quote:Yes, under the PPP there has been a lot of progress, some progress was made under the PNC too. But this progress under the PPP, asj, does not reach the working people sufficiently.
Please see:
School cleaners protest US$79 salary
Written by Denis Scott Chabrol Thursday, 01 September 2011 12:11
Hello Gerhard,
SCHOOL CLEANERS CONTRACT:
My understanding is that the Government contracts out school cleaning chores to contractors, and in turn contractors then employed their own workers to do the cleaning at an agreeable wage/salary before accepting the job. Sometimes I did understand that workers were paid for amount of square feet/and or rooms cleaned as per contract. Now if the Contractors is underpaying its employees and not providing them with benifits then my friend, it is a job for those concerned to change the system,
but I would not shared out blames towards the PPP/C.
I can understand that contracts are being given out on a bidding process......and the lowest bidder gets the contract.....and in order for him/her to accrue a profit for that contract then, he/she has to pay his/her workers accordingly.
Mind you, I am not saying or implying that paying wages below the minimum standard is right, but what I am saying is that an overall look into the system and see where we can improve for the betterment, is the correct way to go.
There are schools in different parts of the world where the same problem exits re: the following is one example: http://unitedvoice.org.au/file...report-FA-screen.pdf
I do hope that we can see a promise by the authorities to revise wages of school cleaners.
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