M'mawa wotentha wapakati pa sabata pa 69th St. ku Jackson Heights, Queens, galimoto yoyera yoyera imanyamuka kupita ku gulu la anthu ogwira ntchito ku Latino akudikirira ntchito m'mphepete mwa msewu. Khamu la anthu linasonkhana mozungulira galimotoyo ndipo posakhalitsa amuna angapo analumphira m'galimotoyo ndipo galimotoyo imachoka.
Enrique, wazaka 50, wosamukira ku Mexico wopanda zikalata, analibe mwayi wokhala m'gulu la amuna amenewo. Kwa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, Enrique-omwe monga ena m'nkhaniyi adakana kutchula dzina lake lomaliza chifukwa chowopa kuti amayang'aniridwa ndi akuluakulu-wagwira ntchito ku United States konse. Koma kusokonekera kwachuma kwapangitsa kuti iye ndi ogwira ntchito masiku ena ambiri apeze ntchito.
Posachedwapa Enrique wangopeza ntchito tsiku limodzi kapena awiri mwezi uliwonse. Amapeza ndalama zokwana madola 10 pa ola limodzi moti anaganiza zobwerera ku Mexico akangopeza ndalama zokwanira zogulira tikiti ya basi yopita kunyumba.
Atavala t-shirt ya buluu ya navy, thalauza lotayirira la buluu, nsapato zakuda, ndi kapu ya baseball ya Mets yong'ambika, Enrique akuwoneka wotopa komanso wofunitsitsa ntchito.
"M'masiku makumi awiri sindinagwirepo ntchito kamodzi," adatero m'Chisipanishi. Ngati kulibe ntchito, mungatani? Palibe."
Roberto, mlendo wina wopanda zikalata wochokera ku Mexico, amadikiriranso olemba anzawo ntchito ku 69th St. Anafika koyamba ku US mu 1990 ali wachinyamata ndipo wakhala akugwira ntchito tsiku lililonse kuyambira pamenepo. Tsiku lililonse amabwera kudzafunafuna ntchito, ndipo kwa miyezi yambiri alibe mwayi.
"Ichi ndi chaka choyipa kwambiri chomwe ogwira ntchito masana takhala nacho," adatero. โTakhala miyezi ingapo popanda ntchito. Panali nthawi yomwe ndinkagwira ntchito tsiku limodzi pamwezi. Tangoganizani zimenezo. Sindinapangeko zokwanira kubwereka. Zakhala zovuta kwa tonsefe. "
Zinthu zafika poipa kwambiri kotero kuti ambiri - monga Enrique - akuganiza zobwerera ku mabanja awo.
Roberto anati: โPali ambiri amene achoka, ndipo enanso ambiri akufuna kuchoka.โ
Malinga ndi a Julissa Bisono, wokonza bungwe la Make the Road New York, bungwe la ku Brooklyn lomwe limamenyera ufulu wa anthu ogwira ntchito ndi osamukira kumayiko ena, akuti izi zikuchulukirachulukira kudera lonse la New York.
โAntchito ambiri achotsedwa mโzipinda zawo chifukwa sangathe kulipira lendi,โ adatero. Nthawi zina ena amabwerera kudziko lawo chifukwa sapeza ntchito.
Chuma sichinthu chokhacho chomwe chimalepheretsa ogwira ntchito masana. Chiwopsezo cha apolisi chawonjezeka, malinga ndi Roberto, ndipo pakhala pali anthu ambiri omangidwa m'derali, omwe angochitika kumene kumayambiriro kwa July. Mu Okutobala 2008, NYPD idamanga anthu khumi pakona komwe Roberto ndi Enrique tsopano akudikirira olemba anzawo ntchito.
"Apolisi amabwera kudzatipatsa matikiti kuti tiyime pamenepo kufunafuna ntchito," adatero. โSizili bwino. Ife sitiri zigawenga. Timangobwera kudzafunafuna ntchito, kupeza ndalama zolipirira lendi, kutumiza kunyumba kwa mabanja athu. Si mlandu kufunafuna ntchito mโmisewu.โ
NYPD yakana kuyankhapo.
Magalimoto ndi magalimoto akupitirizabe kudutsa mโmbali mwa msewu umene amuna pafupifupi 25 akudikirira mโmagulu, koma palibe amene akuima. Wapolisi wapamadzi akufika pakona yakumbuyo ndikumapaki. Anyamatawa - nawonso ogwira ntchito masana - omwe akutsamira pakhoma lakunja la nyumba yogona amangoyendayenda mumsewu ndikulumikizana ndi amuna ena onse. Patangodutsa mphindi zochepa galimoto yolondera ija imanyamuka.
Roberto anati: โTimaona kuti apolisi amatizunza. โSakufuna ife pano kapena safuna kuti mabungwe azibwera kudzatithandiza. Tikuganiza kuti nzosalungama, kuti ndi tsankho. "
Malo ochepa pakona ya Roosevelt Boulevard ndi 69th Street, pansi pa phokoso logonthetsa m'makutu la sitima 7 yokwera, gulu lina la ogwira ntchito masana ali ndi mwayi wofufuza.
Francisco ndi Angel, achinyamata awiri azaka zapakati pa makumi awiri ochokera m'chigawo chapakati cha Mexico ku Tlaxcala, atavala malaya otuwa, ma jeans abuluu, nsapato zogwirira ntchito, ndi zipewa za baseball zobiriwira, ayima pansi pa masitepe opita kunjanji zapansi panthaka. Iwo ati kugwa kwachuma kwapangitsa kuti ntchito zivutike.
"Ndisanayambe kugwira ntchito tsiku lililonse," anatero Francisco, "koma tsopano ndi kawiri, katatu pa sabata".
Awiriwa amakhala pafupi mโchipinda chimodzi chomwe amachitira lendi ndalama zokwana madola 600 pamwezi. Ankagwira ntchito makamaka pantchito yomanga ndipo kugwa kwa msika wogulitsa nyumba ku New York chaka chatha kudakhudza kwambiri ogwira ntchito masana. Francisco akuti amzake ambiri abwerera kale kunyumba, koma iye ndi Angel sakupita kulikonse.
Iye anati: โAnthu ambiri abwerera ku Mexico, koma ndikuganiza kuti tsopano zinthu zikuyenda bwino. Zinthu zikubwerera pangโonopangโono.โ
Francisco akuti ntchito zachuluka posachedwa chifukwa makampani osuntha amafunikira manja owonjezera pakutha kwa mwezi.
Koma masiku ano, Angel akuti, kupeza ntchito nthawi zambiri kumafuna kuleza mtima ndi mwayi kuposa china chilichonse.
"Anthu ena azikhala pano sabata yonse ndikungogwira ntchito tsiku limodzi," adatero.
Nthawi yomweyo, galimoto ikuyenda pakona ndipo amuna awiri aku Latino adalumphira mkati. Angel ndi Francisco akugwedeza amunawo ndikumwetulira pamene galimotoyo ikuthamanga.
Maola angapo pambuyo pake, pamene dzuลตa lamadzulo limatulutsa mthunzi wakuya pansi pa mayendedwe, Francisco ndi Angel akupitiriza kuyembekezera pa ngodya ya Roosevelt ndi 69th, kuyembekezera ntchito yomwe singabwere. Koma mawa ndi tsiku lina.
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