Few days ago, there were reports in media that Rohingyas and Bangladeshis were travelling to Kerala in large numbers. Why Kerala? Nobody asked why Kerala. In ‘90s,, a Bengali contractor told me,”The day we get a contract in Bengal, local comrade calls us for a meeting. He hands over a list of the members of his union, specifying number of workers we must hire. We contact those workers, and tell them that each day their wages will reach them in their homes, they must not come to the site ever. Because if they come, they won’t work themselves, and won’t allow the real labour to work either, whom we hire at half the rates.”
Leftism, Migration, And The Fate Of Civilisation
Leftism, Migration, And The Fate Of…
Leftism, Migration, And The Fate Of Civilisation
Few days ago, there were reports in media that Rohingyas and Bangladeshis were travelling to Kerala in large numbers. Why Kerala? Nobody asked why Kerala. In ‘90s,, a Bengali contractor told me,”The day we get a contract in Bengal, local comrade calls us for a meeting. He hands over a list of the members of his union, specifying number of workers we must hire. We contact those workers, and tell them that each day their wages will reach them in their homes, they must not come to the site ever. Because if they come, they won’t work themselves, and won’t allow the real labour to work either, whom we hire at half the rates.”