Source: Gaskiya
Baristas tare da kwamitin shirya Starbucks Workers United suna da kyakkyawan fata ɗaya ko fiye da shagunan nan ba da jimawa ba za su zama farkon wuraren haɗin gwiwa a Amurka. Ana sa ran sakamako gobe uku daga cikin shagunan Starbucks shida da ke Buffalo, New York, yankin da suka shigar da kara a zaben kungiyar ga Hukumar Kula da Kwadago ta Kasa (NLRB).
A ranar Talata, NLRB ta yi watsi da bukatar Starbucks na kama kuri'un da aka riga aka jefa a zaben kungiyar tare da dakatar da kuri'ar da ake jira gaba daya. A cikin nasara ga Workers United, maimakon hukumar ta amince da kirga kuri'un.
Idan ɗaya ko fiye da yankin Buffalo ya adana haɗin kai gobe, za su iya tabbatar da na farko dominoes a cikin wani faffadar Starbucks da cafe unionization kalaman wanda ya riga ya bazu a wani wuri a cikin kasar, ciki har da Arizona, inda wani kantin sayar da a Mesa ya shigar da kara a zaben kungiyar a karshen watan da ya gabata. Nasarar na iya yiwuwa ta sake komawa cikin giant ɗin kofi kusan 9,000 Shagunan mallakar kamfanoni na Amurka.
Yiwuwar nasarar da aka samu daga bangaren Ma'aikatan Ma'aikata na Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙungiya ta Ƙungiya ta Ƙungiya ta Ƙungiya ta Ƙasashen Duniya na Fortune 500 a Amurka Kamfanin ya yi kusan komai a cikin sa. ikon murkushe yunkurin kungiyar, gami da jinkirta kada kuri'ar kungiyar da gudanar da tarurrukan masu sauraro da aka yi wa lakabi da "zaman saurare," inda gudanarwar ta tilasta wa ma'aikata sauraron farfagandar adawa da kungiyar.
Ba wai kawai ba, amma manyan manajoji da shugabannin kamfanoni, ciki har da Shugaban Starbucks North America Rossann Williams da Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa John Culver, sun sauka kan shagunan yankin Buffalo cikin watanni biyu da suka gabata. Sun yi iƙirarin kasancewarsu ya zama dole saboda dalilai da yawa, tun daga gyara wasu matsalolin da suka shafe shekaru da yawa da suka fara haifar da yaƙin neman zaɓen ƙungiyar, da suka haɗa da samar da ma'aikata, tsaftar muhalli, kwaro da al'amurran da suka shafi ajiya a shaguna da dama, zuwa share benaye da fitar da su. sharar. Starbucks Workers United membobin kwamitin shirya, sun ce a fili manufar manajoji da masu zartarwa ita ce sanya ido kan ma'aikata da kuma dakatar da maganar kungiyar a cikin hanyarta.
Colin Cochran, barista a Buffalo's Walden Avenue da kuma wurin kantin sayar da titin Anderson, wanda ya shigar da kara a zaben kungiyar amma baya cikin shaguna uku da ake kirga kuri'unsu gobe, in ji shi. Truthout cewa shugabannin Starbucks sun rufe wurin ajiyarsa na ɗan lokaci kuma suka mayar da shi cibiyar horarwa kafin fara shigar da kantin sayar da NLRB. Ya ce an dauki matakin ne a wani bangare da aka tsara don rarrabawa tare da hargitsa mafi rinjayen rukunin masu kada kuri’a na kungiyar ta hanyar tura su zuwa wurare daban-daban. "Maimakon ganin dukkan abokan aikina kowane mako, ina ganin watakila kashi uku na kantina akai-akai," in ji Cochran. Truthout. "Har yanzu akwai mutanen da ban gansu ba kwata-kwata a cikin watanni biyun da suka gabata, kuma hakan yana da wahala a tsara."
“Maimakon ganin dukkan abokan aikina kowane mako, ina ganin watakila kashi uku na kantina akai-akai. Har yanzu akwai mutanen da ban gansu ba kwata-kwata a cikin watanni biyu da suka gabata, kuma hakan yana da wahala a tsara shi.”
Starbucks Workers United aika cajin aikin aikin rashin adalci tare da NLRB akan Nuwamba 4 akan rufe, wanda ya hada da wani kantin sayar da kayayyaki a Cheektowaga, New York, wanda dukkan ma'aikata 21 suka sanya hannu kan takardar neman zaben kungiyar. Kungiyar ma'aikata ta kuma shigar da kara kan yadda shugabannin gudanarwa ke sa ido kan ma'aikata da sauran ayyukan tilastawa. Starbucks yana da halin Rufewar da aka yi a matsayin daidaituwa kawai, amma ba su amsa ba Truthouttakamaiman buƙatun don sharhi.
A cewar NLRB, ya kamata a gudanar da zaɓen ƙungiyoyi a ƙarƙashin abin da ake kira "yanayin dakin gwaje-gwaje," wanda ma'aikata za su iya kada kuri'a a cikin tsarin zabe wanda ba shi da tsoro daga masu aiki da kuma wanda yanayin aikin su ba a canza ba.
Amma, kamar yadda Cochran ya ce, “Sun canza komai game da kantinmu. Ina nufin ba mu ƙara ganin abokan ciniki ba, kamar nawa babban canji za ku iya samu? Ba mu ƙara yin abubuwan sha ba. Ina tsammanin babu wata hanyar da za ku iya yin babban canji ga yanayin aikinmu. "
Haka kuma, Angel Krempa, mai kula da canjin canji a wurin Buffalo's Depew, wanda shi ma ya shigar da karar amma baya cikin shagunan da ake kirga kuri'u gobe, in ji Truthout Cewar uzurin shugabannin da ake zargin cewa suna son samar da cibiyar horarwa don kawo karin ma'aikata da kuma taimakawa shagunan da ke fama da matsalar karancin ma'aikata abin dariya ne tunda, in ji ta, ta sake horar da akalla mutane shida wadanda shugabannin kamfanoni suka horar da su a farko. cibiyar. "[Sabbin ma'aikatan] yakamata su kasance cikin shiri sosai a wannan wurin, kuma dukkansu sun ji asara gaba daya," in ji Krempa.
Daga cikin kasancewar kamfanoni a kantin nata, ta fada Gaskiya, "Tabbas yana da damuwa…. Hakan yana ƙara ƙarfafa ni saboda ma’aikata na suna cikin damuwa, domin maimakon su iya yin aikinsu kawai, sai su ji kamar suna yin aikinsu ba daidai ba saboda akwai [shugabannin kamfanoni] suna lura da su.”
Billionaire kuma tsohon Shugaban Kamfanin Starbucks Howard Schultz da kansa ma ya fito a cikin birnin a watan da ya gabata don gabatar da shari'ar adawa da haɗin kai. A cikin wani babban kuskure na PR, jawabin nasa ya kwatanta halin da ma'aikata ke ciki tare da sansanin 'yan Nazi, yana mai cewa fa'idodin sarkar ita ce hanyarsa ta "raba bargo" tare da sauran fursunoni, watau ma'aikata, wanda Starbucks ya kira "abokan tarayya."
"Sun canza komai game da kantinmu. Ina nufin ba mu ƙara ganin abokan ciniki ba, kamar nawa babban canji za ku iya samu?"
Gianna Reeve, mai kula da canjin canji a Hamburg, New York, wurin kantin sayar da titin Camp Road a yankin Buffalo wanda ake sa ran sakamakon zabensa gobe, ya katse Schultz a lokacin jawabin a kokarin sa ya sanya hannu kan ka'idojin zabe na adalci na Workers United. Ta fada Truthout cewa kafin ma ta samu damar ce masa wani abu da ya wuce sunanta, ma’aikatan suka fidda shi daga dakin, shugabannin kamfanoni suka kewaye ta. "Gaskiyar cewa a wani taron kwarewa na abokin tarayya' wanda ba su bari abokin tarayya guda yayi magana da (Schultz) ya isa ba. Ya faɗi da yawa a zahiri, ”in ji Reeve Truthout.
Jim kadan bayan taron, Reeve ta ce an hana ta da wani abokin aikinta damar zuwa daya daga cikin “zaman saurare” guda biyu da aka kama a wurin kantin nasu, duk da cewa a baya an gaya musu cewa za su iya bayyana har zuwa farkon tarurrukan biyu. Tun daga wannan lokacin, in ji ta, matakin tsoratarwa daga jami'ai a wurinta ya ƙara tsananta.
Reeve ya ce: "Sun kasance suna ɗaga mayafin irin wannan saccharin, kyakkyawan ni'ima da suke bayarwa tun lokacin da suka haye, kuma ya kasance mai yawan wuce gona da iri," in ji Reeve. Truthout. "Kawai a cikin zuciya, irin, yana da zafi."
Yaƙin neman zaɓe akan Starbucks's "Signing-Signing"
Amma Reeve da sauran membobin United Workers United sun ce makamin su na sirri a kan babbar ƙungiyar kofi ta ƙungiyar masu ɗaukar nauyi shine ingancin saƙon membobin da kuma hanyoyin da suka sami damar yin amfani da “darajar” na Starbucks a kansa. Starbucks da Schultz's "siginar nagarta," kamar yadda Reeve ya sanya shi, ya kasance mahimmin abin da ke haifar da haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar.
"Starbucks ya sanya kansa a cikin wani matsayi inda ya ce, kuma yana farin ciki, cewa yana so ya zama mafi kyau ga abokansa da abokan cinikinsa yayin da yake karyata wannan lokaci da lokaci, musamman tare da wannan ƙungiyar," in ji Reeve. Abokan hulɗa suna tsaye suna cewa, 'A'a, kamfanin yana buƙatar ya zama mafi kyau. Shi ya sa muka zo wannan kamfani tun da farko, domin ya ce zai fi kyau.’ Mahimmanci ku sanya kuɗin ku a inda bakinku yake.”
"Sun kasance suna ɗaga mayafin irin wannan saccharin, kyakkyawan ni'ima da suke bayarwa tun lokacin da suka zo, kuma ya kasance mai wuce gona da iri."
Starbucks abin da ake kira "ƙimar ci gaba" wani abu ne Michelle Eisen, ma'aikaciyar shekara 11 a halin yanzu tana aiki a matsayin barista a wurin Elmwood Avenue, wanda ke kirga kuri'un gobe, ya ga tabarbarewar aikinta tare da kamfanin. Lokacin da ta fara shiga, ta ce ta tuna da manajojin gundumomi suna ba da fa'idodi da suka haɗa da $500 na kari ga ma'aikatan da ke da kyakkyawan tallace-tallace, ko kuma kuɗi don manajan shagunan don jefa jam'iyyu don ba da kyauta ga wurare masu kyau. Irin abubuwan da aka kwashe tsawon shekaru kenan, in ji ta. Bayan haka, cutar ta bulla kuma ta bayyana irin yadda kamfanin ke kallon "abokan tarayya" a matsayin abin kashewa.
"Na fara aiki da Starbucks saboda ina da aiki a fasaha, kuma ina bukatar inshorar lafiya. Abin da ya kawo ni kamfani ke nan. Wani kamfani ne mai ci gaba wanda ya yi suna sosai, kuma na ji cewa suna kula da ma’aikatansu kuma suna kula da al’ummarsu,” in ji Eisen. "Har yanzu ina jin cewa, a zuciya, wannan yana can, amma an sami sauyi sosai a cikin 'yan shekarun nan inda ya zama yanayin samun riba fiye da abokan tarayya, kuma na ji darajara a matsayina na ma'aikaci kawai ta ragu. kuma kasa da kasa”.
Duk da cewa kantin nata na musamman bai fuskanci irin matsanancin rashin ma'aikata ba, kwari da matsalolin tsaftar da sauran shagunan da ke ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa ke da su, ta ce ƙarshen ƙarshen ita da sauran mutane da yawa suna kallon Shugaba na Starbucks Kevin Johnson yana karɓar kyautar dala miliyan 1.86 a cikin kasafin kuɗi. shekara ta 2020 ban da kyautar riƙe dala miliyan 50 da albashin dala miliyan 14.7 - duk a tsakiyar cutar.
A cikin wani yunƙuri da ba kasafai ba, duk da haka, masu hannun jari na Starbucks zabe a kan shawarwarin biyan shugaban kamfanin a watan Maris. Har yanzu, ribar kamfanin ya karu ne kawai yayin bala'in COVID-19: A farkon Oktoba, Starbucks ya ba da rahoton samun kudin shiga na kashi hudu cikin hudu na kudaden shiga. $ 1.76 biliyan, daga dala miliyan 392.6 a shekara da ta gabata. Amma duk da haka ma'aikata da yawa sun kasance masu ƙarancin albashi.
"Akwai sauyi a bayyane a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata inda da gaske ya zama yanayin samun riba fiye da abokan tarayya, kuma na ji darajara a matsayina na ma'aikaci kawai tana raguwa da ƙasa da ƙasa."
"Ina da abokan haɗin gwiwa waɗanda ba za su iya biyan hayarsu ba kuma suna sanya kayan abinci a cikin firji a lokaci guda," in ji Eisen. “A gare ni, shi ke nan. Wannan shine dalilin yanke shawarar inda na kasance, 'Ka san menene? A bayyane yake ba mu da cikakken bayani game da yanayin aikinmu kuma waɗannan ribar da aka samu daga aiki na ne, don haka akwai buƙatar ƙarin magana daidai.' "
Shugabannin Starbucks sun yarda da matsalolin ma'aikata yayin barkewar cutar da kuma ci gaba da "Babban murabus" - karancin albashi wanda ya haifar da karancin ma'aikata - kuma sun sanar a karshen Oktoba cewa za inganta albashin ma'aikata aƙalla sau biyu a cikin 2022, yana kawo ƙasan biyan kuɗi zuwa $15 a sa'a ta bazara. Kusan kashi 70 cikin dari na ma'aikatan sa'o'i na Starbucks sun shiga kamfanin a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, wani dalili kuma da ya sa Eisen da sauransu suka yi imanin haɗin kai yana da mahimmanci, saboda yana iya ba da kariya ga sabbin ma'aikatan da ba su da kwarewa waɗanda ba su san igiyoyin ba tukuna.
Eisen kuma yana nuna ainihin munafunci a cikin Starbucks's ma'auni na alhakin zamantakewa na mai bayarwa, wanda kamfanin ke buƙatar masu samar da kayayyaki na ɓangare na uku su sanya hannu. Ka'idodin sun bayyana cewa masu samar da kayayyaki "dole ne su gane da mutunta haƙƙin ma'aikata na 'yancin yin tarayya da yin ciniki tare. Kada ma’aikata su fuskanci tursasawa ko tsangwama wajen amfani da ‘yancinsu na shiga ko kuma kauracewa shiga kowace kungiya.” Idan mai sayarwa ya keta ƙa'idodi ba tare da ɗaukar matakin gyara ba, Starbucks na iya cire kwangilar sa.
"Don haka za ku buƙaci masu ba da kayan ku na ɓangare na uku su ba wa ma'aikatansu damar tsarawa, amma za ku tsaya kan hanyar ma'aikatan ku da ke son tsarawa?" Eisen ya ce. “Idan da a ce Starbucks da gaske ne kamfanin da suke shelanta cewa shi ne, da sun sanya hannu kan ka’idojin zabenmu na gaskiya a lokacin da muke da rinjaye don tsarawa, kuma da sun ba mu damar ci gaba da kuri’armu, sannan da sun same mu. ga teburin ciniki tuni."
"Don haka za ku bukaci masu ba da kayayyaki na ɓangare na uku su ba wa ma'aikatansu damar tsarawa, amma za ku tsaya a kan hanyar ma'aikatan ku da ke son tsarawa?"
Eisen ya ce irin wannan saƙon ya kasance mabuɗin don nuna yadda dabarun ɓarkewar kamfani ya wuce dabi'un da za a iya hangowa na al'adar kamfanoni, kuma hakan ya fi muni saboda ya saba wa abin da kamfanin ya zaci "ethos" - wanda barista suka ce har yanzu suna son kasancewa a cikinsa. "Duk burinmu shine mu bayyana cewa muna son inda muke aiki, ko kuma ba za mu yi ƙoƙarin yin canje-canje daga ciki ba," in ji ta.
Burin, ace A cikin wadannan Times ya ruwaito, kayan shafa na kwamitin gudanarwa na Starbucks an yanke shawarar adawa da ƙungiyar: Yana cike da masu adawa da ƙungiyoyi waɗanda ke wakiltar wasu manyan ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙungiyoyin masana'antu kamar Ƙungiyar Shugabannin Masana'antu ta Retail waɗanda suka kashe miliyoyin lobbying. don mayar da haƙƙin ma'aikata kuma a kan Dokar Kare Haƙƙin Tsara. Aƙalla 8 daga cikin mambobin kwamitin 11, ciki har da Shugaba Johnson, sun wakilci kamfanoni masu rikodin waƙar ƙungiyar ko kuma sun yi aiki tare da kamfanoni ko ƙungiyoyin da ke fuskantar zargin keta haƙƙin ma'aikata.
Amma duk da haka Buffalo baristas sun ce sun shirya tsaf don shawo kan dabaru da albarkatu na hukumar gudanarwar kungiyar. Yunkurin ƙungiyar ya sami ci gaba a wannan makon yayin da membobin kwamitin shirya taron na Starbucks Workers United suka gudanar da wani taron raye-raye irin na zauren gari tare da Sanata mai zaman kansa na Vermont Bernie Sanders akan gidan yanar gizon Sanata. Sanata Sanders ya gana da mambobin kwamitin shirya taron a makon da ya gabata bayan ya wallafa a shafinsa na twitter na goyon bayansa na farko ga yunkurin kungiyar.
Sanders ya shaidawa mambobin kwamitin shirya taron cewa su “wahayi ne" a gare shi, yana cewa, "Bayan kwana ɗaya a Majalisar Dattijan Amurka, abin farin ciki ne ganin mutane sun tashi tsaye suna gwagwarmaya don abin da ke daidai, don tabbatar da adalci, don 'yancin ma'aikata."
Kwamitin shirya ma’aikata ya ce tuni sun fara shirin abin da zai biyo baya, bayan da suka samu nasara a rukunin farko na hadaka. Sun ce, maimakon su ji tsoron kamfanin na iya daukar tsattsauran matakin da ya dace na rufe wuraren da za su kada kuri’a a hadakar a gobe, suna sa ran za a samu karin matsaloli daga kulla kwangilolin da suka fara, inda ma’aikata za su nemi karin albashi mai tsoka da kuma murya a cikin kamfanin. tsare-tsare da tsare-tsare, gami da yiwuwar wakilcin baristas na sa'o'i a tarurrukan hukumar.
"Muna sa ran jinkiri, ko wace irin lamuni ko warwarewa," in ji mai kula da canjin Camp Road Reeve, tare da lura cewa ci gaba da goyon bayan jama'a zai zama mabuɗin da zarar babban yaƙin ƙungiyar ya ɓace daga kanun labarai na ƙasa. "Wannan ba zai ƙare ba nan da nan. Ba za mu huta ba har sai kowane Starbucks a ƙasar da ke son ƙungiyar zai iya samun ɗaya ba tare da kowane irin tsangwama ba."
"Wannan ba zai ƙare ba nan da nan. Ba za mu huta ba har sai kowane Starbucks a ƙasar da ke son ƙungiyar zai iya samun ɗaya ba tare da kowane irin tsangwama ba."
Ga da yawa daga cikin kamfanoni sama da 9,000 na kamfanoni waɗanda ke sa ido kan kamfen ɗin nasu bayan sakamakon gobe, membobin kwamitin sun ce saƙo mai kyau zai kasance mabuɗin don faɗaɗa na gaba. A haƙiƙa, mambobin kwamitin sun riga sun yi hulɗa tare da ma'aikata a wasu wurare da yawa a cikin ƙasar waɗanda suka nemi shawara game da yadda za su haɗa kantunan su. Rikicin ƙungiyar ya riga ya bazu zuwa Babban yankin Boston, tare da gidajen kofi uku na Somerville kwanan nan sanar da tsare-tsaren don haɗa kai da New England Joint Board UNITE HERE a wannan makon.
"Mu ba anti-Starbucks ba ne. Mu masu goyon bayan Starbucks ne, kuma muna son Starbucks su yi la'akari da alhakin da suka ce suna ƙoƙarin ba mu, kuma sun ce sun ba mu duk tsawon lokacin da suke kamfani. Ba mu gani ba, kuma wannan ita ce kawai hanyar da muke jin za mu iya ba da tabbacin dawowa cikin kamfani. Muna son Starbucks ya zama mafi kyau, "in ji mai kula da canjin Krempa daga wurin Depew na Buffalo.
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