Puna: Truthout
Ma kekahi mau ʻano, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana Amazon ma mua o paio makahiki no ka palekana COVID-19 a me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka hui ma ka hale ʻo Staten Island ma New York City ua kōkua i ke ala no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kēia mahina ma ka hale kūʻai ʻo Bessemer, Alabama.
I kēia manawa, ke ʻimi nei ka Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai, Wholesale, a me Department Store Union (RWDSU) i ke koho lua ma o ka National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), waiho ʻia. kūʻē kūhelu Pōʻalima ka hoʻouka ʻana iā Amazon me ke komo ʻana keakea kanawai e lanakila i ka hui, ʻo Staten Island "JFK8" limahana hale kūʻai me The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW) haʻi ʻO Truthout ʻAʻole hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou e ka hopena. Akā, ʻo kā lākou mau ʻike ma ka ʻāina ma Alabama, kahi i loaʻa ai ka manaʻo o ka unionization i ka lāhui akā i ka hopena i hāʻule, ua aʻo iā lākou i nā haʻawina paʻakikī e hoʻomaopopo i kā lākou ala ponoʻī i ka hui ʻana iā JFK8.
"Makemake mākou a pau e kūleʻa ka uniona ma Alabama, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka kūʻē ʻana iā lākou, ʻoiai ʻo Alabama he mokuʻāina ʻole. Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i loaʻa iā lākou ka manawa e koho balota ai ma ke ʻano he hale moʻolelo, "i ʻōlelo ai ka mea hana hale kūʻai JFK8 ʻo Derrick Palmer. ʻO Truthout. "Pono mākou e lawe i nā ʻeha a ʻohi i kahi a lākou i haʻalele ai. Inā he mea i hoʻomaka i kahi neʻe. E like ana ia me ka hopena domino.
Wahi a Palmer, ua hoʻoikaika ka Bessemer i nā limahana JFK8 e lawe i kā lākou hana hoʻonohonoho i kahi pae aʻe a hoʻomaka i kā lākou hui hui. ʻOiai e ʻōlelo ana ʻo Palmer ua kamaʻilio lākou me nā luna ma kahi liʻiliʻi o nā uniona hui, ke ʻimi nei nā mea hoʻonohonoho TCOEW i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa e alakaʻi pololei ʻia e nā limahana o ka hale. ʻO ka hopena ma Bessemer, ua ʻōlelo lākou, ua hoʻopaʻa i ka koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Staten Island ma mua o 5,000 mau limahana, ʻoiai ʻo nā hui ʻē aʻe i hoʻāʻo a ʻaʻole i hoʻohui i nā hale hana ma New York.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻonohonoho TCOEW ua kāhea lākou i ka NLRB no ka hōʻoia ʻana e hana ana lākou i nā ala kūpono kūpono i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ko lākou wahi, ka Hui Hana Hana Amazon (ALU). Manaʻo lākou e hōʻike ʻo ALU i nā limahana ʻaʻole wale ma Staten Island akā ma nā hale hana ʻē aʻe o Amazon.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou, ... e hele i ke ala kūʻokoʻa i alakaʻi ʻia e ka limahana," wahi a Christian Smalls, ka mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai JFK8 i ka makahiki i hala ma hope o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi huakaʻi e kūʻē i ka nele o ka hui i ka pale kino a me ka COVID-19. "E hoʻonui i ka hilinaʻi no nā limahana e makemake e hui no ka mea e like lākou, 'E nānā, he mea kēia i alakaʻi ʻia e ka limahana, ʻaʻole kēia he ʻaoʻao ʻekolu e komo mai, ʻo ʻoukou kēia e hana nei i kāu hui ponoʻī me kou mau lula pono'ī a me nā kūkākūkā.' Manaʻo wau ʻoi aku ka hoihoi i ka mea hana. "
"Pono mākou e lawe i nā ʻeha a ʻohi i kahi a lākou i haʻalele ai. Inā he mea i hoʻomaka i kahi neʻe. E like ana ia me ka hopena domino.
'Ōlelo nā Smalls ʻO Truthout ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kāhāhā i ka hopena ma Bessemer, ʻoiai ua ʻike mua ʻo ia i nā ʻano hana hoʻopaʻapaʻa uniona a Amazon i ka wā i kipa aku ai nā mea hoʻonohonoho TCOEW i ka hale Alabama ma Pepeluali. "Ua hoka au e like me na mea a pau, aka, aole au i hoonawaliwali," wahi ana. "Aia kekahi mau manawa i hala ʻole i hana ʻia e [RWDSU] a mākou i aʻo ai mai ka hele ʻana i laila, no laila e hoʻāʻo mākou e aʻo mai kēlā mau hewa."
Wahi a nā mea hoʻonohonoho TCOEW, hoʻokahi mea a lākou i aʻo ai, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kahi ala lohi a akahele i mea e kūkulu pono ai i ke kākoʻo kūloko i loko o ka hale kūʻai nui no kahi hui kūʻokoʻa. "Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hoʻonohonoho pono i nā ʻāpana āpau i hana maikaʻi mākou ma mua o ka holo wikiwiki ʻana," wahi a Palmer.
He nui nā pono o JFK8 ma luna o Bessemer, wahi a lākou. ʻO ka mea hoʻokahi, ua lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka hale kūʻai, a ua ʻoi aku ka ʻike pololei o nā mea hoʻonohonoho TCOEW ma ka hale a me ka inoa maikaʻi a me ka mana i waena o ka poʻe hana. Eia kekahi, ʻo New York kahi mokuʻāina hoʻohuihui.
Ua ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻonohonoho TCOEW e hoʻomaka ana lākou e hāʻawi i nā kāleka uniona a me nā puke liʻiliʻi i nā limahana ma ka hale. ʻAʻole lākou e hoʻāʻo nei e kūkulu i ke kākoʻo ʻike ʻole no kahi uniona, e ʻōlelo ana lākou, akā ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e kūkulu i ke komite paʻa o nā limahana i kūpaʻa piha i ka papahana a mākaukau e kū i nā hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka hui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Smalls, ke manaʻolana nei lākou ma ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka pilina o ka limahana me ka limahana - ma kahi o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā mea hoʻonohonoho uniona waho - hiki iā lākou ke kūkulu i ka hilinaʻi ma waena o ka poʻe e hana ana ma ka mea kanu.
"Manaʻo mākou, e hele i ke ala kūʻokoʻa i alakaʻi ʻia e ka limahana. ʻO ia ka mea e hoʻonui ai i ka hilinaʻi no nā limahana e makemake e hui. "
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Smalls no ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka huakaʻi hele ma JFK30 i ka lā Malaki 2020, 8, ua kū ʻo Palmer i ka hana hoʻopaʻi, ironically, no ka uhai ʻana i nā lula pili kino a Amazon ʻoiai ʻo ia e kūʻē nei e koi i ka hui e hoʻokō i kēlā mau lula. Ma ʻApelila 10, 2020, ʻōlelo ʻo Palmer ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi "kākau kākau hope," i hāʻawi pinepine ʻia no ka hana hewa pinepine ʻana, me ka loaʻa ʻole o nā palapala kākau mua.
I Nowemapa 2020, he federal hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka luna kānāwai ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi a Palmer a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana ʻaʻole i mālama ka hui a pale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka COVID-19 ma waena o nā limahana a i ʻole e hahai i nā alakaʻi kūpono i hāʻawi ʻia e nā keʻena olakino olakino. Akā ma Pepeluali 2021, ʻo New York Loio Kuhina Letitia James hoopii ʻO Amazon no ka pale ʻole ʻana i nā limahana ma nā hale kūʻai ma Staten Island a me Queens a hoʻopiʻi i ka hui no ka hoʻopaʻi hewa ʻole ʻana i nā limahana, me Palmer a me Smalls.
Ke mālama nei ʻo Amazon ua hahai mau ʻo ia i ke alakaʻi olakino olakino no COVID-19 a hāʻawi i nā limahana i nā lako pale pilikino pono. Eia kekahi, ua wehewehe ka hui i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o New York AG i ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana i kahi "kiʻi pololei o ka pane alakaʻi alakaʻi o Amazon i ka maʻi maʻi."
Ua pane ʻo Amazon Spokesperson Maria Boschetti i ka hui ʻana ma JFK8, e haʻi ana ʻO Truthout i loko o kahi ʻōlelo, “Mālama mākou i ke kuleana o kā mākou poʻe limahana e komo, e hoʻokumu a ʻaʻole e komo i kahi uniona hana a i ʻole hui kānāwai ʻē aʻe o kā lākou koho ponoʻī, me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, hoʻoweliweli a hoʻoweliweli paha. Ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o Amazon, me kā mākou mau kikowaena hoʻokō, hāʻawi mākou i ka waiwai nui i ka kamaʻilio ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā me kēlā me kēia limahana a hana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana me kā mākou poʻe limahana he ʻāpana ikaika o kā mākou moʻomeheu hana.
"Aia kekahi mau manawa i hala ʻole i hana ʻia e [RWDSU] a mākou i aʻo ai mai ka hele ʻana i laila, no laila e hoʻāʻo mākou e aʻo mai kēlā mau hewa."
Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo ka poʻe hoʻonohonoho TCOEW ua mālama ka hoʻokele ma ka hale kūʻai o Staten Island i kā lākou mau hana. ʻO Palmer, no ka laʻana, haʻi ʻO Truthout ma Pepeluali, ua haʻi ʻia ʻo ia a me kahi pūʻulu liʻiliʻi o nā limahana e hele i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa hazmat hōʻoluʻolu ma nā mea hiki ke pilikia. Akā i ka hiki ʻana o ka hui i kahi lumi hoʻonaʻauao no ke aʻo ʻana, ua hōʻike ʻia lākou i kahi wikiō e pili ana i ka "code of business conduct and ethics." ʻO ka wikiō, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e kūʻē i nā limahana e kūkākūkā ana i nā pilikia palekana a i ʻole nā ʻike "koʻikoʻi" ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻoihana pūnaewele.
I kēia manawa, ʻōlelo ʻo Palmer, ʻaʻole ʻo ia hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻopaʻi hou ʻana mai ka mea aia ʻo ia i ka maka o ka lehulehu no ka ʻōlelo kūʻē ʻana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka hui e hoʻopaʻi iā ia no kāna hana hoʻonohonoho. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Smalls, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻohe mea e nalowale. “He aha ka mea ʻino loa e hiki ke hana? Ua hala mua mākou i ke ahi, "wahi āna.
ʻO ka hakakā no ka pale ʻana o COVID no nā limahana Amazon ua lawe iā Smalls a me nā mea hoʻonohonoho TCOEW ʻē aʻe i ke keʻena nui o Amazon a me kekahi mau hale o CEO Jeff Bezos i ka makahiki i hala. Ke hoʻolaha nei ka hui ma ka inoa o nā ʻohana i nalowale i nā mea aloha ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana o nā limahana Amazon iā COVID ma kāna mau hale kūʻai. Ke koi nei ka hui i ka hui e uku i kēlā mau ʻohana ma kahi o $200,000 i kēlā me kēia, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole lawa ka hāʻawi ʻana o Amazon i ʻelua mahina o ka ʻōlelo aʻo manuahi.
"Ke hāʻawi nei au i ka leo o nā limahana me nā pilikia olakino e ʻōlelo aku ai, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hui ʻo Amazon, a hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā mea a lākou e makemake ai."
Ua haʻi ʻo Jordan Flowers, kahi limahana JFK8 ʻO Truthout Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia i Iune no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hana ma waena o ka maʻi maʻi ma muli o kona lupus nephritis. Ua hoʻolimalima hou ka hui iā ia i ka pule aʻe, wahi a Flowers, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i uku iā ia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke komo i ka hana, no laila pono ʻo ia e waiho no ka hana ʻole no kekahi mau mahina. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka ʻoihana e hana i nā hale nona, wahi a ia, hiki ke kau iā ia i ka haʻalele uku. Pono ʻo ia i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kīpē a makaʻu paha e hoʻopau hou ʻia ʻo ia a nalowale kāna ʻinikua olakino.
"Ua kaumaha au e kamaʻilio e pili ana i [koʻu kūlana] i ka wā mua, akā ua hāʻawi iaʻu i ka manawa e haʻi aku ai i ka honua he aha ia, no laila hāʻawi ia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e makaʻu e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kā lākou pilikia olakino, ma ka hana a ʻaʻole paha, kahi manawa e kamaʻilio ai no ia mea, "wahi a Flowers. ʻO Truthout. "Ke hāʻawi nei au i ka leo o nā limahana me nā pilikia olakino e ʻōlelo aku ai, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hui ʻo Amazon, a hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā mea a lākou e makemake ai."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Flowers, ke kamaʻilio nei ʻo ia me nā loio e pili ana i ka hiki ke hana i ke kānāwai kūʻē i ka ʻoihana ma luna o ka mea āna i kapa ai he hoʻopau hewa i waena o ka maʻi maʻi. "Hana ʻo Amazon i ke kālā koko. Makemake lākou e ʻike i kā lākou poʻe limahana e ʻeha akā e hauʻoli nā mea kūʻai aku, "wahi āna. ʻAʻole pane ʻo Amazon Spokesperson Boschetti i nā nīnau kikoʻī e pili ana i ke kūlana hana o Flowers.
"Hana ʻo Amazon i ke kālā koko. Makemake lākou e ʻike i kā lākou poʻe limahana e ʻeha akā e hauʻoli nā mea kūʻai aku. "
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā TCOEW ke kūkulu i ke kākoʻo kūpono no kahi uniona ma JFK8, ke ʻimi nei lākou i kekahi mau pilikia kānāwai i koi mua i nā loli i ka hale. Ke ʻike nui ʻia nei kēia mau ʻano hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa e nā limahana hana a me nā hui uniona ma hope o ke koho balota ʻo Bessemer, me nā uniona e hoʻohana ana i nā kūʻē a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka lehulehu e kiʻi iā Amazon e hana i nā loli a nā limahana e makemake ai. ʻO kahi hui limahana Amazon i kapa ʻia ʻo Amazonians United Chicagoland, no ka laʻana, ua alakaʻi i nā kūʻē a me nā hele wāwae ma ka wahi o Chicago i loko o ka maʻi maʻi.
I kēia manawa, loaʻa pū ka mahu ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka hana ma nā hale Amazon ʻē aʻe. Ma Iowa, ke hana nei kahi mokuna kūloko o ka Teamsters Union i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā limahana hale kūʻai Amazon a me nā mea hoʻokele lawe. Teamsters Local 238 Kakauolelo-Puuku Jesse Case haʻiʻia The New York Times ke hoʻāʻo nei ka hui e hele i kahi ala ʻē aʻe ma mua o RWDSU, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole lākou makemake e hilinaʻi i ka hui "kaʻina koho e hoʻonui i nā kūlana."
Pono nā mea hoʻonohonoho hui e lanakila i ke koho balota ma nā keʻena pilikino no kahi hui nui e like me Amazon. I ka manawa e loaʻa ai i nā mea hoʻonohonoho he 30 pakeneka o nā limahana e kau inoa i kahi kāleka e ʻōlelo ana he hoihoi lākou i kahi uniona, e mālama ka NLRB i kahi koho. Pono ka hapa nui o nā balota e hoʻokumu i uniona. Inā hoʻopaʻa inoa ka hapa nui o nā limahana i nā kāleka uniona, akā naʻe, hiki i kahi hui ke hoʻomaopopo i ka hui. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha e hana ʻo Amazon pēlā, ʻo ka hapa nui e hoʻonui i ke kaomi lehulehu a hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka lima o ke kanaka nunui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo RWDSU ua lohe ka hui ma mua o 1,000 mau limahana Amazon ma nā hale ʻē aʻe e makemake ana e hui pū. Akā ʻaʻole naʻe i hōʻike ka uniona inā a i ʻole nā mea hana a lākou e koi ai no ke koho balota.
"ʻAʻole e hoʻoponopono ka [Pro Act] i nā pilikia āpau, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi e ʻae iā mākou e hoʻonohonoho me ka ʻole o ka union-busting."
Lanakila o Amazon ma ka David-versus-Goliata ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka unionization ma Bessemer ua hoʻoikaika i ke kaomi ʻana i nā Senate Democrats e hoʻopau i ka filibuster a hala i ka Ka Hoomalu ana i ke Kuleana Hooponopono, kekahi o nā ho'āʻo nui loa e hoʻoikaika i nā kuleana o nā limahana a me nā uniona i nā makahiki. ʻIke ʻia e hana ana kēlā kaomi: Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Conservative Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin e hana ʻo ia kākoʻo pū i ka bila Pōʻakahi. Inā hoʻoholo ʻia, e pāpā ke kānāwai i ka nui o nā ʻano hana hoʻokūkū union i hoʻohana ʻia e Amazon e wāwahi i ka hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho.
ʻO ke kānāwai he "ʻanuʻu i ke ala kūpono," wahi a Smalls. "ʻAʻole ia e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia a pau, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonohonoho me ka ʻole o ka union-busting, a inā he union-busting ... e mālama i ka hui a i ʻole nā limahana i kuleana. Manaʻo wau e kōkua pū kekahi i nā limahana e hoʻomaka i kēia mau komite wahi hana a hoʻokumu i kā lākou mau uniona. Manaʻo wau e maʻalahi loa ia. "
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