Izishoshovu zezinyunyana zase-Australia zizobhikisha eSydney namuhla zisekela abaphathi bezindiza baseFiji abangu-220 abavalelwe ngaphandle endaweni yabo yokusebenzela eNadi International Airport ngumqashi we-Air Terminal Services (ATS) kusukela ngoDisemba 16, 2017.
Lo mbuthano, ohlelwe yi-International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), uzocela uHulumeni waseFiji - onamasheya angama-51% kwa-ATS - ukuthi athathe izinyathelo eziphuthumayo zokuvala ukuvala ngaphandle futhi avumele abasebenzi ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini.
UMongameli we-ITF uPaddy Crumlin namuhla unxuse uHulumeni waseFiji ukuthi enze okuthile: “Isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga, abasebenzi abangama-220 bevalelwe ngaphandle, ngenxa nje yokuvikela amalungelo abasebenzi ayisisekelo.
"Uhulumeni waseFiji unamandla okuxazulula le ngxabano futhi, njengoba kunempilo yamakhulu abasebenzi nemindeni yabo, sidinga isixazululo esiphuthumayo."
Laba basebenzi - abaphethe imithwalo, abasebenzi abangena, onjiniyela nabaphakelayo - bahloswe ngemuva kokuhambela umhlangano wakamuva lapho bekudingidwa khona izindaba zokungaphathi kahle nezimo ezimbi, okuhlanganisa nokumiswa kwemiholo iminyaka engu-11.
Incwadi ka-Paddy Crumlin eya ku-Consulate yase-Fijian e-Sydney izolethwa kulo mhlangano.
"I-ITF ithukile ngemibiko yokuthi abasebenzi basezindaweni ezinolwazi bathathelwe indawo abasebenzi abangenalo ulwazi olwanele," kusho incwadi.
“Lokhu kubeke amazinga ezokuphepha engcupheni enkulu. Sekuvele imibiko ethi abasebenzi “besikhashana” bahlulekile ukubika ngomonakalo owenzeke endizeni ye-Air New Zealand etiyeleni eNadi.
“Inkampani yezindiza yaze yabona umonakalo ngesikhathi onjiniyela behlola indiza ibuyela e-Auckland.
“Ngempela ezokuvakasha ziyibhizinisi elikhulu eFiji, futhi ukuze imboni iphumelele abahambi kumele babe nesiqiniseko sokuthi ukuphepha nokuvikeleka kwabo kuqinisekisiwe.
"Namuhla, i-ITF nezinyunyana ezingaphansi kwayo, kanye ne-Australian Council of Trade Unions, zicela ukuthi nixhumane ngokushesha noHulumeni waseFiji isicelo sethu sokuthi ongqongqoshe bakahulumeni basheshe baqinisekise ukuthi abasebenzi bangabuyela emsebenzini ngokushesha."
I-ITF icela uHulumeni waseFiji ukuthi axazulule lesi simo ngaphandle kokulibala ngokuthi:
* ukuvumela bonke abasebenzi ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ngaphansi kwezimo;
* ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi abalahlekelwa yimali ngesikhathi sengxabano;
* ukuzibophezela kokuthi akekho umsebenzi oyohlukunyezwa ngokubamba iqhaza kwakhe engxabanweni;
*vumelana nomugqa wesikhathi wokuxazulula zonke ezinye izinkinga, ikakhulukazi izindleko zabasebenzi zokulungisa ukuphila.
"Uhulumeni kumele athathe isinyathelo ukuqeda le nkinga futhi aqinisekise ukuthi ukukhathazeka kwezokuphepha akubangeli abahambi ukuthi bacabange kabili ngokuvakashela eFiji," kusho uMnu Crumlin.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Today, the ITF and affiliated unions, alongside the Australian Council of Trade Unions, request that you urgently communicate to the Government of Fiji our appeal that government ministers move swiftly to ensure the workers can immediately return to work.
- “The Fijian Government has the power to resolve this dispute and, with the livelihoods of hundreds of workers and their families on the line, we need an urgent resolution.
- “Ngempela ezokuvakasha ziyibhizinisi elikhulu eFiji, futhi ukuze imboni iphumelele abahambi kumele babe nesiqiniseko sokuthi ukuphepha nokuvikeleka kwabo kuqinisekisiwe.
