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Organization giving workers from Africa just $50 a day Ryan Tumilty
Metro | Edmonton Premier Rachel Notley said her government was “disturbed” to learn South African firefighters were being paid so little for their work on the Fort McMurray fire. “I can say right now that every hour that every firefighter from South Africa or anywhere else has worked on these fires will be compensated in accordance with our laws,” Notley said Thursday. According to Work on Fire — the South African organiza-
tion that oversees them — the 300 firefighters who arrived in Alberta in late May were receiving just $15 per day while on the ground, with an additional $35 per day to be paid to them when they returned home. According to Notley, the government’s contract paid the organization $170 per day per fighter, and also covered food, transportation and lodging. “The Government of Alberta engaged in a contract that was constructed with the understanding that it would facilitate minimum levels of pay,” she said. After the pay dispute emerged Thursday, the firefighters stood down from their work. Work on Fire said firefighters were aware of what they would be paid before they left Africa. “Everyone signed the agreement,” said spokesperson Linton Rensburg in a statement.