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Traders hit by worker shortage as many take amnesty corridor
Traders who use dhows for their business said they are facing an acute shortage of workers to load and unload their goods as many of them have left under amnesty.
- By Sunita Menon, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:28 August 23, 2007
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
- Traders who spoke to Gulf News on condition of anonymity said unloading their goods used to take them a maximum of three days, but with the current shortage of manpower it takes them over five days.
Sharjah: Traders who use dhows for their business said they are facing an acute shortage of workers to load and unload their goods as many of them have left under amnesty.
These small traders usually employ workers from the open market and the majority of those hired are illegal workers who hang around at certain spots every morning to do such kind of jobs. The industry now needs to engage labourers with legal status.
Traders who spoke to Gulf News on condition of anonymity said unloading their goods used to take them a maximum of three days, but with the current shortage of manpower it takes them over five days.
Increase
A trader who runs a fodder business said workers have also increased their unloading fees. He said: "I used to pay 50 fils to a worker to unload a bag weighing 35 to 40 kgs, now they charge me Dh2 per bag."
Another trader said: "About 75 per cent of the workers who were engaged in loading and unloading shipment were all illegal.
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"The majority of them have left the country and the remaining are planning to go as well. Currently not even half of my consignment is unloaded."
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