By Yoon Satt - Apr 27, 2024
It is reported that workers who worked at factories and workshops at industrial zones, shops and other sectors didn’t come back to workplace since after the Thingyan holiday.
“Workers left the workplaces. They are thinking to work at foreign countries rather than here. The salary is low and no raises here. They only get paid 4,800 kyats here and they don’t want to work anymore with that amount. So that they are planning to go to abroad,” said a local labor activist.
Although they are many people who returned to the workplace most workers are planning to migrate due to low wages in the country. The raise of migration to work at foreign countries obviously increase due to lack of employment and political situations after the coup.
Furthermore, the Junta announcement that those who are over 18 years old to serve in the military force the youths to left the country including the factory workers.
“They attract workers with 3,000 kyats bonus per day if they came back after Thingyan. Actually its 30,000 kyats for 10 days. But many people are leaving with job or vocational visas. Those who already planned to leave the country didn’t find the bonus attractive and they don’t come back,” said a worker.
The workers who went back to their hometowns have concerns to continue working due to the news that 10 workers per factory have to serve in the military and their parents do not want them to continue working but to keep them under their guardianship.
“I won’t let my son go back. I want to keep him under my eyes. We would starve together even if it have to be. He has been working at a book factory in Yangon for 3 years. He get paid well before but not anymore due to lack of overtime. I just want him to be with me,” said a resident from a village from Yin Mar Pin District, Monywa Township.
The foreign embassies even had to implement strict regulations and process restrictions due to the large number of people waiting in line for visiting visas after the Junta’s conscription law began to be implemented.
Many people leave the country with vocational tours after Thingyan and male garment workers from Shwe Pyithar, Hlaing Thar Yar and Mingalar Done industrial zones have left their workplaces.
