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Fragrant Harbour may become Stinky Harbour! Government owes janitors masks and wages & threatens layoff
(6 Feb) Among the labour sectors, the cleaning service industry is hit the hardest by the mask shortage. The Environmental Service Contractors Alliance (Hong Kong) said about 10% of firms in the industry had run out of masks. Some frontline workers even needed to re-use theirs for a few days and described the situation as “very critical.” The Alliance had already written requests to Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, earlier for allocating more masks. But no reply so far. Some outsourced contractors even said the Government had owed them wages for months. The Alliance warned the Government to immediately look at the problems of mask shortage and late payments. Otherwise, a “suspension of cleaning services would eventually commence.” Then Hong Kong [the Fragrant Harbour] would become the “Stinky Harbour.”
The Alliance comprises more than 3,000 firms, hiring about 250,000 frontline workers and contributing about 80% of the industry workforce. It provides cleaning services for streets, public toilets, shopping malls, parks and estates. It is estimated that each frontline worker needs at least one mask per day; and, for those of higher risks, 2 to 3 pieces. The entire industry will need 350,000 masks per day and approximately 2.5 million per week.
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Source: Apple Daily
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Fragrant Harbour may become Stinky Harbour! Government owes janitors masks and wages & threatens layoff
(6 Feb) Among the labour sectors, the cleaning service industry is hit the hardest by the mask shortage. The Environmental Service Contractors Alliance (Hong Kong) said about 10% of firms in the industry had run out of masks. Some frontline workers even needed to re-use theirs for a few days and described the situation as “very critical.” The Alliance had already written requests to Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, earlier for allocating more masks. But no reply so far. Some outsourced contractors even said the Government had owed them wages for months. The Alliance warned the Government to immediately look at the problems of mask shortage and late payments. Otherwise, a “suspension of cleaning services would eventually commence.” Then Hong Kong [the Fragrant Harbour] would become the “Stinky Harbour.”
The Alliance comprises more than 3,000 firms, hiring about 250,000 frontline workers and contributing about 80% of the industry workforce. It provides cleaning services for streets, public toilets, shopping malls, parks and estates. It is estimated that each frontline worker needs at least one mask per day; and, for those of higher risks, 2 to 3 pieces. The entire industry will need 350,000 masks per day and approximately 2.5 million per week.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Government-owes-janitors-masks-and-wages--threatens-layoff-02-09
Source: Apple Daily
https://bit.ly/2SA19Ql
#CleaningServiceIndustry #MaskShortage #OwedPayment #FailedState
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Government owes janitors masks and wages & threatens layoff
(6 Feb) Among the labour sectors, the cleaning service industry is hit the hardest by the mask shortage. The Environmental Service Contractors Alliance (Hong Kong) said about 10% of firms in the industry had run out of masks. Some frontline workers even needed…