Recruitment and service – how are we doing?Veronica Mofokeng
Recruitment is the first priority for an organization to build and sustain itself financially. Numsa aims to organise unorganised workers who work in the metal industry and to unite and build a strong organisation in the metal industries.
Only once it has united workers can it fight for workers' rights, against discrimination and oppression of the working class and for the gains that were achieved through the bargaining processes.
It creates this unity by servicing workers, taking their mandates and implementing them.
But according to Numsa's three motor recruiters in the Gauteng regions, the Union is failing to do the basics.
Recruiters report that when they try and recruit unorganised workers, these workers do not want to belong to Numsa. They complain that they have been members for 10 years without service.
In some cases union officials have failed workers and caused division in the workforce. The officials then resign from the Union but will never be found again.They say that shop stewards are not consulting with workers and instead are selling them out.
Workers told them that once they were organised into Numsa, they never saw another official nor did they know where to go if they had a problem.
However often it was just after they were recruited that their problems started. Some said they were forced to resign due to the pressure they got from their employers and from their colleagues.
Others say they were dismissed and harassed by their employers. Working hours were reduced, workers were divided into shifts to avoid paying overtime rates.
Others told of unscrupulous employers who deducted subscriptions from workers but didn't pay these across to Numsa. They would only discover this when they were trying to claim their funeral benefits when there was death in the family.
Some employers even went as far as deducting UIF and pension benefits from workers that they then used for themselves.
In the worst cases, the companies had decided to retrench all Numsa members and employ new workers on contract or through a labour broker.
When it came to foreign workers who were working illegally without IDs, often employers would force them to work under lock and key where they couldn't be seen.
The company would then register just a few of them who would be sent out of the premises to deliver goods and messages.They told the recruiters that it was better for them to join another union that would service them better than Numsa!
Is this the real picture of our organisation?Are we doing justice to our members?This is the challenge to all leadership across all levels of the organisation towards the October National Congress and after.
Personalities, friendship, power and interests do not assist if we forget our commitment to our members and the organisation at large.Write and tell us what you think about Numsa's service and how we can improve it!
Ukujoyinisa amalungu amasha kanye nezinsiza zenyunyana – siqhuba kanjani kulokhu? Kunabasebenzi bemboni yezimoto ezifundeni zeNumsa, eGauteng, abenqabayo ukujoyina iNumsa ngoba bethi iNyunyana ayibasizi ngalutho.
Baye bathi akukho zinsiza abazithola kwinyunyana futhi kuthi uma sebejoyinile, bathole ingcindezi evela kubaqashi kanti ngaleso sikhathi iNyunyana isuke ingasabonwa nangokhalo.Laba basebenzi babuye bathi ama-shop stewards ayabadayisa bese besala bodwana sebebhekene nabaqashi abangamaqili, abaye babambe imali yobulungu, imali ye-UIF nemali yezimpesheni kodwa bangayidluliseli ezindaweni ezifanele.
Abaqashi babuye benze isimo somsebenzi sibe sibi kakhulu ngokunciphisa i-overtime, babuye badilize abasebenzi bese bebaqasha kabusha njengabasebenzi betoho, lokho bekwenza ngezinkampani ezixhumanisa abaqashi nabasebenzi.
Ngabe yizona ngempela lezi izinto inhlangano yethu ebhekene nazo? Yikuphi esingakwenza ukuze senze isimo sethu sibe ngcono? Sibhalele usitshele imibono yakho!
Werwing en diens – hoe vaar ons?Sommige motorwerkers in Numsa se Gautengse streek beweer dat die Vakbond hulle in die steek laat.
Hulle sê dat hulle geen diens van die vakbond kry nie, en sodra hulle aansluit, plaas hulle werkgewers hulle onder druk, maar die Vakbond is nêrens te sien nie.Hulle sê hulle word deur vloerbeamptes verraai, en hulle word aan die genade van gewetenlose werkgewers oorgelaat wat hulle vakbondsubskripsies aftrek, maar dit nooit aan die regte instelling oorbetaal nie.
Werkgewers vererger hulle werksvoorwaardes deur oortyd te verminder of hulle af te lê, en hulle dan net as tydelike werkers of deur middel van arbeidsmakelaars in diens te neem.Is dit die werklike toedrag van sake in ons organisasie? Wat kan ons doen om onsself te verbeter? Skryf aan ons met jou idees!
Ho thaotha ditho mmoho le ditshebeletso – na re ntse re ya jwang?Basebetsi ba bang ba makoloing ba Numsa mane mabatoweng a Gauteng ba hana ho kena ho Numsa hobane ba re Yunione ha ya ba thusa ka letho.
Ba re ha ho na ditshebeletso tseo ba di fumanang ho tswa yunioneng mme hang ho ba ba kene, bahiri ba bona ba ba hatella, empa Yunione yona ha e hlahelle le hanyenyane feela.
Ba re di-shopsteward di a ba rekisa mme bona jwale ba se ba le mohaung wa bahiri ba sa tshepahaleng ba hulang ditjhelete tsa bona tsa botho ba yunione, ditjhelete tsa UIF (Letlole la ho Hloka Mosebetsi) le penshene empa di sa fetisetswe ditheong tse tshwanetseng.
Bahiri ba se ba entse hore le maemo a tshebetso e be a mabe ka ho fetisisa ka ho fokotsa nako e ekeditsweng kapa ho fokotsa basebetsi mosebetsing wa bona, e be ba ba kgutlisa jwalo ka basebetsi ba konteraka kapa ka ho sebedisa dibroukara tsa mosebetsi.
Na hona ke setshwantsho sa sebele sa mokgatlo wa rona? Na ke eng eo re ka e etsang ho ntlafatsa maemo a rona? Re ngolleng le re bolelle!
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Numsa News