Working Conditions: Textile Workers Are Exploited?

Working conditions accepted by the Bangladeshi workers who have been pissed off during the week : 60 hours of work per week for a salary of Rs 8 0 00 . The agreement was signed by the Minister Shakeel Mohamed , August 2. However, they could not get what was agreed at the end of the month.
Hence their decision to start a protest .
 But after inspections dormitories offered by the textile factory, Real Garments at La Tour Koenig , the officers of the department said they have found nothing to complain about. However, the Bangladeshi workers in this factory are well maintained to strike to warn about their conditions. "If they did, it is not of gaiety of heart " , said the union , Faizal Ally Beegum , who defended workers. He regrets that the authorities have deported some outright , while others simply preferred to go home. Yesterday, Saturday, September 7 , leMMM -MSM also denounced how to minister Mohamed on this issue. What is the reality of these textile workers ? Meet Chummun , 26, a Bangladeshi national . " Bizin gayn kas not. Lakoz pena ka vini Mauritius samem not ? "Said the worker on his way to his dorm at Belle Etoile. Clinging to its basics Creole Chummun tells us that the sum of Rs 1030 is the meal. " Pa 's salary ." For wages , " kapav gagne Rs 8900 ." But said the Bangladeshis, "mem Rs 10,000 pa ase . Mauritius all its shopping Boukou kas . " He also tells us , " bizin fer Boukou overtime ." An indication ? This can be an additional four hours per day . For a shift started at 8 am and finished at 16 h 45 . "Sunday pa travay . " In 26 years he has already spent two years with us.
Chummun signed for three years, to repeat the experience . " Ena Boukou Bangla dimoun vini isi " , driven by economic imperatives . The " lager lager " which saw some of his fellow prisoners this week Chummun is aware . This explains why he does not want to say too much . His fear is called "Office" . "Board" decides everything . "Board" decides its future. Ongalalaina , 22 years young Malagasy met fifteen minutes before his dorm , says his side she works 8 to 18 hours with , if necessary, an additional hour. Ongalalaina is paid by the piece , or Rs 12 a piece. All day she returns and folds . Its quota : 300 pieces the day.
After two years at this rate, it is his embarrassed smile that said his state of mind better. To the question will renew his contract as it glides : "It depends on life." In fact, the working conditions in the textile industry are regulated by the Remuneration ordersdatant 1984 . These provide a monthly salary of Rs 3965 per month for 45 hours of work per week, paid Rs 20.33 per hour. The minimum wage is applicable to both foreigners and Mauritians workers. Income that pave the way to abuse for hours. Thus the worker who wants to reach a decent wage is required to increase the hours of work.
One of the largest textile companies in the country has implemented a shift system that allows foreign workers to receive up to Rs 8300 per month. However, to get to this salary, the worker must provide 156 hours every two weeks , or 72 hours for the first week and 84 hours the second week . This is equivalent to six days of 12 consecutive hours , followed by a second week of seven days still rate 12 hours a day .
 The employee is found on average with two non-working Sundays per month. Making , ultimately, additional 132 hours per month , paid between 1.5 and 2 times the normal rate. The foreign worker has the right , contrary to his Mauritian counterpart , housing and two meals a day provided by the employer . In most cases, a cook is hired and the company gives him the ingredients for the daily meal.