Slavery or Worse?

raihanraihan SG

wow such things still happen!

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From: locky2ky 02:24
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Would anyone believe there's slavery in the supposed 1st world economy Singapore?

Well, there's and even worse.

There's a group of people who have to work 7 to 8 hours for their masters for nothing everyday. What's worse than slavery is that they even have to pay their masters when they couldn't work!

These are the cabbies.

Typically, a taxi driver without any partner will have to drive for 7 to 8 hours each day to pay for the taxi rental. Only thereafter, when he is all tired out with productivity dropped, is he able to drive to get some income for himself.

When he falls ill and couldn't drive, he still has to pay the taxi company the cab rental.

Understandably, as a slave he has no welfare or any medical benefits.

He is also expected to perform the extra duties of people like porter, medics, etc with no additional charge.

When the big and rich airline companies were allowed to impose fuel surcharge during the oil hike, the slave had to absord the extra cost.

So folks, if this isn't slavery, then what else is?

Maybe it could be "mafiaism"?

burntan SG

Then don't be a taxi driver lah.
When there are lack of taxi drivers, then the power will goes back to the taxi drivers.

Qitai SG

What else

+1 Mr. Green

01024G SG

Life is like that.

As a relief driver, if my father could not work because of some reasons, he would still have to pay his hirer half the rental which is half the amount of money he has to pay his hirer per day if he work.

The Barracuda SG

Slavery is involuntary servitude, enforced by violence or by other methods. It is sometimes an expectation associated with other relationships, such as marriage and other family relations, military service, or debt relationships. See debt slavery.

Unfree labour is a generic term which includes all forms of slavery and similar labour systems, including serfdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery

paperchicken SG

+2 Rolling Eyes

Typhoon SG

If anybody should be considered slaves, it should be the Indon and Fillipino maids.

the.raven SG

what? this evil shall not go unpunished, terrible hamster justice shall be unleashed upon all the evil doers. Go for the eyes boo, GO FOR THE EYES, ARGH!!!

01024G SG

Some of them have too little education and are in their 40s and 50s, who would want to hire them?

ShutterBug SG

It is in fact, fast becoming commonplace, to find taxi drivers who were formerly General Managers, Engineers/Technicians armed with Degree, and oodles of former Managers. So, what lack of education?

The old and illiterate cabbies, are fast becoming extinct.

shade343 SG

Why do you compare a taxi driver to that of a slave? Its an insult to taxi drivers. Being a taxi driver is like being an entrepreneur. In buisness, there is bound to be losses arising from poor sales and stiff competition. If a taxi driver has been consistently losing money, I believe it would be wise of the taxi driver to either devise a strategy or adapt to the competitive environment of the buisness. If the taxi driver is unable to do any of the following, then it would be wise for him to withdraw from the buisness and call it a day. Slavery and Buisness are two different subjects.

paperchicken SG

http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=85173

How come raihanraihan still want to be taxi driver ? Rolling Eyes

raihanraihan SG

I’m a satay man not taxi driver!

Prodigy SG

Laughing

robertteh SG

Even if these people have received more education, I wonder what difference will it make to their lives.

There are many people who already received higher educations looking for jobs which are lowly paid. Will they be doing only paper chase in today's job market.

Government's education and workers' training policies and approaches are too general and aimless. Idea Idea Idea