Ua loaʻa i kahi limahana uila ma Kapalakiko i kahi kūlana hoʻomāinoino: ʻo kekahi o kāna mau lālā i hala ma ke ʻano he supremacist keʻokeʻo ikaika. Ua huakaʻi ʻo Wireman John Ramondelta i Charlottesville i kēia ʻAukake e hele pū me nā Nazi a me ka KKK.
"No ka lālā holoʻokoʻa he hōʻino, hilahila, a me ka hoʻopailua," wahi a Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 6 Business Manager John Doherty. “ʻO ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo 'Ke paʻa nei mākou i kēia kanaka!' ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hōʻike i kā mākou mau waiwai.
Ke kau nei kekahi i nā pepa lele ma ka kahua hana o Ramondelta, e ʻōlelo ana i kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻokalakupua a ʻōlelo ʻia "ʻAʻohe kaikaina o mākou!" haʻalele ʻo ia i ka hana. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Doherty i kahi leka e ʻōlelo ana i ka ʻāina "e hoʻāhewa i ka nationalism keʻokeʻo a me ke kūlana keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, no ka mea, ke hakakā nei lākou me nā pahuhopu o kā mākou hui."
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā uniona kūloko i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻike ʻia o ka racism a i ʻole ke kūʻē, akā ʻo ka hapa nui e kū i nā ʻāʻī ma luna o ka politika o ka lāhui. No ka mea ʻo ʻAmelika kēia, a ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka racism i loko o kēlā me kēia kula i loaʻa iā mākou. He kanahākūmākolu pakeneka o ka poʻe i loko o nā ʻohana uniona i koho iā Donald Trump ʻoiai a i ʻole ma muli o kāna kūʻē ʻana i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele a me nā malihini.
Ma muli o ke kumu o ka hui uniona ʻo "he hōʻeha i kekahi he hōʻeha i nā mea a pau" -solidarity - pono mākou e kū i mua o ka hakakā ʻana i nā isme e hoʻokaʻawale iā mākou ma luna o ka lāhui, ke kāne, ke kūlana neʻe. He aha ka hana a nā uniona e hana ai i ka ʻike e alakaʻi ai i ka lokahi?
I KA HOOLE
Ua hana ʻo Wendy Thompson, he wahine keʻokeʻo, i loko o kahi hale kaʻa ʻeleʻele Detroit no 33 mau makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo i hoʻokahi manawa i loko o ka lumi hoʻomaha wahine me nā limahana keʻokeʻo wale nō i hoʻohana ʻole kekahi i ka huaʻōlelo N.
Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia i ka nui o ka hōʻole. I ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o kahi kaula e kau ana i loko o kāna mea kanu, a hui pū nā alakaʻi o nā uniona e hōʻino i ka hoʻonāukiuki, ua lele ka nui o nā limahana keʻokeʻo i ko lākou lolo ma o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻaʻole he hōʻailona racist ka noose: “He nui ka poʻe i kau ʻia ʻaʻole ʻeleʻele,” wahi a lākou.
ʻO Terry Day lāua ʻo Joe Fahey—hoʻokahi ʻApelika ʻAmelika, hoʻokahi keʻokeʻo—e holo ana i nā papa hana no ka hoʻokalakupua no nā uniona. "Ke ho'āʻo nei mākou e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia māhele ma ka hana ʻana i kahi kaʻina hana a me ke ʻano," wahi a Day. ʻO kahi o kā lākou hana ʻo "ka hakakā ʻana o nā limahana keʻokeʻo me nā limahana keʻokeʻo ʻē aʻe." No kekahi hapa o kā lākou mau papa hana, hoʻokaʻawale lākou i nā lālā ma ka lāhui, me ka ʻike ʻana e hāpai ana kēlā hana i ka wehe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fahey e hoʻāʻo lākou e "hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka paepae o ka mea i wehewehe ʻia e ka poʻe he racist a ʻimi i nā ala e kūʻē ai iā ia ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ka paepae o Charlottesville a i ʻole ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i nā lālā.
"No ka poʻe keʻokeʻo e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻokalakupua," manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Fahey, "he mea kiʻekiʻe loa ia, a ma kahi mamao aku, me ka make e pili ana a kamaʻilio ʻia ma ka nūhou pō. Akā, ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano o ka hana hoʻokalakupua. Ke hana nei ia ma ka pae wili i kēlā me kēia lā.
"Pono ka poʻe keʻokeʻo e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka racism a loaʻa kahi wahi e hele ai i kahi e kamaʻilio ai lākou. Ma ia ala e ʻike ai lākou a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā manawa e hana ai lākou i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia.
HANA HOOLAHA
Ke hoʻokumu nei ka ʻĀpana Mea Hana Kūkākūkā 1 ma ka Hikina ʻĀkau i nā ala e kamaʻilio pū ai nā limahana o nā lāhui like ʻole.
ʻAʻole kūpono ka hui. "Ua ʻike au i ka racism a me ka sexism i hōʻike ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao media social CWA, ka hapa nui e nā lālā i nā ʻōlelo, a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi ma ka laina picket," wahi a ka mea hoʻonohonoho ʻāpana ʻo Bianca Cunningham, ka mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e Verizon Wireless ma hope o ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hui ma laila. "ʻO koʻu ʻike, ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia ʻano hana i nānā ʻole ʻia."
Akā, ua lawe ka apana i nā ism ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i nā papa hana no ka lā ma muli o ka puke Runaway Inequality na Les Leopold. ʻAʻole nānā wale nā papa hana i nā loli pōʻino o ka hoʻokele waiwai i kamaʻāina i nā lālā uniona-ʻo ia ʻano like ʻole.
Hōʻike pū nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa (nā lālā CWA mai ka papahele hale kūʻai) pehea i lilo ai ʻo ʻAmelika i "ʻāina hoʻopaʻa ʻia" ma o ka waiho ʻana i nā miliona o ka poʻe kala ma hope o nā kaola. E aʻo ana ka poʻe i hele i nā ʻike weliweli e like me ka ʻokoʻa waiwai ma waena o nā lāhui - ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka waiwai o nā haumāna puka kula ʻeleʻele ma ka awelika ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe keʻokeʻo.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā kāne hana keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i uē a loaʻa nā hōʻike he racist a i ʻole xenophobic lākou," wahi a Cunningham, ʻo ia ka ʻEleʻele.
KA HOOLOHE I KA POE HIKI
Ma Staten Island Local 1102 o ka moku, ʻo ka hapalua o nā lālā he mau kāne keʻokeʻo e hana ana no Verizon. ʻO ka hapa ʻē aʻe he poʻe hana kelepona ʻo ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me Latina wahine, ma kahi ʻoihana ʻē aʻe.
Me he mea la no ka mahele ana, aka 1102 na alakai e akahele i ka hui pu ana o na hui elua. "I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai a hanana paha, aia nā hui koʻikoʻi mai nā ʻāpana ʻelua," wahi a Pelekikena Steve Lawton. “Ua kūkulu lākou i ka launa pū, ʻo nā alakaʻi o nā pūʻulu ʻelua ke kua kekahi. Loaʻa iā mākou nā poʻe mai nā ʻāpana ʻelua e hana ana i kahi komite ʻo Vision Forward e hoʻolālā ana i nā pahuhopu lōʻihi o ka hui. "
Kākoʻo ke kamaʻāina i kahi kikowaena limahana Staten Island e hoʻonohonoho i nā malihini-ʻaʻole me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole. ʻO kekahi o nā hanana kūleʻa loa o ka ʻāina ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i kahi malihini i palapala ʻole i ka hale hui no kahi ʻaina awakea kahi e hiki ai i nā lālā ke nīnau i nā nīnau.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kekahi mau alakaʻi ʻo Verizon conservative, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lawton, "Ua hoʻolohe lākou i kahi limahana hana ʻole e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāna mau ʻike, no ke aha ke hele mai nei ma ke kānāwai ʻaʻole ia he koho no ka poʻe ʻilihune.
"ʻO nā poʻe a pau i hele mai i kēlā ʻahaʻaina awakea he manaʻo maikaʻi e pili ana i kēlā lā. 'Aole au i ike,' i mai la lakou ia'u.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hana ʻia inā ʻaʻohe hilinaʻi o nā alakaʻi e hoʻolaha nei iā ia—e like me ka mea i loaʻa ma ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka lanakila lanakila ma Verizon i ka makahiki i hala.
A ke ʻōlelo nei nā lālā o CWA, ʻo ka nui o ka holomua o nā haʻawina "Inequality" ma muli o ke alakaʻi ʻana o nā lālā iā lākou. "No ka mea, ʻo ke kahu mai kou haukapila kūloko āu e hana pū ai, a i ʻole ke kanaka kelepona ma kāu hale kaʻa āu e ʻike mau ai," wahi a Margarita Hernandez, kahi mea hoʻonohonoho papahana, "e hoʻololi maoli i nā kamaʻilio a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe i ka ʻōlelo. i luna.”
NA KUMU E AO IA I KEKAHI
Ua hoʻokumu ka National Education Association i ka St. Paul Institute e kōkua i nā kama'āina e makemake ana e "neʻe i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻonohonoho," wahi a Caitlin Reid, he kumu mua-K ma St. Paul, Minnesota, a me ka lālā o ka papa hoʻokō kūloko. ʻO Reid kekahi o nā kumu kūlana kiʻekiʻe i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ke kula e hana i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā kumu e hele mai ana mai ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka ʻōnaehana kula ʻo St. Paul, e ʻōlelo ana ʻo Reid, "ʻo nā kumu keʻokeʻo mua e aʻo ana i nā haumāna o ke kala," me kahi kaiāulu nui a me ka poʻe mahuka.
ʻO kekahi o nā hana hoʻolauna o ka Institute no nā kumu ma nā hui liʻiliʻi e nānā i nā kiʻi kālai'āina a me nā kiʻi kiʻi i kau ʻia ma nā paia, e pili ana i ka like ʻole o ka loaʻa kālā a me nā ʻokoʻa lāhui i ka loaʻa kālā, ka hale, a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ke kula.
"Nīnau mākou i nā nīnau hoʻomaka a kūkākūkā lākou i kā lākou hui," wehewehe ʻo Reid. "Loaʻa iā mākou he 'wow, he hohonu loa kēia.' 'Ōlelo koke lākou, 'hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i nā kope o kēia mau mea?'
"ʻOiai ʻo ia kahi kamaʻāina ʻoi aku ka conservative me nā alakaʻi kākoʻo ʻo Trump, ʻike ʻia lākou e komo pū ana i ke kamaʻilio ʻana."
Hoʻopili ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā pilikia lāhui a me ka hoʻokele waiwai. Manaʻo nā kumu i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo paʻakikī no kā lākou mau lālā. "'Ōlelo mākou, "ʻAʻole ia he pilikino, ʻo ia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo," wahi a Reid.
Hiki i nā kumu aʻo ke kipa aku i nā kamaʻāina i kipa mai, e kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana iā lākou i kā lākou hoʻolaha a hoʻonohonoho.
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