This story really makes you think about the plight of the laborers here in this country and many other countries.
Because these laborers are un educated, are from poor back grounds, are basically poor from birth till they die, they get treated badly because they are afraid to say something and are used to be treated as s...t. Even in thier home countries! Tis is not right and something needs to be done.
Point 1.
Embassies should value their citizens more by inspecting the work conditions & living arangements. Do they do this? No! Look at the treatment some of the Asians get at their Embassies when they go there to get a new passport or for whatever reason. If the Embassy does not respect it's citizens why do you expect foreigners to respect them.
Point 2.
Companies should be obliged to provide their workers with decent living conditions. Owners of these companies should be aware of what their management is doing & hiding from them. But, unfortunately, most of the time the owners are not aware of what the mangement is doing, how they are cheating. They can't cheat the owner, so they have to cheat someone else. And who is easier to cheat, someone who can put you in jail (owner) or someone who is uneducated and afraid to say something (laborers)? So what I am trying to say is that the "middleman" should be watched and be made accounted for.
Point 3.
The governments should inspect these places. Not for living conditions only, but for sanitary & health issues. Penalise the companies that are not keeping up the standards.
Point 4.
Companies that do not pay the salaries of the laborers should have the names published in the newspapers and be put on a nation blacklist so that anyone of us needing a particular company we can check if they are ok or not and we would do business only with companies that are ok. You will see that as soon as they notice that business is going down because of non payment of salaries or for not having provided proper/decent living, they will change their attidude towards these problems, Cos they want the business! Doing business brings that money.
Do you agree? Can we do something on QL to set these things in motion? Start a petition?
This story really makes you think about the plight of the laborers here in this country and many other countries.
Because these laborers are un educated, are from poor back grounds, are basically poor from birth till they die, they get treated badly because they are afraid to say something and are used to be treated as s...t. Even in thier home countries! Tis is not right and something needs to be done.
Point 1.
Embassies should value their citizens more by inspecting the work conditions & living arangements. Do they do this? No! Look at the treatment some of the Asians get at their Embassies when they go there to get a new passport or for whatever reason. If the Embassy does not respect it's citizens why do you expect foreigners to respect them.
Point 2.
Companies should be obliged to provide their workers with decent living conditions. Owners of these companies should be aware of what their management is doing & hiding from them. But, unfortunately, most of the time the owners are not aware of what the mangement is doing, how they are cheating. They can't cheat the owner, so they have to cheat someone else. And who is easier to cheat, someone who can put you in jail (owner) or someone who is uneducated and afraid to say something (laborers)? So what I am trying to say is that the "middleman" should be watched and be made accounted for.
Point 3.
The governments should inspect these places. Not for living conditions only, but for sanitary & health issues. Penalise the companies that are not keeping up the standards.
Point 4.
Companies that do not pay the salaries of the laborers should have the names published in the newspapers and be put on a nation blacklist so that anyone of us needing a particular company we can check if they are ok or not and we would do business only with companies that are ok. You will see that as soon as they notice that business is going down because of non payment of salaries or for not having provided proper/decent living, they will change their attidude towards these problems, Cos they want the business! Doing business brings that money.
Do you agree? Can we do something on QL to set these things in motion? Start a petition?
Aisha-Taweela