I really like the school lawyer – the only
straight-talking Ethiopian i have ever met! But i can't turn to him. Returning
aged Rasta Mrs R. sets me up with Albi who i agree to meet in a restaurant
close to school.
Albi is very excited and confirms that non-payment of
my salary at the end of the month is completely a breach of contract on their
part and will work in my favour in any court in Addis. As the only working
contract between myself and the school was the “pre-contract”, that i signed in
May that is what we are working still working on. With no grounds whatsoever to
dismiss me from my position, if they want rid of Mountain Man now, it’ll cost
them the price of a two year contract.
I can be a vindictive bastard. And these peeps i have been
working for deserve to pay. What a complete waste of my time!. But this is
Ethiopia, and even clear-cut labour dispute court cases can go on 2 – 3 years
through a swathe of bureaucratic nonsense.
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