140 ?! WHAT ?!
Can humans withstand that heat ?
What SPF sunblock do they wear?
Will the collectivists be demanding $15 an hour for these workers?
I read in the comments section that their compensation is about four times that of a textile worker in Ethiopia. As brutal as it sounds, it doesn’t look as if they’re being forced to do this, and as paltry as their pay sounds to us, to them it’s good money.
At least they get paid. The Romans just used slaves.
Let’s send SEIU and BLM out there to picket and demand $15 per hour ...
Who the heck mines salt these days? and for what purpose?
Pardon me for not reading the article, I’ll use the Monday AM excuse.
I don’t think this is possible.
So... A trade that has been going on for a thousands of years will be ruined by some liberal white do-gooder. He will go in to “rescue” those poor Ethiopians, who are their voluntarily, by demanding higher pay and drive them all out of business. Then, some do-gooder NGO charity group will airlift in tons of salt from US producers and drive the entire Ethiopian salt industry in to bankruptcy.
All while liberal progressives proudly boast about spending $50 a pound for imported Ethiopian salt.
I hope they remember to wear light clothing and drink plenty of non-alcoholic beverages. There is definitely a heat advisory.
What do you call people crazy enough to work in 140 degree heat for a paltry wage?
Arizonans.
£5 a day could actually be a decent wage in Ethiopia when you convert the currency. Yes that work sucks, but that is life in these developing countries.
When they get their student loans paid off they’ll be on Easy Street!
Puts some meaning in the phrase, “Well back to the salt mines”.
Can’t they at least do it in the nighttime?