Oor Suid-Afrika heen l\u00ea mense snags slapeloos en rondrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die bekommernis of hulle m\u00f4re nog \u2019n werk gaan h\u00ea, laat die slaap wyk. Die ekonomiese insinking in die land en derduisende werke wat in die slag bly, skets maar \u2019n kommerwekkende prentjie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dan is daar die ander kant van die munt. Di\u00e9 wat wel nog \u2019n werk het, gaan stadig n\u00earens met hulle betaling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sowat 500 werkers by Hisense in Atlantis dreig om te staak oor vergoeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die werknemers se vakbond, die National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), s\u00ea hulle word peanuts<\/i> betaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arbeiders by die maatskappy moet ingevolge \u2019n algemene ooreenkoms in die bedryf R45,56\/uur verdien (40 ure\/week=R1 822,40), maar \u2019n werker op die laagste vlak by Hisense R41\/uur word (oftewel R1 640 per 40 uur-week) betaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 onthulling kom nadat die staalvervaardiger Saldanha Staal se moedermaatskappy onlangs ges\u00ea het di\u00e9 Weskus-fabriek gaan afskaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar word bereken \u2019n allemintige 900 werkers kan hulle werk verloor. Verskeie maatskappye het vroe\u00ebr vanjaar Numsa kennis gegee van hulle bedoeling om werkers af te l\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Wes-Kaapse Numsa-organiseerder, Clement Herandien, laat hoor: \u201cHisense is weens onderbetaling van werkers in staat om sy markaandeel bo sy kompetisie, Defy, te verhoog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDefy betaal sy werkers meer as die bedryf-minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hisense-werkers betoog reeds die laaste paar weke voor die fabriek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die fabriek is in 2013 geopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Numsa-verteenwoordiger, Ivan Solomons, s\u00ea egter hulle sukkel sedertdien om die Chinese maatskappy te dwing om werkers reg te betaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solomons s\u00ea: \u201cOns het die afgelope twee jaar geen verhogings gekry nie en nou wil die maatskappy ons nie \u2019n bonus betaal nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Solomons het die maatskappy in Julie laas jaar geweier om hulle \u2019n verhoging te gee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As hierdie verhoging ingeskop het, sou hulle nader aan die minimumloon beweeg het, s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solomons s\u00ea kwaad: \u201cOns is mooi moeg van die nonsens, want dis onregverdig. Ons kan nie eens bekostig om die yskaste wat ons hier maak, te koop nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie maatskappy kry nou ook kontrakte om toestelle vir ander maatskappye te vervaardig as gevolg van ons harde werk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToshiba was onlangs hier om die maatskappy te vra om TV\u2019s vir hulle te maak wat ons al klaar begin vervaardig het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Herandien s\u00ea Hisense word gedwing deur \u2019n onlangse hofbevel wat stipuleer dat die vakbond direk met \u2019n maatskappy kan onderhandel as hy sou weier om \u2019n algemene bedrag te betaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea: \u201cOns het nou n\u00e1 \u2019n regstryd \u2019n dispuut met die werkgewer verklaar wat 25 November by die Metal and Engineering Bargaining Council verhoor sal word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Bargaining Council sal beslis vir ons \u2019n sertifikaat gee om te staak, want die werkgewer weier om die mense reg te betaal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solomons s\u00ea hulle is bereid om te staak sodat hulle hul regverdige loon kan verdien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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