By Min Ni Kyaw - Mar 06, 2024
Workers from Jiashihao (Myanmar) factory explained their damages as the factory does not allow the workers who returned home to issue salary with someone on behalf of the workers. And workers who resigned are also allowed to take the salary by their selves only 10 days after of a month and workers are having damages for these facts/
“We lost 2 lakhs as we have to get wages for 15 days and there are 40 people who resigned in February and the total wages may be around 80 lakhs. It is not a small amount for the factory and also a valuable amount for us. It would cover our travel expenses and we can gift our family if we get more,” said a worker who resigned from Jiashihao garment factory.
Resigned workers are now at their home town and not being easy to come back to Yangon due to the investigations around the way and an labor activist said that workers can report to Department of Factory and General Labor Law Inspection regarding issuing the salary with representative.
“Department of Factory and General Labor Law Inspection is responsible for the wages, so that workers could report to them. There were help in previous months regarding the matters with the copies of IDs. If it doesn’t help, they could seek for help from the lawyers who are helping. The amount is quite large so that they should,” said the activist.
The workers resigned from the factory in the mid of February after the military service law came out, confirmed by a worker from Jiashihao (Myanmar) factory. Most workers who went back to home town are female workers.
“I just arrived back fortunately as I was not arrested and not died yet, our houses told us to came back because of the conscription news in Yangon, so that us, who want to go back home went back together,” said the worker.
Jiashihao (Myanmar) factory is recircuiting 500 workers as many workers had resigned and a worker said there are discriminations in the factory and they don’t get access to casual and seniority leaves.
“Only those who are confident with the superiors get leave and the others don’t. Seniority leaves are also refused as they told that they have already given the equivalent money for it,” said the worker.
The Jisashihao (Myanmar) Limited garment factory locates at Khyay Street, Industrial Zone (1), Shwe Pyi Thar Township, Yangon division and operating with around 1,200 workers and manufacturing ZARA, LIDL, NEW WAY, GINA, JABP and OTTO brand fabrics.
