By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson)
Over 15 aggrieved workers of a leading
business enterprise in Makeni Pee Cee and Sons situated along Kojo Street in
Makeni, Bombali District Northern Sierra Leone has in the early morning of
yesterday, 19th June 2019 took to a peaceful demonstration against
the Manager of Pee Cee and Sons Enterprise; DEEPERK Wagwanie.
Leaders of the aggrieved
workers revealed to Northern Times that they unanimously agreed to embark on a
peaceful seat down demonstration against the manager and the enterprise by
extension for working with them for over 24-30 Months ago with no contract
binding them and their employer, for over using them at work from 7am -3pm
daily as the case may be, for the use of abusive languages against them on
regular basis by the said Manager DEEPERK Wagwanie, for failing to provide
safety gears for cold-room workers, for recent action meted against a co-worker of theirs that was allegedly slapped
by the Pee Cee & Sons Manager in Makeni DEEPERK Wagwanie some amongst the
many reason that have led to demonstration they narrated.
They further revealed that as
part of their demonstration plan, Shops and Gates of Pee Cee & Sons in
Makeni are must not be opened be should remain closed down until their call and
cries to the public and appropriate authorities for an urgent interventions to
listen to and amicably settle their mass requests for better conditions of
working Services they emphasized.
At around 8:45am to 11:58am a
police team headed by the Head of Community Policing at the Rogbaneh Division
Inspector Dao and other top ranked Police Officers in Makeni intervened
promptly and engaged on a mediation discussion that comprises of the Manger of
Pee Cee & Sons Makeni, his workers, and selected representatives of the
aggrieved workers.
Both the Manager of Pee Cee and
Sons Enterprise; DEEPERK Wagwanie and his Public Relations Officer have
remained tight lipped to respond to the concerns raised by the workers who are
dominantly law abiding Youthful Sierra Leoneans with a lot of potentials to
build a more peaceful, progressive nation calling on fellow countrymen and
Human Right Organisations to protect them from the shackles of a set of Foreign Nationals who are seemingly
violating the rights of these set of youths, beaching the country’s labor
laws, boycotting NASSIT and other Employers-Employees related taxes that would
had added more flesh to our beloved country’s consolidated revenue funds to
help boost our nation’s economy.
This medium will continue
the facts tracing on this matter and bring further revelations of gathered
facts that are news worthy on our subsequent editions.
To be continued…
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