By Min Ni Kyaw - Feb 24, 2024
Workers from RAINBOWTEC MYANMAR Manufacture Co.Ltd which locates at U Htun Nyo street, Industrial zone (2), Yangon said that the factory officials denied their leaves and cut nealy 30,000 kyats of their wages.
“We are not entitled to any types of leaves. Daily wages 5,800 kyats, attendance bonus 20,000 kyats, fabric fee 4,000 kyats; a total of 29,800 kyats are cut,” said the workers.
The RAINBOWTEC MYANMAR Manufacture Co.Ltd is owned by a Chinese national with and employes more than 1,000 workers and manufacturing TORRINGTON brands. There are workers with slightly over 15 years old and the current problems are not having purified water and clean toilets.
“They don’t give a reason or inquire something if they want to dismiss. They just fire us illegally,” said a worker.
The workers are not told how much ticket fee they would got per fabric point and can’t ask about it too.
“Those who sew big points are paid lesser than those sew smaller ones. The supers give more to the workers who are comfortable with them. The supers give them the fabrics their sewing and they divide the salaries,” said a worker.
The ticket system should be transparent to the workers but the RAINBOWTEC MYANMAR garment factory officials do not follow it and exploiting the workers.
The workers have to sign a warning when they sew a qualitied failed fabric although they are carefully trying their best to manufacture qualified fabrics.
“The line 3, 7 and 11 supers are really rude and verbally abuse the workers while asking for fabric outputs. They publicly humiliated the workers that can only produce a little output and force them to do more,” said a worker.
They are not able to enjoy the full 30 minutes of dining time as the supers force them to finish quickly. In addition of seamstress works, the workers are being exploited by being assigned to do janitorial work only after the working hours (18:30)
The RAINBOWTEC MYANMAR Manufacture Co.Ltd workers said that they want to get assess to legal casual and medical leaves and their further requests are not to dismiss the workers illegally, the supers to not verbally abuse by name and not to assign janitorial works after the working hours.
