Protecting the rights and interests of sanitation workers, from outsourcing to wage arrears to social concern
Preface
In recent years, with the continuous acceleration of urbanization, the appearance of the city is also undergoing earth-shaking changes, high-rise buildings rise from the ground, convenient transportation, various convenient facilities have also come into being, and the overall environment of the city has taken on a new look. Behind these beautiful cities is a group of unknown sanitation workers, and it is their hard work that makes such a clean and beautiful city possible. Although the work of sanitation workers is so important, their wages are not optimistic, and there are even cases of unpaid wages, why is this?
1. The hard work and low wages of sanitation workers
As the guardians of the city, sanitation workers have to go out early and return late every day, shuttling between the streets and alleys, cleaning up garbage, cleaning up, and ensuring the cleanliness and beauty of the city. Their work requires not only patience and care, but also not being afraid of dirt and tiredness, which can be said to be a very hard job. Although their work is so important, their wages are not high, and there are even cases of arrears of wages, which is very distressing and incomprehensible.
It is understood that the monthly salary of sanitation workers in some places is only more than 2,000 yuan, and they also have to face a variety of potential safety hazards, such as when cleaning the garbage can, it is easy to be scratched by the garbage, and when the snow is cleared, it is easy to fall and be injured, and the working environment is also very bad. It can be said that the work of sanitation workers is not only hard, but also very dangerous, and it is very unfair that they pay a lot for the cleanliness and beauty of the city, but in exchange for such a low salary.
Second, the sanitation work is outsourced, and wages and benefits are affected
Why is there a situation where the wages of sanitation workers are low? This has a lot to do with the outsourcing of sanitation work. With the continuous development of the city, the sanitation work is becoming more and more onerous, if all by the authorities, it will undoubtedly increase the financial pressure of the authorities, so they will choose to outsource the sanitation work to a third-party company to save manpower and material resources and improve work efficiency.
Although the outsourcing of sanitation work can save manpower and material resources and improve work efficiency, it has a certain impact on the wages of sanitation workers. In order to reduce costs, some third-party companies often lower prices, resulting in a greatly reduced salary for sanitation workers, and some even only have the local minimum wage standard, which is undoubtedly an even worse blow for sanitation workers.
Moreover, due to the outsourcing of sanitation work, the work of sanitation workers has also become unstable, and sometimes they may be forced to stop work due to insufficient workload, which is undoubtedly a huge test for their lives, and also makes their lives extremely difficult.
3. The problem of wage arrears behind outsourcing
In addition to the impact on wages, there is another serious problem in the outsourcing of sanitation work, that is, the problem of wage arrears. In recent years, there have been frequent news reports of unpaid wages for sanitation workers, many of whom are from outsourcing companies.
The reason is, on the one hand, because some outsourcing companies in order to maximize profits, will take various means to lower prices, thus causing certain difficulties to the payment of wages to sanitation workers, on the other hand, it also has a great relationship with the supervision of some relevant departments is not in place, some outsourcing companies have a variety of violations of laws and regulations, but have not been punished, which will undoubtedly bring a certain negative impact on outsourcing work.
Wage arrears is undoubtedly a very serious matter for sanitation workers, their wages are not high, once they are in arrears, it will cause great difficulties to their lives, and even affect their children's school and the normal life of their families, which is absolutely intolerable.
Fourth, all sectors of society should strengthen their attention and support
What should we do in the face of the various problems behind the outsourcing of sanitation work? We should strengthen our attention and support for sanitation workers, so that more people are aware of their hard work and contributions, respect labor, respect sanitation workers, so as to form a good atmosphere for the whole society to care for and support sanitation workers.
Once it is found that there are violations of laws and regulations by outsourcing companies, they must be dealt with seriously to protect the legitimate rights and interests of sanitation workers, so that they can work in a relatively fair working environment and get due wages.
We can also explore the establishment of a more fair and reasonable remuneration mechanism, so that sanitation workers can get due rewards for their efforts, motivate them to better perform their duties, and we can also advocate the concept of green environmental protection, reduce the generation of garbage, fundamentally reduce the work pressure of sanitation workers, and improve the overall environmental quality of the city.
epilogue
Although the work of sanitation workers is hard, they have always adhered to their posts in obscurity and contributed to the beauty and cleanliness of the city with practical actions. We should start from the small things around us, respect the sanitation workers, care for them, but also realize the importance of sanitation work, and actively participate in environmental protection work, so that our city becomes more and more beautiful, and sanitation workers can be proud and happy because of their efforts.