Hooponopono ma Carrier Corporation huki ʻO Donnie Knox, ka pelekikena o ka United Steelworkers Local 1999, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia e ka hui i kahi hālāwai ma Pepeluali 10th. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Knox a me kona mau hoa hana e neʻe ʻia kā lākou mau hana i Mexico.
ʻOiai ke waiho nei i ka waiwai ma Indianapolis - ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka ʻoihana ma mua o $ 7 biliona i ka loaʻa kālā i ka makahiki i hala a ua hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i kā lākou CEO i kahi pūʻulu uku $ 10 miliona - ua hoʻoholo koke ʻo Carrier a me kāna hui makua ʻo United Technologies i kāna mau limahana 1,400 ma Midwest e hoʻolei ʻia no laila e hana ʻia. Hiki ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia i kahi kahua, e like me ka ʻōlelo a nā limahana uniona, e uku ka hui i nā limahana i $3 wale nō i kēlā me kēia hola.
ʻAʻole mea hou ka pani ʻana o nā mea kanu i hoʻomaka ʻia e ka mea hana no nā limahana ʻAmelika i ke kāʻei ʻōpala kahiko. ʻO ka pani ʻana o ka hale hana he pāpale kahiko no ka USW nāna, e like me nā uniona hana ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻoponopono i kāna hoʻolālā pāʻani ponoʻī.
Ma 2012 ka United Steelworkers ma ke ʻano maʻamau hui pūʻia hui pū me Mondragon, ka ʻoihana paʻahana lōʻihi ma ka ʻāina Basque o Sepania, e hoʻolaha i kahi "hoʻohālike hui hui" no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hana hoʻomau a me nā kaiāulu. Ke ulu nei ka kaulana o nā hui hana hui, ʻo ia nā ʻoihana paʻahana kahi e hui ai nā limahana me kahi uniona hana e hoʻoikaika i ko lākou mau kuleana ma ke ʻano he limahana.
ʻO nā luʻi i hui pū ʻia me ka mōʻaukala, ke hoʻomau nei ka hopena i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea ola maoli i ka ʻoihana kapitalista kuʻuna.
Union Co-ops in History: Early Antagonists and Enduring Ideas
ʻOiai he mea hou ka kaulana o ke kumu hoʻohālike, ʻo ka manaʻo o nā uniona e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he kaʻa no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hui ʻoihana he moʻolelo, he moʻolelo hoʻopaʻapaʻa e hoʻokumu ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā hui hui i kēia mau lā.
I ka wā i pani ʻia ai ka hale wili kila ma Youngstown, Ohio i ka lā 19 o Kepakemapa, 1977, ua nalowale nā lima tausani limahana i kā lākou mau hana. Ua hōʻea nā hōʻike i ka lehulehu ʻo "Black Monday," ka mea e ola nei i loko o ka hoʻomanaʻo moʻolelo o ka poʻe hana kila, alakaʻi i kekahi o ka poʻe i hana mua ma Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company e hele i ko lākou hale kaʻa a kau i kahi pū ma ko lākou poʻo.
E like me kā Gar Alperovitz palapala i kāna puke, "He aha kā mākou e hana ai: Kūkākūkā pololei e pili ana i ke kipi hou o ʻAmelika," ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka pane.
Hoʻomaka ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka poʻe rabble-rousers ma USW kūloko e hoʻololi i ka wili i ka kuleana a me ka mālama ʻana e ka poʻe i hana i loko. Akā naʻe, ʻo nā luna kiʻekiʻe o USW, ʻike ʻo Alperovitz, "manaʻo ʻia ka poʻe ʻōpio hana hao ma Youngstown he poʻe hoʻopilikia hoʻomaka a hiki paha i kekahi lā ke kumu i nā pilikia no ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hui aupuni."
ʻOiai ke kākoʻo o ke kaiāulu, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka hōʻaiʻē i hoʻohiki ʻia e ka hoʻokele Carter e hoʻokō i ka hana. Ua nui ka lono no ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka uniona aupuni, e hui pū ana me nā hui kila nui, ua pale i ka ʻaelike.
ʻO ke kākoʻo o ka poʻe hana kila no nā hui limahana, ʻaʻole i pau i laila, a ʻo ka antagonism - a me ka hui pū ʻana - me nā uniona hana e hōʻike ana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hui ʻana, inā ʻo transformative union co-op neʻe.
"ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi ʻoihana i hāʻule a hoʻāʻo ... e hoʻohuli iā ia i ʻoihana ʻaʻole i hāʻule, ʻo ia ka hāʻule ʻana no kekahi kumu," wahi a kahi haʻi'ōlelo o kēia manawa no ka USW i makemake ʻole e lilo. ʻike ʻia ma ka inoa. "Ua ʻike ʻoe inā pilikia ka mākeke no ke kahe ʻana o nā waiwai haole i kūʻai ʻole ʻole ʻia, a laila ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mea nona ka hui kūʻai kila ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i ka laina lalo."
Ua hoʻohui ka limahana USW i loko o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua, Hoʻoholo ka mākeke honua i ke kumukūʻai no ke kila a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hana ai nā lālā uniona.
"I kēia manawa aia mākou i kahi kūlana i loaʻa ka mana nui o ka honua i ka hana kila," wahi āna. "Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i nā haneli miliona miliona o ka makahiki. ʻO ka hapa nui o ia mea, hoʻohana mākou i ka huaʻōlelo 'hoʻolei' - he huaʻōlelo kikoʻī mākou e hoʻohana ai e pili ana i ke kila i lawe ʻia mai e pau ana ma ko mākou mau kahakai a komo i ko mākou mākeke no ka mea ma nā wahi a pau i hana ʻia ai, inā ʻo Kina a ʻAmelika Hema paha. ʻO Rūsia a ma nā wahi a pau, ʻaʻole pono. No laila, hoʻolei lākou i ʻaneʻi. A pinepine ʻo ia ka huahana i kākoʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka ai no laila ʻaʻole ia he mea nui i kā lākou kūʻai ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaopopo i ke alakaʻi ʻana o USW ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa koke i ka kuleana o nā limahana ma Youngstown. Ua haʻi paha nā limahana o Union i nā limahana ma laila e pani ana ka mea kanu ʻaʻole no ka holo pono ʻole o nā limahana, akā no ka hiki ʻole i ka hui ke kūʻai aku i ka huahana.
"Inā i ho'āʻo ka uniona e kūʻai i kahi hui kila i loko o ka ʻulaʻula a ho'āʻo e hoʻohuli i kēlā i ʻoihana waiwai," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "ua hāʻule paha mākou, a ua alakaʻi paha ia i ka pau ʻana o ka hui."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chris Cooper, ka mea hoʻonohonoho papahana ma ka Ohio Employee Ownership Center, ua hoʻomaka koke ka USW i ka hoʻokolohua me nā ʻano ʻano hana ʻē aʻe o ka limahana, ʻoiai, ma o Employee Stock Ownership Plans, a i ʻole ESOPs, i nā 1980s a me 1990s. Ma muli o ke kūlana kālā maikaʻi ʻole o ka nui o nā ʻoihana i komo, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka ESOP ma mua o nā co-ops no ka mea ua hāʻawi ka mea mua i nā hoʻomaha ʻauhau ma ke ʻano he mea nui o nā ʻaelike i kūkākūkā ai ka hui.
Ua hoʻokumu ka USW i ka Worker Ownership Institute i nā makahiki 1990 mua, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cooper ua komo ikaika ka OEOC i ka nui o nā kuʻikahi o nā limahana hana. I ka makahiki 1998, ua alakaʻi mua ʻo OEOC ʻo John Logue hoolaha he manual hana maikaʻi loa, "Participatory Employee Ownership" no ka WOI me ka manaʻo e hoʻonui i ke komo ʻana o ka poʻe hana ma nā ESOP hui pū ʻia no ka mea, e like me kā Cooper i ʻōlelo ai, "ʻaʻole lākou ma ke ʻano he democratic e like me nā co-ops."
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hoʻohui ʻo Cooper, he nui nā hui i hoʻokō i nā ESOP i loaʻa i ka pilikia kālā i hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia, i alakaʻi ʻia i nā ʻae ʻana o nā uniona a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kapikala mai nā kumu waho. Hoʻololi ka uniona i ka hilinaʻi ʻole i ka kuleana o ka limahana, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻopukapuka waho i hoʻokaʻawale i ka kuleana. Ua hele mai ka nui o ka poʻe hana e hoʻopili i ka demokala wahi hana me kāna hana denatured i ka hakakā ʻana i nā ESOP ma muli o ka hopena.
"ʻO kēlā ʻano o ka mana o nā limahana ma ke ʻano he neʻe, ʻoi aku hoʻi me nā uniona, ke manaʻo nei au no kekahi mau makahiki," ʻo Sushil Jacob, ka loio kiaʻi ma ka East Bay Community Law Center a me ka mea kākau o "E noʻonoʻo ma waho o ka Luna: Pehea e hana ai i kahi ʻoihana hana", "no ka mea, ua nānā nā uniona i nā ESOP i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka hoʻokele e hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻoihana ʻaiʻē nui i ka poʻe limahana a kau i ka ʻaiʻē ma ke kua o nā limahana."
Ua ola kekahi mau ESOP hui. Ua holomua kekahi. ʻO ka stigma i pili i nā hui limahana e pili ana i kā lākou kūlana ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a i manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole pili i nā uniona ʻoihana nui e like me ka USW ua emi iho ma muli o ke aʻo ʻana o ka Mondragon Cooperative Corporation ma Sepania i alakaʻi i kahi pilina hana ma waena o nā kāne kila ma US. a me ka ʻoihana i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Basque he mau makahiki i kēia manawa e hoʻohana ana ma mua o 34,000 mau limahana ma kahi 100 mau ʻoihana like ʻole a nā limahana a me nā hui pili. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o USW-Mondragon i hoʻoulu i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hui hui hui hou ma US.
Ma Madison, Wisc., he bastion hoʻokahi manawa no ka hana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, ʻo ke aupuni kūlanakauhale wale nō ka mahelea hoʻokahi miliona kālā i kēlā me kēia makahiki e uku i nā hui limahana.
"Ua komo kekahi o ko mākou mau uniona hana kūloko i ka hoʻolālā ʻana pehea mākou e hana ai i kēlā haʻawina," wahi a Anne Reynolds, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Kikowaena no na Hui Hui ma ke Kulanui o Wisconsin-Madison. "No laila aia lākou i ka papaʻaina mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma kēlā."
He Au Hou o ka holomua a me nā pilikia
ʻO nā kūleʻa hou naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei nā hopohopo i ka pōʻaiapili o ka neʻe ʻana o ka hui uniona i kēia lā. Nā lālā o United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America Local 1100 lanakila huli mai ʻaʻole i hāʻule i ka hui ʻo Republic Windows a me nā Doors ma Chicago i loko o kahi hui hui ʻia a nā limahana hana i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope o kā lākou kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka noho ʻana i lalo i ka hale hana ʻo Goose Island ma 2008.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi kā lākou huakaʻi mai ia manawa. He 17 wale nō o nā limahana 240 kumu e noho. Ma lalo o ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokele waiwai, ʻo nā limahana i koe i kapa ʻia ʻo New Era Windows e uku iā lākou iho ma kahi o ka uku haʻahaʻa.
ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia nā pilikia i nā hihia o nā ʻoihana hāʻule i hoʻohuli ʻia e nā mea hoʻoikaika uniona i mau ʻoihana paʻahana.
Ua hana ʻo Diane Holmes, 65, no Cooperative Home Care Associates ma Bronx no ʻeono mau makahiki, akā he $10 wale nō ʻo ia i hoʻokahi hola. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka CHCA i ka makahiki 1985. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka SEIU nā limahana ma ka hui ʻoihana ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki ma hope.
ʻO ka hui ʻana o Holmes, 1199SEIU, ua alakaʻi ka hakakā no 15 no nā limahana mālama home a me nā limahana mālama ola ma New York City. Hoʻomaikaʻi pū ka kamaʻāina i kāna mau lālā limahana CHCA, wahi āna.
"Ua kūleʻa ka hui ʻana me ka hui no ka mea ua hui pū mākou," wahi a Holmes. “He mau hālāwai nō hoʻi mākou inā loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻōhumu - malia paha he pilikia ke kōkua olakino home a ʻaʻole paha i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea hoʻoponopono, a manaʻo lākou ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono pono ʻia. Lawe mākou iā ia i kā mākou hui hui, a hiki i kā mākou hui hui ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai, maʻamau me [ke CEO co-op] a me nā lālā o ka hoʻokele ma Cooperative, a hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia.
ʻO nā kūleʻa like a me nā luʻi e kū nei i nā hui unionized ma Midwest. Ma Cincinnati, Ohio, ma ka ʻO kā mākou ʻohi cooperative, he hui i pili me ka UFCW a ua hoʻohiki i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai kūloko, ʻo ka mea hana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e hana wale ana i $ 10 i kēlā me kēia hola, e like me ka Kristen Barker, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Cincinnati Union Co-op Initiative, kahi waiwai ʻole. incubator no nā hui hui hui i kōkua i kā mākou ʻOhi e haʻalele i ka honua. Akā, hoʻohui ʻo Barker, loaʻa i nā limahana he $ 450 i kēlā me kēia mahina no ka mālama olakino, a uku ʻia nā mahiʻai ma ka co-op no ka manawa ʻoi aku ka manawa, ʻaʻole i koi ʻia ma ke kānāwai a ʻaʻole hoʻi ka mea maʻamau no nā ʻoihana agro-ʻoihana.
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, no ka hoʻomaka ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā co-ops i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e like me ka hana ʻana i hiki ke hāʻawi i nā uku kiʻekiʻe. Manaʻo kā mākou ʻOhi e hōʻemi a loaʻa kahi koena i kēia makahiki kālā, akā ʻaʻole i hiki.
Ua pōmaikaʻi nā limahana o ka hui mai ka ʻāpana ʻāpana akā mai kā lākou hui pū kekahi, nāna i pale i nā kuleana o nā limahana ma ka ʻoihana mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana. I ka manawa hoʻokahi, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka hui ʻana i ka hilinaʻi nui ʻana i hoʻokahi luna mahiʻai, ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻole nā mana i ka wahi hana. No laila ua hoʻomaka ke kamaʻāina i kahi kaʻina hana hoʻopiʻi. Ua hoʻoponopono ke kaʻina hana uniona maʻamau i ka pilikia.
Ua pau ka ʻaelike hui hui ʻelua makahiki ma waena o ka uniona a me ka hui, a hui ka UFCW me nā limahana i ka Pōʻalima i nā hola hana nui loa o nā limahana - kahi mea ʻaʻole makemake a ʻae ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mea hana - e hoʻomākaukau ai no kahi hui kūkākūkā hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Barker ʻO kā mākou Harvest - e like me nā hana CUCI ʻē aʻe e pili ana iā Sustainergy, kahi hui mālama mālama ikehu a ka limahana, a me ka hui ʻo Apple Street Market ma ka ʻĀkau o ke kūlanakauhale - kokoke. Penei ka USW-Mondragon union co-op template. ʻOiai ua hoʻokumu ʻo USW i ka hui nui me Mondragon, ua ʻike ʻo ia, ua hana ʻia ma ke ʻano e kau ai i ke kuleana i nā uniona ʻē aʻe e hoʻonohonoho i nā limahana i nā co-ops a puni ka ʻāina.
Ua hāʻawi ka USW i ka CUCI i kahi hōʻaiʻē $12,000 no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kā lākou mau papahana hou mai ka honua, ʻoiai ua hāʻawi ka UFCW i kahi haʻawina $10,000 e kōkua i ke kaʻina hana incubation.
I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hāʻawi kālā i koi ʻia no kā mākou poʻe limahana ʻohi e lilo i poʻe paahana he $3,000. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i nā limahana ke ʻae i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o kahi kālā mai loko mai o kā lākou uku i kēlā me kēia pule ʻelua e hele ai i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā mua e pono ai no ka ʻona o ka limahana; inā hana lākou, loaʻa koke iā lākou nā kuleana koho piha, ʻoiai ʻo kā lākou mau loaʻa kaʻana kālā e hele i ka uku ʻana i ka ʻāpana.
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa, ʻo ka Nursing and Caregivers Cooperative, Inc., kahi hui e hiki mai ana o nā Nurses Vocational Nurses i hoʻohui ʻia ma lalo o ke kānāwai hui hui hou o Kaleponi, e koi ana i $500 wale nō ma ke ʻano he haʻawina kālā mua no nā lālā a pau, e like me nā kānāwai i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hui. E hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā limahana NCC ma Oakland e ka Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West.
ʻAʻole ia he mea huna, wahi a SEIU-UHW West Research Coordinator Ra Criscitiello, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka hapa nui o nā uniona kālepa i ka puka o ka make ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū ʻana i nā disparities waiwai a me nā pilina pili pili.
"Ua hoʻomau ka hana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kāna mau hana like a me ka ʻike honua ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻohuli ʻia nā ʻoihana waiwai e hopu ana i ka hana," wahi a Criscitiello. "Inā ʻaʻole hiki i nā uniona ke hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia o ka hana, ʻaʻole paha e make ana ka hana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia - akā pono ia e hoʻololi."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Criscitiello e kōkua ana ka SEIU-UHW West i nā LVN ma ka Bay Area i ko lākou kiʻi hou ʻana i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "hoʻokele waiwai" no ka poʻe hana. ʻO ka mea i hala no ka "kaʻana like" e unuhi maʻamau i ka hana paʻa ʻole me nā pōmaikaʻi liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole i loaʻa.
Ke kākoʻo nei kekahi mau hoʻolālā uniona i ke ʻano hoʻohālike o ka hui ʻoihana e hakakā i ka emi ʻana o nā kuleana o nā limahana (e laʻa me ka hui o nā limahana, nā pōmaikaʻi olakino, hoʻomaha maʻi, a me nā waihona hoʻomaha hoʻomaha) ma o nā hale nui i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻoia i ka pili ʻole ʻana o nā pōmaikaʻi i ka pilina o nā limahana me. he haku hana. ʻO kahi ala liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā guild ma mua o ka ʻoihana me ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe, e komo i ka monopolizing i ka lako hana ma kahi mākeke i hiki ai i nā uniona ke hoʻohana i ke kaumaha o ke kula "e hoʻoikaika i kahi paradigm hana kahi e loaʻa ai i nā limahana kā lākou hana ponoʻī a loaʻa nā pono lawe lima. ” Ua wehewehe ʻo Criscitiello.
Ke koho nei nā LVN ma East Bay i ka hope. ʻO ka "hoʻokele waiwai" hiki ke kū'ē i ka uniona i kēia manawa, akā ma ka hui pū ʻana me kahi hoa hoʻomaka ʻenehana e hoʻomohala ana i nā ʻenehana kelepona hou, manaʻo ʻo SEIU-UHW i kāna mau limahana NCC - ma Kaleponi, ʻo kēia mau LVN ka nui o nā wahine a me nā malihini - hiki e wehewehe hou i ke ʻano o ka limahana maʻalahi a pehea e hana ai no ka pono o nā mea a pau e pili ana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jacob, ma kāna hana ma ka East Bay Community Law Center i ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hui no ka NCC e kū mai ana, ua ʻōlelo ka co-op e lawelawe i kahi polokalamu kelepona akamai e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke hoʻokomo i nā kelepona no nā kipa olakino home me nā pane kokoke koke.
Hoʻolālā ka co-op e hoʻohana i ka ʻenehana hou i hiki ke hoʻouna ʻia nā kahu hānai i nā home o ka poʻe maʻi ma o ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma o kēlā mau pūnaewele pūnaewele. ʻO ka hoʻohui like ʻana i kā lākou ʻano hui like ʻana, ʻo ia ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka hana e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waiwai o ka limahana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana kūʻai e kūʻai aku i ka ʻinikua olakino limahana ma ke kumu kūʻai.
"ʻO nā kahu hānai ma ka app nā mea nona ka co-op," i hoʻohui ai ʻo Jacob, "a he kuleana ko ka co-op o ka app ponoʻī."
ʻO nā ala ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka hana a me ka democracy wahi hana
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i New Era Windows ma Chicago a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe o ka poʻe limahana ma Vermont, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo UE i nā hana i ka hui ʻana i nā hui kūʻai. ʻO ka hui kūʻai aku he ʻoihana kahi e kūʻai ai ka poʻe kūʻai ma ka hale kūʻai i lilo i lālā nona kēlā me kēia me hoʻokahi balota no ka papa alakaʻi e nānā ana i nā hana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chad McGinnis, he mea hoʻonohonoho kahua nāna i kōkua i nā limahana ma City Market Co-op ma Burlington, Vt. pili me UE Local 203, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e hahai i kekahi alahele.
"Malia paha ua like ia me ka mana kaiāulu ma kāu hale kūʻai," hāʻawi ʻo ia. “Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka meaʻai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a he kūloko a olakino. … Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he mau ʻoihana kēia e hana ana ma lalo o ka kapitalism. Aia lākou ma lalo o nā koʻikoʻi like ʻole e hoʻokō ʻia ai kekahi ʻoihana e hana ana ma lalo o ka capitalism. Pono lākou e ulu. Hele lākou e loaʻa kālā. Hoʻololi ka nui i ka maikaʻi; ua paʻi lākou i kahi tipping point kahi e hoʻohana ai lākou i kahi ʻano hierarchy kūloko maʻamau, kahi hoʻolālā hoʻokele maʻamau. A hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻolimalima i nā limahana. A laila he luna ko kēlā mau limahana. A laila he luna ʻoihana ko kēlā haku. A aia kahi hoʻokele nui ma luna o ka hale kūʻai.
Ua hana ʻia ma City Market ma kahi o 2002, a ʻo ka hui ʻana ma hope koke iho. ʻOiai, ʻaʻole ia me ke ala ʻole. Ua pilikia ka hui ʻoihana, a ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui i kēlā manawa e hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kūkākūkā aelike i kekahi manawa no ka mea e hele ana ʻo ia i Disney Land.
Ua lawe nā limahana o ka hui i ka ʻōlelo a ka luna: ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou i hele i ka hoʻomaha, ua hana lākou i kahi huakaʻi hele, i alakaʻi ai i kahi ʻaelike kūpono.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo George Waksmunski, ka mea hoʻonohonoho kahua ʻo UE, ka mea i kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā limahana ma ka East End Food Co-op ma Pittsburgh, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana ʻana o nā uniona i kēia mau kahua hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻoihana limahana.
"ʻO ka nui aʻe o kou komo ʻana i ke aupuni kahi e alakaʻi ʻia ai ʻoe e kahi papa alakaʻi a me kahi hui hoʻokele, e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā limahana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Waksmunski e pili ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka democracy i nā hana co-op consumer.
Hiki i kahi hui kūʻai ke lilo i wahi maikaʻi e hana ai, ua kūpono ʻo ia, akā he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka leo a me kahi wāwae.
“Inā ʻaʻohe ou uniona ponoʻī e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hele me kou mau hoa hana - a me kahi ala e hoʻoponopono ai i kou mau ʻōhumu - a laila e waiho wale ʻia ʻoe, ke waiho ʻia nei ʻoe i ke anuanu e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe. limahana, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā limahana ma nā co-ops ma ke ʻano he ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā limahana no ka mea hele mai lākou mai kahi holomua holomua."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Waksmunski ʻo ka papa alakaʻi ma East End ua hoʻihoʻi paha i ka hoʻolaha anti-union - nā hoʻolālā union-busting maʻamau kahi i pale ʻole ʻia ai nā hui - no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou makemake i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa hou aʻe ma hope o kahi hakakā "ʻino" i hana ma mua. ma waena o ka hoʻokele a me nā limahana hana o ka honua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Waksmunski i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka poʻe hana East End me ka IWW, kahi hui honua lōʻihi e kākoʻo ana i ka "One Big Union" e hoʻokumu i "ke ʻano o ka hui hou i loko o ka pūpū o ka wā kahiko," e like me ka ʻōlelo mua a ka Wobblies. Hui Pūʻia, ua hana ʻino. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻopau ʻia kekahi mau limahana e nā ʻano hana.
Ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua o Minnesota, akā naʻe, ua hoʻohana ka poʻe hana i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he hui hui ʻole i ka waiwai i ka hui ʻo IWW 111 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he kaʻa alakaʻi pololei e hiki ai i kahi huakaʻi hou: ke aupuni democracy maoli.
ʻO Sisters' Camelot, he hui 501 (c) (3) maʻamau, hoʻolimalima i nā canvassers e hana i nā noi mai kēlā me kēia puka i hiki i ka hui ke hōʻiliʻili a puʻunaue i ka meaʻai i nā kaiāulu haʻahaʻa ma Minneapolis-St. Paul wahi. Ke koi nei ka hui - a ua hana paha i kekahi manawa - ma ke ʻano he hui me ka hoʻokele hui, akā ua manaʻo nā limahana ma Sisters' Camelot i ka pono e hui pū me ka IWW no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nui o nā ʻōhumu o ka wahi hana. I ka hōʻole ʻana o ka hoʻokele i ke kūkākūkā ʻana me nā Sisters Camelot Canvass Union i hoʻokumu hou ʻia, ua hoʻomaka ka Wobblies.
Ma hope mai, ua ʻike ka National Labor Relations Board ua hoʻopau hewa ʻia kekahi o nā canvassers o ka hui, ʻo Christopher Allison, no ka hana ʻana i ka hana uniona.
Ua komo pū ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻole i ka hoʻopau uniona maoli. ʻAʻole wale lākou i hoʻāʻo e hōʻole i nā limahana mai ke komo ʻana i ka hana uniona pale ʻia, e like me ka NLRB hookupaa iho la ia. Wahi a Allison, ua hoʻoweliweli kino ka poʻe kākoʻo o nā kaikuahine ʻo Camelot i nā canvassers pili IWW ma nā laina picket.
ʻO Sepatemaba 2015 NLRB olelo hooholo ua ʻike pū ʻia, ʻaʻole pono e manaʻo ʻia ka poʻe canvassers he "kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa" me ka ʻole o nā kuleana o nā limahana. Allison e hakakā ʻO ka hoʻoholo NLRB hiki ke lilo i mua no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kuleana hana i nā "kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa" i kuhi hewa ʻia ma ka ʻāina, mai nā mea hoʻokele Uber a i nā limahana hana.
ʻOiai ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu ana i ke kauwela o 2013, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Allison a me kekahi mau canvassers ʻē aʻe i kā lākou ponoʻai ponoʻī ʻaʻole waiwai, ka Hui Pūʻai ʻĀina ʻĀkau. Ma waena o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka poʻe nele i ʻoi aku ma mua o $250,000 o ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai olaola e lilo i mea ʻole, ua hoʻohana pū ka ʻoihana i hoʻokele ʻia e ka limahana ma mua o 12 Wobblies nāna e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā māla kaiāulu ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Twin a hoʻokipa i nā papa o kēlā me kēia mahina. ʻai meaʻai hihiu.
"ʻO kēlā me kēia limahana e hana ana no ka hui, he koho like a democratic i nā hālāwai pule e hoʻoholo i nā mea āpau o ka hui," wahi a Allison i kahi ninaninau ma ka Heartland Labor Forum. "A he mau lālā mākou a pau o ka Industrial Workers of the World no ka pale ʻana i kēlā kaʻina hana i hiki ʻole ke hopu ʻia."
ʻAʻohe mea ma ka hale kūʻai uniona hou i loaʻa ka mana hoʻopaʻi ʻana a i ʻole ka mana pana ma luna o kekahi. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he hui hui hui, ua hōʻike ʻo North Country Food Alliance i ka panoply o nā ala kahiko a me nā ala hou no ka holomua ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hana e hoʻonui i ka demokala ma kahi hana.
"ʻOiai ua makemake nui mākou i kā mākou mau luna e kūkākūkā i ka wā i hui pū ai mākou ma Sisters' Camelot - a ua manaʻo mākou iā lākou, me ka naive - ʻoliʻoli mākou i kēia manawa ʻaʻole lākou no ka mea i kēia manawa ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa. me kekahi ʻaelike i loaʻa iā mākou mai ko mākou mau haku. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe o mākou haku, a maikaʻi kēlā.
He mea kākau kūʻokoʻa ʻo James Anderson, mea kākau moʻolelo a me ka ʻepekema pilikanaka. Ua ʻike ʻia kāna kākau haʻawina ma nā puke pai e like me Critical Studies in Media Communication a me ka International Review of Information Ethics. Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna mau moʻolelo nūhou, nā hoʻoponopono a me nā ʻōlelo i loko o nā hale kūʻai me Truthout, In These Times, Toward Freedom, ROAR Magazine, ZNet, Counterpunch a me The Partially Examined Life. Ua pale ʻo ia i kāna palapala kauka kauka a e puka me ka PhD ma Mass Communication and Media Arts mai Southern Illinois University Carbondale i Mei 2016.
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