From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1: Thanks to Jose Colaco for pointing out the obvious typo in my earlier
posting. I meant 1980s and not 1880s.
2: Horny old men aside, I think this proves my point that when us locals
cannot fill up a job vacancy we should not complain about outsiders taking
up the jobs we are not willing to do.
Dear Cecil,
It was obviously a typo ...no wonder the (:-)
re your second point (above)
Many nations who have Tourism as a major industry, have insisted on certain
Terms and Conditions for non-locals to open businesses in the land.
This is specially so in places which provide infrastructure such as Land,
Roads, Electricity, Telephones and WATER.
Those "Terms and Conditions for non-locals to open businesses " include
* Minimum Wage guidelines
* Sharing of gratuity
* Prevention of Sexual or other Work related harassment
* Benefits
* Training for managerial positions
* Timely promotions
etc
Wage can be a tricky item. It can even be a catch 22 item
But the fact remains that It is cheaper to get CHEAP labour from outside
Goa; even under aged labour to work in the restaurants and hotels in Goa.
I do not see the incentive for businesses in Goa to make an effort to employ
Goans.
So....as long as they can. Businesses are free to come and TAKE from the
local resources - without having to pay back anything to the community.
Sure ...they will promise employment at al ....WILL NOT happen unless the
structure is insisted upon by the State.
BTW: this is not only the situation in Goa ....please see attached from
Tehelka (needs subscription to read in full)
One does not need to reinvent the wheel.
regards
jc
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Long march of the alive and the dead
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main16.asp?filename=Cr012806Long_march.asp
The tribal regions forcibly occupied by big business in Orissa are turning
into a volcano.
Suddenly, all the simmering wounds of the past have resurfaced, and with it,
the militant protests of the marginalised.
Sixty years have gone by since independence but 1.5 lakh displaced people of
Orissa, victims of the various projects in the name of development, mostly
core industries and mining, dams and irrigation, are still awaiting justice.
The tribals have realised this the government has deliberately chosen to
provide maximum benefits to the industrialists, while dumping them in cold
blood. They feel betrayed.
In Gopalpur, the Tata project shut shop many years back, but the people have
neither got back their land nor the total compensation money that was
promised.
Years have gone by, yet the company has provided jobs to only 20 members of
20 families. They have sacrificed their land and livelihood but in return
they have turned into beggars.
Mass deforestation and mindless digging, construction etc, by the mining and
industry activities has destroyed the traditional adivasi life and their
ecology. But no one cares for their sentiments or their rights.
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