Taiwanese owned Adidas shoe provider refuses to reinstate dismissed staff

The Pou Chen Group is refusing to reinstate 26 staff at its Yangon manufacturing facility that produces sneakers for Adidas after they had been fired for protesting in opposition to their low pay.

The employees stated that the scenario stays unresolved regardless of them having negotiated for 2 months with the manufacturing facility, which is owned by the Taiwanese Pou Chen Company and and situated within the Thar Du Kan Industrial Zone, in Yangon’s Mingaladon Township

Employees’ rights activists and staff have additionally been in discussions with the Division of Labour, however as of 20 December there was nonetheless no decision, in response to a employee who spoke to Mizzima then.

In accordance with staff’ rights activists aiding the sacked manufacturing facility staff, manufacturing facility officers stated that they can’t re-appoint the sacked staff, however they can provide them three months’ severance pay. The sacked staff stated that they weren’t in search of severance pay and simply needed to be re-instated.

On 8 December the Division of Labour stated that the employees may file a lawsuit in opposition to the manufacturing facility in a civil court docket. however, in response to the rights activists the employees don’t wish to file a lawsuit as a result of they don’t imagine that they are going to obtain a good trial within the junta administered courts. Due to this, the employees at the moment are attempting to barter immediately with the manufacturing facility.

Employees who’ve been dismissed from the manufacturing facility are having difficulties discovering extra employment as employers don’t like to rent staff who’ve beforehand taken half in protests.

A employee who was fired stated: “I have not had a job for nearly two months now, so I want a job. Our negotiations with the employer weren’t fruitful.” They added: “We staged a peaceable protest as a result of our wages had been inadequate, due to that we had been sacked.”

In 2018 the Myanmar minimal each day wage was raised from 3,600 kyats a day to 4,800 kyats a day.

For the reason that February 2021 coup employers in Myanmar have ignored staff’ rights and a majority of staff have grow to be weak to exploitation.