Khrisimasi isanachitike mu 1986, a Larry Cohen, atangosankhidwa kumene kukhala wotsogolera bungwe la Communications Workers of America (CWA) atachita bwino kwambiri ku New Jersey pazaka 10 monga wokonza ntchito, adakumana ndi vuto lomwe lidadziwika kuti ". Kuphedwa kwa Khirisimasi. "
Ogwira ntchito pamalo oimbira mafoni a MCI ku Southfield, Mich., adapempha chisankho cha National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) kuti chitsimikizire CWA ngati bungwe lawo. Koma m'malo mowalola kuti asankhe ngati akufuna mgwirizano, monga momwe lamulo limalonjeza, kapena kumenyera voti "ayi", monga momwe olemba ntchito ambiri amachitira, MCI m'malo mwake idatseka malowo ndikuchotsa antchito 500, ndikubweretsa aliyense payekhapayekha kuti atenge. katundu wamunthu.
"Ndinazindikira kuti kupambana komwe tinali nako ku New Jersey sikunali kotheka kwenikweni ngati sitinapange gulu lalikulu," adatero Cohen. “Dongosolo linali litasweka kale. Sizikanakonzedwa ndi mgwirizano umodzi. Sizikanakonzedwa ndi gulu la ogwira ntchito ... Zinali mochedwa kwambiri, ndipo nkhondoyo iyenera kukhala yogwira ntchito ku America, osati za mabungwe. "
Poyankha zovuta za MCI ndi mabungwe ena, monga Eastern Airlines, Cohen ndi ena ogwira ntchito ndi atsogoleri opita patsogolo omwe adakhazikitsidwa. Ntchito Ndi Chilungamo Chaka chotsatira monga mgwirizano wamagulu ogwirira ntchito - omwe tsopano ali 46 m'maboma 24 - omwe, makamaka, adapempha membala aliyense kulonjeza "kukhalapo" pothandizira nkhondo ya wina kasanu chaka chamawa.
Ntchito ndi Chilungamo zasintha kuyambira pamenepo, posachedwapa kuphatikiza ndi Ufulu Waku America Pa Ntchito, gulu la pa intaneti lomwe limachita kafukufuku ndikulimbikitsa ufulu wokonzekera ntchito. Masiku ano, mitu yawo yakumaloko imasiyana mogwira mtima koma imayimira maulalo ofunikira kumadera akumidzi mugulu lalikulu la demokalase ndi chilungamo pazachuma. Pa Nov. 29, bungweli linakondwerera chaka cha 25th ndi msonkho kwa Cohen, opereka ndalama zake ndi zochitika ziwiri zokonzekera bwino-Justice for Janitors ndi Justice ku Smithfield.
Masiku ano, Cohen ndi purezidenti wa CWA ndipo akupangabe migwirizano. Pa Dec. 10 iye anakomana ku Washington, D.C. ndi atsogoleri a NAACP, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, ndi magulu ena 70 opita patsogolo kuti ayitanitsa “ndondomeko yademokalase.” Gulu lomwe silinatchulidwebe mayina lidzasinthiratu gulu lawo pankhani monga ndalama za kampeni, ufulu wovota ndi filibuster kusintha.
Cohen adalankhula ndi Working Mu Nthawi Zino zamaphunziro azaka zapitazi komanso zomwe akuganiza kuti ogwira ntchito ndi ogwirizana ayenera kuchita tsopano.
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Tili ndi malipiro enieni ochepera lero kuposa momwe tinalili panthawiyo, osati malipiro a mgwirizano - mgwirizano ukhoza kukhala wabwinoko pang'ono - koma kwa Amereka onse. Pankhani ya chitetezo cha ntchito, tili ndi ntchito zotetezeka kwambiri m'mbiri ya dziko lino - kukonzanso, kugulitsa katundu ndi kutumiza kunja. Ndipo tili ndi ufulu woyipitsitsa wolinganiza ndi kukambirana wa demokalase iliyonse. Tili pamlingo womwewo ndi Mexico ndi Colombia.
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Munakhazikitsa bungwe ngati mgwirizano wa ogwira ntchito kuti muthandizire ogwira ntchito ku Eastern Airlines.
Icho chinali chimodzi mwa zoyambitsa. Choyambitsa china - kwa ine - chinali chakuti MCI idatseka malo oyitanitsa anthu aku Southfield, Michigan pamaso pa chisankho cha NLRB.
Poyamba, komiti yotsogolera inali yosagwira ntchito. Panali zigawo zamphamvu zogwirira ntchito, koma aliyense adatha kuchitapo kanthu. Sizinali ngati filimu ya X pamene munali mwana ndipo simunathe kulowamo. Zambiri za kayendetsedwe ka ntchito zimakhala choncho. Koma aliyense amene anali wodzipereka ndi wokangalika akhoza kutenga nawo mbali, kupanga mgwirizano wamba, ndi kukhala mtsogoleri.
Kodi mungayese bwanji kupambana kwa bungwe, maphunziro omwe mwaphunzira, zinthu zomwe mungachite mosiyana?
Chofunikira [phunziro lochokera ku izo] lero ndi kuyanjana, zomwe ndi zomwe tikuyesera kuchita, kumanga kayendetsedwe ka demokarasi-ndiko kusiyana kuno [kuchokera zaka 25 zapitazo] - ndi chilungamo chachuma ndi 50 miliyoni a ku America. Palibe bungwe lomwe litsogolere [gulu]li, ndipo kwenikweni timafunikira mamiliyoni a anthu kuti akonzekere m'njira zosiyanasiyana kuti izi zitheke.
Zomwe taphunzira ndi dongosolo lomwe linali litayamba kale ndi mapiko oyenera, m'malingaliro mwanga, kuwononga demokalase. Ufulu wokambirana nawo unali patsogolo pa chiwembucho. Tsopano tinganene kuti zidutswa za demokalase ndizotsogola. Sitingathe kungoyembekezera kuti zidzachitika. Iwo ndi ofunika kwambiri, monga ofunikira monga momwe adakhalira kale m'mbiri ya dziko lino-kutulutsa ndalama kuchokera ku ndale; ndalama sikulankhula; makampani si anthu. Zambiri [zavuto zamphamvu zandale zamakampani] zidayamba ndi kusokoneza mgwirizano m'ma 40s. Makhothi adayang'ana mbali ina ndipo adati ndi ufulu wolankhula, ndipo tsopano zafika povutitsa dongosolo lonse la ndale.
Tili ndi malamulo oipitsitsa kwambiri a Senate lero. Tikukhulupirira kuti kachitidwe kakang'ono kadzatengedwa posachedwa pankhaniyi [kusintha malamulo a filibuster]. Kusintha [pankhani zazikulu] kwaletsedwa kwa zaka 10 mwanjira ina iliyonse chifukwa cha momwe Nyumba ya Senate imagwirira ntchito. Tili ndi masomphenya a zomwe anthu anachita m'ma 1960 ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe, osazindikira kuti boma lathu silikugwiranso ntchito mofanana. chifukwa cha chikoka chofalikira cha olemera kwambiri ndi mapiko olondola.
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Chiyembekezo chanu ndi chiyani pazantchito zomwe zikupita patsogolo, makamaka mgwirizano watsopano wa demokalase womwe mukumanga ndi CWA?
Pali ma benchmark ambiri panjira. Kuchuluka kwa ntchito zomwe zidzatenge ndizovuta kwambiri, ndipo ndine wodzichepetsa kwambiri pamalingaliro ake.
Koma kuposa zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu zapitazo, [m’gulu latsopanoli la demokalase ndi chilungamo cha zachuma] padzakhala kugwirizana pakati pa gulu la ndale m’bwalo lirilonse—osati zisankho zokha—ndi malo antchito. Ndipo gulu lamgwirizano liyenera kubwera palimodzi kuti lifanane ndi Arab Spring kuposa chilichonse chomwe takumana nacho.
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