Rose Hall sugar workers on strike over daily quotas
what we are saying, he coulda call us and tell us let the workers go to work and let’s talk,” he noted. “But he is not willing to talk to us, he just sit in his chair and do whatever he got to do,” he added. “This matter wouldn't a had to reach so far if he did agree to talk with us,” he added,
“If he was a smart manager, we could a make the day pay, but he is a sluggish manager waiting for things happen. We as reps always willing to talk with we managers them but he doesn't want to talk,” Munroe said, while noting that it is due to the manager's hesitation to meet with the harvesters and come up with a solution that they were left with no choice but to call for his removal. “This estate falling— we know it—but we need managers that willing to work along with we, so we can build it up again,” another harvester said.
Workers called for “proper communication between the workers and the managers” for problems to be solved at the estate. They said they understand the managers are working on cutting costs but questioned why workers were feeling the brunt of it. “Them managers living in compound, getting free current and everything. Why them ain’t cut cost there?” one aggrieved worker asked.