Somali woman paid under the table to clean Canadian PM House

Scarletmoon1 · Post by **Scarletmoon1** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:40 am

An Ottawa woman claims she was paid under the table in cash after working at the prime minister's residence at 24 Sussex Dr.

Diego Mendez, a spokesman for Service Employees International Union, said the single mother of four works for a company that has "numerous government contracts in Ottawa," but was tasked in late 2010 to clean 24 Sussex Dr. He would not provide the name of the woman or a specific date. The woman, a Canadian citizen who emigrated from Somalia, is scheduled to attend a news conference Wednesday to discuss the situation.

Mendez said the woman's supervisor paid her in cash after cleaning 24 Sussex, adding there's no indication Prime Minister Stephen Harper or his staff were aware of the situation.

"She was temporarily removed from her normal workplace -she also works at a federal building in Ottawa -and taken to clean the prime minister's residence," Mendez said Tuesday. "While she was working there, she was paid in cash. She was quite surprised to learn she would be paid in this form."

"If this can happen in the house of the most powerful man in Canada, it can happen anywhere in the country," Mendez said, noting the issue highlights frequent complaints of cleaning staff who are lobbying for fairer treatment by the employers.

He said when workers are paid in cash, they lose out on other benefits and are not covered by Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance. Mendez said a legal complaint is also being filed against the woman's employer -which was also not named Tuesday -for threatening workers who wanted to form a union recently.

Representatives from the Prime Minister's Office were not available for immediate response Tuesday.

In addition to the woman at the centre of the complaint, a representative from the Ottawa Justice for Janitors Council is expected to attend Wednesday morning's news conference.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/dec ... story.html

Scarletmoon1 · Post by **Scarletmoon1** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:41 am

Why is the women working for this racists man's office?

Remember people vote NDP or Liberal.

Somaliman% · Post by **Somaliman%** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:56 am

somali ceeb badana.. everywhere there is some sort of scandal concerning a somali.

Post by **Nabeela** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:27 am

Interesting, this time around I'm voting Liberal, they have better chance wining against Harper than NDP, probably Harper will win another minority government, Canadian politics is so predictable and boring.

siren · Post by **siren** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:25 am

Voting NDP, I love Jack Layton...

S-D-M · Post by **S-D-M** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:31 am

"Under the Table"

Post by **Nabeela** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:40 am

siren wrote:Voting NDP, I love Jack Layton...

I love Layton too, but I'm tired of wasting my vote, at this point I will take anyone over that racist pig Harper

siren · Post by **siren** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:46 am

Either way it is going to be minority government lead by the conservative, so why not help NDP for more seats?

Post by **Nabeela** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:47 am

Nayaa stay positive, no more Harper inshallah

Advo · Post by **Advo** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:31 am

why was she paid under the table in the first place, what was the reason?

I have had jobs where I was paid cash but I knew they were doing something illegal like evading uncle sam or something.

tightrope · Post by **tightrope** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:57 am

Scarletmoon1 wrote:Why is the women working for this racists man's office?

Remember people vote NDP or Liberal.

VOTE A.B.C. (ANYTHING BUT CONSERVATIVES)

Scarletmoon1 · Post by **Scarletmoon1** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:13 pm

No don't for random as parties...

I suggest you people vote for NDP.I have been voting for them for years and this election might be there strongest yet.

Post by **Basra-** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:16 pm

Why did she have to come out and spill? Whats wrong with being paid cash? Does she know--that is tax free? What is wrong with her? Alaaa Somaliida they love to be on tv or cause scandal. uufff

Scarletmoon1 · Post by **Scarletmoon1** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:18 pm

Basra- wrote:Why did she have to come out and spill? Whats wrong with being paid cash? Does she know--that is tax free? What is wrong with her? Alaaa Somaliida they love to be on tv or cause scandal. uufff

When workers are paid in cash, they lose out on other benefits and are not covered by Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance.

ms.naliaa · Post by **ms.naliaa** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:18 pm

Are you kidding me??
If she seriously cared about pension benefits or anything of that sort...she would not have accepted the cash or the job in it self...she wanted money and she got.
Plus, all that cash she pocketed, I bet you that she did not pay a single penny of tax on it as income....Im sick of people getting paid in cash and us tax paying citizens having to carry their f-king weight.
She chose to do this job and now shes complaining?
I dont give a damn if shes somali or not...this woman doesnt have a case.

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