Myanmar: labour rights protest quelled with intimidation
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- Jun 10, 2024
- Event Description
Kingsrich Myanmar Fashion garment factory workers in Shwepyitha Township held a protest on Monday calling for a daily wage increase. The Burma Army later quelled the protest. DVB was unable to confirm if arrests were made. “They asked who the leader of the protest was but everyone said it did not have one,” an anonymous source close to the workers told DVB. The garment factory produces clothing for Swedish fashion retailer H&M. Workers there report that they have been barred from forming a labor union. Negotiations between workers, factory management, and the Burma Army are underway.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association
- Labour rights
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- Labour rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 16.804645394354626
Longitude: 96.16096951841551
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 10 June 2024, labour rights defenders and Kingsrich Myanmar Fashion garment factory workers were quelled by the military for staging a protest demanding a salary rise, while being questioned about the protest leaders and barred from forming a labour union in Yangon, Myanmar.