Gizagizai masu guba da suka tashi daga wani jirgin dakon kaya da ya kauce hanya a Ohio a farkon wannan watan, wani kwatanci ne mai sanyaya zuciya ga kwadayi mai guba wanda ya kamu da yawancin manyan kamfanoninmu.
Bayan an tashi daga garin, mazauna garin da ke kusa da hanyar jirgin sun yi taka-tsan-tsan komawa gida, amma har yanzu ba su san cikakken barnar da muhallin yankin ke yi da lafiyar jama'a ba.
Jirgin kasa na Kudancin Norfolk yana ɗauke da sinadarai masu haɗari, gami da vinyl chloride, ƙwayar cuta mai saurin ƙonewa wanda ya fi illa fiye da ammonia da iskar gas. bisa ga dokokin tarayya.
Biyo bayan tsagewar jirgin, mazauna yankin sun bayar da rahoton faruwar lamarin kwatsam mutuwar kifi da namun daji, ban da mutanen da ke fama da wahalar numfashi, gaɓoɓin gaɓoɓi, da rashes, da sauran yiwuwar alamun jiki daga bayyanar sinadarai.
Kungiyoyin da ke wakiltar ma'aikatan jirgin kasa sun yi gargadin yiwuwar afkuwar irin wannan bala'i.
A cikin tattaunawar kwangilar bara, sun yi tir da tsarin kasuwanci da aka sani da "daidaitaccen layin dogo," wanda ke da nufin haɓaka riba ta hanyar tafiyar da manyan jiragen ƙasa da sauri tare da ƙananan ma'aikata. Al’adar ta kuma samu laƙabi a tsakanin ma’aikatan jirgin: “tabbataccen halayen masu hannun jari.” Haɗe da rashin garantin albashi na rashin lafiya, wannan ya haifar da yanayi mai haɗari ga ma'aikatan jirgin ƙasa da suka wuce gona da iri.
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A cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata, shugabannin manyan kamfanoni biyar na manyan kamfanonin jiragen kasa sun yi taho-mu-gama a cikin wani diyya mai tsoka na dala miliyan 200. Norfolk Southern da sauran manyan kamfanonin jiragen kasa na Amurka guda shida suma sun kashe $ 191 biliyan akan saye-sayen hannun jari da rabon hannun jari tsakanin 2011 da 2021, wanda hakan ya sa shuwagabannin su masu hannu da shuni da masu saka hannun jari suka fi arziki.
Kuma yayin da masu gudanar da aikin layin dogo suka yi layi a aljihunsu, masu fafutukansu sun ba da shawarar hana tsauraran dokokin tsaro. A cikin 2017, bayan masu ba da gudummawar masana'antar dogo sun ba wa wakilan tarayya na Republican kashe tanadin da ke buƙatar motocin dogo ɗauke da abubuwa masu haɗari don samun ingantacciyar tsarin birki mai sauri.
Wannan tsarin da ake amfani da shi a fili yana jefa ma'aikata da al'umma cikin haɗari sosai. A gaskiya ma, hatsarin Ohio ba ma shine kadai a wannan watan ba. Kwanaki daga baya a Houston, Texas, wani jirgin kasa dauke da muggan abubuwa sun kauce hanya, inda suka kashe direban. Kwanaki bayan faruwar hakan. wani Norfolk Southern jirgin kasa ya kauce hanya, wannan karon a kudu maso gabashin Michigan.
Wadanda ke aiki a layin dogo suna da mafita mai sauƙi ga wannan barazanar jama'a: mallakar jama'a. Railroad Workers United, wanda ke tattaro membobi daga ƙungiyoyin jiragen ƙasa 12, yana da da ake kira kawo karshen mallakar kamfanoni masu zaman kansu na tsarin dogo na Amurka, da kuma tsarin hadaka a Mexico da Canada.
Ƙungiyar Lantarki, Rediyo da Ma'aikatan Injin Amurka (UE) ta kuma yi kira ga mallakar jama'a, rubuce-rubuce: “Kamfanonin layin dogo ma ba za a iya cewa suna sana’ar jigilar kaya ba; suna cikin kasuwancin ne kawai na yin amfani da ikon su na keɓancewa a kan ababen more rayuwa na dogo na ƙasar don cin riba mai yawa kamar yadda zai yiwu daga abokan ciniki da ma'aikata bisa ga umarnin masu hannun jarin Wall Street."
Bala'in Ohio babbar kararrawa ce mai zafi. Kada mu ƙara jurewa haɗarin samun shugabannin kamfanoni masu haɗama su kore mu daga kan tituna. Ta hanyar mallakar jama'a, wannan muhimman ababen more rayuwa na iya amfanar jama'a da gaske.
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