“12 Hours, 40 Days, $200 a Month”: KMTV Investigation Exposes Systemic Exploitation at Global Logistics Mining Under Bea Mountain — Workers Allege Exhausting Shifts, Month-Long Pay Delays, Poverty Wages, and Filthy Bathrooms
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RIVERCESS COUNTY I.T.I– A KMTV investigation has uncovered systemic labor violations at Global Logistics Mining Company, a subcontractor operating under Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, where workers allege they endure 12-hour shifts, wait up to 40 days for wages, earn as little as $200 to $300 USD per month, and work under unsanitary conditions that endanger their health and dignity.
Interviews with more than a dozen current and former employees reveal a pattern of exploitation that workers say violates Liberia’s Decent Work Act of 2015 and undermines Bea Mountain’s public commitments to uphold labor standards across its operations.
“We Work 12 Hours, We Wait 40 Days”
Workers told KMTV their standard shift runs 12 hours daily, 4 hours beyond the 8-hour limit set by Liberian law, with no clear overtime pay or written consent as required.
“These delays make it difficult to meet basic needs,” one worker said.
“We work long hours, but we wait more than a month after the month ends before we are paid.”
Multiple employees confirmed salaries are paid approximately 40 days after the month ends — far outside the legal timeframe for wage payment.
One lab technician summarized the hardship:
“You work for 40 days and 12 hours, they pay you $200 U.S.D.
How do you feed your children, pay rent, buy medicine on that?”
Labor experts say such conditions constitute a double violation: extended hours without proper compensation breach hour limits, and month-long pay delays breach wage protection rules.
The Decent Work Act mandates timely payment and limits working hours unless overtime is voluntarily agreed and fairly compensated.
Beyond wages and hours, workers described degrading sanitary conditions.
“The bathroom for employees — male and female — is very dirty and unclean for human use,” a worker told KMTV.
Employees said the lack of clean, safe toilet facilities forces them to work full 12-hour shifts without adequate restroom access, raising health and safety risks in a mining environment.
Global Logistics Mining operates as a contractor under Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, one of Liberia’s largest gold producers based in Grand Cape Mount.
Bea Mountain has publicly pledged to ensure all contractors comply with national labor laws and international best practices.
The allegations raise serious questions about oversight of subcontractors in Liberia’s extractive sector.
If a subcontractor can allegedly impose 12-hour shifts, 40-day pay delays, poverty wages, and unsanitary facilities, critics argue Bea Mountain’s compliance monitoring is failing workers on the ground.
The findings come as Liberia’s government promotes “RESCUE” job creation and decent work reforms.
For workers at Global Logistics, the reality is longer hours, late pay, low wages, and unsafe conditions — a stark contrast to the law’s promise of dignity at work.
