Source: Fuskantar Kudu
Sama da ma'aikata 120 masu karancin albashi sun yi taro a Durham, North Carolina, a ranar Asabar, 14 ga Satumba, don taron samar da wutar lantarki na ma'aikata wanda ya dauki nauyi. NC Tadawa / Yaƙi Na $15. Ta dauki kanta a matsayin babban taron yanki na farko na ma'aikata masu karancin albashi daga kowane bangare na tattalin arziki kuma ya zo tsakiyar. kyakkyawar fahimtar jama'a na ƙungiyoyi da kuma karuwar sha'awar abin da aka sani da "sannukan sassa" ko "Unions for all", tsarin da aka rungumi a Turai da Ostiraliya wanda ma'aikata ke tsara ta hanyar masana'antu maimakon kamfani.
"Na zo nan saboda muna ƙoƙarin tsarawa, don haka za mu iya gina waɗannan ƙungiyoyin kuma mu inganta rayuwarmu kuma mu fita daga aiki mai ƙarancin albashi," in ji mai halarta Wanda Coker ga Facing South. Coker ya shiga cikin gwagwarmaya don motsi na $ 15 na shekaru da yawa kuma ya jagoranci zaman kan haɗin kai a taron.
Daga cikin masu magana akwai Mary Be McMillan, shugabar North Carolina AFL-CIO. Ta yi magana game da yadda ma'aikata a duk faɗin Kudu ke yin canji mai ma'ana ta hanyar nuna rashin amincewa da karancin albashi, cin zarafi na jima'i, da rashin tsaro yanayin aiki. A lokaci guda kuma, ta ce, ma’aikata suna tilastawa al’ummar kasar yin fama da wariyar launin fata na tsari da alakar da ke tsakanin “talauci da zaman kurkuku, tsakanin albashi da sake fasalin shige-da-fice, tsakanin adalci a wuraren aiki da adalci a makarantunmu, kotunanmu, da mu. kasar."
Yayin da ake buƙatar canjin tsari, in ji ta, ba zai fito daga Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, ko duk wani mutum da ke neman zama shugaban Amurka na gaba ba: Zai zo ta hanyar "haɗin kai da gina babban ƙungiyar ƙwadago. .”
Kamar yadda suke yi a cikin ƙungiyar ƙwadago ta kudu, mata baƙi kamar Eshawney Gaston sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a taron. A cikin jawabinta a wurin taron, Gaston - wacce ta shiga Fight For $ 15 shekaru biyu da suka gabata yayin da take aikin karancin albashi a Durham - ta lura cewa mata bakar fata ne. rashin daidaituwa ya yi tasiri ta hanyar ƙarancin albashi sannan ya jaddada muhimmancin fada ba wai don tada zaune tsaye ba amma don kare hakkin kungiyar. "Lokacin da muka tsara kanmu cikin ƙungiya," in ji ta, "hakan ne muke canza ma'auni na ma'aikata a Durham da kuma fadin kasar."
Taron ya ba da shawarwari masu mahimmanci, ayyukan gina ƙungiya, da raba dabarun shirya nasara. A cikin zaman kan cin gajiyar albashi, mahalarta sun tattauna gaskiyar cewa Shugaban McDonalds da Shugaba Steve Easterbrook yana samun sama da $7,000 awa daya yayin da babu wani daga cikinsu da ya yi hakan a cikin wata guda. Saboda waɗannan bambance-bambance masu ban mamaki na albashi, yana da wuya ma'aikata masu ƙarancin albashi su tsira. A Arewacin Carolina kadai, akwai Talakawa miliyan 1.47 ko masu karamin karfi, yara da masu launin fata ba daidai ba, kuma a wasu wurare a cikin jihar dole ne masu samun mafi karancin albashi suyi aiki. 87 hours a mako kawai don samun babban gida mai dakuna biyu.
Kodayake lambobin na iya zama kamar ba su da bege, mai fafutuka na dogon lokaci Bertha Bradley ya bukaci abokan aikin su ci gaba da tafiya. "Ba muna tambayar ka ka daina ba," in ji ta. "Muna tambayar ku ku yi yaƙi."
A matsayin wani taro na yanki, taron ya kuma yi tsokaci kan irin yanayin da kungiyar ke fuskanta a Kudancin kasar, mai fama da talauci mafi girma a kasar, da fatara da yara, da mutanen da ba su da inshora da kuma mafi karancin kudaden tafiyar tattalin arziki, membobin kungiyar, da dokokin LGBTQ na rashin nuna wariya. Mahalarta taron sun bayyana karara cewa ba sa tunanin wani hatsari ne cewa yankin mafi talauci a kasar ma ya kasance daya ne da jihohi ke da tarihi. ya yi wahala don haɗa kai da yin ciniki tare. Wasu mahalarta taron ma sun ba da rahoton cewa an ware mutanen da suka fito daga jinsi daban-daban a wurin aiki, wanda suke zargin ana iya yin hakan don hana yin shiri ta hanyar kabilanci.
Taron ya jawo shugabannin da dama a cikin gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya don $15 - mutane kamar Terrence Wise na St. Louis, wanda ke aiki a kwamitin shirya kasa. Hikima ya jaddada ikon yin shiri a Kudu. "A wuraren da wariyar launin fata, albashi, da yanayin aiki suka fi ƙanƙanta, kamar yadda suke a Kudu," in ji shi, "lokacin da waɗannan ma'aikatan suka shirya, yaƙi da nasara, yana tayar da kowa a Amurka."
Taron ya kuma jawo sabbin mutane zuwa wannan yunkuri. Sun hada da ma'aikaciyar Walmart KiComa Quinn, wadda ta ce ta taba jin ita kadai amma a yanzu tana ganin kanta a matsayin wani bangare na yunkurin ma'aikata masu karancin albashi da ya fadada zuwa birane 230, kasashe 33, da nahiyoyi shida. Ta kuma ce taron ya sauya tunaninta game da ikonta na ma'aikaci. "Ina da haƙƙin da ban sani ba," in ji ta.
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