Abagcini Bezindlu Bamahhotela bavame ukuba ngaphansi kokuhlukunyezwa izivakashi zamahhotela. Inzuzo embonini yamahhotela emhlabeni wonke isekelwe ekuxhashazweni okuhleliwe kwabanakekeli, iningi labo okungabesifazane abampofu abahlalele ovalweni lokuphelelwa umsebenzi, kusho umbiko omusha we-Oxfam Canada onesihloko esithi. Imfihlo Engcolile Yezokuvakasha: Ukuxhashazwa Kwabanakekeli Bezindlu Bamahhotela.
Ezingxoxweni nabaphathi bamahhotela bamanje nabangaphambili ku Canada, lo i-Dominican Republic futhi Thailand, I-Oxfam yezwa ukuthi amahhotela ngokuvamile awabakhokheli abahlinzeki bezindlu ngokwanele ukuze baphile, abenza basebenze amahora amaningi ngaphandle kwenkokhelo yesikhathi esengeziwe, futhi bashaye indiva izinga eliphezulu lokulimala nokuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili emsebenzini.
“Ngeke usho lutho ngoba uma usho okuthile awazi ukuthi ukhona kusasa. Uma ubika abakholwa ngisho,” kusho Torontoumphathi wendlu Luz Flores.
Omunye umsizi wasendlini I-Punta Cana walaliswa esibhedlela ephalaza kanzima, naphezu kokukhononda kaningi kumphathi wakhe mayelana nokuchayeka kumakhemikhali anobuthi. Ku Toronto, umsizi wasendlini u-Lei Eigo wacelwa ukuba alethele isivakashi umcamelo, kodwa wabingelelwa indoda enqunu emnyango.
“Njengoba sekusondele isikhathi samaholide esimatasa, abantu baseCanada badinga ukuqonda iqiniso lansuku zonke kwabesifazane abaqinisekisa ukuthi amagumbi abo ahlanzekile futhi anethezekile. Umsebenzi wosokhaya ungaba yingozi, ungcolile futhi ube nenkani,” kusho Diana Sarosi, Uchwepheshe Wenqubomgomo Yamalungelo Abantu Besifazane Nommeli e-Oxfam Canada. “Imboni yamahhotela iyisibonelo esisodwa sendlela umnotho wethu womhlaba wonke othembele ngayo ekuxhashazweni imisebenzi eshibhile yabesifazane ukuze kwandiswe inzuzo. Ibonisa ukungalingani okukhulu nokwandayo kwezwe lanamuhla.”
I-Oxfam ixwayise igebe phakathi kwabacebe kakhulu nabo bonke abanye abantu likhula ngezinga elingakaze libonwe, lithinta ngendlela exakile abesifazane abayingxenye enkulu yabantu abampofu emhlabeni. Cabanga ukuthi kuzodinga umsizi wasendlini Phuket, Thailand cishe iminyaka engu-14 ukuze uzuze imali elingana neyama-CEO amahhotela akhokhelwa kakhulu ngosuku olulodwa.
“Izimpilo zokusebenza zabaphathi bamahhotela kanye nezabaphathi bamahhotela zibonisa ngokucacile ukungalingani okungamukeleki okukhungethe umhlaba wanamuhla. Leli gebe lengcebo elikhulayo libi kithi sonke. Kwenza kube nzima ukuqeda ububha, futhi kunemiphumela emibi ikakhulukazi kwabesifazane,” kusho uSarosi.
Ukuxhashazwa okuhlelekile okunjalo akunakugwenywa. Umbiko we-Oxfam wathola lapho abesifazane benamandla okuhlangana, bathola amaholo ahloniphekile nezinzuzo, banokuvikeleka okukhulu emsebenzini, futhi bathola ingcindezi encane nokulimala okuncane. Nokho, ukumelana nabaqashi nesimo sokwesaba esidalwa abaphathi kwenza ukuhlela emkhakheni wamahhotela kube nzima kakhulu, ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka.
“Ohulumeni emhlabeni wonke kumele bathwese izinhlangano icala ngokwephulwa kwamalungelo abasebenzi, futhi bathathe izinyathelo ngokulingana kwamaholo,” kusho uSarosi. “Osopolitiki, izinkampani kanye nabantu bansuku zonke baneqhaza abalibambile ekuqedeni ukuxhashazwa kwabesifazane emsebenzini. Kudingeka sakhe inhlangano lapho wonke umuntu enza ingxenye yakhe ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi umsebenzi wabesifazane ukhokhelwa ngendlela efanele futhi waziswa ngokulinganayo.”
- Umbiko ogcwele uyatholakala kuwebhusayithi ye-Oxfam Canada kokuthi www.oxfam.ca/no-exploitation
- Ukuze uthole isifinyezo kanye nemininingwane ye Imfihlo Engcolile Yezokuvakasha: Ukuxhashazwa Kwabanakekeli Bezindlu Bamahhotela, bheka Isizinda sethu ku www.oxfam.ca/news
- Abantu baseCanada bangajoyina i-Oxfam kanye nenhlangano ekhulayo yabantu abazibophezele ekukhulumeni ngokumelene nokungalingani okwedlulele futhi baqinisekise ukuthi umsebenzi owenziwa ngabesifazane ukhokhelwa ngendlela efanele futhi waziswa ngokulinganayo ngokubhalisa e- www.shortchanged.ca
