By Yoon Sat - Oct 04, 2024
It is learnt that workers from Golden Colour Fashion (Myanmar) garment factory which located at Industrial Zone 3, Mya Taung Wun Gyi U Mo Street, Insein Township, Yangon region didn’t get the pay raise the employer informed them in advanced.
“According to my knowledges, we were told that we will get pay raise in September and we will get paid 11,000 kyats per day including the subsidy. Workers are demanding for it after they didn’t get paid on this paid day. It was said since August,” said a person who is close to the workers.
The pay raised which covers 2,000 kyats subsidy and 11,000 kyats daily wages was promised in the meeting with all super and workers which was held on August 15. The all super even promised to raise the overtime fees.
It was said 30,000 kyats attendance bonus, 11,000 kyats daily wages, 3,300 kyats expert fees, daily fabric fee and annual fees would be cut for an absent. The workers had to finish the workloads which require 8 hours within 6 hours, searched strictly by the securities and allowed to use restrooms only by the card.
Workers tolerated the tightened rules due to the hope of pay raise but their expectations became false when the supervisor told them on October 3 which was 2 days before pay day that they would not get paid as promised.
“You will get paid 6,800 kyats. Complaint anywhere and we will resolve. We don’t afraid to be get arrested. If you satisfy, accept what u get paid and then continue to work and if not resign,” the super citied the words of the employer.
Workers submitted letter to workplace coordination committee regarding the employer’s failure to keep their words and workers are demanding the rights of negotiations as the employer didn’t allow them to discuss yet.
The STUM said that Golden Colour Fashion (Myanmar) actions which included exploitation, promising false incentive and labour right violations will be recorded and found justice.
The factory which is manufacturing KAPPA, MEDICINE and KoToN brand apparals is continuously violating overtime recruitments limits, rights to form associations and discriminating
