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FROM
CUBA
Dollar
incentives not paid to maritime workers
in Cuba
HAVANA, October 20 - Promised incentive
pay in dollars has not been paid to dock
workers in Havana for the last three months
because dock operators, administrators say,
they don't have convertible currency.
Last week, crane operators, stevedores,
and other port personnel refused to continue
working after their normal working hours,
and demanded their back pay as well as a
refreshment consisting of a ham sandwich
and soft drink, which used to be provided
to them and has been discontinued.
Administrators called workers into the
office and threatened to label them "not
trustworthy," which would turn them
into working non-persons in so far as the
government is the only employer in Cuba.
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