Abagcini bezindlu basehotele bahlala bephantsi kokuphathwa gadalala ziindwendwe zasehotele. Ingxelo entsha yeOxfam Canada enomxholo othi: “Ingeniso kushishino lweehotele ehlabathini lonke isekelwe ekuxhatshazweni ngokucwangcisiweyo kwabantu abagcina izindlu, uninzi lwabo ingamabhinqa angathathi ntweni ahlala esoyika ukuphulukana nemisebenzi yawo. Imfihlo emdaka yoKhenketho: Ukusetyenziswa kooGcini-ziNdlu beeHotele.
Kudliwanondlebe nabagcini bendlu bangoku nabangaphambili kwihotele Khanada, i ilizwe lasedominic kwaye Thayilendi , I-Oxfam ivile ukuba iihotele kaninzi azibahlawuli abagcini-zindlu ngokwaneleyo ukuze baphile, zibenza basebenze iiyure ezinde bengafumani mvuzo wexesha elongezelelekileyo, kwaye bawabethe ngoyaba amazinga aphezulu okwenzakala nokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo emsebenzini.
“Awunakuthetha nto kuba xa uthetha into, ungazi ukuba ulapho ngomso. Ukuba uyixela, abakholelwa nokuyikholelwa,” utshilo Torontoumgcini wendlu Luz Flores.
Omnye umgcini wendlu Punta Cana walaliswa esibhedlele egabha kakhulu, phezu kwako nje ukukhalaza ngokuphindaphindiweyo kumphathi wakhe ngokuchanabeka kwimichiza eyityhefu. Kwi Toronto, umgcini wendlu uLei Eigo wacelwa ukuba ahambise umqamelo kwindwendwe, aze abuliswe yindoda ehamba ze emnyango.
“Njengokuba ixesha leholide elixakekileyo lisondela, abantu baseCanada kufuneka baqonde ubunyani bemihla ngemihla kubasetyhini abaqinisekisa ukuba amagumbi abo acocekile kwaye akhululekile. Umsebenzi wogcino lwendlu unokuba yingozi, ungcole kwaye ube nzima,” utshilo Diana Sarosi, iNgcali yoMgaqo-nkqubo wamaLungelo wabaseTyhini kunye neNgcali yeNkxaso e-Oxfam eCanada. “Ishishini leehotele ngumzekelo nje omnye wendlela uqoqosho lwethu lwehlabathi oluxhomekeke ekuxhaphazeni umsebenzi ophantsi wabasetyhini ukuze kwandiswe ingeniso. Ibonisa ukungalingani okukhulu nokwandayo kwehlabathi lanamhlanje.”
I-Oxfam ilumkise umsantsa phakathi kwezityebi kakhulu kunye naye wonke umntu ukhula ngesantya esingazange sabonwa ngaphambili, sichaphazela ngokungenamkhethe abasetyhini abenza uninzi lwabahluphekayo behlabathi. Cinga ukuba kuya kuthatha umgcini wendlu Phuket, Thailand phantse iminyaka eli-14 ukufumana imali eninzi njengoko ii-CEO zehotele zihlawulwa kakhulu ngosuku olunye.
“Ubomi bokusebenza kwabagcini bezindlu behotele kunye nobo babaphathi beehotele ngokucacileyo bubonisa ukungalingani okungamkelekanga okuthwaxa ihlabathi lanamhlanje. Lo msantsa okhulayo wobutyebi umbi kuthi sonke. Kwenza kube nzima ukuphelisa intlupheko, kwaye kuneziphumo ezibi kakhulu kwabasetyhini, ”utshilo uSarosi.
Ukuxhatshazwa okucwangcisiweyo okunjalo akunakuphepheka. Ingxelo ye-Oxfam ifunyenwe xa abafazi bekwazi ukumanyanisa, bafumana umvuzo ofanelekileyo kunye neebhenefithi, banokhuseleko oluthe kratya lwemisebenzi, kwaye bafumana uxinzelelo oluncinci kunye nokwenzakala okumbalwa. Nangona kunjalo, ukuxhathisa abaqeshi kunye nomoya woloyiko owenziwe ngabaphathi kwenza uququzelelo kwicandelo lehotele lube nzima kakhulu, ngakumbi kumazwe asakhasayo.
“Oorhulumente kwihlabathi liphela kufuneka bathathele ingqalelo iinkampani ngokunyhashwa kwamalungelo abasebenzi, kwaye bathathe amanyathelo malunga nokulingana kwemivuzo,” utshilo uSarosi. “Oosopolitiki, iinkampani kunye nabantu bemihla ngemihla bonke banendima abayidlalayo ekupheliseni ukuxhatshazwa kwabantu basetyhini emsebenzini. Kufuneka sakhe intshukumo apho wonke umntu esenza indima yakhe ukuqinisekisa ukuba umsebenzi wabasetyhini uhlawulwa ngokufanelekileyo kwaye uxatyiswe ngokulinganayo.”
- Ingxelo epheleleyo iyafumaneka kwiwebhusayithi ye-Oxfam Canada www.oxfam.ca/no-exploitation
- Ngesishwankathelo kunye neenkcukacha ze Imfihlo emdaka yoKhenketho: Ukusetyenziswa kooGcini-ziNdlu beeHotele, bona i-Backgrounder yethu www.oxfam.ca/news
- Abantu baseCanada banokujoyina i-Oxfam kunye nentshukumo ekhulayo yabantu abazibophelele ekuthetheni ngokuchasene nokungalingani okugqithisileyo kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba umsebenzi owenziwa ngabasetyhini uhlawulwa ngokufanelekileyo kwaye uxatyiswa ngokulinganayo ngokubhalisa. www.shortchanged.ca
