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"HUNGER CREATES HISTORY, HUNGER DESTROYS HISTOR" Jean-Paul Sartre. French Philosopher.
Greetings of Human Rights Days! Workers Rights are Human Rights!!
Thank you for your Support, Thought and Action for our First Action Alert (http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@goanet.org/msg18440.html)to demand justice for Albert Rodrigues.
A Britist corporate Travelpack office in Goa has continued his salary deduction in to the second month. Total amount deduction have reached to Rs. 930/- ( Nine Hundred and Thirty only).
we repeat to refreash memory:-
The cost of living table explains the daily expense as per the price rise.
Breakfast-- 30/- lunch---50/- dinner---50/- transport---30/- personal saving---30/- total--200/-
Rs. 6000/- per month. His monthly salary is Rs. 3380/- under paid by 2440/-
Besides financial loss to Albert Rodrigues, the agony of going through mental torcher is intense. How can you measure damage caused to his psyche due to company's arrogance? Will it be in thousands, millions or billions of Pounds?
Travelpack must pay up these damages.
Since libertion of Goa. There is on going transformation of different sectors. From Natural Economy it is moving to market economy-- to the ruin of common people.
In capitalist system transaction is in cash. So notes and coins are rulers of the world. Inflation is its loyal companion.
Goa being publicized by the "hippies" in late sixties-- after Vietnam War. Now it is world famous tourist destination. It is popular among domestic as well as foreign tourist who comes in search of Sun Sea and Sand.
Now let us see who is benifiting through this tourism industry.
There were locals who had built small Guest Houses attached with Restaurants, some have invested in purchasing vehicles taxis or motor bikes and they were having a pleasent and economically rewarding summers. But ever since corporate intrusion in Goa's Tourism Business they have suffered.
The main objective of corporate is to maximise [profit] to their accounts-- even at the cost of eliminating small businesses and exploiting workers.
Same is the case of Transnational Leisure corporate Travelpack. They are middle person in charter flight operation and stay providers. whos Head office is in U.K. with number of outlets in India, U.K and U.S.A. choosing Goa as a Hub of entire operation.
There are approximately 135 employees employed in Travelpack Goa office. Because of rise in advance technology all these workers are selling their brains and expertise which they have gained from different Universities including Goa University. This is boon for corporates in maximising their profits.
Taking the case of 135 employees who work on all odd shifts. This indicates that they are willing to WORK to satisfy their 'Hunger'. Life of 135 workers is nothing less then dead-well. They work as per U.K. timing (what is day in India is night in U.K. and vice-versa). These 135 workers kill their sleep by sitting in a dark room to maximise corporate profits.
For uneducated person there is a requirement of Rs. 6000/- per month. But the case is exactly reverse. These University degree holders are being paid Rs. 3500/- per month.
Dress code is long sleve formal shirt, formal pant and a long rope fastened round the neck called "Tie". All these companies requirement is at the workers own cost. For food, transportation and little saving one require Rs. 6000/- per month as per todays cost of living.
Every moment there is a cry of 135 employees. there is no social life for workers, there is no health care fascilities, there is no Bonus.
one cannot attend any personal phone calls, one cannot leave their chair and table, cannot even turn their necks as there are -cameras installed which kills the liberty of workers - In Democratic Country-India. No one knows where the front screens of the installed cameras are located- whether on planet Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto or even Mercury- perhaps only Sun knows!!
Thanks to ruthless exploitation, these University educated workers voice only one slogan "Advanced Technology is good because it is maximising profit of corporate and Jail for Working class!"
Though India has got Independence from British colonial rule, but it is invisibly looted by U.K., U.S corporates in the name of Outsourcing.
Workers have began to create History and Destory History. In the same fashion as that of East India Company few centuries ago.
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