Tare da kuɗaɗen Detroit suna ƙara yin muni, masu lamuni na birni sun fara fuskantar juna, kowannensu yana ƙoƙarin rage asarar su. Asusun fensho na birni, wanda ke tallafawa ma'aikatan birni da suka yi ritaya, ya sami kansa cikin rikici kai tsaye tare da babban abokin hamayya, masu haɗin gwiwa, daidaikun mutane da cibiyoyi waɗanda suka ba da kuɗin birni don jin daɗin sha'awar lamuni.
Kevyn Orr, manajan gaggawa da aka sanya don warware matsalar kuɗaɗen birni, ya riga ya nuna cewa "dole ne a raba hadayu masu raɗaɗi."
Masu hannun jari suna dagewa cewa dole ne a biya su gabaɗaya, ko aƙalla a ba su fifiko mafi girma wajen biya. In ba haka ba, a cewarsu, za a tilastawa biranen kasar biyan kudin ruwa da yawa idan suka ci bashi, tunda ba za a yi la’akari da lamuni na kananan hukumomi ba. Kuma suna nuna “cikakkiyar bangaskiya da alƙawarin bashi” da ke da alaƙa da ba da ɗauri kuma ya kamata ya tabbatar da su.
Amma, a cewar The New York Times, da yawa daga cikin wadanda suka yi ritaya a birnin sun riga sun shiga cikin talauci, wanda ya zama sabon al'ada ga masu ritaya daga cikin kashi 99% a fadin kasar. Kuma kamar yadda shugaban daya daga cikin kungiyoyin da abin ya shafa ya nuna daidai: “Wannan yana kan takaddun ma'auni na su [bondholders]. Amma wannan ita ce rayuwarmu."
Yayin da rashin daidaito a cikin dukiya ke ci gaba da haifar da rugujewar katsalandan tsakanin mawadata da sauran mu, manufar "hadaya ta tarayya" tana ƙara zama abin dariya. A gefe guda kuma, mutane suna kokawa don sanya abinci a kan teburi tare da riƙe gidajensu bayan sun yi aiki tuƙuru a duk rayuwarsu. A gefe guda, masu haɗin gwiwa suna son dawo da kyawawan jari akan jarin su ba tare da yin wani aiki ba kwata-kwata.
Ya zama wajibi kungiyoyin su kare membobinsu. AFL-CIO ya kamata nan da nan ya ba da fifiko mafi girma wajen kare ma'aikatan birnin Detroit da suka yi ritaya, tare da kawo duk abin da ke cikin birni don tattara dimbin jama'a a kan tituna don samar da goyon bayan jama'a a kusa da ma'aikatan birni da suka yi ritaya. ’Yan kwadago su dage cewa za a kara haraji ga masu hannu da shuni domin a shawo kan matsalar kudaden birnin da kuma kare ma’aikatan birnin. Irin wannan karimcin zai kawo babbar daraja ga ƙungiyoyin kuma zai sake haifar da sha'awar ƙungiyar ƙwadago wacce ta kasance kan tudu shekaru da yawa.
A gaskiya ma, a ranar 22 ga Yuni, NAACP da United Auto Workers (UAW) suna shirin Tafiya na 'Yanci don tunawa da 50th Ranar tunawa da Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. na asali na Freedom Walk a Detroit, inda ya ba da sigar farko na jawabin "Ina da Mafarki". Ya kamata AFL-CIO ta jefa duk goyon bayanta a cikin wannan zanga-zangar kuma ta karfafa cewa abin da za a mayar da hankali a kan zanga-zangar shine halin ma'aikatan birni masu ritaya. Kuma ta hanyar kawo kotun ra'ayin jama'a game da gwagwarmayar a Detroit, zai iya yin tasiri ga sakamakon.
Baya ga zanga-zangar ta ranar 22 ga watan Yuni, Ƙungiyar Jagorancin Kirista ta Kudu (SCLC), da sauransu, ta yi kira da a yi tattaki a Washington a ranar 24 ga Agusta don tunawa da jawabin Dr. Martin Luther King. AFL-CIO ta amince da wannan taron. Ya kamata a yi amfani da wannan damar kuma ta sake tattara ɗimbin ma'aikata don neman kawo ƙarshen matakan tsuke bakin aljihu da aka sanya wa ma'aikata a duk faɗin ƙasar ¾ ba kawai ma'aikata a Detroit ¾ kama daga yanke zuwa ayyukan zamantakewa, yankewa. zuwa fensho, yanke ayyukan yi, rage ilimi, rage albashi, da kuma barazanar yanke Social Security da Medicare. Kuma ya kamata ta bukaci gwamnatin tarayya ta bullo da wani gagarumin shirin samar da ayyukan yi da ake samu ta hanyar kara haraji ga masu hannu da shuni.
Ta hanyar ba da gudummawa ga ma'aikata a Detroit, AFL-CIO na iya samun nasarar kare waɗannan ma'aikata kuma a lokaci guda ta taimaka wa kanta, saboda ita ma tana cikin mawuyacin hali kuma tana buƙatar ceto kamar yadda ma'aikata a duk faɗin ƙasar suka kasance. kira da jiran ya yi aiki.
Ann Robertson malami ne a Jami'ar Jihar San Francisco kuma memba ne na Ƙungiyar Faculty of California. Bill Leumer memba ne na International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 853 (ret.). Dukansu marubuta ne don Ayyukan Ma'aikata kuma ana iya samun su a [email kariya].
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