Source: Counterpunch
Tarihin jari hujja na Amurka yana cike da cin zarafi na kamfanoni, barazana har ma da cin zarafi ga ma'aikata lokacin da muka tashi tsaye don kwato mana haƙƙinmu.
Duk da haka duk da yunƙurin da Amazon ya yi, yunƙurin ƙwace ƙwaƙƙwaran kamfanoni na Seattle City Hall a wannan shekara, mutane masu aiki sun doke mafi arziki a duniya ta hanyar gudanar da watakila mafi ƙaƙƙarfan yaƙin neman zaɓe a cikin garinmu. Idan muka yi yaƙi, za mu iya yin nasara.
Shiga cikin shekara ta gaba, ya kamata mu ɗauki wani shafi daga littafin gwagwarmayar aji mai nasara: muna buƙatar buge yayin da ƙarfe ya yi zafi.
Yawancin lokaci, cibiyoyin jari-hujja suna tabbatar da cewa ma'auni na siyasa ya kasance a gefen manyan masu arziki, saboda sun mallaki masana'antu, yawancin kafofin watsa labaru, da mafi yawan 'yan siyasa.
Don haka lokacin da ma'aikata ke da ƙarfi a gefenmu, muna bukatar mu yi nasara sosai.
Muna da dama da nauyi. A cewar Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Gidajen Yanki, Gundumar King tana buƙatar ƙarin gidaje 244,000 masu araha nan da 2040 don magance rikicin gidaje mai zurfi na yankin Seattle.
Ba za mu iya yarda da karyewar matsayi ba.
Shi ya sa a ranar 13 ga Janairu, Socialist Alternative da ni, tare da sauran masu ci gaba, haƙƙoƙin haya, ƙwadago, da ƙungiyoyin gurguzu da masu fafutuka, za su kasance. fara gwagwarmayar Harajin Amazon na 2020 tare da zanga-zangar a Washington Hall. Za a haɗa wannan tare da rantsar da ni zuwa wa'adi na uku a Majalisar Birni, inda Sara Nelson, Shugabar Ƙungiyar Kula da Jirgin Sama ta Amirka, za ta yi rantsuwa da ni.
A wannan taron, za mu sake farawa haraji Amazon a matsayin ƙungiyar ƙasa don yin gwagwarmaya don samun haraji mai ƙarfi akan manyan kasuwancin Seattle don tallafawa gidaje na zamantakewa.
Sara Nelson ta taka rawar gani wajen kayar da Shugaba Trump na rufewar gwamnatin bakin haure a farkon shekarar 2019. Ta hanyar shirya kasa don yajin aikin gama-gari, masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama da masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama sun tsorata Trump da GOP.
A cikin labarin da dole ne a karanta a cikin Jacobin a farkon wannan shekara, Sara Nelson ta lura, “Mutane suna tunanin iko yana da iyakacin albarkatu, amma yin amfani da wutar lantarki yana gina wuta. Da zarar ma'aikata sun ɗanɗana ikonmu, ba za mu sasanta da mummunan yarjejeniya ba. Kuma ba za mu tsaya ba yayin da wani ya sami rauni, ko dai. "
Na yi imanin wannan yana magana kai tsaye ga irin haɗin kai da dabarun yaƙi da za a buƙaci a wannan shekara a cikin gwagwarmayar mu na harajin manyan 'yan kasuwa.
Darussa daga 2018
A cikin 2018, motsinmu yana da madaidaiciya kuma ingantaccen manufa lokacin da ya ƙaddamar da Harajin Amazon akan manyan kasuwancinmu na birni: don fara magance ɗaya daga cikin mafi munin gidaje masu araha da rikicin rashin matsuguni.
Jihohinmu da birninmu kuma suna da tsarin haraji mafi koma baya a ƙasar, inda ma'aikata da masu matsakaicin matsayi ke ɗaukar nauyi mai nauyi yayin da manyan kamfanoni ke jin daɗin tsarin haraji.
Duk da haka wannan bai hana Jeff Bezos yin barazanar korar ayyuka 7,000 daga cikin garinmu ba kuma ya fita gabaɗaya don gujewa biyan ko da ƙaramin yanki na adalci na Amazon a cikin haraji.
A daidai wannan lokacin, shugabannin Amazon sun sadu da gwamnatocin Birni a duk faɗin ƙasar suna ƙoƙarin fitar da mafi girman kuɗin haɗin gwiwar haɗin gwiwar don musayar HQ2, yayin da mutane masu aiki da masu fafutuka. fada baya. Tare da wannan, ma'aikatan Amazon sun koma cikin gwagwarmaya, daga shiga Yajin Yanayi zuwa ma'aikatan sito suna gwagwarmaya don haɗa kai a cikin fuskantar mummunan yanayi ga gwagwarmayar ma'aikatan fasaha kamar #TechWontBuildIt.
Na yarda da abin da Bernie Sanders ya faɗa a farkon wannan shekara: “Idan za a yi yaƙin aji a ƙasar nan, lokaci ya yi da ma’aikata suka ci wannan yaƙin.”
Haraji na Amazon dama ce ta tarihi don cin nasara a yaƙi a wannan yaƙin, amma da farko muna buƙatar shirya. Kuma dole ne mu gane a gaba: Amazon da zauren gidaje za su yi yaƙi da mu hakori da ƙusa kowane mataki na hanya.
Wajabcin Ci gaba Haraji
Sakamakon zaɓe na Seattle yana wakiltar umarni don biyan manyan 'yan kasuwa haraji don ayyuka masu mahimmanci. ’Yan takarar Amazon sun sha kaye sosai kuma masu jefa ƙuri’a a maimakon haka sun zaɓi zaɓen a Kara majalisar ci gaba. A zabe na baya-bayan nan ya nuna cewa mafi yawan masu jefa ƙuri'a na Seattle - 75% - yanzu suna goyan bayan haraji ga manyan kasuwancin.
Mutane suna ƙara ƙin man maciji na Reaganesque gardama-gefen gardama da kuma neman ainihin mafita. Dole ne motsinmu ya jaddada buƙatar harajin Amazon mai ƙarfi don tallafawa babban faɗaɗa gidajen jama'a - mallakar jama'a, masu inganci, gidajen haya mai araha na dindindin. Kamar kula da haya, gidaje na zamantakewa sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samar da tsarin rayuwa na zaman lafiyar gidaje da wadata inda aka ci nasara.
Amma manyan ’yan kasuwa za su yi hamayya da ƙoƙarinmu.
Tuni dai wasu sabbin zababbun ‘yan majalisar da aka zaba ko aka sake zabar su na nuna rashin son jagoranci kan wannan batu, ciki har da Andrew Lewis da Alex Pederson, wadanda suka nuna ba sa goyon bayan harajin.
Hatta 'yar majalisa mai ci gaba Lisa Herbold, wacce aka sake zaba a kan abokin hamayyarta da ke samun goyon bayan Amazon, ta ce ta ba lallai ba ne a shirya don tallafawa haraji "daga ƙofar a cikin 2020" kuma watakila ya kamata a sanya shi a kan katin zabe. Duk da yake shirin jefa kuri'a na iya zama ainihin abin da ya faru, ba na tsammanin 'yan majalisar da aka zaba bisa wani aiki na ci gaba ya kamata su wuce kudi, kuma ofishina ya riga ya fara shirya dokar haraji ta Amazon.
Ƙungiyarmu ba za ta iya ba da damar yin imani da kafa siyasa ba. Masu aiki suna bukatar mu yi shiri don mu ja-goranci kanmu.
Yadda Aka Samu Mafi Karancin Albashi $15
Za mu iya duba misalin yaƙin mafi ƙarancin albashi na $15 a Seattle don yadda za mu ci nasara a wannan shekara.
Bayan nasarar ƙungiyar ƙwadago a SeaTac a cikin 2013 da yaƙin yaƙin neman zaɓe na daga tushe na neman mafi ƙarancin albashi na $15 a Seattle, an sanya batun kai tsaye a kan tebur.
Amma ya ɗauki motsi don samun nasara.
A cikin Janairu na 2014, lokacin da na fara aiki a matsayin ɗan majalisar gurguzu na Seattle, Alternative na Socialist kuma na ƙaddamar. 15 Yanzu.
Mun fara da a zanga-zanga a Temple's Labor Temple, sannan aka gudanar da jerin tarurrukan shiryawa, gina ƙungiyoyin ayyukan unguwanni, kuma sun yi tattaki akan $15/hr. Mun haura zuwa taron mu na masu fafutuka na 15 a yanzu yayin da muka shirya matakin jefa kuri'a don zaben Nuwamba, idan ya cancanta.
Mun fada a fili cewa ma’aunin zaben mu “manufofin inshora ne” ta yadda majalisar birnin za ta kasa sauke nauyin da ya rataya a wuyanta sakamakon matsin lamba daga manyan ‘yan kasuwa. Idan Majalisar ta zartar da wani kakkarfar doka ta $15, ba za mu sanya sa hannun da muka tattara ba don tayar da ma'aunin zaben mu. Amma idan ba haka ba, 15 Yanzu an shirya don ɗaukar $15/hr kai tsaye ga masu jefa ƙuri'a a watan Nuwamba.
Ya yi aiki. Sauran kuma tarihi ne, kamar yadda suka ce.
A ranar 5 ga Yuni, ƙarƙashin matsin lamba Majalisar ta zartar da dokar tarihi a duk faɗin birni akan $15/hr. Manyan 'yan kasuwa sun amince da shawarar da aka yi shawarwari a cikin kwamitin mafi karancin albashi (IACC) wanda magajin garin Murray ya yi, a karkashin barazanar shirinmu na zabe. Hasali ma, daga baya shugabannin ‘yan kasuwa sun yi tsokaci cewa ba za su taba amincewa da dokar ba idan ba don tsoron wani ba karfi $15 da masu jefa ƙuri'a suka wuce.
Sabuwar Shekara Goma, Sabon Zamani na Gwagwarmayar Aji
Na yi imani akwai irin wannan motsi a yanzu don Harajin Amazon kamar yadda aka yi don $ 15, bayan zaɓen inda kowannensu ya zama batun ma'anar.
Duk da haka, bai kamata mu yi tunanin cewa duk wani alkawura daga manyan 'yan kasuwa za su riƙe ba. Har ila yau yunkurin mu na bukatar ya kasance cikin shirin tunkarar zaben watan Nuwamba.
Tun lokacin da Seattle ta wuce mafi ƙarancin albashi na $ 15, ma'aikata da matasa sun sami ƙarin ƙarfafawa ta hanyar wasu manyan misalai na tsarawa da gwagwarmayar aji, kamar yadda muka gani tare da nasarorin tarihi na malamai a West Virginia da kuma sauran hare-haren Red State a 2018. Ya kamata mu duba waɗancan darussan kuma - shirya tsageru shine ke samun kaya.
Idan kuna cikin Seattle, ina fata za ku kasance tare da mu a wurinmu Tax Amazon ƙaddamar da gangami a ranar 13 ga Janairu. Za mu gudanar da wani taro na biyu a ranar 25 ga Janairu, taron masu fafutuka kamar wanda muka shirya a ranar 15 a yanzu, domin kungiyarmu ta taru don tattaunawa ta hanyar dimokuradiyya da yanke shawara, gami da yiwuwar shirin zabe, abin da ya kamata. kama, da kuma yadda za a iya amfani da haraji mafi kyau.
Burinmu ya kamata ya kasance don gina gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya mafi girma don cin nasara mai karfi na Amazon Tax, ba tare da iyakance kanmu ga abin da aka yarda da kafa siyasa ba.
Bari mu fara 2020 tare da bang kuma mu taimaka fara sabon shekaru goma na ikon aji na aiki.
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