"These people don't work here." St. Petersburg's management company hasn't paid migrant janitors, leaving the front doors covered in dirt.
Several cleaners Housing and Communal Services of the Admiralty District They've been working there for a long time and are well known to the residents. In May, they stopped receiving cleaning supplies and brooms, then were asked to resign with the promise that they would still be paid, but under the table. The cleaners haven't seen their paychecks since September.
The cleaners had all the necessary permits, licenses, and official employment. They complied with the resignation request because they trusted management: for a while, they were being paid directly by foremen or other employees. When the cleaners were owed three months' wages, they approached the management company director. To Dmitry Kritsky.
"I don't have any janitors on staff. I hired a cleaning company called Clean City; they do all the work, including cleaning the front doors. I act as an intermediary, so they say it's me who doesn't pay the money," heard journalists and janitors.
The janitors defend themselves by arguing that they keep the keys to the front doors, which they clean daily, that residents know their phone numbers and call them when needed, and that the site supervisors regularly inspect the quality of the work performed.
In service of the management company -160 houses, whose courtyards and front doors are cleaned by migrants. For the daily cleaning of 27 front doors, one janitor received an average of 31 thousand rubles per month. Many took on extra workload and worked alongside their wives. They were owed from 75 to 150 thousand rublesAll this is happening against the backdrop of tightening regime of stay of migrants in the country and regularhunting» on them in almost all regions.
At the same time, something is wrong with the management company; it could go bankrupt.
Since late November, some cleaners have stopped performing their duties, and the entrances are becoming covered in dirt. They plan to file a lawsuit, but only if the court accepts such a claim.
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