It is reported that labours are suffering from many rights violations in BOHUA Fashion factory which locates in Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone, Hlaing Thar Yar.
The factory is owned by Chinese national and operated by more than 300 workers manufacturing brands such as Sinsay, CROPP, P&VV and PROTECTION.
BOHUA Fashion Co.,ltd factory blatantly violates labor rights. Legal benefits such as medical leave are strictly forbidden by the HR and all supers with various reasons, the labours got cut for daily wages 5,600 MMK, Attendance Bonus 15,000 MMK and other grade fees if they miss for a day as they can’t take a leave.
"If we are asked for fabric good fabric as a whole line today (25) units, the next day is (30); If we get 35 units the next day, we are asked for 40 units the next day. They are taking far more than we can do," the labour informed.
Supers and leaders are threating and pressuring that labours who do not receive clothing records will not be paid a stipend (5,600 kyats). (4,800 kyats) and swear to the labours who don’t get the demands. The labours are sworn by using rude words daily and forcing 3 or 4 hours of overtime a day without informing in advanced.
The working hours start at 8:00 Am and not giving any break time from 12:30 after lunch to 20:30. Due to the lack of adequate food, they suffer from stomach aches, hunger, and health problems.In addition, there is no clinic inside the factory, and if the workers have dizziness and headache, if they go to ask for medicine, there super store said they don’t have and to buy from outside for the outside health issues.
Furthermore, the employer calls for overtime they wish without prior notice, lack of break time, not enough dining tables, pretend not knowing the labours needs, assign more than 50 labours as day labours. Day laborers were paid a wage of 4,800 kyats, labours who quit their jobs will only be paid 4,800 as the government has only officially state 4,800 kyats, so the workers who quit their jobs are not entitled to benefits, the Supercommittee said that too.
They said that they will pay 5,600 MMK for daily wages and highest grade wages but they pay like they wish to and the Chinese woman yells and scolds the labours too. The labours are pressured to work in other sections and having to work overtime for those sections too. They also have to work Overtime from Monday to Friday (8:30) to (9:30) and until the next morning in every Saturdays. The labours also suffer from health issues for overtime overloads.
The brands that are manufactured in the factory are taken as sub-orders from other factories, Sinsay and Protection from peach Garden factory near Shwe Pyi Thar, CROPP from JIANGSU SAINTY GLORIOUS TRADE CO,LDT factory and P&VV from a factory in South Dagon.
It is reported that the factory does not have a trade union, nor has the WCC been formed, so if the workers have any issues, there is no way to lead a discussion and negotiation.
Therefore, the labours have appealed to allow their medical and causal leaves which they are entitled to, not to let the Chinese woman to manage them directly, to ask their consent when calling overtime, not to pressure them if they refuse, not to discriminate, to assign the day labours as permanent after 3 months, to give daily wages and grade bonuses properly and to not call overtime for until morning.
