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– plead for pay before ChristmasSecurity guards attached to the Mahaicony Rice Mills Limited (MRL) outstation at Cane Grove,Wholesale Jerseys, East Coast Demerara have not been paid since January of this year.According to the guards, most of them have been employed at the outstation for more than five years and they are reluctant to leave the job as they are unsure about finding others easily.The guards are complaining that it has been extremely difficult for them to continue working,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, since they all have families to feed, bills to pay, and children to send to school.“It will be even sadder if we don’t get paid in time for Christmas. These people need to use their conscience,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” one guard told Kaieteur News yesterday.While this report seems to be a new occurrence, millers who operate under the MRL have been in the spotlight on countless occasions for failing to pay the farmers supplying them with paddy.MRL has in recent years been in a constant battle with both the government and rice farmers, for not paying the farmers who supply them with paddy,NFL Jerseys Paypal, on time. The company’s operating licence was even suspended at one time.During several addresses to the media, Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has singled out MRL, one of the largest companies with a chain of mills stretching across Guyana, warning that they pay farmers.He even referred to it as blatant advantage that farmers are not paid for their supply of paddy.Nonetheless,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, when contacted by Kaieteur News,Cheap NFL Jerseys, General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, said that while his association was able to advocate for the farmers to be paid, not much could have been done for the guards.“I told them to go to the Ministry of Labour. It’s only they could help them. GRPA can’t really do anything for them. We already ensured that the farmers were paid,” Seeraj said.Kaieteur News was unable to speak with the Chief Labour Officer to ascertain what action can be taken to assist the guards.The unpaid security guards are calling on the relevant authorities to look into their plight, especially in light of the approaching holiday season.“We are pleading with them to pay us.” |
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