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laois / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday September 22, 2005 21:02 by Mark C
From the newswire: €170,000 was the price paid for the house that I am living in, in a new development in Portlaoise. I am not happy to have discovered that European Union (Czech Republic) workers are being paid €3 an hour on the site. Recently my father bought a house at Fairgreen Village (a new post-modern living development) in Portlaoise. A woman that we know, who has been finding it very difficult to secure employment in Portlaoise, was offered a job (by another Eastern European person) cleaning out houses after they had been built, to get them ready for the purchasers to move in. She accepted the job and after the first day told me that she was being paid about €40 for ten hours’ work. This was on day one of the job. When I informed her that this was illegal and that we have minimum pay wage agreements, she told me that she knows but that is what Eastern European workers are paid, and must be satisfied with it. On the second day she was offered €20 for six hours work – a little more than €3 an hour. The woman refused to work for so little, but her friend stayed on. When the woman said that it was illegal, her would-be contractor (a woman from Latvia I think, who I presume to be sub-contracting from the developers, Owenass Developers) she was asked why is she looking for work since she is seeing an Irishman? UPDATE: Owenass Developers have met with Mark and have guaranteed that all workers employed directly by them are getting at least minimum wage and that they will make subcontractors sign a declaration to the same effect. Promoted HeadlinesUnprecedent Missile Attack by Iran on Israel in responnse to Assassination of Hasan Nasral... Tue Oct 01, 2024 Leader of Hizballah Hasan Nasrallah killed by Israeli airstrike in Beirut that killed many... Sat Sep 28, 2024 Julian Assange is finally free ! Tue Jun 25, 2024 Stand With Palestine: Workplace Day of Action on Naksa Day Thu May 30, 2024 It is Chemtrails Month and Time to Visit this Topic Thu May 30, 2024 |
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