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Chambermaids’ revolt aims to shame Spain’s rogue employers
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jul/15/spanish-hotel-cleaners-fightback-exploitation
This is a great example of how employers twist contracts. Governments stats show unemployment going down, which is true, but workers conditions are being lowered.
Chambermaids’ revolt aims to shame Spain’s rogue employers
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jul/15/spanish-hotel-cleaners-fightback-exploitation
This is a great example of how employers twist contracts. Governments stats show unemployment going down, which is true, but workers conditions are being lowered.
Under most convenios, the women are paid €1,200 (about £1,050) a month for a 40-hour week. Cruz explains that, while the outsourced contracts often appear to offer the same conditions, there is a catch: while the contracts specify a rate per six-hour shift, they also specify how many rooms have to be done in that time, on average between 25 and 30, which is not humanly possible. As a result, the women put in unpaid overtime in order to meet their quota, bringing their hourly rate down to €3 or €4.
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“If the women stick to their hours and don’t meet their room quota, they’re sacked. Most of the contracts are short-term, so they’re simply not renewed and the woman is blacklisted,” Cruz says.