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Wura replied on Wed, 07/17/2013 – 12:49 Permalink
The experiences of workers in factories of all sort, foreign production plants and factories or at least does that carter to foreign companies is appalling! the stories here have really struck a nerve with me. Imagine working in an unsafe environment that could collapse at any minute, while in some cities lives are not lost yet, it really does not have to get to that extent for intervention. Unions are one thing but really overworked employee do not have the time, underpaid employees may not be able to afford union fees at the end of the day though it is a step in the right direction. What is imperative is for governments to try to monitor these so called foreign investments in their countries. A company restricting union formation or membership of its employees is likely violating Labour laws. The citizens are supposed to benefit from foreign investments in the countries, not just the economy and said firms. Its time to review investments policies and monitoring and evaluation, at least from time to time to see who is abiding the law, might sound like a long stretch but slow and steady wins the race. Workers have died in Lagos and Bangladeshi from unsafe working environments, that at least has to take priority for intervention and investigation of such firms where this occurs. FDI is great! it just needs to be better sanctioned, fines for companies without union member work force, periodic check of safety violations etc.