In a country with a gigantic construction boom, harboring thousands and thousands of construction workers without the right to create a labor union, this is so evident.
About 600 workers marched from their labour accommodation in Jebel Ali to Sheikh Zayed Road protesting against the deductions of food allowance from their meager salaries.
Their current wage is 1Dhs 470 a month and from that they are having Dhs 210 deducted for food supplied by the company.
We are talking about the laborers who toil under the heat of the desert sun for at least 10 hours per day; who are living in shabby quarters in far flung areas with conditions that are inhuman in normal standards. These are the laborers that make the plush buildings and making Dubai stand out from the rest of the world.
Every coin has its fine as well as its rusty side.
1Dhs 470 = US$127.80
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You said it well, girlfriend!
OH MY GOODNESS, that is borderline slavery!
ARE YOU SERIOUS (SORRY FOR SCREAMING OVER HERE)
That is unbelievable, I am appalled! Keep us posted on the results of this march!
Really grace? Guess what? laborers in the philippines are getting a minimum wage of P 352.00 per DAY in the NCR while in the provinces its more than 200 pesos but less than 250. Can’t believe how meager the laborers get in Dubai when in fact it has all the means to pay its laborers fair and square! So what happened to the march?
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