J&P workers in Oman say their situation is desperate
Resumo
Data informada: 11 Ago 2018
Localização: Arábia Saudita
Empresas
Joannou & Paraskevaides (J&P) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 5000
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Egipto , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Índia , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Nepal , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Paquistão , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Filipinas , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Sri Lanka , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Vietnã , Construção Civil , Gender not reported )Temas
Direito à Alimentação , Não renovação de vistos , Condições de vida precárias/inadequadas , Mobilidade restrita , Demissão , Saúde pessoal , Roubo de salários , Privação da liberdade de ir e virResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Resource Centre
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
J&P Overseas workers in Oman have appealed to the owners for their salaries, saying people could not pay for emergency medical procedures and others risked losing their homes because they were unable to pay their mortgages. In a letter sent earlier this month, workers at the construction company’s Oman branch said they have not been paid for three months and appealed to the Joannou and Paraskevaides families to put their differences aside and resolve the matter. “There are no words that can describe the scale of this human crisis suffered by the people who worked hard for the name of the company and have stood by and continue to stand by its side,” the letter said. An Indian man “is desperate” because he cannot pay for his wife to give birth, they said, while a second Indian national was begging for $500 to pay for his mother’s emergency surgery... The Oman branch employs 1,360 people whom also faced additional problems because the money the company paid for their food was meant to run out on Wednesday. The same went for the money that paid for the fuel to run the generators that provided power to the workers’ quarters and the site’s offices...