Quid pro quo?

[Tuff Gong]

Guardsman Ltd. to replace Port Security Corp guards

The National Workers Union (NWU) is calling on the Transport Minister to explain why nearly 30 security guards employed to the state run Port Security Corp are being replaced by guards employed to Guardsman Limited.
Speaking with the RJR News Centre Friday, NWU President, Vincent Morrison, said he was informed Friday morning that the Government has entered into a contract with the company.

He says this will cause nearly 30 workers to lose their jobs.

The NWU President is expressing outrage at the development and is indicating that the move could result in problems at the Norman Manley International Airport come Monday.

http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story.php?category=0&story=34336

The Answer:



Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who yesterday marked her first year in office as head of the government, gets a kiss from Kenny Benjamin, chairman of the Guardsman Group, at a luncheon at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. At right is Chris Zacca, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html...FIRST_YEAR_.asp

[johnnycakes]

Re: Quid pro quo?

Good point Tuffy,
it's called privatization.
They farmed out the security job to a private firm who will do it for less money than the government could do it because the private firm doesn't pay as well, doesn't provide any of the government benefits.
It's a loss for the workers as is usual when privatization takes place.


The Observer article states the obvious. Portia Simpson is putting a lot of resources into the punitive end nof crime and not enough into the things that cause crime which are poverty related. These are much the same policies as put into practice in the U.S during the Reagan years. Lots of poor young people wound up in jail for smoking a spliff and little or nothing was done to alleviate the joblessness and depsair at the lower levels of the economy.

Interesting. The United States is the richest country in the world. Jamaica is poor.
The policies are the same.
The results predictably bill be the same.

NO CHANGE.

[Sinco01]

Re: Quid pro quo?

in the mean time 30 people lose dem work ..

hopefully dem wont turn to a life of crime to support dem family