After the December issue of AL which focused on anti-disabled struggles,https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Antivalidisme-ESAT-faux-semblants-et-veritable-exploitation _________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E By, For, and About Anarchists Send news reports to A-infos-en mailing list A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
we continue to look at the oppression suffered by disabled people. At the heart of the subject this month, the exploitation of workers in "work support establishments and services" (ESAT). ---- A recent decree finally gives disabled ESAT workers the right to unionization and collective representation. This progress allows France to give assurances to the UN, which has condemned it several times for the flagrant violations of respect for people that this institution produces. If this law brings some progress (new labor rights), much more will be needed to modify existing social relations within ESATs. Indeed, the ESAT is an institution that is both involved in the relationships between the medico-social world and those of the world of work. This results in disabled workers having access to certain services on their work site (for example, training on administrative tasks). However, the "work" part is almost completely hidden by the institution. The most visible symptom is that workers are considered simple users. It's difficult to describe the extent to which this simple word is a source of alienation and frustration for many workers because it shapes their relationship to work and implies that they are receiving a service. Can you imagine doing a job and seeing it denied by the institution that asks you to do it? There is a lot of talk about suffering within bullshit jobs: how can we describe necessary work, which is passed off as a simple pastime granted to you? Workers told me they had already asked for a pay increase. Remember that their salary is well below the minimum wage and cannot exceed it! Management refused them this increase on the grounds that it would lead to a reduction in their Disabled Adult Allowance which supplements their income. The excuse is true but reveals the paternalism of the institution, gently explaining to you that your work has no value. Users without pay However, it does generate significant added value. A significant portion of ESATs specialize in industrial subcontracting for tasks deemed too repetitive or difficult, which local companies prefer to pass on to disabled people. This subcontracting even allows them to pass the 5% threshold for the employment obligation for disabled workers (OTEH) in companies. Why then would companies make an effort to employ disabled people if they can benefit from their work for not even half a salary in structures subsidized by the ARS? To conclude, let us remember that for many ESAT workers, work in an ordinary environment constitutes the Holy Grail. The work ethic of our society makes them understand that this would be the only way to prove their complete worth as an individual. But "the social elevator" is sabotaged at the start because no company has any interest in these hires. Their status, their salary and the recognition of society must be acquired through struggle. The strategy of the State and Capital is precisely to keep these people isolated, it is therefore important that unions and anti-validist associations look towards the workers and their aspirations because, like everywhere, solidarity is our weapon . Corentin (UCL Kreiz-Brezh)SPREAD THE INFORMATION
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