Remember those 300 firefighters who came to Canada to help fight the Great Justinian Fire of 2016, in a wonderful moment of international solidarity?
Well, there are gone. Apparently, Third World wages aren't good enough to fire a First World fire.
>After less than a week on the job, 300 South African firefighters in Alberta have gone on strike in a pay dispute. All of the firefighters have been “demobilized” since the strike, and some or all of them will be flown home, their managers say.
>At an impromptu meeting in the field, the crew of firefighters learned on Tuesday that their pay wouldn’t be $50 daily, as many believed, but only $15, with the remainder paid out once the firefighters returned home. A similar setup existed in the past when a smaller number of South African firefighters were deployed in Canada, and some South African firefighters contend they were never paid the balance of their wages when they returned home.
cbc.ca
>The firefighters became upset when a South African broadcast quoted Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper story that suggested they're being paid between $15 and $21 an hour.
In fact, their contract reveals they're only making $50 for a 12-hour day on a 14-day cycle.
Of that, only $15 a day is directly paid to the firefighters, with the balance to be paid within six months of their return to South Africa.
A South African government news release makes it clear the amount of $21 an hour quoted in the media is "incorrect and was never agreed to with anyone."
>It also states that what the firefighters make in Canada is on top of what they make at home.
>That ranges from about 2,400 rand a month (the equivalent of $170 Cdn) to 14,000 rand (about $1,200 Cdn) for a crew leader.
WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING, Sup Forums?
