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Re: Air France Diversion
[Re: RonDon]
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07/01/2020 03:27 PM
07/01/2020 03:27 PM
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is this link at PJIA? Noticed no-one wearing face masks. Yes.
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Re: Air France Diversion
[Re: GaKaye]
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07/01/2020 06:55 PM
07/01/2020 06:55 PM
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I couldn't understand anything being said or shouted. What are they protesting against? What are their demands? I think airport workers have not been paid since Irma so they're refusing to work until that is settled. There were two videos. First I didn't understand at all. Second one had a lady claiming to speak for all and I understood little except "we all have mouths to feed..." Near end of that video a gentleman came forward and spoke to someone off camera and said something like if the people don't get paid they will not work. He said airport will open Thursday but close again if the meeting on Friday is not satisfactory to the workers and stay closed until payments are made.
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Re: Air France Diversion
[Re: GaKaye]
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07/01/2020 08:14 PM
07/01/2020 08:14 PM
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Agreed, there is no WAY the airport workers have not been paid since Irma. The Dutch have demanded salary reductions for a bunch of SXM government workers in exchange for the latest amount of aid, so that is probably it.
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Re: Air France Diversion
[Re: PelicanPirate]
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07/02/2020 08:26 AM
07/02/2020 08:26 AM
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The airport could be the tip of the iceberg for entities on island strapped for operating cash.
Looks like someone might have to find some dough to pay these folks. My personal guess is that most entities on the island are strapped for cash at this point. Not sure how one finds "dough to pay these folks" when there has been no dough coming in for 4 months.
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Re: Air France Diversion
[Re: Kennys]
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07/02/2020 09:06 AM
07/02/2020 09:06 AM
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Lesley--so what are we talking here? Were they not paid at all for months, did they get less pay? For some reason, I haven't heard about this before.
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Re: Air France Diversion
[Re: Kennys]
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07/02/2020 10:10 AM
07/02/2020 10:10 AM
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Back pay is the problem since Irma. Thanks Leslie for confirming I did understand that video correctly.
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Re: Air France Diversion
[Re: BeachKitten]
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07/02/2020 01:11 PM
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Again, how MUCH back pay? I really doubt they have been paid NOTHING since Irma. That makes no sense. Nobody does that, works for 2.5 years with no pay. That's silly.
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