SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 5 (Juan Carlos Garcell, APLO) - How well workers in
the nickel industry in eastern Cuba eat depends on whether their employers have
their finances in order.
"We feel discriminated, because in the workers' dining halls some can
eat meat and others can't, depending on whether their units have outstanding
debts," said one worker who asked to remain anonymous.
Officials in charge of the dining halls confirmed that the food served the
workers depends on whether the units they work for have an outstanding
dollar-denominated debt.
"Workers whose units have paid their debt undoubtedly will eat better,
while those working for indebted units will get poor food. Those are the orders
from above," said one source.
The measure has provoked some protests and reportedly some workers are
refusing to eat at the dining halls. "This is punishing us for reasons
beyond our control. Why pay dues to the union if it does not defend us?"
said one worker.
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