Some workers of Zoomlion have hit the streets demanding their unpaid salaries.
In a viral video that has been sighted by Happyghana.com, a group of women holding brooms, sweeping and cleaning essentials complained about the financial bondage they are in.
The leader of the group told the media that they are paid GH¢250 monthly and haven’t received any payment in the last 9 months.
”Two people are dead as I speak and we buried some last Saturday. We don’t get money to buy medication, we board cars to go to work. The money they give us is GH¢250 a month. So, when you do the calculations, a day is 8 cedis, it is not up to GH¢10. When we enter October then it means its ten months.”
“How do we take care of our children in school? How can we get money to buy medication when we are sick? We cannot work with our strength and die and leave our money behind.”
The leader of the group added that apart from their meagre salaries which are not paid on time, they are not given any other benefits like pension.
“The most painful part is that when the person is in service and dies, the company does not even contribute a dime towards the funeral of the person. We the leaders force the company to take the arears of the deceased and give it to his or her kids. Nobody gifts us anything. There is no allowance, nothing. Some of us have worked for 15 to 17years. We don’t have pension pay. We don’t have any health insurance. We don’t have any specific hospital for workers to visit when we are sick,” she added.