"Sanitation Workers' Day" is not for sanitation, but for "face"

2019 old article reprinted backup, author: Huang Li

In the past week, the Guangzhou Municipal Government (and other local governments) have been beating gongs and drums to celebrate the arrival of the 32nd Sanitation Workers' Day (Note: 2019). We met with representatives of "Excellent Urban Beauticians", and the scene was truly spectacular.

Some friends were still surprised, but they didn't expect that the sanitation workers had their own festivals. It starts with an old-fashioned story. On October 26, 1959, when President Liu Shaoqi met with national model workers and excrement workers, Chuanxiang highly praised the contributions of sanitation workers to the society, which immediately triggered a wave of "Sanitation Workers' Day" across the country. The setting of the festival, of course, is to improve the social status of sanitation workers and express respect for sanitation workers, but over time, the taste has changed.

Sanitation Workers' Day is not for sanitation, but for "face".

On October 26, the Guangzhou Municipal General Assembly inexplicably produced 100 representatives of sanitation workers and was awarded the "Excellent Urban Beautician". Although it is said to be a " bottom-up democratic recommendation method, which has been reviewed by relevant departments ", if you ask any sanitation worker on the road, he or she will never tell you about it - after all" "Leadership review" is the first point.

So who are these "chosen" people? How does it represent the 56,000 sanitation workers in Guangzhou?

Some workers left comments on the Internet: "It's shameful to wear sanitation work clothes to evaluate a beautician without sweeping the floor." The sanitation workers even recognized the people inside , "Face Project, the second from the left in the second row is the monitor of the first institute", "the one in the middle of the second row is a monitor of the seventh institute", "the first in the first row on the left is the monitor. He is the leader of the quality inspection team of the three institutes."

The reasoning is clear here. Most of the urban beauticians who can "stand out" are just the default sanitation leaders, and very few front-line sanitation workers can get this honor, not to mention the spiritual temperament of these people can represent the sanitation workers in Guangzhou. Under the gorgeous face project, the sadness and injustice behind the sanitation workers group is even harder to see.

An amateur WeChat public account " Heart Sanitation " (Note: It has now been cancelled by WeChat) who is very concerned about sanitation workers, but understands this very well, and simply calls on sanitation workers to carry out the most popular "garbage classification" for their sanitation units/companies. , and vote for the "most rubbish" sanitation management method. More than 300 Guangzhou sanitation workers participated actively and voted for six private "garbage" awards, including the most "garbage" sanitation policy, sanitation management, sanitation institute and sanitation leaders. The shortlisted "rubbish" is really an eye-opener. Not only do they have obvious violations of labor laws, such as asking for leave and being arbitrarily deducted, escorting them with fines, and arrears in wages, but also all kinds of sanitation who use power for personal gain, oppress front-line sanitation workers, and even sexually harass female workers. lead. This side of the sanitation industry has never been seen by society.

To do this on Sanitation Workers' Day is not to be the opposite, but to show the sincerity of the sanitation workers. Because the sanitation department on the table will only whitewash the peace, the sanitation workers cannot express their voices. Even the annual "Sanitation Workers' Day" is only used as a "face" project for "exhibition", which is really hard. Say.

I don't know how the relevant departments feel about the selected "garbage" in the sanitation industry. After all, straightforward workers will not lie. Of course, for them, the easiest way is to "delete the post" in the end. Therefore, the voting, nomination and awarding of "Heart Sanitation" have really been "reported and deleted".

But is it useful to delete it? "If they have good leadership, they should reflect on their management methods," a sanitation worker commented to the heart. If there is a sanitation industry that cannot accept criticism, then why pay attention to the rights and interests of sanitation workers? Every year, they are "frying cold rice" and "giving out fake awards". What can move the hearts of sanitation workers is not the fragile hearts of those departments.

Sanitation worker discussion

"Throw less garbage" and "provide sanitation workers with drinking water for free" , these so-called "care" are always talked about by the government, but under poor management, these cheap cares are not even "a drop in the bucket". Points deduction for "custody by penalty", seamless GPS monitoring, harsh corruption of sanitation leaders, blatant violation of the law by outsourcing dispatch, lack of housing security, casualties in road accidents, etc. These are the front-line sanitation workers who must meet day and night Right pain. Every day, he shouts that he cares about sanitation workers, but never improves the rights and interests of sanitation workers in practical actions. In the end, it is nothing more than false "concern".

The sanitation "garbage" award makes us understand a truth: what sanitation workers need is not "care", but dignity.

In addition, on the day of "Sanitation Workers' Day", we can't forget the name of one person: Yu Youde , a sanitation worker in Changxing Street, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City. On October 25, 2019, he was fined with demerit points from the street, forcibly fired, and "suddenly died" in a rental house on the eve of Sanitation Worker's Day. He was a sanitation worker killed by the illegal system of "prescribing a penalty", and he was one of the thousands of sanitation workers who were fined. We cannot forget his sacrifice, nor the oppression and inequality behind this fleeting beauty overshadowed. (Reported by Yu Youde: http://jianjiaobuluo.com/content/107568 )