Home from Dubai for the Eid, employees ax SMS

Posted by admin | November 30, 2009 .

Meerut: When Sajid got permission to go home for Eid last week, he thought it would uiet spend a few days with his wife and two children before leaving his job in Dubai. But the celebration of the Festival quickly turned into a nightmare for Sajid. He and a dozen other workers in Meerut, who has worked in various units of tiles in Dubai, have been informed that an SMS rejected.

“ It was early morning when I received a text from my office, Al-Hamid, told me that I simply go back to Dubai. My contract expired and my work is finished. He says that my subscription to e-mail and my property be returned,''said Sajid.

The workers say at least 64 of them received no backlash in the affected area of Dubai pink slips through SMS messages. Most of them live in areas such as the Shalimar gardens, Gokalpur, Zaida Shahpeer Farms Gate in the city, and has worked in the manufacturing plants of tile manufacture.

“ We are working in Dubai, scheduled at any time. We have not received our salaries for the last four months, we decided to save money for our families, the United Arab Emirates. Our dreams destroyed now,''he said in tears Noor Mohammad Zaidi, who remains in force.

The workers said the SMS messages received by workers in several other buildings in the city, including Bulandshahr, is more shocking is that it came after several Indian ministers, including Finance Minister said the financial crisis, Dubai is very Indian workers. “ The ministers have spoken only of South India, in Dubai. Fully 30% of young people in our communities has gone to the Middle East over the past two years. Many of my friends are still firmly in Dubai. We do not know if it is paid. Our government should intervene and bring back,''said Asif Zaidi Farms.

These are interesting times, even for those without the bag. “ I still have my job. My office does not send a text message. But I am worried because he failed to contact them. I think that goes back to Dubai to Delhi and forget that it is rather to find a job,''said Javed Zaidi colony.

According to official estimates, in 2008, India received 43.5 billion dollars in remittances from those in the United Arab Emirates.

A total of 3.4 lakh new employees took jobs in 2008.

Sources in the administration of Meerut said monitoring the situation closely. “ We know people who work in Dubai. We understand their problems. We will work with the agencies of central government, when we know that the scope of the crisis, debate,''he told a group of senior officials of Meerut.

However, these words of comfort for Javed, a city worker was fed Gokalpur Meerut.

“ I want my salary. I hope the Government will ensure that we are willing to pay for the countless hours of work in Dubai,''he said.