Source: Gaskiya
Kamar yadda a buga igiyar ruwa na ci gaba da durkusar da kasuwannin kwadago a wannan watan yayin da dubban daruruwan ma'aikata ke samun karfin gwiwa a cikin ci gaba karancin kayan aiki da Babban Murabus, zaɓen da ke gudana tsakanin Ƙungiyar 'Yan Uwa ta Ƙasashen Duniya na Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙasa na Duniya don sanin yadda mafi girma da kuma mafi girma a Arewacin Amirka za su hadu da wani lokaci na tashin hankali a cikin ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata.
A karon farko a cikin shekaru 25, ana gabatar da membobin Teamsters masu matsayi da fayiloli tare da kuri'ar da ba ta da sunan James P. Hoffa, ɗan sanannen Jimmy Hoffa, shugaban Teamster wanda tarihinsa da alaƙa da shirya laifuka An zana su a cikin tarihin rayuwa mai ban mamaki na Martin Scorsese na 2019, Irishman.
Zaben da za a yi a tsakiyar watan Nuwamba zai tabbatar da ko kungiyar membobi miliyan 1.3 za ta tsara wata sabuwar alkibla daga kasuwanci-unionist 'yan sanda na karamar hukumar Hoffa. Haka kuma za ta tantance ko kungiyar za ta bar gadonta na cin hanci da rashawa: Zaben ya kasance na farko tun bayan zaben fita daga dokar amincewa ta 1989 wanda ya sanya kungiyar a karkashin kulawar gwamnatin tarayya don kawar da tasirin kungiyoyin masu aikata laifuka.
Duk wani ɗan takarar da ya yi nasara zai jagoranci ma'aikata a cikin jigilar kayayyaki, sufuri, masana'antu, gine-gine, da fina-finai da talabijin a cikin wasu muhimman gwagwarmayar aiki na yau, ciki har da jagorancin wani buri, shirin kasa da kasa don haɗa Amazon; yin shawarwari kan kwangilar Sabis na United Parcel na gaba (UPS); da kuma jagorantar ƙungiyar a cikin haɓakar tarihi na ayyukan ƙwadago da hana ayyukan ma'aikata da koma bayan majalisa.
Wani gungun 'yan takara masu tayar da kayar baya ya kawo gamayyar masu neman sauyi masu alaka da grassroots advocacy group Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) tare da tsofaffin masu goyon bayan Hoffa masu gadi. Slate, Teamsters United, yayi alƙawarin hutu daga al'adar kasuwanci-ƙungiya na ƙungiyar, da kwarin gwiwa don haɗa Amazon, da yin amfani da yajin aikin da ƙarfi.
"Ina son Amazon ya san cewa Teamsters suna zuwa gare su. Muna zuwa gare su da wahala, "in ji Sean O'Brien, wanda ke jagorantar slate na Teamsters United tare da abokin takararsa Fred Zuckerman. O'Brien ya yi nuni da tsarin karamar hukumarsa ta Boston wajen ganin gwamnatocin birni su zartar da shawarwarin adawa da Amazon da kuma jawo hankalin 'yan siyasar yankin, yayin da ya kuma bukaci da a kawo karshen tsarin 'yan kwangila masu zaman kansu ta hanyar dokar matakin jiha da zartar da dokar PRO a matakin kasa.
"Dole ne mu yi amfani da ikon siyasar mu a matakin kasa don duba yadda muke nutsewa cikin Amazon kuma mu sanya 'yan siyasa shiga, duba dokokin hana amincewa, duba wuraren matsin lamba a Amazon wanda zai taimake mu. shirya,” in ji shi.
A halin da ake ciki, slate ɗin Teamster Power da Hoffa ya amince da shi, wanda Steve Vairma ke jagoranta da abokin takararsa Ron Herrera, yana gudana akan ci gaba da gadon Hoffa kuma yana fasalta ɗimbin simintin gyare-gyare na masu biyayya ga Hoffa. Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun kuma ta kuma yi alƙawari mai karfi don haɗakar da Amazon, amma ya kasance mai sauƙi game da dabarunsa gaba ɗaya, yana cewa a wata muhawara da aka yi kwanan nan cewa kungiyar ta so ta ci gaba da tsare tsare-tsarenta kusa da rigar don gujewa bayyanawa Amazon. Ƙungiyar Teamster Power slate ba ta amsa ba Truthoutbuqatar hira.
A cikin 2016, Zuckerman ya jagoranci kungiyar Teamsters United, wanda kawai ya rasa shugabancin Hoffa. Kashi 45.6 cikin dari zuwa kashi 48.4 cikin dari, duk da cewa slate ya samu kujeru a babban kwamitin gudanarwa na kungiyar na gundumominta na tsakiya da kudancin kasar. Zaɓen, in ji mai shirya taron TDU na ƙasa David Levin Truthout, ya kasance "kiran farkawa kan yadda babban rarrabuwar kawuna ya kasance tsakanin membobin kungiyar da manyan shugabannin kungiyar." Har ila yau, ta bayyana yadda TDU, wadda ta kafa 1976, da manufar tabbatar da dimokuradiyyar kungiyar da yaki da cin hanci da rashawa, ta tsaya tsayin daka wajen kawar da kungiyar daga tsarin kasuwanci na al'ada.
"Ina son Amazon ya san cewa Teamsters suna zuwa gare su. Muna zuwa gare su da wuya.”
Tun daga wannan lokacin, TDU ta ƙarfafa hannunta ta hanyar gina babban haɗin gwiwa tsakanin masu biyayya ga Hoffa na gargajiya da kuma yin kamfen game da fushin mambobin bayan da shugabannin ƙungiyar suka yi amfani da wata maƙasudi a cikin kundin tsarin mulkin da aka sani da "mulki na biyu bisa uku" a cikin 2018 zuwa XNUMX. sanya kwangilar UPS wanda aka yi watsi da shi, da kuma rashin daukar mataki akai asusun fansho na ƙungiyar, wanda Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta bayar da belinsa a matsayin wani bangare na Dokar Tsarin Ceto na Amurka da aka zartar a cikin Maris.
Dabarar ta sami nasara sosai: A cikin 2016, ɗan takarar kawo canji Zuckerman kawai ya share mafi ƙarancin abin da ake buƙata ta hanyar samun. 8 kashi na wakilan da za su goyi bayan nadin nasa. A wannan shekara, O'Brien ya jagoranci tseren wakilai tare da 52 kashi. Bugu da ƙari, Levin ya ce TDU ta tattara sa hannun sa hannu 115,000 don amincewa da takarar O'Brien - mafi yawan abin da aka tattara, in ji shi, tun lokacin da aka fara zaɓe kai tsaye a 1991.
"Kamfen ɗin Teamsters United a wannan karon ya kasance haɗin gwiwa ne wanda ya haɗa da manyan jami'ai waɗanda wataƙila sun goyi bayan gwamnatin Hoffa a baya amma irin ganin ba za ku iya yin nasara a matsayin ƙungiyar ƙasa da ƙasa ba idan har manyan shugabannin ƙungiyar ba su da. amincewa daga membobin."
"Kamfen ɗin Teamsters United a wannan karon ya kasance haɗin gwiwa ne wanda ya haɗa da manyan jami'ai waɗanda wataƙila sun goyi bayan gwamnatin Hoffa a baya amma irin ganin ba za ku iya yin nasara a matsayin ƙungiyar ƙasa da ƙasa ba idan har manyan shugabannin ƙungiyar ba su da. amincewa daga membobin cewa ana tattaunawa akai," in ji Levin Truthout. "A gefe guda, [O'Brien] shine wanda aka fi so a wannan lokacin saboda shekarun da aka kwashe ana shiryawa wanda ya canza ƙungiyar, amma ba yana nufin cewa shi ba ɗan tawaye ba ne."
Sai dai wasu jiga-jigan masu fafutuka na TDU da suka bar kungiyar bayan amincewa da O'Brien sun ce halin kungiyar na Boston Local 25 da Joint Council 10 da kuma sabon kawancen nasa ba shi da dadi. Maimakon mai gyara na gaskiya wanda ya fice daga sansanin Hoffa bayan ya kasance kora a 2017 daga matsayinsa na jagorar yarjejeniyar kwangilar UPS, suna ganinsa a matsayin kawai mai fa'ida mai fa'ida mai goyon bayan nasarar nasarar TDU ga masu ra'ayin mazan jiya.
Suna shiga tare da yaƙin neman zaɓe na Vairma-Herrera a cikin nuni ga O'Brien da Local 25's checkered past a matsayin wani ci gaba na cin hanci da rashawa irin na Jimmy Hoffa a wani muhimmin lokaci don ƙungiyar ƙwadago don jujjuya sabon ganye da shirya matasa na yau, daban-daban. , ma'aikatan da ba na ƙungiyar ba tare da mutunci.
"Ko da mutanen yankina da ke ma'aikata suna cewa O'Brien ya yi musu alkawarin cewa da zarar ya ci nasara, zai zubar da TDU, kuma ku yarda da ni, na yi imani da hakan," in ji Edgar Esquivel, dan shekara 23 UPS Teamster daga Local 952 a Orange County, California, wanda ya bar TDU akan amincewar O'Brien. “Yana amfani da TDU da hanyar sadarwar su don yin nasara. Mutum ne mai wayo sosai.”
O'Brien ya kasance memba na Hoffa's slate, wanda aka zaba a cikin 2011 a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa na kasa da kasa na Teamsters Eastern Region, kafin Hoffa ya harbe shi a cikin 2017 kan isa ga Teamsters United a cikin ƙoƙarin ɗaukar matsayi mai ƙarfi a kan UPS. Ya kasance "mutumin Hoffa mai wahala," in ji Esquivel. "A cikin New England babu wanda ya fi ƙarfin goyon bayan Hoffa kamar shi." Rikodin O'Brien na tuhume-tuhumen da kungiyar kwadago ta shigar da kuma rangwamen kwangila karkashin Hoffa, in ji Esquivel, ya sa amincewar TDU ta zama kamar cin amana.
“Yana amfani da TDU da hanyar sadarwar su don yin nasara. Mutum ne mai wayo sosai.”
A cikin 2013, O'Brien ya kasance an kama shi a bidiyo barazana ga membobin Teamsters Local 251 a Providence, Rhode Island, don gudanar da yakin neman zabe don kalubalantar jagorancin yankin. Lamarin da O'Brien ya ce 'yan adawar da ke samun goyon bayan TDU na bukatar "a hukunta su" saboda kalubalantar shugaba mai ci, ya sa aka dakatar da shi. An dai shigar da irin wannan tuhume-tuhume a kansa na yin barazana daban-daban ga abokan hamayya amma tun daga lokacin aka yi watsi da shi.
A shekara ta gaba, maza biyar daga O'Brien's Local 25 sun yi kanun labarai bayan da aka yi rikodin su suna jefar da wariyar launin fata, lalata da kuma barazana ga membobin wani ma'aikatan fim na "Top Chef" a yayin taron ƙungiyar na samarwa. Daga baya an gurfanar da mutanen da ke da hannu a laifukan karbar kudi, kuma daga karshe an sallami hudu. Mutane suna O'Brien sun musanta aikata wani laifi.
Esquivel da sauransu kuma sun nuna cewa mahaifin O'Brien da ya rasu, William “Billy” O’Brien, shugaban ’yan fim na Local 25, ya kasance. alama ga wani fashi da makami na mota a shekarar 1994 a New Hampshire wanda ya ƙare a kisan wasu masu gadi biyu. Ba a taba tuhumar dattijo O'Brien ba saboda hayar motar tashi da aka yi amfani da ita a cikin heist, kuma da yawa sun yi hasashen hadin gwiwarsa da hukumomin tarayya ne dalilin da ya sa. Billy O'Brien kuma yana da alaƙa ta kut-da-kut da wani sanannen memba na Gang na Winter Hill, James P. Flynn, wanda aka yi niyya na binciken raket na tarayya game da zargin girgizar ƙungiyar 'yan fim. A gaskiya ma, dattijon O'Brien ma ya shiga Flynn a cikin tattaunawar don kawo samarwa Tom Cruise game da Winter Hill Gang zuwa babban allo.
Wannan tarihi, inji Esquivel, yana da mahimmanci ga mambobin kungiyar su fahimta a daidai lokacin da gwamnatin tarayya ke sa ido kan kungiyar. Yarda da O'Brien, haɗe tare da sauye-sauyen sabon haɗin gwiwar Teamsters United, in ji shi, ya canza ainihin halin TDU na rashin tsaro, halin gyara. Esquivel baya ganin ko wannensu na ’yan takara a matsayin wakiltar canji na gaske ga gadon ƙungiyar na cin hanci da rashawa da manufofin haɗin gwiwar kasuwanci. "Matsalolin da aka samu tun lokacin da Hoffa ya karbi mulki shekaru 23 da suka gabata za a ci gaba da ci gaba: matsalolin albashi, fensho da yawa, tsarin kashe kudi da yawa, salon rayuwarsu - babu wani abu da zai canza," in ji shi. in ji.
"Idan saboda wasu dalilai masu ban mamaki, wadanda ba za su faru a karkashin gwamnatinmu ba, waɗannan gamayyar sun rushe ... to za su iya cewa, 'Na gaya muku haka,' amma har sai abin ya faru, ina tsammanin mun tabbatar a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata cewa mun tabbatar da cewa mun yi nasara. 'na yi tasiri sosai."
Masu shirya O'Brien da TDU sun yi kakkausar suka ga ra'ayin cewa sabon kawancensa ba zai dore ba. Suna yin nuni ga ingantaccen garambawul da manyan canje-canje da aka aiwatar yayin taron Teamsters 2021 ta wakilai da ke tallafawa slate Teamsters United. Wakilai sun kawo karshen jinkirin albashin yajin aikin da kuma dokar da aka raina kashi biyu bisa uku wanda ya baiwa shugabanci damar sanya kwangilar UPS a shekarar 2018 saboda kasa da kashi 50 cikin XNUMX na mambobin ne suka shiga amincewa da shi. Sun kuma yi wa kundin tsarin mulkin gyaran fuska da bukatar a sanya masu mukami a cikin kwamitocin sasantawa.
O'Brien ya ce "A karon farko har abada, kowace ƙungiya, kowace ƙungiya a cikin ƙungiyar Teamsters za a wakilta a Babban Hukumar Zartaswa," in ji O'Brien. Truthout, yana nufin zallar sa. "Idan da gaske mutane suna da gaske game da canji, to ya kamata su ba shi dama, kuma idan saboda wasu dalilai masu ban mamaki, waɗanda ba za su faru ba a ƙarƙashin gwamnatinmu, waɗannan ƙungiyoyin sun rushe… to za su iya cewa, 'Na faɗa muku haka,' amma har sai da hakan ta faru, ina ganin a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata mun tabbatar da cewa mun yi tasiri sosai.”
Dangane da abubuwan da ya faru a baya, O'Brien ya dage cewa ya yi kyau tare da mambobin yankin Providence tun lokacin da aka dakatar da shi, inda ya daukaka babban jami'insa zuwa kwamitin zartarwa na majalisar hadin gwiwa 10 da kuma nasa takardar a matsayin dan takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa. Yankin Gabas.
O'Brien ya ce "Yawancin abubuwan da ba su da kyau ba su da kyau daga gwamnatocin da suka gabata da kuma al'ummomin da suka gabata." "Shin ko da yaushe za a kasance da wannan ra'ayi cewa a cikin 1960s, 70s da 80s a cikin ƙungiyar Teamsters, ba kawai Local 25 ba, akwai tasirin aikata laifuka? Na tabbata ko da yaushe za a sami wannan ra'ayi saboda [mun sami] dokar yarda…. Amma ba haka lamarin yake ba a cikin shekaru 16 da suka wuce na yi takarar Local 25 ko Joint Council 10.”
Haka kuma, mai shirya TDU Levin ya fada Truthout irin wannan sukar ba wakiltar inda akasarin masu fafutuka na TDU suke ba, tunda mambobin TDU sun kada kuri'a da gagarumin rinjaye don amincewa da O'Brien a 2019 bayan watanni 18 na tattaunawa da muhawara, tare da kawai kuri'u biyu na adawa. Ya kuma yi nuni da cewa, Zuckerman ma ya fara a matsayin abokin adawar TDU kafin ya kulla kawance mai dorewa da kungiyar kawo sauyi.
Duk da haka, wasu masu neman sauyi na dogon lokaci suna nuna cewa ƙungiyar ta Teamsters United kawai tana da 'yan takara kusan biyar waɗanda ke da ƙwararrun masu ba da shawara na TDU, waɗanda biyu daga cikinsu za su kasance a cikin kujerun da ba na zaɓe ba. "Yana da matukar wahala a sanya wani abu ya faru idan kuna da kujeru uku a kan hukumar mutum 25," ya ce Tom Leedham, wanda sau uku ne, dan takarar shugaban kasa mai samun goyon bayan TDU, ya kai ga cewa kawai "babu wani shirin garambawul a wannan zaben." Zaben ya fi yin takara tsakanin bangarori biyu na tsohon masu gadi, maimakon kuri'ar raba gardama na yin garambawul, in ji shi da wasu.
"Mun yi yajin aiki a nan da can, amma a matakin kasa ba mu yi wani babban yajin aiki ba a cikin shekaru 24 tun bayan yarjejeniyar [1997] ta UPS."
Bugu da kari, duk da manyan nasarorin da aka samu kan albashin yajin aiki da gyare-gyaren tsarin mulki a yayin babban taron kungiyar a watan Yuni, an sha kaye da sauran shawarwarin da suka fuskanci alfarmar jami'an Teamster, gami da iyakance adadin albashi da gudummawar fansho da jami'an za su iya karba.
Ko wanene ya samu nasara, wadannan ‘yan canjin sun ce, ‘yan takarar za su bukaci a tuhume su. Wadanda ke goyan bayan Vairma-Herrera Teamsters Power slate suna yin hakan ne saboda sun ce sun kasance cikin abubuwan da suka faru na O'Brien da Local 25 da suka gabata kuma suna son tallafawa slate daban-daban na tarihi da ke samun goyan bayan Teamsters National Black Caucus wanda ya dace da sauye-sauyen alƙaluma na ƙungiyar. Sun kuma ba da misalin alakar Teamster Power slate da Washington, wanda wasu ke gani a matsayin daya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa aka shigar da batun fansho na kungiyar cikin kunshin tallafin COVID-XNUMX a cikin Maris. Vairma a nasa bangaren, yana gudana akan rikodin tsaftar da ya dace wanda ya siffanta shi azaman fare mafi aminci.
Slate na Vairma yana dogara ne ga jami'an yanki na ƙawancen da ke kula da yawancin Teamsters a ƙarƙashin ƙananan kwangiloli na musamman ga ƙungiyoyin gida, wanda ake kira "yarjejeniyoyi na farar takarda," don fitar da kuri'u. Ya yi watsi da mahimmancin ciniki a UPS, kwangila mafi girma na ƙungiyar, yana kiran membobin 2018. Kamfen na "Vote No" a UPS "a farce." O'Brien, a halin yanzu, yana mai da hankali kan membobin ƙungiyar waɗanda suka faɗi ƙarƙashin kwangilolin ƙasa a UPS, TForce da Kamfanin Kaya na Titin Yellow Road.
Yunkurin O'Brien na yin amfani da makamin yajin aiki, haɗe da sauye-sauye na kwanan nan na Teamsters don yajin aikin albashi, na iya sanya ƙungiyar a matsayin fitaccen jagora a cikin tashin gwauron zaɓe a Arewacin Amurka: A Kanada, Ƙungiyoyin sun sun gabatar da zabensu na farko na kungiyar a wani gidan ajiya na Amazon yayin da ma'aikata a wani shagon Amazon a tsibirin Staten shirin yin fayil domin zaben kungiyar a ranar Litinin.
O'Brien ya ce Truthout cewa yana son saka hannun jari sosai a yakin neman hadin kan Amazon na kasar Canada, musamman ganin cewa dokokin kwadagon kasar sun fi dacewa, yayin da kuma ke kara kulla alaka da sauran kungiyoyin kasa da kasa. Wani mahimmin dabarun Teamsters United shine yin babban yaƙi, mai zafi tare da UPS akan kwangilar kamfanin na gaba wanda zai aika da sako mai ƙarfi ga ba kawai masu daraja-da-fayil Teamsters ba amma sauran ma'aikatan da ba su da haɗin kai waɗanda Teamsters suke. fada da cin nasara.
"Mun yi yajin aiki nan da can, amma a matakin kasa ba mu yi wani babban yajin aiki ba a cikin shekaru 24 tun bayan yarjejeniyar [1997] ta UPS," in ji O'Brien. “Na yi yajin aiki da yawa a yankina da kuma karkashin jagorancina a cikin shekaru 16 da suka gabata…. Ban taba rasa wani yajin aiki ba. Wataƙila ba za ku sami abin da kuke so a ƙarshen rana ba, amma babban misali ne don nuna wa mai aiki na gaba wanda ya ce, 'Muna so mu zo bayan kuɗin fansho.' ”
"Yawancin waɗannan kamfanoni kamar John Deere da Amazon da sauran su sun sami ribar ribar da aka samu sakamakon wannan annoba, kuma ba saboda wani abu da suke yi ba. Ya kasance saboda gumi da karkatar da kashin baya da yawa [ma'aikata]."
Kamar tashin hankali na aiki intensifies A duk faɗin Amurka a wannan watan tare da ma’aikatan John Deere 10,000 da ke yajin aiki, ma’aikatan jinya 31,000 Kaiser Permanente da ke ba da izinin yawo, da ma’aikatan samar da Hollywood 60,000 sun cimma matsaya a makon da ya gabata, ma’aikata suna canza sabbin hanyoyin yin aiki a kasuwar aiki. Wannan shine irin gwagwarmayar zamanin annoba da O'Brien ya ce tawagarsa a shirye suke su hadu, duk da irin sukar da ake yi a baya.
O'Brien ya ce "Yawancin wadannan kamfanoni kamar John Deere da Amazon da sauran su sun sami ribar riba sakamakon wannan annoba, kuma ba saboda wani abu da suke yi ba," in ji O'Brien. Truthout. “Saboda gumi da karkatar da kashin baya da yawa [ma’aikata] suka ba da isar da kayayyaki da ayyuka. Yaya saurin manta cewa mu ne mutanen da ke da alhakin nasarar su, mu ne mutanen da ke da alhakin kwashe shara, don tabbatar da cewa iyalansu suna cikin gidajensu don COVID. Lokaci ya yi da za a ba mu lada, kuma muna bukatar a ba mu lada mafi kyawun kwangila.”
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