Hotel Employees Union reports alleged physical assault of worker
Hotel Employees Union
25 Jul 2022
/ 11:57
CORFU. "A mistake at work resulted in him being hit," the union says.
The board of Corfu Hotel Employees Union has reported an alleged incident of physical violence against a worker at a large hotel unit.
Union statement:
"We are not surprised by the physical assault of a worker by his supervisors at a large Corfu hotel. On Saturday afternoon our colleague made the "tragic" mistake of placing meat in a different bowl from the one he was told to...
As a consequence of this "crime" his supervisor hit him. When asking for protection from the department manager he was sworn at, threatened, hit and had his throat squeezed.
The manager then told the "offender" to go home for two days to calm down and when he returned he would be put in another job, otherwise he would be sent home.. (fired). As simple as that!
In the dictatorship of the plutocrats, where human life and dignity mean nothing when serving the greed of the bosses, where violence from employers, terrorism, bullying and the exhausting working mean that work accidents are all normal!
The long working hours without breaks and days off are also 'normal' with miserable wages which are used up at the first filling station, supermarket etc.
Is this the first incident at hotels or other places of work this year? Of course not! But this time our colleague said "Enough is enough!" and took the necessary steps.
All of us as workers have to say "Enough is enough!" all together and with determination in protests and strikes for the following:
- Humane working conditions implementing the current collective labour contracts.
- The signing of collective contracts with real wage increases.
- Recruitment of personnel to cover vacant positions.
TERRORISM WON'T WIN - THE WORKERS' STRUGGLE WILL OVERCOME IT!"
Union statement:
"We are not surprised by the physical assault of a worker by his supervisors at a large Corfu hotel. On Saturday afternoon our colleague made the "tragic" mistake of placing meat in a different bowl from the one he was told to...
As a consequence of this "crime" his supervisor hit him. When asking for protection from the department manager he was sworn at, threatened, hit and had his throat squeezed.
The manager then told the "offender" to go home for two days to calm down and when he returned he would be put in another job, otherwise he would be sent home.. (fired). As simple as that!
In the dictatorship of the plutocrats, where human life and dignity mean nothing when serving the greed of the bosses, where violence from employers, terrorism, bullying and the exhausting working mean that work accidents are all normal!
The long working hours without breaks and days off are also 'normal' with miserable wages which are used up at the first filling station, supermarket etc.
Is this the first incident at hotels or other places of work this year? Of course not! But this time our colleague said "Enough is enough!" and took the necessary steps.
All of us as workers have to say "Enough is enough!" all together and with determination in protests and strikes for the following:
- Humane working conditions implementing the current collective labour contracts.
- The signing of collective contracts with real wage increases.
- Recruitment of personnel to cover vacant positions.
TERRORISM WON'T WIN - THE WORKERS' STRUGGLE WILL OVERCOME IT!"
