Sun tara motocin bas da fita daga cikin motoci, suna cika titunan Madison, Wisconsin, da kuma kewaye da babban ginin Capitol. Dubban mutane ne suka yi cunkoso a cikin kyakkyawan rotunda na ginin, suna ta murna a ko'ina cikin ginin. Kimanin mutane 100,000 ne suka gangaro kan Madison mai sanyi don nuna rashin amincewa da kudirin gyara kasafin kudi na Gwamnan Republican Scott Walker, wani yanki mai cike da doka wanda zai kwace ma'aikatan gwamnati 170,000 hakkinsu na yin ciniki tare.
"Rally don Ceton Mafarkin Amirka" na ranar Asabar da ta gabata, ita ce ƙarshen zanga-zangar makonni biyu da zaman 24-7 a cikin babban birnin tarayya. Ba shekaru 30 ko 40 ba ne ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyi da ƙungiyoyin ci gaba suka taru a irin wannan bazuwar na tallafawa haƙƙin ma'aikata. Abin da ya sa zanga-zangar Madison ta fi ban mamaki shi ne yadda suka kasance ba zato ba tsammani: Babu wani tsari mai mahimmanci, babu dabarar da aka daɗe ana jira don mayar da Madison zuwa sifili na ƙasa don sake ƙarfafa ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata.
Abin da ke tafe shi ne bayanan bayan fage na yadda manyan tarukan Wisconsin suka taru, dangane da hirar da aka yi da mutane goma sha biyu da ke da alaka da su. Ba ma'ana ba cikakke ko cikakken asusu ba. Amma yana ba da taga yadda ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyin da abokansu suka mayar da martani, cikin sauri da inganci, ga abin da suke ganin barazana ce ta wanzuwa.
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'Yan Democrat na Wisconsin sun ci gaba da cin tarihi a Ranar Zabe na 2010, sun rasa rinjaye a majalisun biyu na majalisar dokokin jihar. Masu kada kuri'a sun kori shugaban masu rinjaye na majalisar dattawan jihar kuma shugaban masu rinjaye na jam'iyyar Democrat. Kakakin Majalisar Dimokuradiyya bai ma damu da sake gudanar da yakin neman zaben ba, don haka yana da yakinin cewa 'yan majalisarsa masu aiki za su mara masa baya a wani wa'adi. Shima ya rasa.
Sai dai abin da ya fi damun mambobin kungiyar shi ne zaben dan Republican Scott Walker, wanda ya lashe zaben gwamnan jihar da maki 5.7 a kan magajin garin Milwaukee Tom Barrett. Ƙungiyoyin sun ji tsoron cewa Walker, wani ɓangare na sabon yunƙurin gwamnonin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, zai mayar da Wisconsin a matsayin "daidaitaccen aiki", tare da wasu 22 inda ma'aikatan da ba sa son kasancewa cikin ƙungiyar za su iya zaɓar kawai ba su biya ba. haraji. Kungiyoyin dai sun yi kakkausar suka ga dokokin da suka dace na yin aiki, suna masu cewa suna haifar da karancin albashi ga dukkan ma’aikata, da ke barazana ga lafiyar ma’aikata, sannan kuma rashin adalci ne ga ma’aikatan da ke biyan kudaden kungiyar. "Mun sami duk waɗannan asarar a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba," in ji Stephanie Bloomingdale, sakatariyar ma'ajin AFL-CIO a Wisconsin. "A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, mun fara shirye-shiryen yakin neman aiki."
A cikin makonnin da suka biyo bayan zaben, Wisconsin AFL-CIO da sauran kungiyoyin kwadago sun fara shirya yakin neman zabensu na kin hakkin yin aiki. "Kada 'Yan Siyasa Su Cire Ƙungiyarku," karanta katunan fos ɗin Bloomingdale da ƙungiyarta da aka aika zuwa kowane memba na AFL-CIO a cikin jihar. A farkon watan Disamba, a ranar da aka shirya wani gungun shugabannin kungiyar na jiha don tattaunawa kan dabarun, bam na farko ya jefa: "Shugaban GOP yana yawo a kan dokar da ta dace," in ji wani kanun labarai a cikin Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 'Yan jam'iyyar Republican ba za su ci gaba da shugabancin Madison na tsawon wata guda ba, amma an riga an fara yakin.
"Dukkanmu mun yi tsammanin mafi muni - kuma ya fi muni"
Gwamna Walker ya hau kan karagar mulki a ranar 3 ga Janairu. Ba a shirya shi don bayyana "kudirin gyara kasafin kudin ba," wani tsari na yankewa da matakan dakatarwa da nufin toshe ramin dala miliyan 165 a cikin kasafin kudin Wisconsin na 2009-2011, har zuwa mako na biyu na Fabrairu. . Amma a cikin kwanaki kafin sanarwar Walker, wasu bayanai sun taso game da shirin gwamnan, in ji Robert Kraig, babban darektan Citizen Action na Wisconsin. Jita-jita sun sanya Kraig a gefe. "Mun ji suna iya bin ƙungiyoyin, watakila ma su yi ƙoƙarin soke haƙƙin ciniki," in ji shi. "Har yanzu, mun yi tunanin wannan shine zaɓin dogon harbi."
Da karfe 6:45 na yammacin ranar Alhamis kafin sanarwar kasafin kudin, bam na biyu ya tashi. Wani a cikin gwamnatin Walker ya fitar da taƙaitaccen bayanin lissafin "gyara"; Kraig ya sami kwafi daga Rahoton Wheeler, gidan yanar gizo na siyasa wanda ba shi da tushe wanda ɗan jaridar Wisconsin Dick Wheeler ke gudanarwa. Ya yi mamaki. Kudirin Walker ba wai kawai ya kai hari ga ƙungiyoyi ba: Wani yunkuri ne na share su daga taswirar.
A takaitaccen bayanin da aka fitar, kudirin dokar zai kawar da hada-hadar gama-gari ga galibin kungiyoyin jama’a, matakin da ya shafi ma’aikata 170,000 a fadin jihar. Zai bukaci ma’aikatan gwamnati, wadanda suka rigaya sun cire kashi 3 cikin 5.8 na albashinsu a cikin shekaru biyun da suka gabata, su ba da gudummawar kashi 12.6 na albashin don samun kudaden fanshonsu da kashi 0.2 na albashin don biyan kudaden kiwon lafiya. (A halin yanzu, suna biyan kashi 5.6 cikin 100 na albashin su na fansho da kuma kashi XNUMX na albashin ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya. Duk da haka, ma’aikatan jihar suna biyan kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX na fanshonsu ta hanyar biyan diyya da aka jinkirta. Walker yana neman ƙarin kuɗi a kan hakan don cike gibin da ke cikin ma’aikatar. asusun fansho.) Wani tanadi kuma zai tilasta wa ƙungiyoyin su kada kuri’a a kowace shekara don ci gaba da riƙe matsayin ƙungiyarsu- matakin da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba na gwamna.
Labarin abinda ke cikin lissafin ya bazu kamar wutar daji a cikin ma'aikatan, kuma Kraig ya cika da kiraye-kirayen. A kan saƙon murya ga Kraig, Bruce Colburn, babban jami'i tare da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Duniya (SEIU), ya ce, "Robert, suna tafiya don komai!"
"Dukkanmu muna tsammanin mafi muni - kuma ya kasance mafi muni," in ji Kraig.
A lokacin da Walker a hukumance ya bayyana lissafin "gyara" nasa kwana daya bayan haka, kungiyoyin kwadago a fadin jihar sun fara aiki. Wasu suna kafa dakunan yaki na wucin gadi da ke wani shinge daga Capitol a Concourse, otal daya tilo da aka hada a Madison. Masu ba da agaji sun taru a cikin ofisoshin Hukumar Kula da Ilimi ta Wisconsin, babbar ƙungiyar malamai ta jihar. A cikin kwanaki biyu masu zuwa, sun kira dukkan membobin WEAC 98,000. A wannan karshen mako, membobin SEIU sun buga wayoyi da Facebook don tuntuɓar membobi da kuma tattara taro a ranar Talata mai zuwa.
Ba da da ewa ba, harabar asibitin Jami'ar Wisconsin sun yi ta yawo game da lissafin da taron. Tim Swanson, wani memba na SEIU kuma ma'aikacin jinya a sashin kula da lafiyar kwakwalwa na asibiti, ya ce abokan aikin sun fara zuwa wurinsa suna gasa shi game da lissafin Walker. Da farko, ya ce, shirya membobin ƙungiyar a asibitin ƙalubale ne, "kamar jawo mutane waje don su kasance masu ƙwazo." Amma yayin da fushinsu ya ƙaru, mutane ba sa bukatar wani ƙulli. "Na gode, Scott Walker, don nuna mana abin da muke bukata mu yi," in ji Swanson da rabin dariya. "Dole ne mu tashi daga kanmu mu yi yaki don makomarmu da makomar yaranmu."
Yakin da aka yi a Madison bai tafi na kasa da gaske ba har sai da Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Associated Press ya buga wani takaitaccen labari wanda Walker ya ce zai kira rundunar tsaron kasa ta jihar idan ma'aikatan gwamnati suka haifar da "tashe-tashen hankula." Kraig yana cikin wata ganawa da jami'an ƙungiyar lokacin da faɗakarwa game da labarin ta sauka a cikin akwatin saƙo na imel ɗin sa. Ido ya zaro.
A wannan lokacin Bloomingdale, sakataren AFL-CIO-ma'aji, tana dawowa daga Indiana inda ta yi magana a taron kungiyar "Matan Karfe" a farkon wannan rana. Ta ji labarin barazanar Tsaron Kasa ta Walker a daidai lokacin da Kraig ya yi kuma nan da nan ya bukaci ɗaukar takaddama na ƙasa. Ta ce da shi, ta ce masa, tana mai nuni da jerin sunayen manema labarai 25 da Kraig ya samu daga jami’an SEIU a Washington, DC a kwanan nan. Bai yi amfani da lissafin sau da yawa ba, kuma ya yi jinkirin yin amfani da shi a yanzu. Amma Bloomingdale ba zai yi nadama ba.
"Kiyi kawai" ta fad'a dakyar. "Ku yi."
Fitowar Makaranta
Ga masu shirya kungiyar, karshen mako bayan Walker ya bayyana kudirinsa na da matukar wahala, amma ya biya. Sun mayar da hankali ne kan fitar da masu zanga-zangar yin zanga-zanga a wajen babban birnin tarayya ranar Talata, lokacin da kwamitin kudi na majalisar dattawan jihar zai yi zaman sauraren kudirin dokar Walker. Zanga-zangar ta jawo mutane 10,000, wani gagarumin fitowar jama'a idan aka yi la'akari da gajeren sanarwar. Da suke tafiya a wani rana mai cike da mamaki, masu zanga-zangar sun yi ta rera "Kungiyar kwadago ta tafi!", yayin da suke cikin rotunda, sun yi ihu da babbar murya lokacin da 'yan majalisar Republican suka ba da goyon baya ga kudirin.
A wannan maraice, kamar yadda Jaridar Jihar Wisconsin ta ruwaito, mambobi 120 na Madison Teachers Inc., ƙungiyar malamai na gida, sun shigar da su a cikin Madison Labor Temple. Shugabancin na MTI ya bayyana yadda kudirin dokar zai cutar da malaman makarantun gwamnati, da cin gajiyar kudaden fansho da fa'idojin kiwon lafiya. Bisa kididdigar da MTI ta yi, malamai za su yi asarar fiye da dala 5,100 a kowace shekara a karkashin lissafin Walker, kuma za a iya korar su ba tare da dalili ba. A ƙarshen taron, an yanke shawarar gaba ɗaya: A cikin kwanaki uku masu zuwa, waɗanda suka halarci taron za su je Capitol - ba aji ba - don adawa da yanke shawarar da aka yi. Washegari malamai sama da dubu sun fito kan tituna, lamarin da ya tilasta wa gundumar makarantar Madison rufe makarantunta na tsawon mako.
Taro na karuwa ne kawai a cikin mako bayan sanarwar Walker, yayin da membobin kungiyar masu matsayi da matsayi, malamai, da dalibai suka samu halartar mutane daga kowane bangare na rayuwa. Wasu mutane 10,000 kuma sun yi maci a fadar Capitol a ranar Laraba 16 ga Fabrairu, sai kuma 25,000 a ranar Alhamis da kuma wasu 25,000 a ranar Juma’a. A ranar Asabar, kusan masu zanga-zangar goyon bayan 70,000 sun rufe titunan da ke kewaye da babban birnin kasar. Akwai kuma masu goyon bayan Walker a cikin taron, amma akasin abin da Fox ko CNN suka ruwaito, sun fi yawa.
Amma abin da ya ƙarfafa jami'an ƙwadago ba wai kawai fitowar jama'a ba ne, amma haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin jama'a da masu zaman kansu - sun haɗa kai a cikin ɗan gajeren sanarwa. Sun sami babbar nasara lokacin da ƙungiyoyin suka keɓance daga shirin cinikin Walker - ma'aikatan kashe gobara da jami'an 'yan sanda sun yanke shawarar shiga harkar ta wata hanya. Lokacin da masu kashe gobara suka isa kan titunan Madison a wannan makon na farko tare da alamunsu da kwalkwali na wuta, wani jami'in AFSCME ya kwatanta shi da Ubangiji na Zobba na biyu, lokacin da mahayan Rohan suka zo don ceton mutanen kirki a yakin basasa. na Helm's Deep.
Tas sun mamaye
A ranar Litinin, 14 ga Fabrairu, fiye da mataimakan koyarwa 1,000 da magoya bayansu sun isa gidan Walker da ke Milwaukee da kuma ofishinsa da ke Capitol don ba da katunan da ke dauke da sakon ranar soyayya: “We Heart UW: Governor Walker, Don’t break My Heart ."
Muzaharar, wadda ƙungiyar mataimakan koyarwa, ƙungiyar UW-Madison ta shirya don malamai da mataimakan ɗalibai da suka kammala karatun digiri, ba da gangan ba ta haifar da mamayar Capitol na tsawon makonni. Kwamitin kudi na majalisar dattijai na jihar da aka shirya zai saurari shaidar jama'a kan kudirin Walker a washegari bai sanya wata iyaka a jerin sunayen masu magana ba. TAA ta ga budewa.
Kungiyar tayi sauri ta tattara jerin masu magana da dubban mutane. Yayin da wasu ‘yan majalisar dokokin jihar suka halarta, sai da aka ci gaba da sauraren karar har cikin dare, ba a tsaya ba, yayin da mai magana da yawun bayan kakakin ya jira lokacin da su ke a makirifo. "Da yake akwai mutane da yawa da suke son yin magana, mun yanke shawarar kwana kuma ya juya daga jiran lokacinmu don yin magana zuwa wani aiki," Alex Hanna, shugaban kungiyar TAA, ya shaida wa jaridar The Atlantic.
Daga baya TAA ta karɓi ofishin bene na uku a cikin Capitol kuma ta kera shi zuwa cibiyar umarni. Daga nan ne ya fitar da saƙon imel, sabunta Facebook, tweets, da saƙonnin rubutu; da ake kira magoya baya; kuma ya ba da umarnin abinci ga waɗanda suka yi sansani a cikin Capitol. Ƙungiyar ta taimaka wajen ƙaddamar da DefendWisconsin.org, cibiyar bayanai da tsarawa wanda ke nuna komai daga wuraren magana zuwa latsawa zuwa bidiyo. (Don haka tasiri ya kasance rukunin yanar gizon da gwamnatin Walker ta toshe damar shiga rukunin yanar gizon akan buɗaɗɗen hanyar sadarwa mara waya ta Capitol, a cewar lauyoyi na Jam'iyyar Democratic Party of Wisconsin.)
Tafiya Nukiliya
"Fuck Scott Walker." Tom Bird ya rubuta wadannan kalmomi a shafinsa na Facebook jim kadan bayan ya karanta game da kudirin "gyara" na gwamna a ranar Juma'a, 11 ga Fabrairu. Tunaninsa na gaba shi ne, To, tabbas ba za mu iya yin komai a kai ba. Wani dan shekara 22 mai fatara daga Oshkosh, Bird yana samun digirinsa na biyu a fannin injiniyan nukiliya a UW-Madison. Kwarewarsa shine ilimin kimiyyar plasma, ba gwagwarmayar aiki ba.
A cikin kwanaki bayan da lissafin ya fito, Bird ya fara tsayawa da zanga-zangar. Ya shiga tafiya na ɗalibi, yana tafiya cikin dusar ƙanƙara har zuwa Capitol tare da abokinsa. Ya ce bai shiga harkar ba har sai da ‘yan majalisar dattawan jihar su 14 ‘yan jam’iyyar Democrat suka fice daga jihar a ranar Juma’a 18 ga watan Fabrairu, inda suka hana kada kuri’a kan kudirin Walker. (Sanatocin Jihohi XNUMX ‘yan Republican ne; Kuddin kudi a majalisar dattijai na jihar na bukatar adadin mambobi ashirin.) Bayan haka, Bird ya fara ratayewa a cikin Capitol, yana ganawa da mutane tare da mamakin yadda jama’a suka taru a cikin rotunda. Ba da daɗewa ba, yana shiga da'irar drum mai ban tsoro a tsakiyar zanga-zangar kuma yana sarrafa megaphone, koyaushe yana sanye da hular wasan ƙwallon kwando na Wisconsin.
A rana ta tara ko ta goma na zanga-zangar, Bird da gungun masu kashe-kashe sun kirkiro Kwamitin Shugabancin Capitol City, wata ƙungiya ta ƙungiyoyin rabin dozin - likitoci, TAA, masu zanga-zangar, da ƙari-bayan mamayar Capitol. . Babban aikin kwamitin shi ne tabbatar da cewa masu zanga-zangar sun kasance cikin lumana da mutuntawa yayin da suke bayyana adawa da kudirin Walker.
Zanga-zangar ta Wisconsin ta tayar da Bird. Wata rana da daddare, sa’ad da na sadu da shi da wasu abokai don sha a gidan mashaya na Irish a Madison, ya nuna hannunsa na sama. "Wasu daga cikinmu za su iya yin jarfa na haɗin gwiwar Wisconsin," in ji shi. "Sai dai nawa ina son sigar Poland: Solidarnosc."
Wani Sabon Hankali
A ranar Litinin, 21 ga Fabrairu, Gwamna Walker ya yi taron manema labarai na farko tun bayan barkewar zanga-zangar. A lokacin, cece-kucen da ke tattare da lissafin nasa labari ne na kasa kuma kungiyoyin sun ji cewa sun yi iska a bayansu. Tattaunawar wayar da Walker ta yi ta mintuna 20 mai ban kunya tare da wani dan iska da ke nuna cewa shi dan hamshakin attajiri ne David Koch ya kara wa kungiyoyin kwadago kwarin gwiwa.
Makonni biyu bayan haka, yaƙin da aka yi a Wisconsin ya ruguje. Walker ya ki yin shawarwari da kungiyoyin kan batun hada-hadar gamayya, duk da aniyar kungiyoyin na yin rangwame kan harkokin kiwon lafiya da na fansho. Sanatocin Demokradiyyar 14 sun ci gaba da zama a jihar, kodayake ba a san tsawon lokacin da za su yi zama ba. A ranar Talata, Walker ya fitar da shirin kasafin kudin shekarar 2011-2013, buhun buhunan shawarwarin da ke rage tallafi ga makarantu, kananan hukumomi, da shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiyar mata.
Ko da dare da rana shirya da zanga-zangar kungiyoyin za su hana Walker da kuma 'yan Republican na Wisconsin. Cikakkar nasara ba abu ne mai yiwuwa ba idan aka yi la'akari da cewa sun rigaya sun amince da tattaunawar rage albashi da alawus. Sai dai ‘yan makwannin da suka gabata sun kasance gwajin gwagwarmayar kungiyoyin kwadagon na har yanzu murza tsokoki domin fuskantar adawa mai karfi, wanda hakan ya sa wasu magoya bayansa suka ji wani sabon salo. "Kowa yana da turf," in ji Diane Palmer, shugabar kungiyar SEIU na jihar. "Amma wannan fada ya hada karfi da karfe, muna zaune a daki daya, a teburi daya, bisa yarda daya."
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