August 14, 2007
Gangmasters in Redruth, Cornwall, have taken ignoring the minimum wage to new depths by not even paying people peanuts in a transparent bid to cut their wage bill.
Bulgarian workers were forced to scrabble about on their hands and knees foraging for potatoes and courgettes after their gangmasters decided to deprive them of their pay for 35 days.
Yet with a history of being treated badly by those in the West, Guru would have thought the nomad workers would have risen up and revolted, what with being descended from the Hunnish warriors who carved up Central Europe in centuries past.
However, it seems the fear of being shipped back to Bulgaria was enough to keep them on their knees. Either that or the gangmaster paraded around the field carrying a loaded
umbrella shouting ‘Georgi Markov’.
Clearly Markov is in no position to help his countrymen, but one man who could help out is top soccer sensation Dimitar Berbatov, currently plying his trade with mid-table specialistas Tottenham Hotspurs in the Premier League.
One week’s salary should be enough to keep them all in spuds for decades.
Whether Berbatov puts his hand in his deep pockets or not, clearly the Thracian hordes have been treated like rubbish.
Quite what Great Uncle Bulgaria would think of that is not clear.
