VIDEO: Fired bauxite workers in limbo one year later

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For the past year, fired Aroaima bauxite worker Lennox Williams has been out of a full-time job and has been forced to “catch his hand here and there” to earn money to support his family of seven.

The past year has been a year of turmoil. “A year of pressure… I try hustling a dollar here and there. It has not been easy not working …..


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