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CUBA
Cuban garbage collectors claim back pay
HAVANA, Cuba, September 28 (José
Antonio Fornaris, Cuba-Verdad / www.cubanet.org)
- Garbage collectors in 10 de Octubre municipality
are complaining that they have only been
paid 50% of their wages after hurricanes
Charley and Ivan.
The workers say municipal authorities promised
to pay all their wages after hurricane cleanup,
but now say that it's too much money.
One worker said there are more than 200
garbage workers involved in the dispute.
The average amount owed to each worker is
around 1,400 pesos, or a little more than
50 dollars.
"After Charley, they told us they
would pay whatever was necessary, but it
didn't happen. Then after Ivan they told
us this time it was for real and there would
be no problems with the money, but they
fooled us again," said one of the workers.
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