Every time my wife and I go malling, I always see uniformed salesgirls standing behind counters—on high heels—for eight to nine hours each day. I ask them if they are even given a break. They tell me that sure, they are given a 30-minute break for lunch and an opportunity to go to the comfort room.
But, would you believe that they are required to stand up? They are not supposed to sit down—I’d say that’s violation of human rights.
It’s bad enough that contractualization is being practiced by mall owners nationwide. Sales people are hired as contract workers, paid minimum wages and are given no sick or vacation or maternity leave. They don’t even have 13th month pay.
Contractualization also means that these contract workers are replaced every five or six months to circumvent labor laws. No wonder there’s never a strike in those shopping malls —the workers are only contract workers.
I don’t know what the Labor Department and even the Commission on Human Rights are doing. I truly pity sales persons!
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
