Duk wanda ke hagu na Michele Bachman da alama ya yarda cewa babbar matsalar Amurka ba ta gibin kasafin kuɗi ba ce, amma gaɓar ayyuka.
Amurkawa miliyan goma sha huɗu ba su da aikin yi, kuma adadin ya kai kusan miliyan 16 idan kun haɗa da waɗanda ke son aikin cikakken lokaci amma kawai za su iya samun na ɗan lokaci. Sanya duk waɗancan mutanen su yi aiki, kuma da farin ciki za su gudu zuwa kantuna kuma su kashe kuɗi, ta haka ne za su mallaki injin jari-hujja. Ko don haka hikimar al'ada ta tafi.
Amma kawai ayyuka nawa ne tattalin arzikin zai samar don magance gibin ayyukan - miliyan 14? miliyan goma sha shida? Ko da yawa fiye da haka? Amsar ba ta dogara ba kawai ga yawan mutanen da ba su da aikin yi amma ga ingancin ayyukan da ake bayarwa.
A cewar wani rahoto na watan Janairu daga Aikin Dokar Aiki na Ƙasa, kashi 76% na sabbin ayyukan da aka samar a cikin 2010 sun kasance daga nau'ikan masu biyan kuɗi kaɗan, suna ba da tsakanin $ 9 zuwa $ 15 a kowace awa. Wasu mutane na iya samun dalla-dalla akan $9 ko makamancin sa'a guda - musamman idan suna shirye su zauna a waje ko a kan kujeran aboki - amma, gabaɗaya, ƙarancin albashin ayyuka, yawancin su za ku buƙaci. samu.
A ce kai ma'aikacin filin ajiye motoci ne, mai wanki ko mai tsabtace ofis, kuma kana samun mafi ƙarancin albashin tarayya na $7.25 a awa ɗaya kawai. Idan kana da 'ya'ya biyu don tallafawa, abin da kake samu na shekara-shekara zai zama $ 3,000 a ƙasa da matakin talauci na hukuma na iyali na uku, don haka za ku buƙaci aƙalla aiki na biyu na ɗan lokaci. Ba tare da ambaton gaskiyar cewa za ku buƙaci sanya ɗaya daga cikin yaranku a matsayin mai zaman jarirai na cikakken lokaci ga ɗayan ba.
Bayan na yi aiki a wasu guraben ayyukan yi da kaina, na ɗan ji tsoro lokacin da mutane suka fara jifa da kalmar "ayyuka" waɗanda ba a canza su da sifofi kamar "biyan kuɗi mai kyau" ko "mai kyau." Wane irin ayyuka muke magana akai? Shin muna magana ne game da ayyuka tare da albashi irin na ƙungiyoyi ko fa'idodi ko babban akwatin McJobs waɗanda suka zo tare da tsammanin za ku cancanci samun tamburan abinci?
Tsakanin 1998 zuwa 2000, yayin da nake yin bincike don littafina "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting in America," Na yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jirage, kuyanga tare da sabis na tsaftacewa, ma'aikacin gidan jinya da abokin tarayya na Walmart, tare da nawa. ana biyan dala $7 a sa'a guda, ko kuma kusan dala $9 awa daya a dalar yau. Ko da na sami damar tsara jadawalina don in iya yin ayyuka biyu a lokaci ɗaya, ba a kashe kuɗi na hankali ba a kan ajanda ba - ba bayan iskar gas, abinci da hayar tirela mai girman rabin ko ɗaki a cikin gidan otel mai ban sha'awa. An yi sa'a, ayyuka sun kasance cikin sauƙi a samu a lokacin, kuma haɓakar tattalin arzikin dot-com bai dogara da ni ba.
Na san hujjar: Yawan ayyukan da ake samu, har ma da karancin albashi, yawan ma'aikatan wutar lantarki suna bukatar karin albashi, don haka albashi zai tashi kai tsaye. Amma a ƙarshen 90s, yayin da masu daukan ma'aikata ke fuskantar "karancin aiki," albashin sa'o'i ya karu kadan kadan - ba saboda an dakatar da dokar wadata da bukata ba, amma saboda masu daukan ma'aikata sun zama masu kwarewa wajen hana ma'aikata yin shiri don neman mafi girma. albashi. A yau, tare da ainihin manufar yin ciniki tare a ƙarƙashin harin siyasa daga dama, damar cewa ƙarin ayyuka zai haifar da ingantattun ayyuka sun girma har ma da slimmer.
Shugaba Barack Obama ya yi alkawarin - kawai shekaru uku da suka wuce lokacin da yake gabaɗaya wani ɗan'uwan da ya fi dacewa - cewa zai ƙara mafi ƙarancin albashi na tarayya zuwa dala 9.50 a shekara ta 2011. Wataƙila ya manta, kamar yadda ya manta alkawarinsa na dannawa Kyautar Ma'aikata Dokar zaɓe, wanda zai sauƙaƙe wa ma'aikata tsarawa. Ko watakila adadin rashin aikin yi ya firgita shi fiye da 9% kuma ya yarda da ra'ayin rashin nasara cewa kowane aiki - komai karancin albashi, koma baya ko cin zarafi - ya fi kowa.
Wannan shine yanayin bakin ciki na ruhi na tsakiya na Amurka tun daga ƙarshen 70s zuwa yau: Mun tafi daga Johnny Paycheck's "Ɗauki Wannan Aiki da Shove It" don roƙon "masu ƙirƙira ayyuka" masu kama da sumul ga duk abin da suka dace. iya jefa mu hanya.
Abin farin ciki akwai wasu keɓantawa masu ƙarfin zuciya ga wannan ra'ayin. Ma'aikatan Verizon dubu arba'in da biyar suna tafiya layukan zaɓe don kare albashinsu da fa'idodin ƙungiyar da suka samu. Dubban ma'aikatan Walmart sun yi rajista a matsayin membobin ƙungiya ("Our Walmart") don neman girmamawa daga kamfanin.
Hatta ma'aikatan da suka fi sani da "marasa ganuwa" - ma'aikata da mata - suna shirya kansu a cikin Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Cikin Gida. Kamar yadda kowa a cikin waɗannan rukunin zai iya gaya: Ba kawai muna buƙatar ƙarin ayyuka ba, muna buƙatar ƙarin ayyukan da za su ɗauki ma'aikata kamar mutane kuma suna biyan abin da za ku iya rayuwa a kai.
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