OVER 400 immediate relatives and contract workers lined up outside the Department of Labor building 
in San Antonio yesterday to get their umbrella permits.
Some of them said they had been standing in the line for about five hours already as they complained about Labor “unorganized system.”
“I have been here since 9 a.m.,” said Mark Corpuz, a dependent of a contract worker. “I hope I’ll get there before closing time because I have a lot of house work to do tomorrow.”
Fifteen other people interviewed by this reporter said the line was almost immobile.
Some of the people who just arrived do not know where to fall in line because no one was assisting them and there were no instructions on what they were supposed to do.
An automobile shop employee, Leandro, who refused to disclose his surname, said some of them eventually found out that they were in the line for IR’s.
“It’s a total mess,” he said. “People do not know where to go.”
He said they were not instructed where to line up and who to talk to with regards to their papers.
He said they were all hoping to process their papers before 4 p.m. but noted “that seems to be impossible” because of the number of people in line.
The Department of Labor said all its staff members were busy and could not comment.
Rabby Syed, president of the United Workers Movement, NMI, said he understand that Labor has limited resources, and is hoping that the department will be able to fix the problem as soon as possible.
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I just want to enquire how names are being arranged? Are they arranged alphabetically according to last or first names? It is very frustrating though, after the long wait, you\'ll find out that your name is not on the list.
Would it be possible for the names to be posted somewhere so that we can check them before falling in line?