Source: Vox
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An ba da rahoton cewa Shugaba Donald Trump na shirin tilasta wa masana'antar sarrafa nama su kasance a bude, duk da daruruwan ma'aikatan da suka gwada ingancin cutar ta coronavirus a irin wadannan wuraren a fadin kasar.
Tsire-tsire masu cin nama a duk faɗin Amurka tana rufe yayin da ma'aikatansu ke rashin lafiya, kuma shuwagabannin su sun yi gargadin cewa ana iya haifar da karancin abinci.
Kamfanin dillancin labarai na Bloomberg ya ruwaito cewa Trump zai rattaba hannu kan wani umarni na zartarwa da ke kira da Dokar Kare Tsaro (DPA) don kaucewa rufe masana'antar da kamfanoni irin su Tyson Foods Inc., wanda shugabansa John Tyson yayi gargadi a ranar Lahadi cewa "sarkar samar da abinci ta karye.” Gwamnatin tarayya za ta ba da kayan kariya ga ma'aikata tare da ba da ƙarin jagora, a cewar Bloomberg.
Tsarin zartarwa, wanda zai rarraba masu sarrafa nama a matsayin "muhimman ababen more rayuwa" damuwar da Tyson ke shirin rufe kashi 80 cikin XNUMX na kayan aikinta ne ya jawo shi, Axios ya ruwaito.
Hakan zai sabawa kiraye-kirayen da jami’an yankin da kungiyoyin kwadago suka yi na a rufe tsire-tsire, ganin yadda ma’aikata da al’ummominsu ke da hatsarin lafiya. Kuma wasu ƙwararrun samar da abinci suna da shakku kan cewa da gaske sarkar tana karyewa - ko da masu siye za su iya samun matsala wajen gano yankan naman da suka fi so.
Julie Niederhoff, wata jami'a mai kula da sarkar samar da kayayyaki ta ce "Sakon samar da kayayyaki yana kokawa ta hanyoyi daban-daban, amma wadanda suka fi fuskantar matsalar rayuwa da kiwon lafiya su ne manoma da ma'aikatan masana'antu, ba masu amfani da kayan abinci ba." Farfesa a Jami'ar Syracuse, ya shaida wa Vox. “Akwai isassun nama da zai ci gaba da dorewar kasuwannin masu amfani da na Amurka na ɗan lokaci ko da a halin yanzu an rage ƙarfin samarwa. Shawarar sake bude masana'antar zai iya taimakawa manoma, amma abin damuwa ne idan aka yi hakan ba tare da wani gagarumin ci gaba ba don kare ma'aikata da al'ummominsu tukuna."
DPA tana ba wa shugaban ƙasa iko mai yawa don ba da umarnin masana'antun cikin gida don yin samfuran da suka dace a lokacin yaƙi ko rikici. Fiye da wata guda, ƙwararrun masu ba da amsa rikicin da 'yan majalisar dokoki suna kira ga gwamnatin Trump da ta yi amfani da DPA yayin barkewar cutar sankara don ba da odar samar da kayan aikin likita masu mahimmanci waɗanda suka haɗa da abin rufe fuska, safofin hannu na kariya, na'urorin hura iska, na'urorin numfashi da gwajin coronavirus.
Ya zuwa yanzu Trump ya yi amfani da dokar ne kawai don kara girma samar da swabs da ake bukata don gwajin coronavirus. Yanzu, ya shirya yin amfani da shi don wata manufa ta daban: don ci gaba da samar da nama yayin da damuwa game da yuwuwar ƙarancin ke ƙaruwa.
Dole ne a rufe tsire-tsire yayin da ma'aikata suka kamu da rashin lafiya
Matakan sarrafa nama sun zama wuraren da coronavirus ke fama da su.
A farkon wannan watan, sama da ma'aikata 640 sun gwada inganci a wurin sarrafawa a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, wanda Smithfield Foods ke sarrafawa, ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu samar da naman alade na Amurka. Kuma a ranar Laraba, Tysons rufe Babban wurin sarrafa naman alade a Waterloo, Iowa, bayan fiye da ma'aikata 180 sun gwada inganci.
Daruruwan sauran wuraren sarrafawa, daga Colorado to Pennsylvania, Hakazalika sun daina aiki a fadin kasar.
Ma'aikata a cikin waɗannan tsire-tsire galibi ba su da kuɗi kaɗan - ma'aikaci ɗaya Smithfield ruwaito yin $17.70 a awa daya, kodayake an ba ma'aikata tayin $ 500 bonus idan ba su rasa kowane canje-canje a cikin Afrilu ba. Kusan rabinsu bakin haure ne, a cewar ƙungiyar masu ra'ayin hagun New American Economy.
Ayyukansu yana ɗaukar nauyin jiki har ma a mafi kyawun lokuta yayin da suke ɗagawa da yankan nama mai nauyi. Yanzu, shi ma yana iya yin barazana ga rayuwa: A Ma'aikacin Smithfield mai shekaru 64 ya kasance daga cikin rahoton mutuwar masana'antu.
Yaduwar cutar sankara ta coronavirus ta hanyar masana'antar sarrafa nama yana da mahimmanci musamman idan aka ba da cewa, ko da a cikin yanayi na yau da kullun, waɗannan nau'ikan wuraren suna da tsabta sosai kuma suna ƙunshe saboda bukatun tarayya don sarrafa ƙwayoyin cuta da amincin abinci. Julie Anna Potts, shugabar kuma Shugabar Cibiyar Kula da Nama ta Arewacin Amurka, ta ce ana samun cikakkiyar lalata kayan aikin kowane dare bayan sauyi na ƙarshe. Dole ne ma'aikata su sa huluna masu wuya, tabarau na tsaro, riguna, da takalma.
Yanzu, suna kuma sanye da abin rufe fuska da garkuwar fuska, aƙalla lokacin da tsire-tsire za su iya samun su, kuma sun kasance suna yin nisantar da jama'a inda zai yiwu a wuraren cin abinci da wuraren da ma'aikatan ke sanya kayan kariya. Tyson Foods ya ce ya kuma fara daukar yanayin zafin ma'aikata ko dai da hannu ko ta na'urar daukar hoton infrared. Amma a filin sarrafa, suna tsaye kafada da kafada.
Ma’aikatan sun nuna rashin amincewarsu da rashin ingantaccen yanayin aiki. Dubban ma'aikata a wani wurin Farms na Perdue a Kathleen, Jojiya, sun gudanar da wani taro walkout a ƙarshen Maris. Wani ma’aikaci da ba a bayyana sunansa ba a wata masana’antar Smithfield da ke Milan, Missouri, shi ma ya shigar da kara a kan kamfanin yana mai da’awar cewa bai samar da isassun kayan kariya ga ma’aikatansa ba kuma an hana su yin hutun rashin lafiya. (Kamfanin ya musanta zargin.)
Ma'aikacin ya ce "Masu kula da [M] ba su taɓa tambayar ni da gangan in yi haɗari da rayuwata ta hanyar nunawa ba - har sai wannan annoba rubuta a cikin Op-Ed na Afrilu 24 a cikin Washington Post. "Yanzu kawai zuwa bakin aiki yana sanya mu cikin hadarin kamuwa da kwayar cutar da ke kashe dubban mutane a kowace rana."
Masu kera nama suna ƙara ƙararrawa game da wadatar abinci - amma masana suna da shakka
Shugabannin manyan masu noman nama a kasar sun yi gargadin cewa sarkar samar da nama na gab da durkushewa. Amma masana sarkar samar da kayayyaki sun ci gaba da nuna shakku kan cewa masu siye za su ga komai sai karancin wasu kayayyakin nama.
Kenneth M. Sullivan, shugaban Smithfield kuma Shugaba, ya ce a cikin wani bayani A farkon wannan watan cewa rufe wuraren sarrafa kayan aiki yana "turawa ƙasarmu cikin haɗari kusa da ƙarshen dangane da samar da nama." Kuma a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, Tyson ya yi ikirarin cewa "miliyoyin fam na nama za su bace daga sarkar samar da kayayyaki" koda kuwa rufewar ta wuce na wani dan gajeren lokaci.
"Za a sami karancin wadatar kayayyakin mu a cikin shagunan miya har sai mun sami damar sake bude wurarenmu da ke rufe a halin yanzu," in ji shi.
Bayanin nasu ya shafi 'yan majalisa, ciki har da Sens. Amy Klobuchar da Mike Lee, wanda ya kira don bincike daga cikin musabbabin kawo cikas ga sarkar samar da nama a ranar Litinin.
"A cikin wannan annoba ta duniya lokacin da adadin iyalai da ba a taɓa gani ba suna tsaye a layin abinci, ba za mu iya ba da damar yin asarar albarkatun abinci da za a iya amfani da su ba idan kawai akwai zaɓuɓɓukan sarrafawa da tattarawa," sun rubuta.
Sai dai duk da wadannan kalubale, manazarta masana'antu sun ce har yanzu Amurka na samar da nama mai yawa. Masu amfani za su iya biyan ƙarin naman nama, kuma yankan da suka fi so, girman fakiti da sunayen alama ba za a samu na ɗan lokaci ba. Amma ba za su ga gabaɗayan firji ba idan sun siyayya jim kaɗan bayan an dawo da kantin kayan miya.
Kasashen da suka ci gaba sun saba da ra'ayin samun damar shiga cikin kantin sayar da kayayyaki da kuma karban komai - amma wannan abin alatu ne, Yossi Sheffi, kwararre kan sarkar kayayyaki kuma darektan MIT's. Cibiyar sufuri da dabaru, ya gaya wa Vox.
"Ba na ganin wani hatsari daga wucin gadi (kuma su ne) rufe wasu 'yan tsire-tsire," in ji shi. “Ba za ku iya yanke abin da kuke so ba ko kuma ku ci kaza maimakon naman alade na mako ɗaya ko biyu a wasu sassan ƙasar. Hakika wannan ba bala’i ba ne na kasa.”
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