Hey! I absolutely agree with you. They just come to Gulf for a good vacation.
Thank you for bringing it up - it is indeed a very grave issue. But can we do something about it?
The politicians in Goa have to do something for the people in Goa - Look at the low salary a Goan executive gets. It is sometimes lower then a housemaid in Gulf . But if a non-Goan or European is employed in Goa, he will get a salary 20 times higher and lots of allowances.
The salaries in the private sector in Goa have to be screened by the Government so that there is an end to exploitation of Goan private sector employees.
My maid is qualified up till - HSSC & a beauticians She was working as a sales girl for a while then she was a beautician. But, she came here to work here as a maid, though she had a job in Goa, her salary was less then half of what I pay her here. This is just one small example. There are so many Goans lost here like her - just because the Government does not look at the private sector employees. The private Employer in Goa will keep sucking their employees till this issue is taken up by some one.
The corporate guys in goa like Salgaonkar / Dempo / CMM / chowgule - have the best comforts at the cost of these poor people - who need to get something better in return for their sweat. There is a good scale only for Government Sector. Due to the Rane's rule for more than 15 years, every government office / institution you go - you will see only people from Sattari / Sanguem / Valpoi.
When I go to Goa - it is a sad sight to see well qualified people either jobless or working for peanuts - as there is no scale set for private sector jobs.
We should talk about the living conditions of our people then politics and language.
I never see the issue of private sector wages / wage scale raised. Can somebody do something about this issue through this forum so that we can help our people back in Goa?
I hope someone in this group will find this issue worth an excavation followed by a serious thought.
MARIA
