CHicago's Magnificent Mile ndiye chizindikiro chachikulu cha mwayi ndi mphamvu mumzindawu. Kulowera kum'mwera kwa Michigan Avenue, kumadutsa m'mabotolo apamwamba kwambiri, malo odyera abwino, ndi nyumba zazitali zazitali. Malo ochepa apita ku Millenium Park, komabe, wina amakumana ndi zida zomwe zingawoneke ngati sizili bwino mumsewuwu: ogwira ntchito ku Congress (Plaza) Hotel, omwe adawona chikondwerero chachisanu ndi chimodzi cha chiwonongeko chotalika kwambiri ku United States pa June 14. .
Nkhani yawo inayamba mu 2002 pamene mamembala a malo odyera, masewera, ndi mahotela UNITE HERE Local 1 - pafupifupi antchito 7,000 - anakumana ndi zokambirana za mgwirizano ndi Hotel Employees Labor Relations Association (HELRA). Mamembala amgwirizanowu, atatopa ndi malipiro osakwana $9 pa ola limodzi komanso phindu lomwe silinakhalepo, anali okonzeka kusewera mpira wolimba. Koma mahotela sakanatha kumvera zofuna za antchito. Atachita sitiraka yomwe ikanasokoneza bizinesi ya mahotela mumzindawu, zomwe zimafuna Bwanamkubwa wakale George Ryan kuti aitanitse zokambirana zadzidzidzi - ogwira ntchito ndi owalemba ntchito adagwirizana kuti awonjezere phindu ndi malipiro a 57 peresenti pazaka zinayi zotsatira. Mwachionekere, mgwirizanowo unali utapambana.
Chaka chimodzi pambuyo pake, mamembala a Local 1 ku Congress Hotel anakhala pansi kuti akambirane zofanana. Hotelo yawo idatuluka mu HELRA zaka zingapo m'mbuyomo, ndikusiya antchito awo opanda malipiro owonjezera omwe ogwira ntchito m'mahotela adapambana chaka chatha. Poyembekezera kukwera kwa malipiro awo a $ 8.83 pa ola mofanana ndi ogwira ntchito ku HELRA, ogwira ntchito ku Congress Hotel adadabwa kumva "zopereka zomaliza" za oyang'anira zinali kuchepa kwa malipiro a 7 peresenti komanso kutsala pang'ono kuthetsa phindu ndi penshoni. Posafuna kuvomereza lingaliro lotere, makamaka panthawi yomwe ogwira ntchito ku hotelo anali kukwera mumzinda wonse, ogwira ntchito ku Congress adavotera 114-1 kuti amenye.
Guadalupe Perez, womenya nkhondo komanso yemwe kale anali woperekera chakudya paphwando, "sankaganiza kuti tikhala kunja kwa nthawi yayitali; masiku angapo, sabata." Zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi pambuyo pake, hoteloyo siinafike kwa omenyerawo ndi mwayi wabwino, kotero amapitiliza mzere wa tsiku ndi tsiku kutsogolo kwa hoteloyo.
2008 chiwonetsero / picket ku Chicago's Congress Hotel-chithunzi ndi Samuel A. Love |
Jessica Lawlor ndi wogwirizira ntchito yonyanyala komanso katswiri wofufuza za UNITE PANO. Iye akuti bungweli likufuna kuthetsa mkanganowo, koma "eni ake sanaperekeko kobiri pamalipiro a 2002 panthawi yonse ya sitiraka," adatero. "Sitilipira malipiro otsika ngati palibe ogwira ntchito m'mahotela mumzinda omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa chonchi."
Mwiniwake wa hoteloyo, Albert Nasser, ndi wokonda zovala komanso bilionea yemwe amakhala ku New York City ndi Geneva, Switzerland. Nasser akukana kutsutsa mkanganowo ndipo omuyimilirawo akusungabe kuti ndalamazo sizilipo kuti azilipira antchito ake muyezo wamakampani, omwe tsopano akuposa $ 14 pa ola limodzi ku Chicago ndi phindu. Koma, monga momwe omenyera ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito m'mabungwe akunenera, mu 2008, hoteloyo idapempha zilolezo zomanga malo odyera m'mphepete mwa msewu ndi dziwe la padenga, omalizawo anali ndi mtengo wa $2.5 miliyoni. "Anganene bwanji kuti alibe ndalama zoti atilipirire titaona kuti akukonza hoteloyi?" Perez anafunsa. "Akufuna kupanga ndalama zoposa $2 miliyoni, koma sangatipatse malipiro oyenera?"
Potchula zachinyengo chotere, Local 1 idakopa mzindawu kukana zopempha za hoteloyo. Kwa miyezi itatu kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2009, omenyera nkhondo adapanga "magulu owuluka" omwe adafalikira mumzinda wonse - kukumana ndi mabizinesi aku Chicago ndi mabungwe omwe adapitilizabe kuyang'anira hoteloyo m'maofesi awo - osafuna kuvomereza "Pepani, koma ..." chifukwa yankho. Chifukwa cha kuyesetsa kwawo, omenyera ufuluwa awonongera hoteloyo ndalama zambiri pokopa anthu ndi magulu kuti aletse kusungitsa malo. Lawler akupereka chitsanzo cha Housewares Association, yomwe posachedwapa idapanga mgwirizano wazaka zitatu wokwanira $450,000 atakumana ndi chikakamizo chamgwirizano.
Posachedwapa, mgwirizanowu udapindula ndi pafupifupi membala aliyense wa khonsolo ya mzindawu, oimira boma ambiri, Bwanamkubwa wa Illinois Pat Quinn, ndipo adawona maulendo awiri ochezera a Senator Obama, yemwe adalonjeza kuti abwereranso ngati Purezidenti. Pamene thandizo likuchulukira kuchokera kwa omwe ali ndi mphamvu - ndipo omenya akukhalabe olimbikira monga kale - nkovuta kuwona china koma kupambana m'tsogolo la ogwira ntchito.
Ondi Lachitatu lotentha madzulo mu Meyi, omenyera ufulu anali akuyenda pamzere pomwe magalimoto angapo owala amasewera adakwera pakhomo la hoteloyo. Atavala zovala zamalonda, opezeka pa msonkhano wapachaka wa National Restaurant Associationโeni ndi ogwira ntchito, amene mosakayikira ambiri a iwo anali atadumpha mitu ndi UNITE HERE mโmalesitilanti awoawo mโmbuyomuโanakonzekera kuwoloka mzere wa picket. Mmodzi wopezekapo anatsitsa katundu wake, nakankhira mgalimotomo kupeลตa antchito ndi zizindikiro zawo, ndipo anaseka kuti, "Muyenera kuyamikira kuti muli ndi ntchito. Anthu ena alibe mwayi."
"Manyazi pa inu," omenyedwa angapo adakuwa pamene bamboyo akudutsa pazitseko za hoteloyo osayang'ana kumbuyo.
Perezi anafotokoza maganizo ake pa zimene mwamunayo ananena. "Sakugwira ntchito muhotelo kuti alandire malipiro ochepa," adatero. Ali ndi ndalama zokwanira kukhala kuno. Savutika ngati ifeyo. Cornelio Rosado, yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito paphwando pa hoteloyo, akuvomereza. "Sakufunsa chifukwa chomwe tikunyanyala ntchito. Sabwera kudzagwira ntchito kuno kuti apulumuke ndi malipiro omwe a Congress amapereka."
Rosado ndi Perez, monga omenyera ena ambiri, onse amagwira ntchito yanthawi zonse kuphatikiza kuyika maola 25 pa sabata pakunyanyala. Maola amatenga zovuta kwambiri. โNdine mayi wa ana anayi,โ Perez anafotokoza. "Ndiyenera kugawa nthawi yanga pakati pa nyumba yanga, ntchito yanga ina, ndikubwera ku Congress kuti ndiyende mzere."
Rosado amakumana ndi zovuta zofanana. "Ndizovuta kwambiri. Ndili ndi banja komanso ana. Nthawi zina ndimawakhumudwitsa chifukwa ndimabwera kudzanyanyala ntchito. Koma tiyenera kusonyeza anthu kuti uyenera kumenyera ufulu wako."
Perez akuumirira kuti ogwira ntchito apambana nkhondo yawo. "Hoteloyi idachita nkhanza zambiri, koma ndi yaying'ono komanso yodziyimira pawokha. Akapambana, mahotela akuluakulu amakampani amazunza antchito awo kwambiri."
Iye anatembenuka nโkuloza chinsanja cha abwana ake omwe anali kumbuyo kwake. "Sitidzataya zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi za moyo wathu. Tikhala kunja kuno kwa chaka china ndi chaka china ndi chaka china ndipo tidzalimbikira mpaka titapambana."