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far it goes to dump the waste but the waste is not environmentally dangerous according to thecompany.We heard complaints from the people of the nearby villages and especially from the islands.They complained that they have seen some dead dolphins and sharks which have their finschopped off. They also complain of seeing many sharks around their area, more than before theestablishment of the factory. The sharks come after the smell of the blood from the fish. It’s anissue for them and would love to give you some information on that if you can ask around.Helen: The fish meal which is made from the waste products of the fish off cuts is sent toAustralia. Before they are sent the Quality Assurance department inspects them before they areexported. That is same for the fish exported to Star Kiss.The company has a financial incentive for the employees as part of the NASFUND. They haveAON Savings of which 5.5 percent of it is deducted from our salaries and 7.7 percent are paidby the company. When you are retired or want to get your money from this savings, thecompany will get 25 percent of it and 75 percent of it will go to the employee.I don’t have a future with SST. I don’t want to work in the factory for many years because thereare better conditions and compensation (elsewhere). However, for me as a young girl, I want togain some work experience that I will need with SST. If I have a chance to be accepted foranother job I will definitely take it up.Edward: One thing. The men who work there drink a lot on their pay week. A lot of my coworkersdrink up their little money they get and live through the week on borrowed money orsurvive through their relatives.Regarding a future with SST, I have lots of potential and I moved up the ladder faster than Ithought, but I left. If they want to have a long term business operation here, then they shouldhave a Training and Localization Program, which they don’t have now. The trainers theyimported from the Philippines have yet to train anyone. Their duties and responsibilities are notvery clear cut and I don’t know what they are doing. But no job in the factory would be hard forany local to take over from those Filipinos.20.7.05. Elijah, 16 years old, from Village Neakambi in Sosaya District. I am working at theSouth Seas Tuna factory. I work in the CPF section, I normally work in the freezer sectionwhere I store fish in the freezer and send it out for steaming and to the loining. Do you have146
working gear? In my section I wear hand gloves, gum boots, and the overcoat. Some of the gearis shared between night shift and day shift, then some gear like hand gloves are rotting awaybecause too many people are using them. I was first working in the skinning section andreceived K68 for working 8 hour days in a fortnight. Then I was promoted to CPF section. Theskinning section is very easy and the CPF is very hard for me. Because the icy fish is veryheavy so I must force myself to carry it. To store different sized dfish in the freezer. Does thecompany provide transport for the workers? No, but a transport company is now used for theoffice workers, supervisors and security for drop off and pick up. How does your supervisortreat you? The supervisor used to tell everyone to stand and work fast then shout til the end ofthe day. The supervisors are Papua New Guinean, named Koni and Iva. We normally have abreak at lunch. I have to get permission to go to the toilet. The toilets are clean because theyhave someone looking after them. But the floors of the factory are slippery with dropped fishmeat and water.Jeffrey, 29 years old, works at fish meal section. Works 13 hours/day for fortnight and earnsK200, but less than that and he makes 150-180. “I feel that life is quite alright than beforebecause I can feed my wife and my three children but still it does not satisfy us because wecannot afford to have what we need.” I am doing very hard work with less payment. I used tomake the waste of the fish into chicken feed. By using chemicals. We export out product tooverseas countries like America and Japan. Who approves your product to export? A chickenfeed factory in Lae. 400 tons of fish are exported overseas (daily?). For one week, hundreds oftones of fish are “scan” in the factory (?) We export our product every month. In my section theplace is very stinking and smelly and no proper equipment like hand gloves and mask to wear.Betty, Kreer Masadani compound. Female, unmarried, 15 years, originally from Lumi in WSP/,living at Kreer masadani camp. My auntie put my name in SST and when my name appeared onthe board she told me and I started work at SST> Before working, we had an orientation andthen started working. Did your application form ask you about unions? No. I work in theskinning section. We wear a net, gown, but no gloves. New clothes. Do you have the use of thesafety equipment deducted from your pay? Yes. They deduct K39 for boot, but gown and netare free. My promised wage is K80 but I get K50 per fortnight. I don’t know if tax is deducted.The smell effects me, yes, the fiorst time I smelled it I vomited three times. We get 30 minutesfor lunch, but there are plenty of women and sometimes it takes us 15 or 10 minutes break. Weeat rice, banana, chicken, and a little greens. We use the same plate and spoon. How does theteam leader treat you? Before they forced us to work quickly but now they never do that. Didyou participate in the strike? No. They agreed to raise the pay, but asked the workers to be ontime. The factory wastes are put on a ship and dumped in the sea. Do you know of any wastesbeing dumped close to the shore or in the streams behind the factory? No.Lelita, married female, age 35, 4 children. I am from Kumnikum village in Wosera. Now livingat nuigo settlement. Before SST we earned money from gardening and marketing on the street. Iwould earn 20 to 25-30 day marketing. That would sort of satisfy my needs. My ward councilortook my name and gave it to Philomena Naura and then she interviewed me. Did you payanyone to register for work? No. Before working at SST we had an orientation meeting. I workin the loinery. We never wear gloves when working. The gowns and nets are new. We have theclothing deducted from our pay. Boots are K39, but nets and gowns are free. I earn K80 perfortnight, and if working extra hours its K94 or K97. I don’t know if tax is deducted. Before,they told us theyd provide transport, but they did nothing. The floor of the factory is clean. Ourlunch reak is 30 minutes. Typical lunch is 1/3 rice, kaukau, chicken and little greens. Yes Ismell the smell but not too much. How do the tea, leaders treat you? They force them to workquickly bu because of the strike they don’t force them any longer. The supervisors treat us good147
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This project adopted an open protoc
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public figures who had seen RD Tuna
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problems of the poor.’ He pledges
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scores of landowner groups who regi
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might say today. This is certainly
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During the 1950’s over 860,000 co
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meters out from its original size,
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never cleaned fish before, that was
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Finally, Honourable Ministers, Memb
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low income) will have an impact in
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