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Hoʻokani nā poʻe loea a me nā mea wānana i ka Makahiki Hou e like me nā mea haʻi ʻōlelo ma nā wahi āpau. Hoʻolaha lākou i ka mea "makemake"hiki a he aha"e"e ho'ōla hou i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hui uniona US.
Ma ka 6.2 pakeneka ka nui i loko o ka ʻoihana pilikino, ʻaʻole hehi wai nā uniona US; ke lumo nei makou. ʻO ia ka mea i ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā lālā e hoʻoikaika i nā pilina ma waena o kā mākou hakakā uniona a kūkulu i ke kākoʻo ākea ākea.
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hoʻopili ai i nā lālā uniona ma 2021 ma o nā kuʻikahi koʻikoʻi hui nui e pau ana i kēia makahiki. ʻO nā hakakā hoʻokele waiwai ke kikowaena o ka umekaumaha no ka papa hana US a me kāna mau lālā i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka alemanaka hui pū ʻana e kuhikuhi iā mākou i ke ala o kahi e hiki mai ai kēlā mau paio.
I kēia makahiki, ʻo 450 mau ʻaelike hui pū ʻana e uhi ana ma mua o 200 mau lālā uniona e pau ana, e like me Bloomberg, nāna e mālama i ka ʻikepili piha loa o nā ʻaelike e pau ana ma waho o ka AFL-CIO. ʻO kēia mau mea, 160 mau ʻaelike e uhi ana ma mua o 1,000 mau limahana.
ʻO kēia mau ʻaelike 450, e komo pū ana ma mua o he miliona a me ka hapa paahana, he manawa kūpono no ka neʻe ʻana o nā limahana e hōʻike i ko mākou mana a me nā pono o ka hui ʻana.
NA WAHI WHANA
E pau nā ʻaelike e pili ana i 200,000 mau limahana mālama ola. Ma ka ʻoihana aupuni 161,000 mau limahana kaona, 112,000 limahana mokuʻāina, a me 100,000 mau limahana kula ua pau nā ʻaelike.
ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau limahana aia ma ka laina mua e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi i ka wā maʻi maʻi. Akā me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻoihana, e haʻi ana nā mea hana i ka austerity a e ʻimi ana i nā ʻae. He nui paha nā kūkākūkā paio, ʻo kekahi e alakaʻi ana i nā hoʻolaha ʻaelike ikaika a i ʻole ka hahau ʻana.
Pono nā alakaʻi o ka hui a me nā lālā kūlana a me nā faila e hoʻoikaika iā lākou iho no nā kaua e hiki mai ana. ʻO kēia mau hoʻolaha aelike—a me kekahi mau hahau hiki ʻole—e hāʻawi i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka neʻe ʻana o ka hana e kūkulu i ka ʻike papa a hoʻihoʻi hou i kā mākou uniona ma ke ʻano he mau kaʻa e hoʻonui ai i ka uku a me nā kūlana hana-a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi, mālama iā lākou.
ʻO ka ʻaelike nui loa ʻo ia ka ʻaelike o nā mea hana leta (APWU) me ka US Postal Service e pau ana i Kepakemapa, e uhi ana i nā limahana 200,000. ʻO kekahi ʻaelike USPS me ka Rural Letter Carriers, e uhi ana i nā limahana 131,000, e pau i Mei.
ʻO ka 50 mau mokuʻāina o kēia mau ʻaelike, a me ke kūlana hou o ka poʻe leka uila ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolako i kahi lawelawe koʻikoʻi i kā mākou demokala, e hoʻolilo i kā lākou ʻaelike i mea kūlohelohe no ka lokahi ʻāina. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha (akā ʻaʻole hiki ʻole) e loaʻa kahi hahau, no ka mea i kau ʻia ke kānāwai i kau ʻia ma luna o nā uniona leka a me kā lākou moʻolelo liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka papahele hale kūʻai, ua kūpaʻa ke alakaʻi hoʻoponopono i ka poʻo o ka APWU i nā hoʻolaha pāʻoihana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana. i ka lehulehu. He nui nā mea e huhū ai ka poʻe leka uila—he mau mahina o ka hana ʻoi aku ka nui, ka nele i ka limahana, nā mea kanu leka uila, nā hoʻouka kaua mai ka Luna Leta Nui hou, a me nā limahana hana ʻelua—a ua ʻike nui ʻia lākou ma kēlā me kēia kaiāulu o kēia ʻāina.
E loaʻa nō hoʻi nā manawa mokuʻāina a me nā ʻāpana e kūkulu i ka lokahi ma waena o nā limahana ma nā uniona like ʻole e kū nei i nā pilikia maʻamau a i ʻole e koi ana i nā koi like. Me 52 mau ʻaelike e hoʻopau ana e uhi ana ma mua o 200 mau lālā, ʻo Kaleponi ka mokuʻāina me ka manawa kūpono loa no ka hoʻohui ʻāina, i ukali ʻia e Wakinekona (36), Pennsylvania (35), a me New York (32).
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā synergies ma ka pae metropolitan. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale me nā ʻaelike e pau ana ma luna o 200 mau lālā ʻo New York (16 mau ʻaelike), Minneapolis-St. Paul (12), Seattle (11), a me Portland (8). ʻOiaʻiʻo, nui nā ʻaelike liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i kēia mau kūlanakauhale i hiki ke hoʻokomo pū ʻia i loko o kekahi hana hoʻohui metro.
Aia kekahi mau ʻaelike lehulehu nui ʻē aʻe i hiki ke hāʻawi iā lākou iho i ka manaʻo ʻāina:
- ʻO ka ʻaelike a Kaiser Permanente me kahi hui o nā uniona e hōʻike ana i nā limahana 45,000 e pau i Kepakemapa.
- ʻO ka ʻaelike ʻo United Airlines me nā Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA), e uhi ana i nā limahana 25,000, e pau i Iulai.
- ʻO ka hui kaʻa kaʻa kula ʻo First Student's aelike me Teamsters, e uhi ana i nā limahana 20,000, e pau i Malaki.
- I ka makahiki 2021, loaʻa i nā ʻupena TV (ABC, CBS, Fox a me NBC) nā ʻaelike nui e pau ana me SAG/AFTRA, CWA-NABET, a me nā Electrical Workers (IBEW).
HOOLAHA I KA POE OLE
ʻO nā paio no nā ʻaelike hou ʻo ia ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka poʻe hana e hōʻike i nā pono o ka hui ʻana i nā limahana ʻaʻole i hui pū ʻia. Ke hele nei nā miliona o nā limahana uniona e kūʻē i ka austerity a lanakila i nā pale Covid-19, e nānā ka poʻe i hoʻonohonoho ʻole ʻia - a loiloi i ka pono o ka hui ʻana me kā lākou mau hoa hana.
I ko mākou ʻike, makemake nui ʻia nā limahana i hoʻonohonoho ʻole ʻia i nā uniona e komo ana i nā hoʻolaha ʻaelike a me nā hahau. ʻo kahi laʻana, ma hope o ka 1997 Teamsters UPS hahau, nā limahana ma FedEx, Overnite, a me nā ʻoihana ukana ʻē aʻe he nui i hoʻoikaika ʻia e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokumu i nā uniona me nā Teamsters.
KUKULU MA KE KAKOO AUPUNI
I ka nui o ka hana ana o na uniona i ko kakou mau paio no ka pono o ka lehulehu a no ka "maikaʻi lehulehu," Hāʻawi ka pau ʻana o ka ʻaelike i kahi manawa e kūkulu ai i nā kuʻikahi me nā maʻi, nā mākua a me nā haumāna, nā mea holo kaʻaahi a me nā kaʻa, a me nā poʻe e hilinaʻi nei i nā lawelawe mokuʻāina a me ke kaona.
ʻO wai ka mea hiki ke hoʻokuʻu i ke koʻikoʻi a me ke koa o nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā mea hoʻokele kaʻaahi i ka wā maʻi maʻi? ʻAʻole i loaʻa ke kākoʻo lehulehu no ka 67,000 mau limahana kaʻa kaʻa e hele ana i ka papaʻaina ma 2021.
ʻO nā kaukani o nā limahana ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻia he mea nui i ka wā o Covid-19 e kūʻē koke i kā lākou poʻe hana: 37,000 mau limahana mokulele i ʻehiku mau ʻaelike (me 2,500 mau pailaka e lele ana no UPS a me 4,000 e lele ana no FedEx), 27,600 mau limahana hana ma 16 mau ʻaelike, a me 48,500 mau limahana hale kūʻai ma 17 mau ʻaelike.
ʻO ka ʻaelike meaʻai nui loa, me Kroger, e uhi ana i nā lālā 20,000 Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) ma ka ʻāina ʻo Greater Cincinnati. Hele mai kēia mau kūkākūkā ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki i loaʻa ai i nā mea kūʻai aku ka mahalo hou no nā limahana hale kūʻai mua no kā lākou mau pono kūʻai maʻi maʻi a me nā hoʻopuka.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua lawe pololei nā hui kūʻai uniona i kā lākou "constituents" (nā mea kūʻai, nā maʻi, nā haumāna) i ka papaʻaina e hāpai i kā lākou manaʻo pili i nā limahana a me nā mākau e pono ai e mālama a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā lawelawe. He aha ke ala maikaʻi aʻe e aʻo ai i kā mākou mau hoa pili e pili ana i ka hui pū ʻana a hōʻike i ka hoʻokele i kahi ākea ākea ākea ma mua o ka lawe ʻana iā lākou i ke kūkākūkā me mākou?
KROSS-POLLINATE MA NA HANA KILI
Me ka ʻoi aku o 300 o nā ʻaelike e pau ana i ka lā 1 o Iune a i ʻole, ua lawa ka manawa e hoʻomākaukau ai nā alakaʻi uniona a me nā mea hana. ʻO nā mahina hoʻopau nui loa ʻo Iune (140), ʻAukake (43), a me Kekemapa (38).
I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻo nā kumu ka ʻāpana ikaika loa o ka ʻoihana hana. ʻO ka National Education Association (NEA) a me ka American Federation of Teachers (AFT) he 71 a me 39 mau ʻaelike kula i 2021 e uhi ana ma mua o 200 mau lālā i kēlā me kēia, hui pū ʻia me 77,500 K-12 kumu aʻo a me nā limahana kākoʻo.
E noʻonoʻo i ka neʻe ʻana mai o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hui hui o nā alakaʻi a me nā mea hoʻoikaika mai kēia mau uniona 100-plus e kaʻana like i nā hoʻolālā a hoʻonohonoho i nā koi kūʻai. ʻAʻole e haʻi ʻia nā ʻelele mai nā uniona i uhi ʻia ma lalo o nā ʻaelike liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hiki ke kono ʻia e komo.
ʻO nā limahana mālama ola olakino 224,400 a me nā kahu hānai 40,600 me nā ʻaelike e pau ana - ka poʻe i hoʻolaha ʻia ma waena o ʻeiwa mau hui aupuni a ʻokoʻa paha (AFSCME, AFT, National Nurses United, Communications Workers, National Union of Healthcare Workers, Operating Engineers, Service Employees, Teamsters, a me UFCW)—loaʻa ka manawa like. ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pono o ka hoʻohui ʻana a me ka kaʻana ʻike i ka ʻoihana mālama ola.
E LOAA I KA POLITIKA
Ua hele wale mākou ma kahi pōʻai koho kahi i hoʻohiki ai nā poʻe kālai'āina Demokalaka e kākoʻo i nā uniona a me ka hui pū ʻana. Ua hōʻike pū kekahi i nā laina picket a me nā hui hui. Ua hoʻomanaʻo paha lākou i ka hoʻoikaika ikaika i loaʻa iā Bernie Sanders mai ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa Verizon i kāna holo ʻana i ka makahiki 2016 no ka koho Demokarata.
Hiki i kā mākou mau kūkākūkā ʻaelike ke lawe i kahi ʻano politika me ke kākoʻo o nā poʻe kālai'āina. Akā ma waho aʻe o nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau, ʻo ia ka manawa no nā luna i koho ʻia e hui pū ʻia e kaupaona ma o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hiki o nā mea nona nā hui ke kāohi i ka hana hana. Pono anei nā kālā penikala aupuni e hoʻolimalima i nā mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa? Pono nā mākaʻi e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻōpala? Hiki i ka mana o ka mokuʻāina ma ka pae kūloko, mokuʻāina, a me ke aupuni pekelala ke hoʻololi i ka hopena o nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa hana.
ʻO ke koho balota Senate mōʻaukala o Jon Ossoff lāua ʻo Raphael Warnock ma Georgia ua hoʻonoho i ka Democratic Party i ka mana o ka Congress a me ka Hale Paʻa. Nui nā lālā o ka hui e manaʻolana ana no ka holo ʻana o ka Ka pale ʻana i ke kuleana e hoʻonohonoho (PRO) Act. Ma ke ʻano o kēia koi ʻana no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kānāwai hana, hiki i kēia mau ʻaelike 450 e pau ana i ke ʻano politika ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Ke waiho nei inā hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ke kānāwai hana i loko o kahi ʻaha kūkā, ua manaʻo nui ka poʻe hana ʻo "Scranton Joe" Biden e lilo i mea hauʻoli ikaika no nā uniona a hoʻohana i kāna mana hoʻokō e kōkua i kāna mau hoa. ʻO ka mea nui ma kā mākou papa inoa he $15 ka uku haʻahaʻa a me ka union neutrality no nā limahana o nā ʻaelike federal.
Ma ke ʻano he laʻana, hiki i ka pelekikena ke hoʻohana i kāna pulpit bully e leo i ke kākoʻo ikaika no nā ʻumi kaukani o nā limahana koʻikoʻi me ka pau ʻana o nā ʻaelike i ʻike ʻia he poʻe koa o ka maʻi maʻi. A me ke kākoʻo o ka pae federal, hiki ke koi ʻia nā luna i koho ʻia e hoʻohana i nā kānāwai mokuʻāina a me ke kaona e kōkua i nā limahana e loaʻa i ka leverage bargaining.
Ma kēlā me kēia māhele o ka ʻoihana, hiki i nā uniona ke hoʻoikaika i kā lākou mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka lehulehu ākea i loaʻa i kā lākou poʻe hana i ka wā maʻi maʻi, a i ʻole nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e nā lālā. E like me ka mea maʻamau a me ka pono, ʻo nā lālā ponoʻī ka ʻelele maikaʻi loa e hoʻolaha i ka hihia i ka lehulehu.
Pehea e hana ai: SWARMING SOLIDARITY
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻike ai i ke ʻano waiwai a me ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe o kēia mau paio hoʻopaʻapaʻa hui i ka ʻāina politika ʻo ia ka "swarming solidarity."
ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea hana uniona a me nā hoa hana ʻē aʻe e hōʻuluʻulu i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hakakā ʻana o kēlā me kēia ma o ka hele ʻana ma nā laina picket, e hōʻike ana i ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale a me ka mokuʻāina, kākau i nā leka, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ke kākoʻo ma ka media media. ʻO ia ke kumu nui o ka Jobs with Justice's "I'll Be There" a me ka AFL-CIO's "Street Heat" i nā '80s a me' 90s.
No ka laʻana, ua komo mau nā hui kūʻai kūʻai kūleʻa i nā uniona ʻē aʻe e lawe ana i nā hale kūʻai a me ke koho ʻana e mālama i ko lākou mau lālā a me ko lākou ʻohana mai ke ala ʻana i nā laina e like me nā mea kūʻai pōloli.
E noʻonoʻo ʻoe inā hōʻike ʻia nā lālā kākoʻo o ka ʻahaʻōlelo Kaleponi ma nā mokulele e kākoʻo i nā limahana mokulele? A i ʻole inā ua kūʻē kēlā mau luna kānāwai i nā luna hale kūʻai aʻo 5,000 mau lālā UFCW i koho ʻia ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kā lākou ʻaelike i Iulai ma nā hale kūʻai Rite-Aid? Hiki i kēia mau ʻano like ʻole ke hoʻoikaika i nā hakakā hana i ka ʻike lehulehu a hoʻoikaika i ka "ʻaoʻao hea ʻoe?" manawa no ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika a me nā luna i koho ʻia.
Palapala Hana'O ka poʻe kākau inoa a me kāna poʻe komo i ka hālāwai kūkā he pūnaewele nui o nā mea hoʻoikaika i hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia e kōkua i nā uniona i kahi hoʻoneʻe ākea. ʻO nā pūnaewele ʻē aʻe i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia, ʻo ia nā Jobs with Justice coalitions, nā ʻaha luna hana waena, nā ʻoihana palekana a me ke olakino (COSH), nā lālā o ka Democratic Socialists of America, Labour for Bernie supporters, a me ka hana hou o Labour Action to Defend Democracy.
Pono nā alakaʻi o nā limahana a me nā mea hana ma nā wahi a pau e aʻo i ka papa hoʻonohonoho kūʻai ʻāina, kūloko, a me ka ʻāina—a e kiʻi i nā poʻe a pau e kaha i kā lākou kalena me nā lā pau. ʻO ka manawa kēia e hele aku ai i nā alakaʻi hui kaiaulu a hoʻomaka e hana i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i kā lākou hui kūkākūkā hui. Loaʻa ka manawa i kēia manawa, mau mahina ma mua, e hana i nā hoʻolālā no ka "hoʻohui pū ʻana" a hoʻomaka i ke kākoʻo ikaika no nā kaua aelike e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole pono ka hana e hoʻopau i kēia mau manawa koʻikoʻi ma 2021 a ma waho.
Ua hoʻomaha ʻia ʻo Peter Olney i Luna Hoʻonohonoho ma ka ILWU a ʻo Rand Wilson ke poʻo o nā limahana ma SEIU Local 888. Ua hui pū lāua ʻelua mai ka makahiki 1970.
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