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May 08, 2013 Letters
Dear Editor,
I’m writing about a situation which has now become unbearable at my place of work (Muneshwer’s Limited). Over the last three years that I have been employed with this company it wasn’t an easy going. Firstly, when coming for the job there are so many promises that are being made to you by the management but whilst on the job that is when you realise that all that glitters is not gold.
This company sells everything in terms of toiletries, hand sanitizers etc but every month the management will demand $ 300 from every staff members to go towards the purchasing of toilet paper and soap powder to wash hands, not hand sanitizers. As a result of washing hands with soap powder many staff members have developed a “ rash “ on their hands and they are not in a position to complain because there is a very senior management officer who will literally use indecent language to you and even threatened to fire you. We are being sent on our leave without any payments.
Our normal working hours are being changed, sometimes to facilitate the management. They will inform you the employees, who. knowing that you are already scheduled to be off by a certain hou, would have already made certain plans. When the management changes the normal working timing it places us the staff at a disadvantage.
I would be grateful if the Ministry of Labour can intervene and even talk with the employees on a one on one basis. I’m certain that they will be shocked about some of the revelations that will come out.
Working under these conditions is tantamount to modern day slavery but we need our jobs and because we have our financial obligations.
These injustices we cannot raise internally because of fear of victimisation or dismissal. That’s why your newspapers is chosen as a medium.
Randy Persaud
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