Woza ngoJuni 5, cishe abantu baseJamican abayi-10,000 bazobuthelwa ukusebenza emikhunjini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi phesheya kwezilwandle. Lesi simemezelo senziwa nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, u-HEEdmund Bartlett.
UBartlett, obekhuluma emcimbini obuseMontego Bay Convention Centre eSt James ngeledlule, uthe umkhankaso omkhulu wokuqasha uza ngesikhathi lapho umkhakha wezokuvakasha kanye nezokungcebeleka, ngokwengeza, ukhombisa izimpawu zokukhula futhi kuyinkomba ecacile yokuthi Abasebenzi baseJamaican babhekwa kahle emhlabeni jikelele.
I-Jamaica manje isiqhudelana namanye amazwe afana ne-Philippines ekwenzeni ukunambitheka okwengeziwe kwe-Jamaica. Ungqongqoshe efingqa
“Yinto enkulu kakhulu lena. Sikhuluma ngabapheki, ama-bellboys, abasebenza emagunjini… amatilosi ngokujwayelekile… cishe kunoma yimuphi umnyango.”
Inqubo yokuqasha izosingathwa abaqhubi bemigqa ye-cruise, futhi ama-Jamaican adinga kuphela irekhodi lamaphoyisa elihlanzekile kanye nomthethosivivinywa wezempilo ohlanzekile.
UBartlett wachaza: “Abasebenzi bethu baye bazihlukanisa kuyo yonke iminyango ongase uyicabange, futhi abanikazi bemikhumbi baye baqaphela. Okuhle kuseza ngoba uma nje umkhakha wezokungcebeleka usuvuleleka, uzobona kuqashwa abantu bakithi,”
I-Jamaica isaqhubeka nokuba yizwe elikhethwa kuqala njengoba ihlobene nokuqasha abasebenzi, yengeza ngokuthi "indlela yethu yokusebenza nokusebenza kwethu okumangalisayo kwaziwa kakhulu futhi kuyohlale kusinikeza lolo mngcele okhethekile noma yikuphi kulesi sifunda".