New Coronary Pneumonia ︳ Cleaners get subsidies Government outsourcing the Insect Team: No need to forget it?

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Written by: Chen Shuxia

2020-05-04 00:01

Sister Ping, wearing yellow reflective clothing, labor gloves and hand sleeves, is a member of the government outsourcing "worm team". She sprays mosquito sand, places rat bait and picks up mice with a group of workers every day in the back corner of the city. The corpse, kept busy, contributed to the epidemic prevention.

As summer is approaching, she walks through the streets and alleys all day long, and after a while she is sweating heavily. In addition, she is surrounded by sewage, excreta and garbage, and Sister Ping needs to change three masks every day , No reworkers can stop. " She doesn't mind the hard work, "it's hard to get rid of it if it's too bad", and she doesn't turn a blind eye to the garbage on the roadside. "This is my responsibility." In the same way of cleaning Hong Kong, Sister Ping and the remaining 2,000 "Worm Rat Team" workers did not receive a monthly anti-epidemic allowance of $ 1,000 from the government to the cleaners, because their contract was a "worker".

Sister Ping didn't seem to have a taste for this. "We are all cleaners, but can we forget about us?"

Sister Ping lamented that the work of pest control also involves public health, but she did not benefit from the epidemic prevention and epidemic allowance, and felt unfair. (Photo by Chen Shuxia)

Mosquito and rodent control kicks in with the work of sweeping the streets in the back lane.

Sister Ping is an outsourced worker under the FEHD and she is responsible for the prevention and control of pests in Yau Tsim District. 9 hours of rework time per day, deducting 1 hour of meal clock, basically non-stop. Back lanes, roadsides and ditches are their "home ground". During their work, their eyes are busy looking for the traces of rats. Both hands put the mouse cage at the same time, leaning over to "hold the corpse" and fill the mouse hole. In addition to rodent control, sprinkling mosquito sand, clearing channels to remove stagnant water, and other anti-mosquito breeding are also key tasks in the near future. Although it is called "The Insect Team", it is separated from the cleaners, but it will also be cleaned when there is garbage. Sister Ping with a broom said, "It's all our responsibility."

In addition to the government outsourcing the "insect pest team" to carry out the pest and rodent control work, the rear lanes must also be kept clean, including the removal of garbage and the removal of stagnant water. (Photo by Chen Shuxia)

Rat corpses and feces frequently changed masks all over the place. The trick was: "I was shocked and the workers stopped

." There are many restaurants in Yau Tsim Mong District. Some of the rear lanes are dirty and sloppy. People are talking about shit and pee in the back lane. "The smelly smell came out. Although it was a habit, she also sighed:" It's not easy to wear a mask. "

It is even more difficult in the epidemic. Sister Ping has been in business since 2003 and has been in business for 17 years. After experiencing a SARS epidemic, she bluntly said, "The impact of this Zhongda University is so susceptible to bacteria." She is placed in a high-risk working environment. Sister Ping does not say that she is worried about the epidemic. "The most shocking is that it is in case of illness. "Why do you count?" So she didn't dare to relax. After work, she must wash her work clothes with disinfectant supplies, wash her hands, and change her masks. "Especially, my family starts to get hot. If I go back to work, I have to change the masks three times a day."

A review of the Legislative Council information shows that there are nearly 2,000 employees in the FEHD's pest control service providers. (Photo by Chen Shuxia)

However, the company only sent one mask per day. Sister Ping said that she could only throw herself on the mask and was even forced to suffer from expensive masks: "Hurry to use it, you must buy 250 mosquitoes." Sister Ping's monthly income is 9,500 yuan. She lamented that she purchased epidemic prevention supplies month after month, which greatly increased her expenses and her purse.

The anti-epidemic workers do n’t have any benefit from the epidemic prevention allowance. Sister Ping sighs that the unfair

government has been distributing allowances to the frontline cleaners in recent months. The grassroots workers who are at the forefront of the epidemic prevention include toilet clerk and security staff. However, insect exterminators like Sister Ping were excluded. "The company will not talk to us because the contract comes in. Our position is a general worker." After learning the news, she could not conceal her disappointment. I also feel unfair, "I have done a lot of hard work and I am not happy to be close. We are all cleaners at all."

Luo Peishan, Policy Research Officer of the Hong Kong Catholic Labor Affairs Committee, said that the nature of the work of the Insect Rat Team is no different from that of the cleaning workers. It also involves only about 2,000 people. He believes that the Hong Kong government is absolutely capable of bearing the financial responsibility, "but please do n’t take care of the buried channel. "The point is to distinguish between chemical friends?" She also mentioned that the FEHD's "Left Leakage" Insect Rodents Team is not the first time. It is only for service workers to have face masks, and it is hoped that the Department can follow suit and recover the allowance from the affected workers.

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A government spokesman replied that the FEHD ’s outsourcing contract for pest control mainly provided pest control services, so this arrangement was not included in the scope. Frontline workers employed by other contractors of cleansing service contracts, regardless of their job title, will receive the relevant allowance. The department has a monitoring mechanism. The contract manager will check the list of subsidy workers issued by the contractor and the attendance records of the workers in that month. If in doubt, all co-workers can check with the relevant contract manager.

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