By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol ChronicleSome 120 Boholanos recruited as welders at the Hanjin Shipyard in Subic are complaining of unjust pay and are planning to walk out of their jobs to return home.
Twenty-one of the said workers have already returned here yesterday, a week after they were sent to Subic through the Bohol Employment and Placement Office (BEPO).
The BEPO office recruited 152 skilled Boholano workers for Hanjin Heavy Industries Ltd. which set up one of the country’s biggest dry docks at the Subic Bay Freeport Redondo Bay.
One of the recruits, working as a machine shop operator, spoke with the Chronicle by condition of anonymity, disclosing that the 120 welders were not informed by the BEPO of deductions on their P150 per day salary.
According to the source, welders have to undergo one month training at the shipyard at a daily rate of P150 which includes food allowance.
While under trainee, they were allegedly promised free board and lodging by Hanjin when they applied for employment at BEPO.
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