Canza jagoranci, tsari, ko aiki na kowace ƙungiyar ƙwadago ta Amurka ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba. Masu fafutuka da ƙwararru sun daɗe suna jayayya game da ko ƙungiyoyin da ba su da aiki sun fi yin gyare-gyare daga sama zuwa ƙasa, ko ƙasa sama, ko wasu cuɗanya hanyoyin biyu.
A cikin shekaru 65 da suka gabata, babban wurin dimokuradiyyar ƙungiyoyi da gwagwarmayar kawo sauyi a Amurka shi ne ƙungiyoyin ƙananan hukumomi, waɗanda ke gudanar da zaɓen shugabanni duk bayan shekaru uku kuma mafi kusancin membobinsu. Dubban ma'aikata masu matsayi da matsayi ne suka yi gangamin neman karin kungiyoyin 'yan ta'adda ta hanyar yin takara tare da samun nasara a cikin kananan hukumomi.
Wasu sun sami goyon bayan cibiyoyin sadarwa na ƙasa na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, ciki har da Teamsters for Democratic Union (TDU) da Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), wani yunƙurin sake fasalin TDU a cikin Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Mota ta United. Kuma, a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, magoya bayan TDU da UAWD har ma sun kori jami'an hedkwatar kasa a Washington da Detroit, sakamakon haka ya kasance mafi inganci yakin neman zabe da/ko yajin aiki a manyan ma'aikata a cikin manyan motoci da masana'antu na motoci.
Kadan ne daga cikin masu neman sauyi na zamani suka ɗaura irin wannan ƙalubale ga halin da ake ciki a ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago na birni ko na jaha wanda ƙungiyar AFL-CIO ta ƙasa ta tsara. Wakilan ma'aikata daga ƙungiyoyin AFL-CIO daban-daban, waɗannan majalissar ƙwadago ta tsakiya (CLCs) na iya zama kamar na ofis ko rashin aiki kamar ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyin da ke nasu. Amma, a tsarin tsari, yawancin sun yi nisa sosai daga gwagwarmayar wuraren aiki don haifar da kalubalen zabe da yawa ga jami'an AFL-CIO masu ci, a matakin yanki, yanki, ko jiha.
Sakamakon haka, an sami 'yan zabukan da aka fafata, kamar a cikin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin da UAW, tare da saɓanin adawa da ke ba da wasu shirye-shirye don farfado da ƙungiyar. A cikin kuri'un jagoranci na AFL-CIO, manyan jami'ai da membobin hukumar zartaswa ana zabar su ta babban taron ko wakilan majalisa, irin wannan hanyar da galibin kungiyoyin kwadagon kasa ke amfani da su. Matsayi-da-fayil ɗin yana da ɗan ko a'a game da wanda ke tafiyar da jikin AFL-CIO.
Rikicin Ma'aikata Na Kasa
Wani sanannen bangaranci shine Majalisar Ma'aikata ta Vermont, wacce ke wakiltar ma'aikatan gwamnati da na kamfanoni 20,000. A cikin Jihar Green Mountain, saboda ƙananan sikelinsa, yawancin wakilan taron AFL-CIO na jihohi mambobi ne ko masu ritaya, ba jami'an cikakken lokaci ba. Tun a shekarar 2019, sun kada kuri’a a zabuka da dama da ke cike da zafafan sauye-sauye wanda ya haifar da da’awar kawo sauyi.
Kwanan nan, a watan Satumbar da ya gabata, sun zaɓi ƙungiyar jagoranci ta mata zuwa manyan mukamai uku kuma suka yi Katie Maurice shugaban AFL-CIO mafi ƙanƙanta a ƙasar kuma shi kaɗai ke cikin Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Maurice ya karbi ragamar faɗuwar ƙarshe daga David Van Deusen, ɗan'uwan memba na Tarayyar Amurka, County, da Ma'aikatan Municipal (AFSCME). A cikin wani sabon littafi daga PM Press da ake kira Labour mai tawaye, Van Deusen ya bayyana yadda ƙungiyar jami'an ƙungiyoyin gida da ma'aikata suka kirkiro wani ɓangaren gyara mai suna "Vermont AFL-CIO United!" shekaru biyar da suka gabata. Waɗannan masu fafutuka da masu fafutuka sun ji takaici saboda ƙarancin ƙungiyar ƙwadagonsu da ƙirƙira, tare da gazawarta don taimakawa sabon tsari, yaƙin neman zaɓe, ko yajin aiki.
An zabi ’yan takara goma sha hudu na United a shekarar 2019—sun dauki dukkan manyan jami’ai, da samun rinjaye a hukumar zartarwa, da kuma lashe zaben kasa na AF-CIO-da aka sake gudanar da zaben na asali. Manufar su ita ce ta farfado da ƙungiyar da ta mutu ta hanyar ilmantar da membobinta, tattarawa, da aiki kai tsaye. Sun fifita mafi girman dimokiradiyya na cikin gida da nuna gaskiya, aikin siyasa mai zaman kansa da ƙarin tallafin aiki don adalci na zamantakewa da muhalli.
Amma, ciki da wajen Vermont, wannan ci gaban ajanda ya zama abin ban mamaki. Maimakon maraba da yaba sakamakon zaben, jam'iyyar AFL-CIO ta kasa - a lokacin marigayi Richard Trumka - ya yi barazanar cire masu neman sauyi daga ofis tare da sanya majalisarsu karkashin ikon wasu ma'aikatan da aka nada daga Washington.
Kamar yadda Van Deusen ya fada a cikin littafinsa, wannan amana an kawar da shi kuma masu fafutuka na ƙungiyar a Vermont sun ci gaba da mai da majalisar ƙwadago ta jihar su abin koyi ga sauran al'ummar ƙasar. Faɗuwar Ƙarshe, United ta biyu! slate ya sake lashe mafi yawan kujerun majalisar zartarwa ta kungiyar kwadago. Magaji Van Deusen, 'yar shekaru 31, Katie Maurice ta yaba da sakamakon a matsayin "tabbacin sha'awarmu na ci gaba da mai da hankali kan tsara matsayi da fayil a cikin jihar Vermont game da zaɓen siyasa."
Sabuwar tsari, da babbar alaƙa tare da ƙungiyar ma'aikata ta jihar Vermont mai zaman kanta, ta kusan ninka yawan kuɗin da ake biya na gwamnatin tarayya tun daga 2019 (ko da yake VSEA ba ta goyi bayan United! ).
Rubutun Nasara
Menene kuma Vermonters suka cim ma a cikin shekaru huɗun da suka gabata - ban da hana cin zarafi daga Inside-the-Beltway? Kamar yadda Van Deusen ya ruwaito a Labour mai tawaye, an bude taron majalisar ƙwadago na jahohi ga duk membobin ƙungiyar, ba kawai zaɓaɓɓun wakilai ba, kuma sun fara jawo mafi yawan jama'a.
Masu gyara sun yi aiki tare da gina ƙungiyoyin sana'o'i don zartar da abin da ake kira "dokokin 'yan kwangila" waɗanda ke buƙatar yawan albashi akan manyan ayyukan gine-gine na jama'a a birane da garuruwa da yawa na Vermont.
Vermont ta zama ƙungiyar ƙwadago ta jiha ta farko a yankin da ke da hannu a cikin "Sabunta New England Alliance." Wannan gamayyar kasa da kasa ta “Green New Deal” ta jihohi shida tana fafutukar ganin an samar da dubban ayyukan yi na kungiyar—ga ma’aikatan da ke gina gidaje masu saukin kudi, shigar da filayen hasken rana, da tsaftace gurbacewar yanayi, da kuma dakile fitar da iskar carbon da ke da alhakin sauyin yanayi.
Sahihancin amfani da sabbin shugabanni na kafofin sada zumunta, shirye-shiryen rediyo, da kuma fitowar talabijin na gida ya ba da damar ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago don isa ga mafi yawan masu sauraro waɗanda ba su da aiki—da kuma haɓaka alaƙa mai ƙarfi da abokan hulɗar al'umma. A cikin faɗuwar ƙungiyar ma'aikata ta Vermont, Van Deusen ya taimaka wa masu matsayi da masu fa'ida a cikin ƙungiyoyin da ba AFL-CIO ba yayin yaƙin da suke yi da rage fenshon ma'aikatan gwamnati wanda gwamnan Republican Phil Scott da shugabannin 'yan majalisar dokokin jihar ke ƙarƙashin ikon Democrat. Masu shirya majalisar ma'aikata sun yi amfani da gangamin ranar Mayu na shekara-shekara na Vermont a Montpelier don gina tallafi ga ma'aikatan baƙi na jihar, waɗanda galibi Latinos ke aiki a gonakin kiwo.
Sabuwar kuma ingantacciyar jihar AFL-CIO ta bai wa 'yan Democrats na Vermont ƙwaƙƙwaran dope da ake buƙata ta hanyar amincewa da ƙarin 'yan takara na ɓangare na uku na ofisoshin jaha da ƙananan hukumomi. Kamar yadda Maurice ya bayyana, “tun daga 2019, mun ƙarfafa dangantakarmu da Jam'iyyar Progressive Vermont, wanda ba wai kawai ya mai da hankali kan haƙƙin ma'aikata ba har ma ya ba da fifiko ga fa'idodin adalci na zamantakewa, a cikin yanayin siyasa wanda yawancin buƙatun kamfanoni ke mamayewa. "
A cewar Maurice, “Ayyukan da VPP ke takawa a matsayin jam’iyya ga ma’aikata ba wai kawai zance ba ne; game da ayyuka na zahiri ne. Yana da game da goyon bayan doka kamar Dokar VT PRO da za ta kare yancin tsarawa, game da tsayin daka kan dabarun faɗuwar ƙungiyoyi, da tabbatar da cewa membobin ƙungiyar suna da wurin zama a teburin tsara manufofi a Montpelier."
Rashin Da'a ko Halin Samfura?
Kafin mutuwarsa a watan Agusta, 2021, Rich Trumka ya sami damar tallafawa wani shiri na CLC mai kyau, yana mai da hankali ga har yanzu barazanar fasikanci a Amurka A cikin hasashen yiwuwar kin amincewa da Shugaba Trump na lokacin sakamakon zaben 2020, majalisar kwadago ta Vermont. Wakilai sun fitar da kira mai karfi na "yajin aikin gama-gari na dukkan ma'aikata a jiharmu" idan aka yi juyin mulki na hannun dama da nufin ci gaba da Trump a kan karagar mulki.
Hedkwatar AFL-CIO ta yi ƙoƙarin toshe duk wata tattaunawa game da irin wannan shirin na gaggawa don mayar da martani ga yiwuwar rikicin tsarin mulki (irin wanda ya faru, jim kaɗan bayan haka, ranar 6 ga Janairu, 2021). Bayan shugabannin ƙwadago na Vermont sun yi muhawara kan batun ko ta yaya, Trumka ya ba da umarnin gudanar da bincike a hukumance na zargin rashin bin ƙa'idodin AFL-CIO na ƙasa da ke aiki ga ƙawancen gida.
A martanin da ya mayar, shugaban gwamnatin tarayya Van Deusen ya bukaci hedkwatar AFL-CIO da ta binciki "yadda misalin da muke kafawa a cikin Jihar Green Mountain zai iya zama abin koyi ga abin da ya fi dacewa, mafi yawan membobi, mafi yawan dimokiradiyya, da adawa. wariyar launin fata, ƙarin masu goyon bayan baƙi da ƙarin shirya ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata… na iya kama da sauran sassan ƙasar. "
Kamar yadda masu karatu na Labour mai tawaye zai gano, wannan ja-in-ja ya yi kyakkyawan ƙarshe, na ɗan lokaci. Masu gyara aikin Vermont sun sami "gargadi na ƙarshe" daga Trumka jim kaɗan kafin mutuwarsa, amma babu wanda aka cire kuma aka maye gurbinsu da waɗanda aka nada daga Washington, DC Karkashin magajin Trumka, Liz Shuler, an dawo da tallafin shiryawa kuma dangantaka da AFL-CIO na ƙasa barka da juyowa don alheri –har zuwa ƙarshen Janairu.
A cikin wata wasika a ranar 22 ga Janairu, Shugaba Shuler ya sanar da sabbin jami'an majalisar da e-board cewa tana binciken "tsarin zaɓe" na Fall ɗin da ya gabata dangane da "kara ƙarar zanga-zangar" da wata ƙungiya mai alaƙa ta shigar. Ta kuma umarce su da "ka guji duk wata tattaunawa game da binciken… tare da sauran jama'a ko hukumomi da kuma daidaikun mutanen da ba su da alaƙa da Majalisar Kwadago."
Wannan yunƙurin odar gag yana jagorantar United! Magoya bayan da suka yi, a cikin rikice-rikice na cikin gida da suka gabata, sun yi ƙoƙarin shigar da abokan tarayya a cikin hukumar gudanarwa ta AFL-CIO kafafen yada labarai na kwadago sanar da kutsawa daga Washington. Ya kamata tarihinsu mai ban sha'awa na dimokraɗiyya na cikin gida da haɗin gwiwar ma'aikata ya zama tushen abin ƙarfafawa ga ƴan ƙungiyar ƙwadago a wani wuri, ba ƙara cin zalin hedikwata da tsoma baki ba.
Amma duk da haka wannan sabon gardama yana taimakawa haɓaka Kungiyar 'yan tawayen Labour saƙon ƙasa: ikon yin canji na gaske yana hannun masu fafutuka na asali. Don saduwa da ƙalubalen da ma'aikatan Vermont ke fuskanta, Van Deusen da ƙungiyarsa na sake fasalin sun gina kan mafi kyawun ma'aikata, a matakin gida da na jihohi. Ba su jira mafita ko umarni daga AFL-CIO na ƙasa ba, wanda, a koyaushe, ba abokin canjin ƙasa ba ne a Vermont.
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