Welcome from aggregate presentation of Labour news happened in July 2023.
Daw Khine Zar Aung, president of Myanmar Manufacturing and Industrial Workers Federation stated that there were no more social security benefits for Myanmar Labours from garment industrial since the coup.
"We were told to request the social security office from the factory side to get full salary for the leave. This must be an operating day to go. The office opening day is the same as factory’. So that the worker now has to take another leave to get paid for the day off. But the workers are under pressure for the day off. There are even factories that pressure you to resign if you want a leave." Daw Khaing Zar Aung said.
Currently, there is no leave with full wages. Also, having to work on off days. Several reports about pregnant women are being fired, discriminated and denied the benefits" said Daw Khaing Zar Aung.
The Office of the International Labor Organization (ILO) (Bangkok) issued a statement on July 7 that urged the Myanmar military authorities to release U Thet Hnin Aung, Secretary General of the Myanmar Federation of Industrial and Service Trade Unions, as soon as possible.
The STUM group, which supports labor affairs, continues to propose the minimum wage rate for local workers to be 10,000 kyats (ten thousand kyats) per day.
Labor advocates say that the minimum wage for workers really needs to be increased, and if not, the lives of workers will only deteriorate further.
The Ministry of Labor of the SAC announced on the Ministry's website on July 14 that the members of the trade union who demanded an increase in wages were not arrested, but interrogated for another matter.
The Ministry of Labor has issued a statement saying that there is no truth to what the Yangon office of the International Labor Organization (ILO) posted on social media about the arrest of union members and workers at the garment factory for demanding wage increases.
The arrest of the workers is not related to the provision No. 87, and not for demanding an increase in wages, but are being interrogated for other matters.
However, a total of 10 people which includes the 3 members of Action Labor Rights and the labour leaders of Sun Apparel Factory and Ho Saint Garment Factory, who led the demand for increased wages, were arrested by the police under the military council between July 14 and 17.
A case of A labour with more than 20 years of service who was illegally fired filed a lawsuit against his employer reached to the division level.
According to the Federation of Solidarity Unions (STUM), which supports that labour's issues, which he filed lawsuit upon the Pepsi factory officials for illegally firing, the division court heard the third trial on the morning of July 26, and ordered the district court to negotiate.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) announced on July 27 that workers in Myanmar are facing many difficulties and challenges due to the aftermath of the Covid-19 disaster and the 2021 military takeover.
These are the compilation of labour news from last July.
