This follow –up question was to find out on qualitative order the amount these women quarry workers are paid. The responses indicated that these women are paid on the amount bargained for on a particular job. Some of the responses from follow-up and probes from in-depth interview, indicated that for breaking of one tipper load of stone lumps, the women are paid in some cases N3,500.00 naira to be shared by all the women who did the job.
Equally on loading, the women get one thousand, five hundred to two thousand naira for tipper load that weighs six (6) tones. Some of the responses indicated that for breaking of one tipper load of stone lumps, the women are paid in some cases N3,000.00 naira for the job, to be shared by all the women who did the job. Equally on loading, the women get one thousand, five hundred to two thousand naira for tipper load that weighs six (6) tones. This amount could be shared amongst 6, 8 to 10 women which will come to nothing. This falls to the observation made by the International labour Organization (2003), that women in the unorganized sector, like in the small- scale quarry mines are expected to work beyond formal working hours and are finally paid wages that are well below subsistence.
Response on whether there are special incentives for work performed.
|
Responses on special incentives |
Ebonyi North |
Ebonyi Central |
Ebonyi South |
Total |
|||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
||
|
Yes |
26(25.2) |
43(41.7) |
1(9.7) |
14(14) |
11(10.7) |
8(7.8) |
103(100) |
|
No |
125(11.1) |
317(28.1) |
128(11.3) |
232(20.5) |
86(7.6) |
241(21.3) |
1129(100) |
|
No response |
2(8.7) |
4(17.4) |
3(13) |
2(8.7) |
2(8.7) |
10(43.5) |
23(100) |
|
Total |
153(12.2) |
364(29) |
132(10.5) |
248(19.8) |
99(7.9) |
259(20.6) |
1255(100) |
Field survey 2011.
The table shows the analyses by sex and based on the three senatorial zones that workers do not get special incentives with a combined figure of 1091, specifically showing Ebonyi north with 317 females and 125 males, Ebonyi central, 232 females and 128 males , while Ebonyi south had a total figure of 241 females and 86 males.
B. Responses on whether workers get special incentives for work done.
The observation here from the table and chart show that women do not get special incentives for work performed. The issue here was to find out whether there are ways workers are encouraged to improve on their performance and also whether their are provisions for their welfare.
The responses that have the highest number of respondents; 1129 or 98.2 percent indicates that there are no special incentives for the women quarry workers.
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