THE DARK SIDE OF URBANIZATION-UNEMPLOYMENT
As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge-Julian Bond
This picture was taken on Independence Square right in front Royal Castle. It is a disturbing trend in Port-of-Spain as more and more buildings are posting job wanted signs. Why is this happening ? This is the question we must ask ourselves.There are still many citizens living in poverty in Trinidad and can not get the education they deserve although it is free. This is where culture comes into play, many of the females living in poverty believe that a husband and child is the answer however it simply creates a cycle of poverty instead of a way out and they completely disregard education.Additionally Trinis are lazy and they do not want to work hard for no "small pay" so they sit at home and be unemployed. Apart from the laziness many lower income persons are discriminated against when applying for a job if they are from Sealots for example as apposed to Maraval further driving the unemployment rate.
Furthermore university students are graduating and there are no new jobs being created to facilitate this so they are either over qualified for a cashier job at royal castle for example or under qualified as they do not have the experience and hence obtain a jobless title. A serious analysis needs to be conducted to address this problem so that a plausible solution could be put forward.
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"Trinis are lazy and they do not want to work hard for no "small pay" so they sit at home and be unemployed. "
ReplyDeleteWhat should we do abut this? Is it that they don't want to work and are lazy or are they unwilling to sell their labour for unfair wages? Do we need to lobby our politicians to increase minimum wage?
If the typical worker would have to work 1.5 hours to buy a KFC two-piece is that a good wage? If they have to work an hour to buy a cappuccino at Rituals, is that a good rate of pay? How do you value your labour?
How do we know that Sealots folks are discriminated against and they are not discriminated against for having no experience, not presenting themselves well, or any other traits on a long list of personal attributes? While we may think and hear this anecdotally, we don't have an employers' perceptions here, and we shouldn't reproduce this. It doesn't mean we can't say it, but how about including some references or links to media or other blogs to help your reader with context?
I love this idea of this post! -- great photo.