Pressure on price hike has impacted on workers’ life. Many of them actively apply many measures to adapt themselve to circumstance.
Workers buy breakfast at mobile markets.
Escalation of prices
While prices of food, electricity, water, petrol and boarding house fee are skyrocketing, workers’ wage remains unchanged. To deal with petrol price hike, Nguyen Van Tuan from the northern province of Vinh Phuc, a worker of Hai My company at Binh Chuan commune said his motorcycle is no longer used, owing petrol price hike and he must cook every day to save costs.
Tran Thi Thu from Ha Tinh province, working for Shyang Hung Cheng Company in An Thanh township shared she and her roomates dare not turn on the light but they must pay VND60,000-80,000 per month for power fee. At present, many owners of boarding houses willingly surge the electricity price higher than stipulated level.
To earn more money, Mrs. Thu has to work overtime. With an income of about VND2mil per month, workers must pay many fees of food, boarding house, electricity, water and so on. After Tet, many lodgers in Thanh Binh commune are in worry, owing to hostess’ power price hike. Some of them must leave the boarding house to seek other rooms with cheaper price.
Maximum thrift
Workers at boarding rooms have to save maximum for their meals when the price for food has gone up since the Tet holiday. Workers often buy cheap food from mobile markets because their salary is low while the prices are going up. Their everyday dishes include tofu, pork side and vegetable.
Owing low salary and poor quality of meals, many workers become faint. To adapt to electricity price hike, many of them do not turn on the light at night and chat together in front of their boarding rooms. besides, they minimize to use fan and iron…
Reported by T.Phuong – Translated by A.C
