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IGoodyear itshele abasebenzi bayo baseKariega emhlanganweni wemizuzu emihlanu ukuthi ivala imboni futhi inqamula imisebenzi engu-907.
Le nkampani ithi izodayisa amathayi eNingizimu Afrika, kodwa bangu-24 kuphela abantu abakuma-sales kanti no-admin bazogcina imisebenzi yabo.
IGoodyear ivala imboni yayo yaseKariega futhi inciphisa imisebenzi engu-907, okushiya abasebenzi bebambe ongezansi nezinyunyana zithukuthele.
Umqondisi ophethe uPaul Gerrard wethule lezi zindaba ngoLwesine e-Despatch Town Hall, efika nonogada. Umhlangano uthathe imizuzu emihlanu nje kuphela.
Abasebenzi bathi abaxwayiswanga, futhi balindele ukuthi ukusebenza kuzoma ezinyangeni ezimbili.
Abaholi bezinyunyana bathi iGoodyear yephule imithetho. “Inkampani bekumele itshele izinyunyana kuqala,” kusho unobhala weNational Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, uMziyanda Twani.
“Sekuyisikhathi eside bazi ukuthi inkampani yabo idonsa kanzima e-Europe nokuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka.”
IGoodyear ithi uzolandela umthetho weLabour Relations Act futhi isebenzisane neKhomishini ye-Conciliation,Mediation kanye ne-Arbitration ukuze kwenziwe inqubo efanele. Ithembise ukuthi konke kuzoba sobala futhi ingenzeleli.
Kodwa bangu-24 kuphela abantu abasemkhakheni wezokuthengisa, ezomthetho, owezimali kanye ne-supply chain abazogcina imisebenzi yabo. Abanye, abasebenzi abangu-907 bazophuma.
Le nkampani isazoqhubeka nokudayisa amathayi eNingizimu Afrika, kodwa ngeke isakwazi ukuwenza kuleli.
UDenise van Huyssteen weNelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber uthe izinkampani zamasondo zithwele kanzima. Usole ingqalasizinda engekho emthethweni, ukukhuphuka kwezindleko, ubugebengu namathayi ashibhile avela kwamanye amazwe.
IGoodyear ingeyokugcina ukuvala e-Eastern Cape. NgoMasingana, i-ContiTech yavala imboni yayo ye-belt plant, yanqamula imisebenzi engu-125. I-Aspen ingase inqamule eminye imisebenzi engu-134 kwimboni yayo ye-eyedrop. IMercedes-Benz yehlise imboni yayo yase-East London, yachitha cishe imisebenzi engu-700. I-Bridgestone yavala iminyango yayo eminyakeni emine edlule.
Izinga elisemthethweni labangasebenzi esifundazweni manje selingu-39.3%. Izinga elandisiwe, elihlanganisa abafuna umsebenzi, selifinyelele ku-49%. Ezinyangeni ezintathu nje zokuqala zalo nyaka kulahleke imisebenzi engu-83,000.
Umholi we-Democratic Alliance, uVicky Knoetze, uthe usebhalele uSomlomo wesiShayamthetho sase-Eastern Cape efuna inkulumompikiswano ngenkinga yemisebenzi.
“Ngeke kuqhubeke izinto njengenjwayelo ekubeni isifundazwe sisaqhubeka nokulahlekelwa imisebenzi,” kusho yena.
Ufuna izinyathelo eziphuthumayo nezimpendulo mayelana nokulahleka kwemisebenzi, ukuwa komkhakha wezimoto, nokubambezeleka kweNgqungquthela Yezomnotho.
Esithombeni esingenhla: I-Goodyear SA eKariega.
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