Md. Rasooldeen; 21/6/08
How much would you pay to get a $133-a-month job in a fast food restaurant in Saudi Arabia? A group of Indian workers say they paid Rs.100,000 (about $2,300) to a labor recruiter in Mumbai who promised them jobs as food preparers and cashiers in the Kingdom for $267 (SR1,000) a month. But when they arrived they were told they would be janitors earning SR500 a month ($133) because their salaries would be garnished to pay for the visas. The sponsor, they say, ignored the contract drawn up in Mumbai and dictated his own terms after the Indians arrived. “Back home we signed a contract for two years with the local agent in Mumbai for a monthly salary of SR800 ($213) plus SR200 ($53) for the food allowance,” one of the aggrieved workers told Arab News yesterday.
See; http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=111076&d=21&m=6&y=2008
Tags: Human Rights, Saudi Arabia, Workers