Resort workers dismissed on drug abuse charges were ‘key unionists’
14 Jun 2015, 5:00 PM
Ismail Humaam Hamid
Four resort workers were dismissed on June 6 from Alif Alif Atoll Kandholu resort on bogus drug abuse charges because of their work on a petition demanding a minimum wage, the Tourism Employees Association of the Madives (TEAM) has said.
“All four of the dismissed staff were key figures in gaining signatures for the TEAM petition. The resort wanted to dismiss them with any excuse they could find,” said the organization’s secretary general Mauroof Zaki.
The TEAM petition – signed by more than 5000 Maldivian resort workers – demands a US$600 minimum wage, the implementation of an eight percent quota for Maldivians in the resort sector and the equal distribution of service charge to all employees.
Police raided Kandholhu resort – owned by Universal Enterprises – after the management complained of staff using drugs on the island.
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