Mr. Kassim Ssuuna had reportedly been pitching camp outside of the gate of his former employers' premises to demand compensation for a workplace accident which he suffered about a year ago when officers of the Uganda Police Force (UPF) assaulted him.
This story has been widely covered in both the print and electronic media in this country but what beats me is the fact that to a great majority of us, it is business as usual. We are going about our day to day activities as if this kind of happening is non of our business.
Anyone remember Pastor Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)? "When they came for the Socialists, I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me".
Justice at the workplace does not differ much from justice or the absence of it anywhere else, in fact it is to the advantage of our employers that we get treated with dignity for very obvious reasons.
The public, Labour MP's, everybody needs stand up, and in unison to condemn the way some organizations handle employee and industrial relations issues. I am not saying Mukwano Industries is culpable here, for I don't know that yet but there would have been more dignified ways of handling such an issue.
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