15 Aoû 2024
Lieu: Birmanie
Entreprises
Myanmar Haisheng - Supplier , Macron - Buyer , Terranova - Buyer , Alpen Group - Buyer , Topvalu Collection (part of AEON) - Former buyer , Teddy Group - BuyerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 300
Travailleurs: ( 300 - Lieu inconnu , Vêtements et textile , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Heures supplémentaires obligatoires , Intimidation et menaces , Liberté syndicaleRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par BHRRC
Affaire contenant la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: Myanmar Haisheng allegedly supplies to Alpen Group (for Tigora), Teddy Group (for Terranova), Macron, and AEON (for Topvalu); AEON provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre, stating it no longer sources from the factory. Alpen Group, Teddy Group and Macron did not.
Type de source: News outlet
"Myanmar Haisheng Fashion Clothes (Myanmar Haisheng) garment factory is working excessive overtime"
"When they came to inspect the factory, they asked the workers to lie. They could only work until 6 pm. They were told that they had leave. The overtime hours were from 7 pm to 10 pm, 12 am, and until dawn. They have been working for 6 months, 7 months, and until today. The people who came to inspect were not impartial. The factory also lied and asked them to answer, saying that there are still violations and workplace safety problems in the current workplace. The relevant adults also had to work overtime. The employer also said that nothing had happened and that they had to pay the relevant office," the worker said.
The factory has been closed for more than 2 years, and on July 31, 2024, the Labor News reported on the violations at the factory, and the employer calculated the workers' annual salary on August 1, 2024.
Then, in August On the 2nd, the relevant joint team came to inspect the factory and said that there were no violations of the factory rules because the workers were trained and pressured by the supervisor on the production line.
Currently, the workplace safety and workplace violations have not been reformed, and overtime has been made worse, from 7 pm to 10 pm, and from 12 pm to dawn, for 6 months, 7 months, and until today.
Myanmar Haisheng Fashion Clothes Factory .... has no union organization, but only a WCC formed by the employer.
The factory employs more than 300 workers, sewing children's raincoats, adult raincoats, and women's and men's suits, and sewing brands such as TOPVALU, TIGORA, TERRANOVA, and MACRON.
[Translation via Google Translate]