I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Mike Compton e hana ma kahi kikowaena hoʻolaha Walmart ma waho o Chicago i Iulai i hala, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i noʻonoʻo nui i nā uniona. Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hana hale kūʻai ma o nā keʻena maʻamau, ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ʻo ia ma ka hale kūʻai Walmart. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i noʻonoʻo nui i ka inoa maikaʻi ʻole o Walmart ma ke ʻano he mea hana. "Pono wau i kahi hana," wahi āna.
I kēia lā, ʻaʻohe hana ʻo Compton i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai, a laila hoʻihoʻi ʻia, a laila hoʻopau hou ʻia, no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻohui i kāna mau hoa hana hale kūʻai. I loko o kekahi mau mahina wale nō, ʻo ka mahalo ʻole ʻia e nā luna, ka uku liʻiliʻi, a me nā hola like ʻole i hoʻoikaika iā ia e lilo i ʻāpana o ka neʻe ʻana o ka poʻe limahana e koi i ka hoʻopono ma ka ʻoihana nui loa o ka honua. Ma keia Autumn walkouts ua pa i keia keena hoolaha a hookahi ma Kaleponi. Ua hana nā limahana ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai i nā hele wāwae liʻiliʻi.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hui ʻo ia ka bugbear o nā uniona e hoʻonohonoho ana i ka ʻoihana kūʻai kūʻai no nā makahiki, aia kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e hana nei i kēia manawa a puni, a lilo ia i kukui mālamalama no ka neʻe ʻana o nā limahana ʻAmelika ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka luku ʻana. ʻO ka paio ʻana no ka uku kūpono a me ka mahalo i nā limahana ma Walmart e ʻoi aku ma mua o ka manaʻo o nā uniona ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻomālamalama i nā wahi āpau o ke kaulahao lako, mai nā hale hana ma waho a i nā papa ma Anytown, USA.
ʻO ke ahi ma kahi hale hana ma Bangladesh, nāna i hoʻolako i nā huahana iā Walmart, i make ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau limahana, he mea hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo i ke ahi Triangle Shirtwaist Factory ma New York City i ka makahiki 1911, ka mea i pepehi i nā limahana malihini he 146, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā wahine Iudaio a me Italia. . ʻO kēlā hanana i alakaʻi i nā hoʻololi nui i nā kūlana palekana ma ʻAmelika a nānā hou i nā limahana ma ka laulā. ʻAʻole i hiki i kēia manawa, akā ʻo ka manaʻo e kūkulu i ke kaomi.
ʻO ia ke kumu i ka lohe ʻana o ka poʻe hana ʻo Occupy Wall Street e pili ana i kahi moku i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā waiwai Walmart mai kēlā ʻāina e hele mai ana i ke awa kokoke i New York City ua hoʻāʻo lākou e pale iā ia mai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Ua ʻoki koke nā mākaʻi o Port i ka poʻe hana, ʻoiai he hōʻailona ia e hoʻomau nei kēia kipi ʻana ma Walmart ʻaʻole ia he hoʻolaha hana parochial wale nō, akā he hakakā i ka ʻōnaehana honua o ka like ʻole o ka hana.
ʻO ka hihia: Ma ka lā 11 Dekemaba, aia ʻo Walmart CEO Mike Duke ma New York City, e kamaʻilio ana i ka Council on Foreign Relations, i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hoʻouka ʻana, nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka hui i ke kīpē i kahi luna ma Mexico, a me ke ahi o ka hale hana make.
"Aia lākou ma ke ʻano he hui e ʻōlelo aku i ka poʻe i hoʻonohonoho i nā kulekele honua," wahi a ka mea kūʻē ʻo Deborah Timmesch.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, mai kēia kihi, ʻo ka inoa o Walmart no ka hoʻokae ʻana, ka uku haʻahaʻa a me ka luku ʻana i nā kaiāulu kūloko, ʻaʻole ia he hōʻailona o kahi hui rogue akā ʻo ke ʻano no ka kapitalisme honua.
ʻO kēia ʻano ākea ākea no nā mea hana a me nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana o ka hana, ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ma nā mokuʻāina, ʻaʻole i nalowale nā hui he nui wale i nā lālā a hoʻopaʻa ʻia no nā kuʻikahi uku uku, ʻoiai i ka manawa like e nalowale ana nā kuleana kānāwai ma nā mokuʻāina ikaika e like me Wisconsin a me Michigan. Hiki ke hoʻololi i ka hoʻolaha ma lalo o Wal-Mart. ʻO kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻonohonoho nui ma Ilinoi ʻo ia ka United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, kahi hui radical akā pinepine marginalized, e hana pū ana me ka mainstream United Food and Commercial Workers.
Inā ʻimi nā limahana ma kahi hale kūʻai Walmart e hui pū, hiki i ka hui ke pani i ka hale kūʻai. Akā ʻaʻole lākou i kēlā koho me kahi kikowaena hoʻolaha e lawelawe nei ma ke ʻano he kikowaena nerve no nā hale kūʻai āpau a puni. E like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe hana longshore i kā lākou uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi ma muli o kā lākou kaohi ʻana i nā wahi choke i loko o ke kaulahao hoʻolako intermodal, ke hopu nei nā limahana Walmart i kēia mau wahi choke pū kekahi.
Ua kuhikuhi aku nā neʻe anti-austerity a puni ka honua i ka ulu ʻana o ka like ʻole ke kumu o ka pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻo ke kūlana o Walmart ma ke ʻano he mea hana honua a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kulekele honua i ke kikowaena o ia kamaʻilio.
No Compton, he pilina maʻalahi ke hana. 'Ua hoʻonoho lākou i ke kūlana,' wahi āna. 'Aʻole pono wau e manaʻo hou aʻe mai ka mea hana nui loa ma ka honua?'