I loko o kahi hui kālaiʻāina ʻokoʻa loa i ʻike ʻole ʻia i kēia mau lā, ua ʻae like ke kuhina nui o Kapalakiko, nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale, nā ʻoihana, nā kaiāulu a me nā alakaʻi hana e kau i kahi manaʻo ma ka balota o Nowemapa e hāʻawi i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka aneane āpau o ka uku haʻahaʻa manawa piha, hapa. manawa, sub contract a me nā limahana manawaleʻa o nā ʻoihana nui a me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi like.
Ua loaʻa iā Kapalakiko ka uku haʻahaʻa loa o ka ʻāina i kēia manawa he $10.74.
Akā, inā e ʻae ʻia kēia manaʻo i kēia hāʻule e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, e hoʻonui hou ʻia nā limahana 100,000 ma hope o ʻeono mahina i $12.25 i ka hola me nā piʻi makahiki hou a hiki i ka lele ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa i $15 i hoʻokahi hola i Iulai 2018.
"E hoʻonui kēia i $8,860 kālā makahiki no ka uku haʻahaʻa o ko mākou kūlanakauhale a me ko lākou mau ʻohana," i ʻōlelo mai ai ka mea hoʻonohonoho kaiāulu ʻo Shaw San Liu mai ka Chinese Progressive Association iaʻu.
Aia kekahi mau ʻōlelo hoʻokō koʻikoʻi a me ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ola ma hope o ka makahiki 2018. A, ʻaʻole like me nā neʻe hoʻoponopono uku ʻāina ʻē aʻe kahi i ikaika a koʻikoʻi ai ka manaʻo o nā ʻoihana kūʻē, ʻo ka hana ʻo Kapalakiko e pili ana i nā limahana a me nā limahana ma nā ʻoihana waiwai ʻole a me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi.
"Haʻaheo loa mākou i ka ikaika o kēia manaʻo," wahi a Gary Jimenez. “ʻAʻohe mea kālai. ʻAʻohe hoʻokuʻu. ʻAʻohe puka.
Jimenez ka Peresidena o Hapai i Oakland a he hope peresidena o ka SEIU 1021 ikaika a me ka pilikanaka e pani ana i na tausani o na limahana o ke kulanakauhale o Kapalakiko a me na limahana ma na hui lawelawe waiwai ole.
He kuleana koʻikoʻi ko ka uniona i ka hana ʻana i kahi ākea Huihui no ka hookele waiwai me UNITE HERE Local 2, California Nurses Association, OPEIU Local 3, San Francisco Labor Council a me nā hui kaiaulu he nui e like me Jobs with Justice, Chinese Progressive Association, ACCE, San Francisco Progressive Workers Alliance a me SF Rising.
ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo wikiwiki "Fight for $15" maikaʻi loa i ka lāhui a, ʻo ka mea kupaianaha, ʻaʻole i kūkala ʻia i kēia manawa.
ʻO ka nīnau nui pehea i hiki ai i nā manaʻo like ʻole e like me ka hana a me ka ʻoihana i ʻaelike i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa.
E pane i ka nīnau!
ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻaʻohe mea pili i ke kūlana kūʻokoʻa o Kapalakiko a i ʻole he "hema". ʻAʻole kēia ka wehewehe pololei.
ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka mea nui mua i hoʻolalelale i ka pōleʻa no ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa ma kēia kūlanakauhale kahakai komohana ʻoi aku ma mua o 3000 mau mile ma ke kahakai hikina i kekahi mau makahiki i hala.
A, e hele mai ana ma na kuʻekuʻe wāwae o ka "Occupy Wall Street Movement" i hoʻonui nui i ka loaʻa ʻole o ka loaʻa ʻana ma ke ʻano he kumuhana nui o ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, "nā limahana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa Walmart a me nā meaʻai wikiwiki i ka makahiki i hala a i ʻole i ʻohi i ka pōleʻa. "Ua haʻi mai ʻo Conny Ford iaʻu.
"Ua hāpai lākou i nā koi kūpono no ka 'hakakā no $ 15' i hoʻoponopono pololei i ka uku uku."
ʻO Ford ka mea kākau ʻōlelo puʻukū o OPEIU Local 3 a me ka hope pelekikena o ka ʻAha Hana Hana o Kapalakiko.
Ke nānā nei i kēia mau hanana a pau, e komo pū ana me Seattle i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi ʻoihana uku haʻahaʻa he $15, "ua hopu mākou i kēia mau manaʻo like a holo pū me lākou." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ford.
ʻO ka manawa pinepine, hoʻohaʻahaʻa ka poʻe hana politika i kā lākou hopena i ka ʻimi ʻana o ka mana mana e hōʻemi i kā lākou mau hana. Akā, i kēia hihia, ʻaʻohe mea kānalua ua hoʻokomo maikaʻi nā neʻe kūʻē i ka papahana aupuni i ka manaʻo e hāʻawi i nā limahana ʻAmelika i kahi hoʻonui.
ʻAʻole kānalua ʻo Mayor Lee o Kapalakiko "i kēia manaʻo koʻikoʻi politika i ka nīnau ʻana i kona wahi i kū ai," i ʻike ai ʻo Karl Kramer. He alakaʻi ʻo Kramer o ka Hui ʻAi Moku Ola ʻo San Francisco.
Akā, hāʻule ke kuhina i ka wā i hahai ai ʻo ia i kāna ʻano maʻamau o ke kāhea ʻana i nā "stakeholders" i kona inoa ʻana iā lākou, me ka manaʻo nui i nā hui ʻoihana e hana nei e hoʻopau a hoʻokahuli i nā kulekele holomua.
"Ua emi iho ka poʻe hana a me nā hui kaiaulu ma kāna papa inoa o nā mea e kūkākūkā ai," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kramer, "a ua hopohopo mākou e hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui ʻia nā noi no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa."
ʻO kēia kahi i hoʻololi ai nā hoʻoholo politika koʻikoʻi.
I ka manawa i maopopo ai ka mālama ʻole ʻia ʻana o nā limahana a me nā hui kaiaulu, ua hoʻokumu lākou Huihui no ka hookele waiwai a "ua kāʻalo mākou i ke kaʻina hana ma City Hall," i wehewehe ʻo Jimenez, "ma ka waiho ʻana i kahi koho balota e hele pololei i ka poʻe koho pāloka" me kahi kulekele maopopo a wikiwiki hoʻi e hoʻonui i ka uku haʻahaʻa i $15 i ka hola.
No laila, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kānalua ka makemake o nā ʻoihana e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā noi uku uku liʻiliʻi, ua hiki i ka neʻe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke lanakila i ka kūʻē ʻana ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikaika o 59% polled kūlanakauhale kākoʻo no kahi $15 uku haʻahaʻa me ka hiki ke kau i kā lākou palapala noi kūʻokoʻa. hoʻokele.
I ka wā i kūpono ai ka hui ʻana o nā limahana a me nā kaiāulu e kūkulu i ka ʻae like ʻana me nā "mea pili" o ka Meia, ua ʻae lākou a pau i ka manaʻo balota hoʻokahi.
Akā, he "consensus i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o kā mākou ʻōlelo," i hōʻike ai ʻo Jimenez.
"ʻO ka haʻawina a mākou i aʻo ai, ʻo ka poʻe hana e alakaʻi i ke kaʻina politika iā lākou iho - ʻaʻole e kali i ka poʻe kālai'āina e hana i ka mea kūpono," i hoʻopau ai ʻo ia.
Ua hōʻike ke alakaʻi o Labour Ford i kona manaʻo no ka lōʻihi o ka makemake o ka hana i nā hui kaiaulu e hui pū me mākou "no kā mākou pilikia akā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻi a i hope. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e loli ana ke kai a ʻo kēia manaʻo ka hua o nā makahiki o ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi hui hana hana / kaiāulu maikaʻi a mākou i kapa ai ʻo Jobs me ka Pono.
E like me Jimenez a me Ford, hiki iā mākou ke aʻo mai ka ʻike ma Kapalakiko.
Akā, ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa a kikoʻī paha ka haʻawina o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hana a me nā pilina kaiāulu a i ʻole ka laʻana o kahi ʻano politika hoʻoikaika paʻakikī i kēia kūlanakauhale maikaʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i nā wahi āpau.
ʻO Carl Finamore ka ʻelele Machinist Lodge 1781 i ka ʻAha Hana Hana o Kapalakiko, AFL-CIO. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
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