Trouble in Paradise: Inside Canadian banks’ billion-dollar Caribbean struggle - The Globe and Mail

Trouble in Paradise: Inside Canadian banks’ billion-dollar Caribbean struggle - The Globe and Mail: "They arrived in droves starting at 5:30 a.m., desperate to secure a steady pay cheque. By midmorning, the anxious mob totalled 5,000 people.

Sandals, a Caribbean hotel chain, was hosting a job fair in Barbados to hire staff for a brand new resort. Because thousands of people showed up for 600 jobs on the October morning last year, scores of applicants were forced to wait outside under the blistering sun. Things went from testy to unruly as the temperature neared 32 degrees; Sandals had no choice but to call the cops."

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