Workers of United Nations base at Entebbe, Uganda have organized a protest accusing the global institution of enslaving and exploiting them in their own country.
“We are not working today until the UN chief comes to address this issue,” one of the protesting workers said bitterly.
More than 120 protesting workers are attached to the cleaning department at the UN base. They are protesting the organisations’ decision to tender out cleaning services at the base to a Ugandan private company, which then cut their pay.
The workers told local press, “They told us they would tender cleaning services to a private company but it won’t affect our work. We were surprised when Safi Cleaners Limited, the new company reduced our pay from $283 per month to $48.”
The cleaning company is accused of not giving workers appointment letters, or medical insurance, saying that makes them slaves in their own country.
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