Layukan picket sun tashi. A karshen makon da ya gabata ma’aikatan Verizon 45,000 da ke gabar tekun Gabas, wadanda Kungiyar Ma’aikatan Sadarwa ta Amurka (CWA) da Kungiyar ‘Yan Uwa ta Ma’aikatan Lantarki (IBEW) ke wakilta, sun shiga yajin aikin. Dalilin yajin aikin dai shi ne kokarin da kamfanin ke yi na samun rangwame mai yawa daga kungiyoyin. Verizon yayi jayayya cewa yakamata ma'aikata suyi watsi da nasarorin da suka samu a cikin shekaru masu yawa na gwagwarmaya da tattaunawa a fadan kwangilar da suka gabata.
Kamar yadda Wall Street Journal saka shi, "Verizon Communications Inc. yana neman wasu manyan rangwame a cikin shekaru daga ƙungiyoyin sa." Buƙatun sun haɗa da raunin fa'idodin kula da lafiya, rage fensho, rage amincin aiki, da kawar da hutun da ake biya kamar Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Wannan duk da cewa kamfanin ya ba da rahoton ribar biliyoyin daloli a bara, kuma a cikin kalmomin of New York Times dan jarida Steven Greenhouse, "Manyan jami'ai biyar na Verizon sun karbi jimillar dala miliyan 258 a matsayin diyya, gami da zabin hannun jari, a cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata." Ƙungiyoyin jayayya cewa Verizon ya sami ribar dala biliyan 20 a lokaci guda, kuma Citizens for Tax Justice yana da nuna cewa kamfanin ya yi haka yayin da ba a biya kadan ba a cikin harajin samun kudin shiga na kamfanoni.
Ba tare da shakka ba, wannan rikici ne na muhimmancin kasa. Kamar yadda Bob Master, babban daraktan majalissar dokoki da siyasa na gundumar CWA ta 1, ya bayyana Laraba a cikin wani taron tattaunawa tare da magoya bayansa, "Wannan kamfani ne mai riba mai yawa, wanda muka yi imanin yana ƙoƙari ya yi amfani da yanayin da ke adawa da ƙungiyoyi kuma, a wata ma'ana, Maimaita a wani katafaren kamfani mai zaman kansa abin da gwamnonin Ohio, New Jersey, da Wisconsin suke kokarin yi ga bangaren gwamnati. Membobinmu suna jin da gaske cewa muna bukatar mu ja layi a nan."
Daidaituwa da Wisconsin ya dace don dalilai da yawa. Na farko, kamar zababbun jami'an jam'iyyar Republican a hare-haren da suke kaiwa kan malaman makaranta da sauran ma'aikatan gwamnati, Verizon na daukar manufar daya daga cikin manyan jami'an Amurkawa na karshe. A matsayin babbar dabara a cikin hulɗar jama'a, kamfanin yana ƙoƙarin tayar da bacin rai game da gaskiyar cewa ma'aikatan CWA da IBEW suna da ayyukan yi na rayuwa. Yana fatan cewa "Ba ni da fensho, me zai sa su" dabaru zai dauki ranar.
Saboda haka, a ranar Laraba Verizon ya fitar da cikakken talla a cikin Philadelphia mai tambaya yana ba da shawarar cewa ma'aikaci na yau da kullun yana yin $80,600 a cikin albashin shekara da $42,000 a fa'idodi. Kungiyar ta musanta wannan da'awar, tana mai cewa albashi gaba daya yana cikin kewayon dala 60,000 zuwa $77,000, kuma fa'idodin ba su da tsada fiye da yadda kamfanin zai bayar. Amma, ba tare da la'akari ba, muhawara kan lambobi sun rasa wasu tambayoyi masu mahimmanci: Menene kuskuren ma'aikata suna raba ribar kamfani mai lafiya? Ashe ba haka ya kamata a ce tattalin arzikinmu zai yi aiki ba?
(A wani bayanin kula, yana da kyau koyaushe lokacin da kamfanoni ke roƙon talauci a kan teburin tattaunawa sannan su juya su kashe manyan kuɗaɗen akan wuraren watsa labarai, masu ba da shawara na ƙungiyar, da kamfanonin PR masu tsada - amma wannan wani labari ne.)
Makomar guraben ayyukan yi 45,000 babban abu ne ga duk Amurka. A watan da ya gabata, duk tattalin arzikin Amurka ya sami riba mai yawa kawai 117,000 jobs. Ba wai kawai wannan ga duk ƙasar ba, yana wakiltar wata mai kyau mai kyau idan aka ba da lambobi daga shekarar da ta gabata. Bugu da ƙari, kusan dukkan sabbin ayyuka yanzu ana ƙirƙira su ne masu ƙarancin albashi. Idan aka yi la’akari da waɗannan haƙiƙanin-kuma gaskiyar cewa tattara duk dukiya a hannun masu hannu da shuni wata mummunar dabara ce ta samar da irin buƙatun da tattalin arziƙin ƙasar ke buƙata ya sake farfadowa-abin da ke faruwa ga ma’aikatan Verizon wani lamari ne da ke damun jama’a sosai.
Bob Master ya yi daidai cewa matsananciyar ciniki ta Verizon, kamar yadda Gwamna Scott Walker ya yi amfani da ikon gwamnati, ya samo asali ne daga yanayin siyasa wanda bukatun kamfanoni ke jin za su iya yin duk abin da suke so ga ma'aikata, kuma ma'aikata ba za su sami hanyar da za su iya ba. Yajin aikin na Verizon da rashin alheri ya yi kama da Wisconsin a cikin cewa yaƙin tsaro ne—yunƙuri na dakatar da koma baya a cikin ƙa'idodin da aka kafa na gaskiya.
Asalin takaddamar kwangilar shine cewa Verizon yanzu yana samun mafi yawan ribar da yake samu daga sabis ɗin ta mara waya. Yayin da wasu ƴan ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun wayoyi ke shiga yajin aikin, ɓangaren kamfanin ba na ƙungiyar ba ne. A cikin kyakkyawar duniya, CWA da IBEW za su iya "yi ciniki don tsarawa," daidaita duk wani rangwame a teburin tattaunawa ga mambobin kungiyar na yanzu tare da yarjejeniyar cewa kamfanin zai kasance da tsaka tsaki kuma ya ba da damar ma'aikata a Verizon Wireless su yanke shawarar kansu game da. ko a yi tarayya. Amma wannan ba kyakkyawar duniya ba ce. Kamar a cikin Wisconsin, ma'aikata da abokanta suna fuskantar gwagwarmaya mai wahala kawai don kawar da mafi munin harin da kungiyar kwadago ta yi.
Wannan ya ce, akwai batun bege. Zanga-zangar da aka yi a Madison a farkon wannan shekarar ta ba da wani dalili na kyautata zaton cewa sabon nau'in kuzari, fa'ida, hada kan al'umma zai iya zama karfi mai dorewa a siyasar jihar - kuma ya zama abin koyi ga ƙungiyoyi a wasu sassan ƙasar. . 'Yan Wisconsin nasara a wannan makon a tuno da wasu Sanatoci na jam'iyyar Republican (ko da yake ba kamar yadda ake fata ba) sun nuna cewa gwagwarmayar za ta kasance mai tsawo, amma kokarin ci gaba na iya samun wasu kafafu na gaske.
Dangane da yajin aikin kuwa, duk wadanda ke tunanin yaushe aiki Amurka za su kosa su tashi daga karshe su yi fada, kada su zauna a nan. Idan yajin aikin na Verizon ya zama abin tada zaune tsaye a wannan kasa don yunkuri na adawa da ikon kamfanoni masu gudu da kuma samun ingantacciyar tattalin arziki, zai iya samun fa'ida da yawa fiye da abin da sharuddan kwangilar ke yankewa ga wadanda ke tafiya a yanzu. Cewa waɗannan ma'aikatan ba su jujjuya ba a fuskar kamfanonin dagewa kan rangwame yana da mahimmanci da ƙarfin hali. Kuma sun cancanci a ba su tallafi.
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Wadanda ke gabar Gabas za su iya samun layin tsinke don ziyarta nan.
Magoya bayan duk fadin kasar nan ba da jimawa ba za su iya "yi amfani da kantin Verizon Wireless” a yankin su da kuma taimakawa wajen tsara zaɓe a wannan wurin.
A ƙarshe, ba tare da ma barin kwamfutarka ba, kuna iya sa hannu kan takarda kai domin tallafawa ma'aikatan CWA da IBEW 45,000 da suke yajin aiki.
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