Source: The Intercept
Smithfield Foods, Giant ɗin masana'antar nama da ke fuskantar tambayoyi masu yawa game da yadda ta magance rikicin coronavirus, ta kasa kare ma'aikatanta a wani shukar Wisconsin, a cewar ma'aikatan da suka yi magana da The Intercept.
Ma'aikatan a masana'antar Patrick Cudahy, a Cudahy, Wisconsin, sun fuskanci barkewar Covid-19 makonni da suka gabata, amma sun ce da farko manajoji sun ɓoye adadin masu kamuwa da cuta, sun matsa wa ma'aikata su guji matakan keɓewa, kuma sun kasa samar da duk wani abin rufe fuska ko rarrabuwa.
Barkewar kwanan nan a masana'antar sarrafa naman alade ta Smithfield a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, yanzu yana ɗaya daga cikin most Wuraren Covid-19 a cikin Amurka, tare da tabbatar da shari'o'in 644 da ke da alaƙa da ginin. Barkewar Smithfield tana wakiltar kusan rabin dukkan lamuran da aka tabbatar a waccan jihar.
Yanzu, da Wisconsin shuka, wanda ma'aikata fiye da ma'aikata 1,000, suna da fiye da dozin biyu da aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar kuma an rufe su a ranar Laraba don tsaftacewa da tsaftacewa. Ma’aikata a masana’antar, wadanda suka yi magana da The Intercept bisa sharadin sakaya sunansu saboda tsoron ramuwar gayya, sun ce ya kamata a yi fiye da haka.
Wani ma'aikacin shuka da ke fama da cutar asma ya ce lokacin da ya nemi abin rufe fuska a watan da ya gabata, wani jami'in kamfanin ya ki amincewa da bukatarsa saboda idan aka ba shi daya, Smithfield zai "yi wa kowa."
Ya ce daya daga cikin abokan aikinsa ya kawo abin rufe fuska kuma an tsawatar da shi ga sashen albarkatun dan adam na Smithfield, wanda ya gaya masa cewa sanya abin rufe fuska zai haifar da dakatarwa.
Bayan kwanaki ana kai-komo tsakanin manajojin shuka da ma'aikata, masana'antar Cudahy ta ba da damar ma'aikatanta su kawo abin rufe fuska. Wasu sun bayyana a wurin aiki tare da abin rufe fuska na gida, amma yawancin sun ci gaba da aiki ba tare da kayan aikin aminci na asali ba, kamar masakun N95.
"Daga karshe sun yi kokarin yin wani abu na nisantar da jama'a a cikin wurin cin abinci, amma a zahiri, suna aiki gwiwar gwiwar hannu a kan layi, don haka babu nisantar da jama'a a wurin," in ji 'yar'uwar wani ma'aikacin shuka. A halin yanzu babu masu raba Plexiglas tsakanin ma'aikata, kodayake UFCW Local 1473, wacce ke wakiltar ma'aikata a masana'antar, tana da kira don shigar da irin waɗannan kariyar.
“Akwai mutane marasa lafiya a shukar. Na san akalla mutane uku da na sani a wurin aiki ba su da lafiya,” in ji wani ma’aikaci, wanda ya bayyana cewa kamfanin da farko ya ki fitar da bayanai game da kamuwa da cuta a kamfanin da kuma wadanda suka yi mu’amala da su.
Makon da ya gabata, Fox6 News, mai alaƙa da labarai na cikin gida, ruwaito kan karuwar tashe-tashen hankula a cikin masana'antar ta Cudahy, inda ma'aikata da dama ke nuna fargabar cewa kamfanin ba ya yin abin da ya dace don hana barkewar cutar. Labaran Fox6 samu bayanai daga Sashen Lafiya na Cudahy yana nuna aƙalla lokuta 28 a wurin. William Garron, tsohon wakilin kungiyar, shi ma ya gaya wa Fox, "Da gaske suna ƙoƙarin ɓoye lambar." Bayan rahoton, Smithfield ya ba da sanarwar shirin rufe masana'antar don tsaftacewa kuma ya ce ma'aikatan da ke aiki ne kawai za su yi aiki na wucin gadi.
A halin yanzu Wisconsin yana da sama da 3,555 da aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar ta coronavirus. Gwamna Tony Evers ya inganta aikin wayar da kai da manufofin zama a gida don kasuwancin da ba su da mahimmanci. Matakin da jihar ta dauka kan rikicin ya kasance abin da ya fi daukar hankalin al’ummar kasar a ‘yan makonnin nan bayan da ‘yan jam’iyyar Republican a kotun kolin jihar suka yanke hukuncin cewa dole ne jihar ta ci gaba da kada kuri’a a kai a kai a ranar 7 ga watan Afrilu saboda zanga-zangar da masu kare lafiyar jama’a da gwamnan jihar suka yi.
Smithfield, wanda mallakar kamfanin WH Group ne na kasar Sin, bai amsa nan take ba ga bukatar yin tsokaci.
Tsibirin Cudahy da garin da yake cikinsa mai suna bayan Patrick Cudahy, masanin masana'antu wanda ya fara samar da naman alade a fadin Wisconsin a ƙarshen karni na 19. Kamfanin, wanda ya zama reshen Smithfield a cikin 1984, yana samar da naman alade da busassun tsiran alade a shukar, wanda ke kusa da tashar jirgin saman Milwaukee.
Smithfield, wanda ke da tsire-tsire na nama a duk faɗin ƙasar, yana da dogon tarihi na raunin ma'aikaci da kuma fatalities. Kamfanin yakan yi amfani da ma'aikatan baƙi na ƙasashen waje, waɗanda da yawa daga cikinsu sun ba da rahoton cin zarafi. A cikin 2007, yawancin ma'aikatan baƙo daga Thailand da ke aiki a tsire-tsire na Smithfield sun ruwaito yanayi irin na bawa. Daga baya ma'aikatan sun cimma matsaya ta sirri tare da Smithfield da wani kamfanin daukar ma'aikata mai suna Global Horizons.
Dangane da kulawar kasa da kasa game da yaduwar cutar a masana'antar South Dakota, Smithfield ya sanar a makon da ya gabata cewa zai rufe wasu tsire-tsire na wani dan lokaci. Missouri da kuma North Carolina.
A cikin wata sanarwa da aka buga akan gidan yanar gizon Smithfield Foods, Shugaba Kenneth Sullivan ya bugi sautin rashin kunya.
"Muna da babban zabi a matsayinmu na al'umma: ko dai za mu samar da abinci ko a'a, ko da a fuskar COVID-19," in ji Sullivan. Yunkurin da ake yi na rufe tsire-tsire na ɗan lokaci don tsaftacewa, in ji shi, "yana jefa ƙasarmu cikin haɗari kusa da ƙarshen batun samar da nama."
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