PORTS UP UP da down Coast West an rufe ko kuma tartsatsi a ranar 12 ga Disamba a cikin wata zanga-zangar da kungiyar Occupy ta shirya don nuna rashin amincewa da danniya da 'yan sanda da cin zarafin kungiyar.
Kiran rufe tashar jiragen ruwa ta Yamma a ranar 12 ga Disamba ya samo asali ne daga Oakland, inda babban taron yajin aikin gama gari a ranar Nuwamba 2-mako daya bayan wani mummunan harin da 'yan sanda suka kai a sansanin Occupy Oakland - ya kasance tattaki mai karfi 15,000 zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa. Oakland da wani yanki na al'umma wanda ya dakatar da aiki a lokacin maraice.
Masu fafutuka da dama na kallon zanga-zangar ta ranar 12 ga Disamba a matsayin mataki na gaba na kungiyar bayan harin hadin gwiwa da aka kai kan sansanonin Occupy a birni daya bayan daya-kazalika wata muhimmiyar alama ce ta hadin kai da ma'aikatan da ke bakin tekun da ke fafutukar tabbatar da asali. haƙƙin ƙungiyar da kuma kare albashi da fa'idodi daga wasu manyan kamfanoni na duniya masu ƙarfi da riba.
Ƙungiyoyin a tashoshin jiragen ruwa, ciki har da International Longshore da Warehouse Union (ILWU) da Teamsters, ba su amince da kiran rufewa ba, kuma wasu jami'an ƙwadago sun yi Allah wadai da matakin na Occupy.
Amma membobi masu matsayi da fayil na duka ILWU da Teamsters sun kasance ɓangare na shirya don 12 ga Disamba kuma suna da wakilci sosai akan layukan zaɓe. Har ila yau ILWU tana da al'adar gane layukan zaɓe na al'umma da dakatar da aiki idan mai sasantawa ta tashar jiragen ruwa ya bayyana haɗari ga amincin ma'aikata - wanda shine ya haifar da rufewa ko wani ɓangare a tashoshin jiragen ruwa da yawa.
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BABBAN Zanga-zangar ta ranar ita ce a Oakland, inda tashar jiragen ruwa ta biyar mafi cunkoson jama'a a kasar ta tsaya tsayin daka na dare da yamma.
An fara wannan ranar ne kafin wayewar gari tare da masu zanga-zanga sama da 500 da suka yi tattaki daga wata tashar jigilar jama'a da ke kusa da su zuwa mashigin ruwa, inda suka rabu domin rufe muhimman hanyoyin shiga. Duk da ruwan sama da sanyi, ruhohi sun yi farin ciki da kyakkyawan fata, tare da mahalarta daga sauran ƙungiyoyin Mamaya suna kara girman matsayi na mazauna Oakland.
Sabanin ranar yajin aikin da aka yi a ranar 2 ga watan Nuwamba, ‘yan sanda na da gagarumin rinjaye. Amma idan sun yi fatan tsoratar da masu zaɓe a hanyoyin shiga tashar jiragen ruwa, ƙoƙarinsu ya ci tura.
Kamar yadda aka saba, kafafen yada labarai sun binciki direbobin manyan motoci wadanda za su koka kan masu zanga-zangar Occupy da suka tare su. Yawancin direbobin tashar jiragen ruwa ana daukar su a matsayin masu aiki masu zaman kansu, kuma wasu na da'awar motsin yana kaiwa mutanen da ba daidai ba ne. Amma a tashar jiragen ruwa na Oakland, masu fafutuka sun ba da rahoton ƙarin tallafi daga direbobi fiye da 'yan adawa.
Da karfe 10 na safe, ILWU ta nemi mai sasantawa ta tashar jiragen ruwa da ya yanke hukunci idan al'ummar yankin na wakiltar hadari. Lokacin da aka samu labarin cewa ma’aikata sun nufi gida kuma an rufe tashar jiragen ruwa da safe, an yi shagalin biki. Daga baya kungiyar ta bayyana cewa an tura mambobinta 150 daga cikin 200 zuwa gida.
Yawancin masu zanga-zangar sun sake yin taro da rana a Frank Ogawa Plaza-wanda aka sake masa suna Oscar Grant Plaza ta kungiyar Occupy-a cikin shirye-shiryen daukar motsi na yamma a tashar jiragen ruwa.
Muzaharar dai ta ji ta bakin tsohuwar ‘yar gwagwarmayar Black Power Angela Davis – da kuma Scott Olsen, tsohon sojan Iraqi wanda ya kusa kashe shi lokacin da wata rokar hayaki mai sa hawaye da ‘yan sanda suka harba a kai a wata zanga-zangar nuna adawa da murkushe sansanin Mamaya. Olsen ya shafe makonni a asibiti bayan tiyatar gaggawa. "Yana da babbar rana da zan fito nan don tarona na farko," in ji shi. "Ina fatan tafiya tare da ku da sake haduwa da ku."
Da misalin karfe 4 na yamma, daruruwan masu zanga-zangar ne suka bar dandalin domin yin tattakin komawa tashar jiragen ruwa, suna rera taken "Titin wane? Titinmu." A lokacin da masu zanga-zangar suka isa tashar jiragen ruwa, adadinsu ya karu zuwa 2,000.
A wannan karon, maganar ta zo da sauri cewa an rufe wurin a karo na biyu a jere, kuma zanga-zangar ta koma tattakin nasara. Daga baya, labari ya isa ga masu fafutuka cewa shugabannin tashar jiragen ruwa suna shirin fara aiki da karfe 3 na safe - yayin da ake rubuta wannan labarin, wasu gungun masu zanga-zangar sun yanke shawarar tsawaita zaben zuwa karfe 3 na safe.
A cikin makonnin da suka gabaci tattakin, kamfanonin da ke kula da tashar jiragen ruwa na Oakland sun cika kafafen yada labarai da hare-hare kan shirin rufe tashar jiragen ruwa, gami da tallace-tallacen jaridu masu cikakken shafi. Magajin gari Jean Quan-wanda ya taɓa mutunta a matsayin mai sassaucin ra'ayi kuma yanzu mazauna Oakland suna zagi saboda rawar da ta taka a harin da aka kai wa ƙungiyar Mamaya - ta yi iƙirarin cewa matakin zai cutar da ma'aikata ne kawai.
Wannan gangamin da ‘yan kasuwa da ‘yan siyasa na birnin suka yi ya fito daga bakin wasu shugabannin kungiyoyin. Alal misali, mai magana da yawun ILWU Craig Merrilees ya ba da wata hira yana sukar ƙungiyar Occupy don tunanin "za su iya kiran yajin aikin gama-gari da rufe wuraren aiki ba tare da yin magana da ma'aikata ba kuma ba tare da shigar da ƙungiyoyi ba." An nakalto kalaman nasa a kafafen yada labarai na nuna adawa da zanga-zangar a duk tsawon ranar da aka gudanar.
Amma goyon bayan kiran rufe tashar jiragen ruwa ya yi ƙarfi, ba kawai tsakanin masu fafutuka na Occupy ba amma ma'aikata a kan tashar jiragen ruwa. "Muna da gagarumin goyon baya ga tattakin," in ji Dana Blanchard, memba a kungiyar malamai ta Berkeley kuma mai goyon bayan yunkurin ranar 12 ga Disamba. "Tsawon makonni muna ba da takardu ga ma'aikatan tashar jiragen ruwa da direbobi, kuma muna samun amsa mai kyau."
Mambobin ILWU masu daraja da matsayi sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen gina ranar 12 ga Disamba. Anthony Leviege, memba na ILWU Local 10 wanda ya kwashe makonni yana shirya aikin tashar jiragen ruwa tare da Occupy Oakland, ya sanar da masu yanke shawarar cewa an aika da aikin safiya zuwa gida. . "Zan ci gaba da shiryawa," in ji shi. "Ka dai gaya mani abin da motsi na gaba zai kasance, kuma zan kasance a wurin."
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Ayyukan 12 DECEMBER sun bazu sosai bayan Oakland. A katafaren tashar jiragen ruwa na Long Beach da Los Angeles a Kudancin California, masu zanga-zangar Mamaya kusan 500 ne suka taru cikin ruwan sama kuma suka yi tattaki a kan manyan kofofin tashar jiragen ruwa na SSA.
Masu fafutuka sun yi kiyasin cewa sun dakile ayyuka a tashar na tsawon sa'o'i da dama, kuma an tallafa wa zirga-zirgar manyan motoci a Pier J har tsawon mil guda, a cewar rahotannin manema labarai. Amma tashar ta ci gaba da aiki saboda kamfanin ya iya kawo ma’aikata ta kofar baya. Akalla ‘yan sanda biyu ne aka kama a arangamar da ‘yan sanda suka yi a babban kofar gidan.
Mayar da hankali kan SSA Marine saboda rabin mallakar mega-bank Goldman Sachs ne kuma yana da dogon tarihi na fashe-fashe da hare-hare da albashi da yanayin aiki ga ma'aikata a kan docks.
Wani babban batu ga masu zanga-zangar a Long Beach shine hadin kai da direbobin tashar jiragen ruwa. Direbobin sun dade suna kokawa da manufofin kamfanoni da ke daukar su a matsayin ‘yan kwangila masu zaman kansu maimakon ma’aikata. A watan Oktoba, an kori direbobi 26 da ke aiki da Toll Group a Long Beach saboda nuna juyayi da gwagwarmayar haɗin gwiwa - sun sanya t-shirts na Teamsters don yin aiki.
Kamar yadda wasu gungun direbobi suka rubuta a budaddiyar wasika:
Kamfanonin da muke yi wa aiki suna kiran mu ’yan kwangila masu zaman kansu, kamar mu shugabanninmu ne, amma su ne ke jagorantar mu. Muna karɓar albashi na Duniya na Uku kuma muna tuƙi shagunan gumi akan ƙafafun. Ba za mu iya yin shawarwari kan farashin mu ba. (Yawanci ba a yarda mu ga ko ganin su ba.) Ana biyan mu da kaya, ba da sa'a ba. Don haka, sa’ad da muka zauna a cikin waɗancan dogayen layukan da ke tashar jiragen ruwa, ko kuma idan mun makale a cunkoson ababen hawa, za mu zama ’yan agaji da ke ba da lokacinmu ga kamfanonin jigilar kaya da jigilar kayayyaki. Wannan ita ce hanya mai kyau don sanya shi. Dukanmu mun ji kalmomin "bayi na zamani" a wuraren cin abinci.
Direbobin LA sun kasance masu goyon bayan kiran Occupy don dakatar da tashar jiragen ruwa a ranar 12 ga Disamba - a zahiri, yawancin direbobin baƙi sun saita ranar 12 ga Disamba saboda ita ce ranar Budurwa ta Guadalupe, a al'adance ranar zanga-zanga a Mexico. Kungiyar Direbobin Tashoshin Ruwa ta Kasa a LA ta ce motocin dakon kaya ba za su yi tuki ba a ranar 12 ga watan Disamba. A cewar rahotanni, yana da wuya a tantance yawan zirga-zirgar ababen hawa - amma inda galibi akwai daruruwan manyan motoci, a yau akwai kadan. In ji wani mai fafutuka.
A Portland, Ore., Magoya bayan Occupy 500 ne suka shiga cikin yini a zanga-zangar nuna adawa da "Wall Street on the Waterfront," wanda aka shirya a farkon safiya da kuma wani gangami daga baya. Masu zanga-zangar sun rufe ayyuka a manyan tashohin tashar jiragen ruwa.
Zanga-zangar ta ranar ta fara ne da sanyin safiyar yau da karfe 6 na safe a Kelley Point Park, inda masu fafutuka suka shirya zuwa kungiyoyi biyu. Kimanin ma'aikata 300 da masu fafutuka ne suka nufi Terminal 6, babbar tashar jirgin ruwa ta Portland da kuma wurin jigilar kaya mafi kayatarwa a tashar. Sauran 200 kuma sun nufi Terminal 5, wanda ke sarrafa sinadarin potassium da sauran kayayyaki masu yawa.
Ƙarfin wutar lantarki a wurin taron ya yi yawa, tare da mahalarta suna rera waƙa, "An ba da belin bankuna, an sayar da ma'aikata." Wani katon yar tsana dan jari-hujja mai kwadayin tura kudi a bakinsa yana hannun don wakiltar kashi 1 cikin dari.
Yayin da manyan motocin da ke yunkurin sauke kaya aka hana su shiga tashoshin jiragen ruwa ta hanyar masu daukar kaya, masu shirya taron na Portland sun yanke shawarar cewa za a nemi ma’aikatan da kada su ketare titin, amma za a bar su idan sun ga dama. Tare da ƴan ƙalilan, ma'aikatan bakin teku sun zaɓi mutunta ƙwararrun al'umma. Da karfe 10 na safe aka sanar da cewa an daina aikin safe, kuma an rufe dukkan tashoshin biyu tare da biyan albashin ma’aikata.
Yayin da mutane suka huta kafin zanga-zangar karfe 4 na yamma da zagaye na biyu na zabuka yayin tafiyar maraice, ma'aikatan bakin teku da danginsu sun isa tare da pizza don taimakawa masu zanga-zangar tsayawa har zuwa maraice.
Muzaharar karfe 4 na yamma ta fitar da wasu masu zanga-zanga 500. Lokacin da masu shirya shirye-shiryen suka sami tabbacin cewa ba za a sake buɗe Terminals 5 da 6 don maraice ba, an canza duk makamashi zuwa rufe Terminal 4. Da karfe 5:30 na yamma, mai sasantawa na tashar jiragen ruwa ya yanke hukuncin cewa rukunin al'umma yana wakiltar haɗarin "aminci" kuma ya ba ma'aikata hudu kyauta. hours biya. Tare da rufe Terminal 4, masu zanga-zangar sun yi gangami don rufe tashar Schnitzer Steel, wani wurin zama mallakin keɓaɓɓen titin daga Terminal 4, wanda kuma shagon ILWU ne.
A cikin makon da ya wuce zuwa rufe tashar jiragen ruwa, Willamette Weekly, wata jarida ta gida, ta buga labarin mai suna "Dreadlocks vs. Hardhats" wanda ya yi iƙirarin cewa mambobin ƙungiyar sun yi adawa da rufewar kuma sun fitar da motsi na Occupy kamar yadda aka katse daga matsayi-kuma - fayil ma'aikata har ma da watsi da damuwarsu.
Amma 12 ga Disamba da kanta ya nuna wannan karya ce. Baya ga ’yan kungiyar ILWU Local 8 wadanda ba za su tsallaka layukan ba, direbobin tashar jiragen ruwa sun nuna goyon bayansu a duk tsawon yini tare da dunkulewar dunkulallun hadin kai yayin da suke tuki a tasha.
'Yan uwa da dama na 'yan gida 8 suma sun fita suna goyon bayan zaben. Matar wani ma’aikacin jirgin ta yi “mic check” don gode wa taron jama’ar da suke wajen, ta kuma ce duk da cewa an daure hannun kungiyar saboda sakamakon shari’a na goyon bayan dakatarwar, ‘yan kungiyar ILWU masu matsayi da matsayi sun goyi bayan matakin. mijinta ya yarda ya koma gida ba tare da biya ba don tallafawa rufewar.
Kamar yadda Jordan McIntyre, wani mai zane-zane na kungiyar da ya taimaka tare da wayar da kan ma'aikata a ranar 12 ga Disamba, ya ce, "Tallafin daga ma'aikata a tashar jiragen ruwa ya kasance mai ban mamaki. kuma a yau muna ganin sun karrama ’yan kato-da-gora, zama wuri ne na ‘yan kungiya, wadanda ba na kungiya ba, da marasa aikin yi, su taru wuri guda domin fafutukar kawo sauyi”.
Kamar a Long Beach, masu fafutuka na Portland sun ba da haske kan SSA Marine. Wani makasudin masu zanga-zangar shi ne EGT, ƙungiyar ƙasashen duniya da ke son ƙin amincewa da kwangilar tashar jiragen ruwa tare da ILWU a buɗe sabuwar tashar hatsi ta zamani a Longview, Wash., Kimanin mil 40 zuwa Kogin Columbia daga Portland.
A cikin Longview kanta, membobin ILWU sun mutunta zanga-zangar da masu fafutuka 60 na Occupy-mambobin ƙungiyar suka ƙi yin aiki guda ɗaya a tashar jiragen ruwa saboda "damuwa game da lafiya da aminci," a cewar mai magana da yawun ILWU Local 21.
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BAYAN KAN bakin teku, a Seattle, Magoya bayan Occupy sun taru da rana a Westlake Park sannan suka yi tattaki zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa. Taron ya ninka zuwa kusan mutane 1,000 a lokacin da ya isa tashar jiragen ruwa, in ji masu fafutuka na yankin.
Masu zanga-zangar sun watse zuwa kungiyoyi da dama, inda daya ya toshe Terminal 18, wani kuma ya gina shingen da ya toshe hanyar shiga Terminal 5. 'Yan sanda sun far wa masu zanga-zangar a kusa da shingen, inda suka yi amfani da hayaki mai sa hawaye da gurneti a kokarin tarwatsa zanga-zangar. Amma a cewar wani memba na ILWU da ba ya da hannu a zanga-zangar, kungiyar ba ta tura mambobinta zuwa aiki tashoshi biyu ba a lokacin da yamma, ta rufe su da kyau.
Akwai ƙananan masu zanga-zanga a wasu tashoshin jiragen ruwa. Sama da bakin teku daga Long Beach, a tashar jiragen ruwa na Hueneme, masu zanga-zangar mamaye 150 sun kafa layin tsinke a kofar shiga. Sun yi niyya ne ga Del Monte Foods, wani mai jigilar kayayyaki mallakin kamfanin siyar da kayan masarufi na KKR wanda kuma ke da tarihin fasa-kwaurin kungiyar.
Masu zanga-zangar ba su da lambobin da za su yi ƙoƙarin dakatar da zirga-zirgar ababen hawa, amma sun ba da rahoton cewa direbobi sun nuna goyon bayansu ta hanyar yi musu godiya. Daya daga cikin masu zanga-zangar, Michael Bridges, ya ce ya isa ne da karfe 1:30 na safe bayan doguwar mota daga Fresno. "Ina jin an kirga masu jefa kuri'a, amma ba su da wata matsala kuma," Bridges, wanda ba shi da aikin yi, ya shaida wa manema labarai. Los Angeles Times. "Na zabi Obama, na zabi canji. Ina canjin mu yake?"
Masu fafutuka a garuruwa da dama na kasar sun gudanar da zanga-zangar nuna goyon baya ga ayyukan da aka yi a gabar tekun yamma.
A cikin Birnin New York, ɗaruruwan masu fafutuka tare da Occupy Wall Street sun yi niyya Goldman Sachs, a matsayin mai mallakar SSA Marine. Zanga-zangar lumana guda biyu da suka hadu a Hall Hall da Zuccotti Park sun taru a hedkwatar duniya ta Goldman Sachs a lokacin tashin safiya, inda masu zanga-zangar suka yi layi.
Masu mamaye sun gudanar da taron manema labarai na izgili wanda ke nuna wani katon squid mai wakiltar Goldman Sachs, dangane da Rolling Stone Dan jarida Matt Taibbi ya kwatanta kamfanin a matsayin "babban squid vampire wanda aka nannade a fuskar bil'adama, ba tare da katsewa ba yana lalata magudanar jininsa zuwa wani abu mai kamshin kudi."
Daga baya a wannan safiya, masu fafutuka sun yi ƙoƙari su sake tattarawa don gungun masu fashe-fashe a cikin lambun hunturu na Winter atrium a Cibiyar Kuɗi ta Duniya, wacce mallakar Brookfield Properties, kamfanin mallakar gidaje wanda kuma ya mallaki Zuccotti Park. Kamar Zuccotti, lambun hunturu ana tsammanin buɗe wa jama'a ne, amma lokacin da masu fafutuka suka yi ƙoƙari su hallara kuma suka jefar da wata tuta daga baranda a taƙaice, rundunar 'yan sanda ta kutsa kai cikin gidan tare da kama mutane aƙalla 17.
Ayyukan da aka yi a ranar 12 ga Disamba suna nuna yaduwar isar da motsi na Occupy-kuma tare da rufe wasu mahimman wuraren rarraba tattalin arzikin Amurka, yuwuwar kaiwa kashi 1 cikin ɗari inda ya yi zafi.
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