By Min Ni Kyaw - Mar 03, 2024
Workers from Myanmar solamoda Sunrun said they can’t go back home as they are recircuited for excessive overtime nearly every day. The workers have to sleep on the working desk in the factory with odor blankets. The factory is locates near Kyawl Da Nyin Kone village, City Bypass road, Bago Industrial Zone.
“The factory recircuits overtime until 11:00 p.m since December and workers don’t want to work due to security concerns these days. Furthermore, they are also forced to work until 3:00 am of Sunday after working the whole day in Saturday. The transportations arrived only at 5 and the workers who live far get back home at 7:00 am after taking the ride for more than an hour.
They provide only lunch on overtime days and there is no breakfast nor meal break from 12:30 to 18:30. They have to work from 7:00 am to 11 pm after working a half hour break. Some workers were in tears as some Chinese in the cavity verbally abused. The QC workers are also demoted to shaving department and some workers are also forced to leave without damages. The workers said they want the violations to get expose to public.
Myanmar solamoda Sunrun factory have 3 sub factories and the violations are occurring in No 3 sub factory which is from Bago. The factory mainly manufactured GU brand apparel but currently manufacturing other brands too.
