Ngemuva kokuhlasela okubili okunodlame kanye nezigameko eziningi zokuhlaselwa kwabashayeli bamatekisi, i-United Steel Workers (USW) ifuna ukuba kuthathwe izinyathelo eziphuthumayo nezisheshayo ezikhulwini ezikhethiwe. Naphezu kwezingcingo ezivela e-USW zokubhekana nokuphepha kwabashayeli bamatekisi, kuncane isinyathelo esithathiwe.
Umshayeli wetekisi wakwaRegina Cabs uyelulama emanxebeni amaningi okugwazwa emphinjeni, esifubeni nasesiswini ngemuva kokuhlasela okunodlame ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni, ngo-Ephreli 13. Umshayeli usasesimweni esibucayi.
Lokhu kuhlasela kusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokugwazwa ngesihluku kuka-Iqbal Singh Sharma owagwazwa izikhathi eziningi ngo-2016. Lokho kuhlasela kwamshiya njengomuntu okhubazekile futhi ukuphila kwakhe kwashintsha unomphela. Lokhu kuhlasela okubili ngokudabukisayo kuyizibonelo nje zezingozi abashayeli bamatekisi ababhekana nazo zonke izikhathi, njengoba ukuhlaselwa ngokomzimba nangokwezwi kuvamile kakhulu.
"Sicela ohulumeni bethu bomasipala kanye nezifundazwe ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo ngokuphepha kwabashayeli bamatekisi," kusho uMalik Draz, uSihlalo we-USW Taxi Council omele abashayeli abangaphezu kuka-600 eSaskatchewan. "Akumele umsebenzi afe ukuze kube noshintsho."
“Abashayeli bamatekisi bangabasebenzi abazama ukondla imindeni yabo futhi babuye ekhaya bephephile ekupheleni kosuku,” kusho uPatrick Veinot, Omele Abasebenzi base-USW. “Akusikhona nje kuphela ukuthi wonke umuntu unelungelo lokufika ekhaya ephephile, kodwa bonke abasebenzi abalimala emsebenzini bafanelwe ukuthola isinxephezelo sabasebenzi futhi sisebenzela ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi lokho kuyenzeka.”
“Lokhu kuhlasela yikona nje okuba sematheni,” kusho uMohamed Ameer ophinde ashayele iRegina Cabs. “Abashayeli bakuleli dolobha babhekana nokuthukwa nokushaywa mihla namalanga. Sidinga izimo zokusebenza eziphephile zabo bonke abashayeli bamatekisi. Ngifuna kwenziwe izinguquko ngaphambi kokuthi ngibuke omunye engisebenza naye ethola ukulimala okungavinjelwa.”
