Rising Costs Fuel Frustration Among Belizean Workers

Union Senator Glenfield Dennison took part in today’s “Enough Is Enough” protest in Belmopan as part of his ongoing educational campaign, which has focused on issues affecting Belizean workers. He says the rising cost of living is making it increasingly difficult for working-class Belizeans to make ends meet between paydays, with many public officers struggling to cover their bills and grocery expenses.

 

Glenfield Dennison, Union Senator

“A small group of people can make a difference, especially when the issue resonates with the masses. The cost of living issue resonates with everyone who di try reach from one paycheck to the next paycheck, and I represent the workers of Belize. Nobody more than them understand what it is to try and make it from one paycheck to the next paycheck. Today dah the thirteenth of November. Payday dah usually the fifteenth. Public officers done broke because the money go in, and then you have to pay this, you have to pay rent, you have fih left some for the mortgage, you have to pay the light bill, you have to pay the water bill, you have to pay the internet bill. You have to buy groceries, and when you’re done, the money finish. So you’re broke, and you have to try and make it till the end of month, and that is the vicious cycle we deh ina now because the cost of living is too high. So I di out here because the working class people of Belize feel like them deh one paycheck away from poverty.” 

 

Dennison says he plans to visit all of Belize’s municipalities as part of his educational campaign.

 

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