TNasarar da Teamsters Union ta samu a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 2010 don wakiltar ma'aikata 7,600 na ƙasa a kamfanin jiragen sama na Continental ya nuna cewa aiki tuƙuru na daɗaɗɗa zai iya dawowa lokacin da masu shirya ƙungiyoyin ɗaruruwan suka fantsama a duk faɗin ƙasar tare da buga kofa a cikin birane 24 don shirye-shiryen. zabe. Masu sa kai na ƙungiyar ba su taƙaita kansu ga manyan cibiyoyin Nahiyar a Cleveland, Houston, da Newark ba, kamar yadda sauran ƙungiyoyin suka yi a gazawar yunƙurin shiryawa cikin shekaru 12 da suka gabata. "Mun sha fama da wannan har sau biyar kuma zan iya cewa wannan shine mafi kyawun kamfen, yakin neman zabe mafi karfi da muka yi," in ji Gary Welsch. Mujallar Teamster a watan Satumba na 2009.
Yayin da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta kasance a cikin mafi yawan masana'antu masu haɗin gwiwa a cikin ƙasar, wakilai na ramp na Nahiyar sun kasance cikin mafi girma rukuni na ma'aikatan da ba na ƙungiyar ba. Yanzu sun mayar da kamfanin jirgin sama na hudu mafi girma a kasar ya zama shagon kungiyar daga sama har kasa. Ma’aikatan jirgin, ma’aikatan jirgin, makanikai, da ma’aikatan jirgin a yanzu duk suna da haƙƙin ciniki na gama-gari, wanda hakan ya ba su damar dawo da wasu wuraren da suka ɓace a cikin ƴan shekarun da suka gabata.
"Albashin ma'aikatan jirgin yana farawa da kusan dala 10 a sa'a," in ji Chris Moore, shugaban kungiyar Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition, amma "kusan rabin aiki na cikakken lokaci." Bayan shekaru 10, ma'aikatan gubar suna samun ɗan fiye da dala 21 a sa'a guda, in ji shi.
Batun da ke daɗe da ƙarancin albashi, haɗe da korar ma'aikata bayan 11 ga Satumba, 2001, tabbas ya ƙara wayar da kan ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata, amma kuma dole ne a gane nasarorin dabarun ƙungiyar na ƙasa. Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin sun shirya sababbin mambobi 43,000 a cikin 2008, suna tabbatar da dabarun su don horar da daruruwan mambobi masu daraja-da-fayil a mai shirya "boot sansanin."
Mummunan Dokar Ma'aikata ta Railroad
PMafi munin anachronism a cikin dokar aiki ta Amurka ita ce dokar 1926 Railroad Labour Act (RLA) da ke jagorantar zaɓen ƙungiyar don ma'aikatan jirgin ƙasa da na jirgin sama. Dokar ta bayyana cewa dole ne ƙungiyar ta sami goyan bayan mafi rinjaye na jumillar sashin ciniki da sana'a. Wannan dai ya sha banban da duk wani zabukan da ake yi a Amurka, inda akasarin wadanda suka kada kuri’a suke yanke hukunci ba kan mafi rinjayen al’ummar da suka cancanci kada kuri’a ba. Don yin hakan ma ya fi muni, sashin ciniki ya haɗa da waɗanda aka kora waɗanda ke da wahalar tuntuɓar su.
A shekara ta 2008, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Sufuri (TWU) ta sami rinjaye mafi rinjaye na waɗanda suka kada kuri'a, amma sun sha kaye a zaɓen ma'aikatan Ƙasar na Nahiyar saboda sun gaza wannan "mafi rinjaye" da ake bukata da kuri'u 314. Ƙungiyar Machinists (IAMAW) ta yi hasarar a Continental a ƙarƙashin yanayi iri ɗaya 'yan shekaru baya. A wannan karon 'yan kungiyar sun yi nasara da kyar a zaben nasu, inda suka zarce wannan matakin da kuri'u 300, kodayake ma'aikata 4,102 da suka zabi kungiyar sun kasance mafi rinjayen wadanda suka kada kuri'a.
Abin farin ciki, Hukumar Sasanci ta Kasa (NMB), wacce ke gudanar da RLA, ta ba da shawarar canza dokar zuwa mafi yawan masu kada kuri'a. Masu jigilar jiragen sama da na dogo suna zanga-zanga, amma ma'aikata na da yakinin cewa shawarwarin NMB za su yi nasara.
"Mun yi caca"
It ya kasance babban haɗari ga Teamsters don ci gaba da zaɓen Nahiyar a ƙarƙashin tsoffin dokoki. "Mun dauki caca kuma ya yi aiki," in ji Shugaban Teamster James Hoffa. Sauran kungiyoyin kamar su Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) da Machinists sun dage zabe a Delta, alal misali, har sai sabon tsarin ya sauya, wanda ake sa ran zai fara aiki nan da ‘yan watanni.
Ma'aikatan jirgin sama suna neman haƙƙin daidai da sauran Amurkawa masu jefa ƙuri'a. Da sahihin zaɓen mulkin masu rinjaye, ƙungiyoyin kamfanonin jiragen sama sun yi nasara a kowace takara a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata. Ƙarƙashin Dokar Harkokin Kwadago ta Ƙasa (NLRA), wadda ta shafi ma'aikatan da ba na RLA ba, zaɓen ƙungiyoyi har yanzu yana cikin gurɓatacce ta hanyar ƙwararrun ma'aikata na barazanar zargi, dakatarwa, da kuma wariya. Ana buƙatar Dokar Zaɓin Kyautar Ma'aikata don baiwa ma'aikata damar nuna zaɓin ƙungiyarsu daga tsoratar da binciken ma'aikata.
Ma'aikata a Continental sun yi magana ga miliyoyin waɗanda ke matukar buƙatar haƙƙin ciniki tare. Zamantakewa da dimokuradiyya yancin zaɓe, a cikin RLA da NLRA, za su haɓaka damammaki ga ma'aikata don tsara kansu da bayyana buƙatunsu da buƙatun su na rayuwa mai inganci.