Nā ʻōlelo * na ka panelist Carl Finamore ma ka ʻOkakopa 26, 2015 Black Lives Matter Forum i kākoʻo ʻia e ka San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
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ʻO ka papa hana ʻAmelika ka mea ikaika loa ma ka honua, ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka honua a ke hana nei mākou i ka ʻoihana waiwai nui a loaʻa kālā ma ka honua.
Hōʻike pū ʻia nā limahana ʻAmelika e nā uniona aupuni i loaʻa ka nui o nā kumuwaiwai, nā limahana nui a me nā waihona waihona kālā nui loa, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā uniona kālepa ʻē aʻe o ka honua.
Eia naʻe, me ka nīnau ʻole, ʻo ka hana ʻAmelika ka mea nāwaliwali loa i ka honua ma waena o nā ʻoihana nui, ʻo ka hapa nui no ka mea ke noho nei mākou i ka māhele ʻino.
No ka laʻana, ʻaʻohe ʻāina ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe ma ka honua e like me kā mākou moʻolelo koko o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana a nā mākaʻi i ka Black Community.
I ka makahiki 2011, ʻeono mau kānaka i pepehi ʻia e nā mākaʻi ma Australia, ʻelua ma ʻEnelani a me Whales, a ʻeono ma Kelemānia. I ka makahiki 2013, ʻaʻohe kanaka i pepehi ʻia e nā mākaʻi ma ʻEnelani a i Kelemānia. I ka makahiki 2014, ua pepehi ʻia kekahi kanaka e nā mākaʻi ma ʻEnelani.
Ma ka hoohalike ana, o ka nupepa kuokoa o Beritania, ʻO ka Guardian, ua palapala 940 pepehi makai, a me ka helu ana, ma ka US i keia makahiki wale no. A ʻo ka poʻe ʻeleʻele lima ʻole he ʻelua manawa e pepehi ʻia e nā mākaʻi ma mua o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo.
ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o ʻelua mau helu FBI.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke nīnau nei kēia i ka nīnau, pane maʻalahi e ka poʻe o mākou e ʻōlelo nei i ka hoʻokalakupua ʻoihana, no ke aha e lawe ai i nā mea hoʻopuka noiʻi i kahi moana e hōʻike i kā mākou hoʻokahe koko home ma mua o nā keʻena aupuni US a i ʻole nā mea hoʻolaha kūloko.
ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, ʻaʻole ʻae wale kā mākou papa hana i māhele ʻia no ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i nā mākaʻi, hoʻonāwaliwali loa ia iā mākou a hiki i nā uniona ʻAmelika ke hōʻemi nui i ka hopena politika.
No ka laʻana, hāʻawi nā uniona ʻAmelika i nā pōmaikaʻi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi loa i kā mākou papa ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻāina ʻoihana ʻē aʻe kahi i hui like ai ka poʻe hana a kahi e hauʻoli ai lākou i kahi ʻano hoʻonui o ka mālama ola olakino, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻonaʻauao, hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ka haʻalele makuahine, nā hoʻomaha lōʻihi a me ka pilikanaka mua. palekana.
No ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo e haʻalele nā uniona i ka hana kaiāulu a hoʻopaʻa liʻiliʻi iā mākou iho i ka hui ʻana - e hōʻike ana i nā lālā ma ka hana a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi wale nō - ke ʻōlelo nei au i kēia, ʻaʻole hana a ʻaʻole loa.
ʻOiai ma ka uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi, ana mākou i kahi haʻahaʻa 14th i waena o nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe 20 o ka honua.
Ma ke ana ʻana i kēlā me kēia hōʻailona kaiapili a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, hoʻopaʻa inoa mākou ma lalo o ko mākou mau kaikuahine a me nā kaikunāne ma ʻEulopa.
No ke aha mai?
ʻO nā ʻokoʻa i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna nei, ʻaʻohe mea pili i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā hui aupuni like ʻole o kēlā me kēia ʻāina. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ka puʻupuʻu a me ke kelepona ʻole a puni ka honua.
Ma ʻEulopa, e nānā i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana o nā aliʻi ʻEnelani i ka Irish a me ka hana ʻino ʻana o ka Farani i nā Algerians, ʻo ia nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua he mau makahiki wale nō. I kēia mau lā, e nānā i ka hana ʻana o nā ʻāina ʻEulopa ma o NATO ma ke ʻano he mau hoa kaua o ka US ma ka Hikina Waena.
ʻAʻole, ʻo ka wehewehe ʻana no nā ʻokoʻa o ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua ʻaʻole i ka luna akā ma lalo kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai nā papa hana mai ka hānau ʻana me nā ʻōlelo politika ʻokoʻa loa.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā uniona kālepa ʻEulopa i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1800, i nā manawa he nui e nā hui Socialist nui e hōʻike ana i ka manaʻo o ka hui kaiaulu a me ka pale ʻana i nā pono pilikanaka a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka papa holoʻokoʻa i wehewehe nui ʻia - ma ke ʻano he poʻe limahana ma ka hana a he kamaʻāina i ke kaiāulu.
ʻO kēia kūpaʻa kālai'āina a me ka lokahi ma hope o ka hana i hopena i nā mea i hoʻokō nui ʻia i ka nohona aʻu i ʻōlelo ai ma mua.
ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻaʻole kēia "pā i hoʻohui ʻia o ka hui kaiaulu" ʻaʻole wale i hoʻopaʻa nui i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe elite hui ma o ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻae ʻae nui, ua kāohi nui hoʻi i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻokuʻu i ka hana ʻino a nā mākaʻi e kūʻē i nā neʻe kaulana no ka hoʻoponopono.
ʻO kēia hui kaiaulu ikaika loa, ʻaʻohe kānalua, ua nāwaliwali i nā makahiki he 25 i hala aku nei i ka lilo ʻana o nā alakaʻi uniona ma ʻEulopa a ʻoi aku ka conservative a ʻoiai ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka papa hana keʻokeʻo ʻEulopa e apo i nā malihini o ke kala.
Akā naʻe, aia nō ka hoʻoilina o ka mana a me ka pono o 20th ʻO Century "Social Unionism" ma ʻEulopa a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mōʻaukala a me ka ʻike o nā uniona ʻAmelika conservative i hoʻokomo hohonu i ka racism i kona hopena o 19.th nā hale hoʻokumu kenekulia.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia nā ʻokoʻa hanohano i kā mākou moʻolelo hana akā ke kamaʻilio nei mākou ma ʻaneʻi no ke ʻano nui o nā uniona ʻAmelika.
ʻO ka hoʻokalakupua ko mākou moʻolelo
I ka makahiki 1902, ma hope koke iho o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o kā mākou hui ʻāina, ua kākau ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo WEB Du Bois i nā uniona aupuni he 43 ʻaʻohe lālā ʻeleʻele me 27 ʻē aʻe e pāpā ana i nā haumāna ʻeleʻele.
Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me ka piʻi ʻana o ka hui uniona CIO i nā makahiki 1930 i ka wā i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ai nā mea kanu kila a me nā kaʻa, akā, hiki ke alakaʻi hewa kēia ʻike.
ʻIke loa, ʻaʻole hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā mea kanu kaʻa a me ke kila ke ʻole ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā limahana ʻEleʻele, i ka wā i haʻalele ʻia mai nā uniona, ua hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia e ka poʻe hana ma ke ʻano he scabs e haki ai i nā hahau.
Ua hana ʻia kēia ma ke ʻano nui me nā ʻumi kaukani o nā limahana ʻEleʻele a me Mekiko i ka wā i hāʻule ʻole ai ke kila kila aupuni i ka makahiki 1919.
Ma ke aʻo ʻana mai kēia ʻike, ua hoʻopiʻi nā mea hoʻonohonoho hui kaʻa a me nā kaʻa i nā makahiki 1930 i nā limahana ʻeleʻele, no ka manawa mua ma ka mōʻaukala, e hui pū me nā hui ʻoihana kaʻa a me ke kila.
ʻO kēia hui hou i loaʻa i ka ulu nui loa a me nā hoʻolaha unionization lanakila loa i kā mākou mōʻaukala. He 500,000 mau lālā CIO ʻEleʻele i ka makahiki 1945.
Akā, me ka hōʻeha nui, pono wau e ʻae ʻaʻole kēia i hōʻike i ka hoʻokō pono kīwila hou e kā mākou hui.
No ka laʻana, ma hope o ka hui ʻana o nā hui aupuni ʻelua i ka AFL-CIO i ka makahiki 1955, he hale mana e hōʻike ana ma kahi o 35 pakeneka o nā limahana ʻAmelika, ua hoʻopiʻi ka hui hou i ka reactionary McCarthyite witch-hunt a me ka Democratic party-Dixiecrat pressures, e hoʻihoʻi loa i ka Ua hoʻohiki ʻo CIO ma hope o ke kaua e hoʻonohonoho i ka hema.
No laila, kupaianaha a me ka pōʻino, i ka manawa like me ka poʻe hoʻoikaika pono kīwila wiwo ʻole e hoʻoweliweli i ko lākou ola i mua o Jim Crow, ua hele aku kā mākou hui uniona ikaika a i kēia manawa mai ke kahua kaua.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ma hope o ka makahiki 1960, ʻo ka hui CIO nui mua, ʻo United Steel Workers of America (USWA), a me nā mea nona ka US Steel ponoʻī, ua hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi ʻia e nā hui kīwila no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻeleʻele mai nā hoʻolaha.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono US Steel Consent Decree i hoʻokō ʻia e ka ʻaha federal me nā hui kuleana kīwila e hoʻokūkū nei i nā ʻoihana hoʻokae a me nā hana uniona ma nā ʻoihana nui ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole kū i laila.
I loko o kēia manawa like o nā makahiki 1960, ma Detroit, ua hoʻokumu nā limahana kaʻa ʻeleʻele i nā hui hui e hana ana i nā hoʻopiʻi ʻoiaʻiʻo loa e kūʻē, hou, he uniona CIO mua, militant, ʻo United Auto Workers (UAW), no ka nānā ʻole ʻana a me ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻokae racist e ke kaʻa. hui.
E like me ke kū nei i kēia lā, ʻaʻohe kānalua, ua nui nā hoʻomaikaʻi i hana ʻia ma ke kānāwai hana a me nā holomua he nui i ka pale ʻana o nā uniona i nā kuleana o nā lālā a pau ma ka hana.
Akā, e like me ka moʻolelo kālai'āina hou o kā mākou hui aupuni, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, hiki ke hōʻike ʻia e like me ka haʻalele ʻana i ka pilikia holoʻokoʻa o ka racism a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i kekahi komo maoli, ʻaʻole hiki ke hele ma mua o nā huaʻōlelo ma ka pepa.
ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana mai ke kahua kaua i hoʻi hou ʻia me ka hiki ʻole o nā alakaʻi AFL-CIO e hele ma Ferguson, MO ma hope o ka pepehi ʻana iā Michael Brown i ka makahiki i hala.
Pono mākou e hele pū me nā kamaʻāina ʻEleʻele i hoʻopilikia ʻia o kēlā kaiāulu me kā mākou mau hae a me nā pūʻali koa o nā lālā a me nā limahana ʻoihana i hiki ke hoʻolako i ke kākoʻo logistical, paʻi a me nā kākoʻo politika i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a i hoʻomāinoino pilikino ʻia i kēlā kūlanakauhale.
He hana makaʻuʻuku kēia a ko mākou mau alakaʻi aupuni i koho e hoʻopuka i nā ʻōlelo paʻi hopohopo.
Hui no ka Pono
ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻole ʻana i nā manaʻo hoʻohewa hohonu o ka papa hana keʻokeʻo. Hiki ke hoʻopau wale ʻia kā mākou mau māhele e nā ala kālai'āina hou e pale ikaika nei i nā pono pilikanaka a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o ke kaiāulu ʻEleʻele a me nā poʻe āpau a me nā wahine.
ʻO kēia kā mākou mau loina i ʻōlelo wiwo ʻole ʻia, pale ʻia a hoʻokō ʻia.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ke ala hope hope o ka hana. Akā ʻo ia wale nō ka hopena e hoʻopau ai i kā mākou kaʻawale politika mai ka hapa nui o ka papa hana, ka poʻe ʻulaʻula a me nā wahine, a lilo i ka neʻe ikaika a me ka ulu ʻana o ka CIO ma mua.
Hoʻopili kēia i ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka hoʻoilina hoʻomau o ka hoʻokae ʻana i loaʻa i ka hapalua o nā limahana ʻeleʻele, Latino a me nā wahine ma lalo o $15 i hoʻokahi hola.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka maikaʻi ʻana ma ka ʻapo ʻana i nā miliona o nā limahana hana wikiwiki haʻahaʻa, nā limahana Walmart a me nā limahana mālama home, nā mea i manaʻo ʻia no kēia hoʻohana nui ʻia e nā luna,
Ma laila wale nō e pau ai ko mākou mau lālā haʻahaʻa i ka hāʻule ʻana i lalo, e ʻūlū ana i lalo me kā mākou mau pono a me nā loina.
*Ma hope o ka kono ʻia ʻana e ka ʻaha kūkā e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka Black Lives Movement koʻikoʻi, ua koho kaʻu hui hui ʻo Machinist Local Lodge 1781 iaʻu "e wehewehe i ke ʻano a me ke kumu e kūʻē ai ʻo Labour i ka hoʻokae a me ka hoʻokae a kū i ka hoʻopono kaiaulu, ka pololei a me ke kaulike. ke kaiāulu i kēlā me kēia wahi e like me kā mākou e hana ai no kā mākou mau lālā ma ka hana. "
Ua holo kēia kumuhana i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo akā naʻu wale nō ke kuleana o ka hōʻike ponoʻī.
ʻO Carl Finamore ka pelekikena mua (ret) a me ka ʻelele Machinist Lodge 1781 i kēia manawa i ka ʻAha Hana Hana o Kapalakiko, AFL-CIO. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
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