Life’s realities

LIFE has been tough, we have been blessed with the many donors who came forward to boost our efforts assisting people affected by the pandemic.

All the memories sad, bad and good, I will never forget, they will live with me forever.

At a home of 18 people (siblings had moved in together to save on rent) also lives a deaf/mute young man. Probably in his late 20s.

This week, we travelled to people we look after and at his home, I asked for him.

I was told he had gone to town to look for work. Every day, he walks into town to look for work. His disability does not affect him in any way. Whatever money he brings home, even if it’s very little, he contributes to the food bill.

There are days he earns a bit more and on that day, he will treat himself to going by bus; if not, he just walks into town.

May God bless his heart and the people who employ this young man.

ALLEN LOCKINGTON

Kava Place, Lautoka breaches of collective agreement, nonadherence to Employment Laws, to name a few.

These actions are all unilaterally imposed without consideration of the workers’ rights.

Some employers are changing conditions such as no overtime pay, reduced hours, denial of the benefits as per provisions of CA but little we have seen where one has bothered to find ways to assist workers during the height of pandemic such as compensating the victims of COVID-19.

At that point where the workers sought relief from their employers, it was quick to say that it’s not part of the CA. So why the breach of CA now? Just imagining how the world of work operates!

I just wonder with the opening of dispute resolving machinery soon, many workers will find their way to mediation and other