Ya zama mantra motsi, yayin da aiki ke fama da cin amana bayan cin amana da 'yan Democrat da Republican suka yi: ‘yan kungiyar su tsaya takara da kansu.
Magana akan wannan batu yana da arha kuma mai sauƙi. Amma ba a gudanar da ’yan takara masu nasara ba. Hatta masu fafutukar ƙwadago waɗanda ke da ƙwarewa da gogewa sun sami wahalar samun mukaman gwamnati.
Duk da haka a cikin "Firamare na gandun daji" na California a watan Yuni, wata 'yar wasa daga Richmond ta ba masu kallo da yawa mamaki ta hanyar sanya na biyu a tseren 'yan majalisar dokokin jiharta.
Jovanka Beckles, dan majalisar birni na wa'adi biyu, ma'aikacin gundumomi, kuma tsohon kakakin Makarantar Matsalolin Ma'aikata, yanzu ya ci gaba zuwa zagaye na Nuwamba na Majalisar 15, wanda ya haɗa da Richmond, Berkeley, da wani yanki na Oakland.
Tana adawa da Buffy Wicks mai shekaru 40, tsohon jami'in fadar White House mai kyakkyawar alaka wanda kwanan nan ya koma Gabashin Bay. Tsohon shugaban kasar Barrack Obama, Sanata Kamala Harris na Amurka, da Gavin Newsom, Laftanar Gwamnan California na yanzu wanda ake ganin zai zama gwamna na gaba da Wicks da kansa.
Fitowar watan Nuwamba tsakanin Beckles, babban mai goyon bayan Bernie Sanders, da Wicks, wanda ya gudanar da yakin neman zaben Hillary Clinton na 2016 a California, ya baiwa wasu kungiyoyi damar yin nadamar rungumar da suka yi da Clinton shekaru biyu da suka wuce.
Hakanan muhimmin gwaji ne na ko goyon bayan ƙwadago na Gabashin Bay bayan na farko na ɗaya daga cikin nata zai fassara zuwa irin ƙungiyoyin membobin ƙungiyar da suka dace don shawo kan blitz na kafofin watsa labarai da aka biya da aka riga aka fara a madadin Wicks.
Beckles ya ce, "Ba mu da dala miliyan guda da za mu aika da gungun masu aika wasiku," in ji Beckles, a cikin roko na kwanan nan don ƙarin masu sa kai. "Ba ma ƙoƙarin zabar wani matsayi-quo Democrat."
CIN RA'AYIN
Me yasa 'yan takarar kungiyar ba sa yawan samun nasara? Ɗayan rashin lahani, wanda aka sake farawa-hikima, shine cewa buƙatun jagoranci na ƙungiyoyi na gida ko gwagwarmaya na iya barin ɗan lokaci don shiga cikin al'amuran al'umma ko sabis a kan hukumomi da kwamitocin gida. 'Yan takara masu aiki na iya zama sananne a cikin ƙungiyoyi amma ba su saba da manyan zaɓaɓɓu ba. Abokan hamayyarsu galibi suna samun kuɗi mai kyau kuma ƙwararrun hanyoyin sadarwa, ƴan kasuwa, da “shugabannin jama’a” an daɗe ana gano su, don mafi kyau ko mafi muni, tare da tsara manufofin jama'a na gida.
A cikin shari'ar Beckles, ta shiga siyasar zaɓe a Richmond, ba a matsayin ɗan takara ɗaya kaɗai ba. Ta lashe kujerar kansila a shekara ta 2010, bayan an sha kaye a baya, domin ta fara zama ‘yar gwagwarmayar majalisar unguwa sannan kuma shugabar kungiyar Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) ta gari baki daya. RPA tsarin siyasa ne na cikin gida mai shekaru 14 wanda ke da membobi masu biyan kuɗaɗen biyan kuɗi da kuma shirin shekara-shekara na tsara abubuwan da suka shafi aiki da al'umma. Duk 'yan takararta na majalisar birni ko magajin gari suna gudanar da taron gama gari kuma dole ne su ƙi duk gudummawar kasuwanci.
RPA yanzu tana alfahari da mafi yawan mambobi biyar cikin bakwai a majalisar birni na Richmond na ɗan lokaci. A lokacin aikinta, Beckles da abokanta na majalisa sun sami damar haɓaka tarihin nasarorin cikin gida masu ban sha'awa waɗanda a yanzu suka ba da gaskiya da mahimmanci ga yunƙurinta na goyon bayan RPA na yanzu na neman kujerar majalisa. (Don ƙarin bayani, duba: www.jovanka.org)
Amma, fiye da shekara guda, Beckles ya kasance yana jujjuya sa'o'i hudu da goma a mako a matsayin ma'aikaciyar kare yara na gundumar Contra Costa tare da ci gaba da ayyukan majalisa a Richmond, tare da gudanar da yakin neman zabe a karshen mako, maraice na kyauta, kwanakin hutu. , da kuma bukukuwa. Sai dai a cikin gida na yakin neman zabenta na kasa baki daya ta sami damar yin hutu daga aikinta na yau da kullun don yin yakin neman zabe cikin walwala.
MASU KARFIN MUTANE
Idan RPA ita ce asalin ƙarfin da ke motsa takarar Beckles, yanzu tana da magoya baya, iri-iri, suna buga kofa, yin kiran waya, ɗaukar liyafar gida, nuna alamun yadi, da kuma ba da filaye a ko'ina cikin Gabas Bay.
Mambobin Oakland da Berkeley sun haɗu da masu aikin sa kai na RPA na ɗaya daga cikin ɓangarorin ƙasar da ke haɓaka cikin sauri na Democratic Socialist of America, wanda ya haɗa da yawancin matasa masu fafutuka. Tun shekarar da ta gabata, Beckles ya kuma sami babban taimako daga juyin juya halin mu na kasa, yakin neman zaben Sanders da ke Washington, DC, da kungiyoyin siyasa na gida, kamar Wellstone Democrats da Berkeley Progressive Alliance.
Wicks — godiya ga rawar da ta taka a baya a matsayin darektan Super-PAC na Clinton da kuma ci gaba da alaƙarta da cibiyoyin ba da gudummawar jam’iyyar Democratic Party - ta kasance mai cin gajiyar dala miliyan 1.2 a cikin kashe kuɗi na farko ($ 240,000 wanda ya biya sabis na wani kamfani mai ba da shawara na San Francisco kuma ya ɗauki aikin. ta Cibiyar Kasuwancin wannan birni.)
Masu ba da kuɗaɗen Wicks sun haɗa da masu ba da gudummawa masu arziƙi waɗanda ke da alaƙa da kamfanonin fasaha na Lyft, Uber, da Bay Area, abubuwan sha'awar makaranta, manyan masu gidaje, masana'antar kiwon lafiya PAC, da Govern for California, Super PAC mai dogaro da kasuwanci wanda shugabar hukumar Walmart ta kirkira kuma tsohon mai ba da shawara ga Gwamnan Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Sabanin haka, Beckles ya tara kuma ya kashe kusan $160,000 kawai, galibi a cikin ƙarami, gudummawar cikin-jiha. Ta yi takara a matsayin 'yar takarar "masu iko", ba tare da kuɗin kamfani ba kuma ta dogara ga ƴan ma'aikata masu biyan kuɗi ko masu ba da shawara na waje.
DAYA DAGA CIKIN NAMU
A cikin firamare, wasu ƙungiyoyin California waɗanda ke da alaƙa da Labour don Bernie (da kuma dogon tallafi na Labour Notes) sun goyi bayan Beckles saboda goyon bayanta ga haƙƙin ma’aikata da na masu haya, kula da lafiyar masu biyan kuɗi guda ɗaya, da samun babban kuɗi daga siyasa. Waɗannan sun haɗa da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Kiwon Lafiya ta Ƙasa, Transit (ATU) Local 192, da Ƙwararrun Ma'aikatan Jami'ar da Fasaha (CWA).
Amma an haɗa su da ƙungiyar Bay Area na ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da yawa waɗanda suka ɓace daga sansanin Sanders shekaru biyu da suka gabata - ciki har da Beckles na kansa Teamsters Joint Council 7 da SEIU Local 1021, wanda ke wakiltar ma'aikatan birni na Richmond da kusan sauran ma'aikatan gwamnati 50,000 a arewa. California.
"Sau nawa muke samun damar zabar ɗaya daga cikin namu?" ya tambayi mai shirya siyasa na Local 1021 Gabriel Haaland, wanda ya shafe shekarar da ta gabata yana taimaka wa Beckles ya karyata hasashen jam'iyyar Democratic Party cewa tayin neman babban mukami ba shi da bege.
Tun daga watan Yuni, masu goyon bayan Beckles kamar Haaland sun yi nasarar faɗaɗa tushen aikin kamfen ɗin ta. Yanzu ya haɗa da Majalisar Ma'aikata ta Alameda da Contra Costa County, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta California, ƙungiyoyin malamai na jaha, AFSCME, da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan jinya ta California.
Kathryn Lybarger, wanda ke aiki a matsayin shugaban jihar AFL-CIO da AFSCME Local 3299 a Jami'ar California, ya yaba wa Beckles, ɗan gudun hijira daga Panama, a matsayin "ɗan takara mai ƙarfi da haɗin kai tare da ƙimarmu kuma don haka wakilin membobinmu."
"Muna da kwarin gwiwa cewa za ta ci gaba da yi mana fada idan ta isa Sacramento," in ji Lybarger.
HOLDOUTS
Ba kowa ne ke cikin jirgin ba. Majalisar Kasuwancin Gine-gine na gundumar Contra Costa ta goyi bayan Wicks kan Beckles - duk da shawarar da ta gabata na yarjejeniyar aiki, gwajin litmus na yau da kullun don amincewa da kasuwancin. Majalisar kasuwancin ginin ta kasance amintacciyar aminiyar siyasa ta Chevron, babban ma'aikacin Richmond; shekaru hudu da suka gabata, har ma ta shiga cikin kwamitin "kashe masu zaman kansu" da Chevron ke goyon baya wanda ya kashe dala miliyan 3 ba tare da nasara ba wajen kokarin kayar da Beckles da sauran Pro-Labour Progressives da ke takarar majalisar birni.
Tsohon shugaban SEIU Andy Stern mutum ne mai goyon bayan Wicks-duk da cewa manyan yankuna biyu na SEIU da majalisarsu ta jaha suna goyon bayan Beckles. Tun da ya bar ƙungiyar shekaru goma da suka gabata, Stern ya zama memba na hukumar kamfanoni kuma mai ba da shawara kan tattalin arziki. Ya yi aiki kafada da kafada tare da Wicks da sauran ma'aikatan Gwamnatin Obama lokacin da suke yin layi na goyon bayan ƙungiyar don Dokar Kulawa mai araha shekaru takwas da suka wuce da masu goyon bayan ƙwararrun ma'aikata na Medicare ga Duk. A cikin tseren AD 15 a yau, masu ba da shawara na masu biyan kuɗi guda ɗaya na California sun fi son Beckles akan Wicks, wanda matsayinsa akan sake fasalin kiwon lafiya ya fi rauni sosai.
A karshen mako na Ranar Ma'aikata, Beckles yana shirin bayyana a wurin fitinun kungiyoyin malamai da kuma wani taro tare da mambobin SEIU da ke nuna rashin amincewa da fitar da Kaiser Permanente. Idan har Beckles ta kasance da haɗin kai tare da dalilan ƙwadago na gida ta hanyar isassun masu jefa ƙuri'a da kuma kashe kuɗi a madadinta, tabbas za ta iya shiga Majalisar a watan Janairu.
Kuma a can, za ta zama muryar da ba kasafai ba ta kasance "marasa kamfani" ga sauran ajin aiki da matalautan California waɗanda 'yan majalisar dokoki na jihohi ba sa kulawa da bukatunsu waɗanda ke karɓar kuɗi daga PACs na kasuwanci da ƙungiyoyin masana'antu.
Steve Early memba ne na kwamitin manufofin Labour Notes, mai goyon bayan Jovanka Beckles, kuma memba na Richmond Progressive Alliance. Shi ne marubucin, kwanan nan, na Garin Matatun: Babban Mai, Babban Kudi, da Gyaran Garin Amurka, littafi game da tsarin siyasa na gida a Richmond, CA.
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