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The Chinese at Bai Shan Lin treat Guyanese with disrespect

Dec 28, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am asking you to speak to the.Chinese at Bai Shan Lin to treat Guyanese with respect and decency.
The Chinese are in the habit of insulting the Guyanese, especially when they have to receive the salaries that they work very hard for. When we were employed by the Human Resources Manager Mr. Ali, he told us we have to live in at Linden, since that is where the work is. He told us the company will provide meals and accommodation for us. Sir, every week we have to beg for money to buy food stuff. We had to sleep in the trucks because they tell us that if anything is lost from the trucks we will have to pay back for it. Editor, the place where we sleep is worse than a pig pen with no mattresses.
What is going on here is like the days of slavery, when workers had no rights and no voice, because what the Chinese tell you to do you have to do or else they tell you go home and they hold up your salary. Every month we have to beg for our hard earned money. Sometimes we had to sit and cry because our families are straying and the Chinese are saying no pay no pay then they would add on more work for you to do that is not your normal work.
Editor, we are drivers driving these big log trucks with no porters this is a breach of the laws. We have to wash and service these trucks. Sometimes the trucks have problems and the Chinese would say ‘go work, fix later.’ This is big risk for the drivers. The police would stop us many times and when they see these problems, they would want to take us to the station and lock us up so we have to take out money from our own pockets and give it to them just not to get lock up and to continue work because if you don’t work you don’t get pay. We are told that e will get one weekend off every month to go home, but this is not so, because the manager tells us if we go home they will find other people to drive the trucks and when we come back we wouldn’t have any work also when we do get to go home they would hold back half a month’s salary so we have to return back. If anything is broke or damaged, they would deduct it from we salary.
What we understand is that even the Guyanese who are managers in senior positions are being disrespected by the Chinese.
Editor, the Chinese have meetings every month where their matters and concerns are addressed, but the Guyanese do not have any meetings to discuss their problems.
Editor, I am asking you to investigate this matter and help the Guyanese workers and ensure the Chinese work according to the laws and respect Guyanese workers.
Concerned Worker.

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