In order to compensate 178 workers and pay the withstanding salaries, the Taiwanese-owned UniPolar factory based in Myanmar will be up for auction on June 29. The decision has come post the workers of the garment facility filed a complaint with the local authorities against the owner of the company, who has reportedly been missing since the whole episode came into the picture.
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“The factory owner didn’t pay salaries for the month of May and then went back home. So we had to seal off his factory according to the law,” said U Kyaw Kyaw Tun, Head of Yangon Region factories and Labour Laws Department.
Additionally, U Chit Paw, Head of Township Department of Factories and Labour Laws has stated confirmed that the factory owner has managed to run away, but he still owes a debt of K 36 million as rent of the factory.
This particular incident highlights the struggle of Myanmar’s textile and garment workers. The UniPolar factory has been in operation since past two years, but still there are reports stating that the factory may not have been officially registered or licenced.
