There is also the problem of damage to or theft of company property. The workers are always held responsible and the cost is deducted from their wages. It is also very common for workers to receive their salaries late, often one or two months in arrears. One of the most striking examples is what has been happening at the Delta Steel Company, where workers are owed up to 36 months back pay. As a result at least 44 workers have died of hunger.
Whole families face total destitution.
Most of these factories prefer employing women, because wages for women are lower, although they often do the same work as men. A case in point is Skaymports Nigeria Limited. They export charcoal. Most of the women's work consists in carrying big sacks of charcoal onto the trucks. All these women are casual labourers, with absolutely no rights, no rights to maternity leave, etc.