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TITLE: POOR CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AT ACTION AUTO
INTRO:
Action Auto ltd
P.O BOX 50579
Lusaka,zambia
Telephone:260-211-221070 or 260-211-225277
Great North Road Next to ZRA HQ
for those who do not know Action Auto, it one of General Motors dealership which Sales Brand new Vehicle i.e Isuzu, Chevrolet and Opel All Manufactured by General Motors of the USA, under its South African Subsidiary(GMSA).apart from selling new vehicles, we also sell parts and service out Brands.it is one of the leading Automotive dealers in Zambia.
PURPOSE OF THIS WRITING
We the Workers(Zambian workers of black Skin) of Action auto would like to bring to light the injustices we are facing by management and two of its 6 Directors(Mr. Michael Bentley(sales & Marketing Director) and Ashish Patel(Aftersales Director) to start with:
1. POOR SALARIES:
We are among the lowest paid workers in the Automotive Industry here in Zambia. the managers and directors have awarded themselves High salaries e.g. the Service manager is get k24,000,Parts manager K35,636,finance Manager K43,210,Louis Maliti k34,220,AfterSales Director k56,923 and the Sales & marketing director k56,000 monthly.Workshop Foreman K4,187(when the former was getting K12,000)
While we the ordinary Zambian workers the Majority are getting below K2000 per month with the exception of two ladies from Sales (Lillia is getting k16, 000 and Jackie k12, 000) who are new with Action Auto Ltd whom both have been given personal to holder vehicles (Lillia who is Mr. Michael Bentley‘s Girlfriend was given A Brand New Isuzu KB 6) recently from a trip with Mr. Bentley from Dubai.
The Question we the Workers are asking Management is what criteria are they using in awarding new employees high salaries will us the workers whom have been with this company from start are just getting K3000?Still on the Sales Department, there is a Male sales consultant who has been teaching Lillia and Jackie work has been sidelined by his Boss(Mr. Bentley) who Begged him to come back after he left Action Auto buying give the people his teaching work high salaries and giving them vehicles to frustrate him so that he can quit.
What we the Workers are asking is that the company should hire a Human Resource manager (currently there is no one) and the company should implement a Proper grading system for workers should employees in the same Grade are awarded similar pay and conditions.
- FIRING OF WORKERS WITHOUT PROPER REASONS
Workers are been fired without any reason e.g. Mr. Njovu (a Service Advisor) was recently fired by the Aftersales Director (Ashish Patel) because one of a client Chevy Captiva developed a problem with the Engine while it came for repairs in our Workshop, Mr. Njovu is not even a mechanic but he was fired cause the customer demanded for a new Engine.
Ronald Mbewe (Sales Consultant) was also recently fired for answering back at Mr. Bentley’s Girlfriend (Lillia who likes Shouting at Employees just because she’s opening her Legs for Director Bentley) so Ronald Mbewe was fired and Lilia brought her friend Jackie. Alot of Workers have been fired or their Contracts have not been re-newed, I will get to the reasons why there are firing worker later.
There are Firing Workers who know there Dirty Secrets so that there will be no One to give evidence when there deals come to light.
3. INSULTS
Insults, insults, insults from morning let evening. We are been Insulted all sorts of insults by Mr. Ashish Patel (Aftersales Directors) even in Front of Customers sometimes. This man has grown Big Headed after been appointed Director from Been Technical Manager, he behaves has if the company is his, he even tells some customers that the company is his.
This the same Guy who almost bankrupted Galunia Farms while he a foreman there, which he is going to do to Action auto if the Board chairman(Mark O’Donnell and CEO H.O Weissentein) don’t do something about him soon.
4. STEALING FROM THE COMPANY AND CUSTOMERS
These Three people are Stealing (Ashish Patel, Michael Bentley and Jimmy Dons) are stealing from the company and from customers e.g. there is an Isuzu KB 300 LX ABP 8548 from Classic Computers (260-977-772105) this vehicle has been at Action Auto for More than 3 years, they got an Engine under Warranty for this vehicle from General Motors South Africa when it developed Problems cause it was still under warranty there were supposed to replace it for free, what did they do? Got the engine from General Motors South Africa and sold it to someone else and this customer has been having problems with this vehicle ever since.
Workshop Job-Cards, this is where there are stealing from the company, they have create a lot of Workshop Job Card were there are putting Sublets pretending has if the company is buying Spares from somewhere else when this Money is been Shared Amongst the Three of them.
We have a lot of criminating information against these Three, but we will leave it here for Now if Things Don’t Change Within a Week from Now.
Using company money to Build the houses in Siavonga, Ashish Patel is using Action Auto account to get building materials from Lusaka Hardware to build his House in Siavonga.
CONCLUSION
We the Workers Appeal to Mr. Mark O’Donnell (chairman for Action Auto and Union gold), Mr. H.O Weissenstein (CEO Action Auto), G Nader (From EML who is a Director of Action Auto), and the Zambia Labour Office to investigate this matter urgently before these three bring the company you have worked had for.
This letter has been sent to various media Houses, Zambia labour Office, mark O’Donnell, H.O Weissenstein, G Nader and other Stake holders.We want the above mentioned Bosses to Go there are very Un-Professional and thrieves.
The Press: you are free to come investigate
Zambian is the only country we will ever call Home, let’s not allow foreignS to treat us like Slaves in our own Land.
“EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING” Zambians lets stand together, we are the solutions to our Problems let not always wait for foreigns to do something let’s take the first step!!!
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