Source: The Intercept
Sen wa Georgia David Perdue m'mbiri yake yovomerezeka kuti panthawi yomwe anali CEO wa Dollar General kuyambira 2003 mpaka 2007, "adapanga masauzande ambiri a ntchito zabwino ndikuthandiza mabanja ogwira ntchito kuti azitha kulipira tsiku lililonse."
Panthawiyo, Dollar General idatsegula masitolo atsopano opitilira 100 ku Georgia, zomwe zidabweretsa 464 m'boma. Ngakhale Perdue adalandira ndalama zokwana madola 50 miliyoni kuchokera ku kampaniyo, ogwira ntchito omwe amawaganizira kuti ndi abwino kwambiri adayambitsa milandu yambiri yoti Perdue adalipira chiwongola dzanja chambiri chifukwa chakuba kwamalipiro komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru.
Pansi pa utsogoleri wa Perdue, milandu yosachepera anayi - yomwe pamapeto pake idaphatikizidwa kukhala imodzi - idasumira kampaniyo chifukwa chakuba malipiro, zonena kuti ma manejala adawasokoneza mwadongosolo kuti asawapatse malipiro owonjezera. Bizinesi yamakampaniyi idadalira kugwiritsa ntchito njira yotsekera pamalamulo owonjezera nthawi. Ngati wogwira ntchito angatchulidwe kuti ndi “manejala,” ndiye kuti kampaniyo ingawakakamize kugwira ntchito maola 60 kapena 80 pamlungu koma osawalipira nthawi yowonjezereka kapena malipiro owonjezera.
Malipoti apachaka a kampaniyo panthawi yomwe Perdue adathamangira adatsimikiza kuti Dollar General imayang'anira "ogwira ntchito ochepa nthawi zambiri ogwira ntchito awiri kapena atatu m'sitolo nthawi iliyonse" ndikugogomezera kuti "kusintha kwa malamulo ochepera amalipiro" kungasokoneze phindu la kampani. Kampaniyo idachenjezanso kuti phindu lingakhudzidwe ngati "gawo lalikulu la antchito athu agwirizana, kapena kuyesa mgwirizano."
Dollar General adalipira $8.4 miliyoni mu 2014 kuti athetse zonena kuti idabisira chipukuta misozi kwa mabwana ake, omwe sanagwire ntchito zoyang'anira ndipo m'malo mwake amagwira ntchito zokhazikika pakuyendetsa sitolo ya Dollar General, kwa maola 60 mpaka 90 pa sabata. Mlanduwu udaperekedwa pa wotchi ya Purdue mu 2006. Dollar General adaperekanso $18.7 miliyoni chaka chomwecho chifukwa cha tsankho lotengera jenda chifukwa cha zophwanya zomwe zidachitikanso pa wotchi ya Perdue.
Mu kampeni yake yopambana ya 2014 ya Senate ya US, Perdue adawonetsa kuti malingaliro ake amafanana ndi omwe akufotokozedwa m'mabuku azachuma a Dollar General. "Monga ndanenera, ngati muwonjezera malipiro ochepa, mudzapha ntchito m'dziko lino," adatero Perdue potsutsana ndi mdani wake wa Democratic.
Akuluakulu a Senate ya Republican adakana mwamphamvu kukweza malipiro ochepa. Nyumba yolamulidwa ndi Democrat idapereka malipiro ochepa omwe angakweze malipiro kuchokera pa $ 7.25 mpaka $ 15 pofika 2024, omwe onse kupatula asanu ndi mmodzi adavotera ndipo onse kupatula atatu a Republican adavotera.
Mipikisano iwiri ya Senate ku Georgia, yomwe idzachitike pa Januware 5, idzatsimikizira kulamulira kwa Senate komanso mwayi wowonjezera malipiro ochepa, omwe amatsimikiziridwa ngati a Democrats apambana ulamuliro wa Senate. Zambiri kuchokera ku National Employment Law Project ziwonetsero kuti 45.3 peresenti ya anthu aku Georgia amapanga ndalama zosakwana $15 pa ola limodzi.
"Kuphatikizana kwa malipiro ochepa komanso kukwera mtengo kwazinthu kunali vuto kale ndipo mliriwo udapangitsa kuti anthu ogulitsa azikula," atero a Valerie Barnhart, olankhulira United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1996, omwe akuyimira ogwira ntchito ogulitsa kumwera. "Tiyenera kuwona kuti malipiro ochepa akukwera ku Georgia mpaka $15. Izi sizichitika m'boma chifukwa cha Msonkhano Wachigawo wa Georgia. Ichi ndichifukwa chake mitundu ya Senate ndi yofunika kwambiri chifukwa iyi ndi njira yokhayo yomwe ogwira ntchito ku Georgia angakwezedwe. ”
“Economic ndi kupitiliza kupanga makasitomala athu ambiri, "wolowa m'malo wa Perdue monga CEO wa Dollar General, Todd Vasos, adalengeza pa Wall Street kupeza ndalama mu 2017. Vasos anali kunena kuti kukwera kwaumphawi kumatanthauza ogula ambiri ku Dollar General. Kukula kwaumphawi sikukutanthauza kuti ogula amatha kufunafuna mitengo yotsika kwambiri, komanso kuchepa kwa umwini wagalimoto wodalirika, zomwe zimakakamiza anthu kufunafuna zomwe zili m'tauni kapena m'dera lawo - zomwe ndi sitolo ya dollar.
Pawotchi ya Perdue ku Dollar General, zofananira zomwezi zidachitika. Padziko lonse, Perdue amayang'anira kukula kwa Dollar General kuchokera ku masitolo 6,273 kufika pa 8,260. Kafukufuku wa Harvard Business School yemwe adachitika mu 2007 ndi mgwirizano wa Perdue adati kukula kwakukulu kwachitika chifukwa cha zinthu ziwiri: "malingaliro atsopano okhudzana ndi ogula aku America" komanso "kuchuluka kwa mabanja aku US omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa komanso / kapena ndalama zokhazikika. .”
"Zakhala zoonekeratu kuti masitolowa amachita bwino panthawi yamavuto azachuma," adatero Jerry Shannon, wothandizira pulofesa wa geography pa yunivesite ya Georgia yemwe adaphunzira momwe masitolo ogulitsa ndalama amakhudzira. Malo ogulitsa madola adakula, a Shannon adanenanso, "ndikuchepa kwa ogulitsa ang'onoang'ono, odziyimira pawokha chifukwa cha kuchepa kwachuma komanso kuphatikiza kwamakampani komwe kungagulitsidwe kudzera ku Walmart kapena masitolo ena akuluakulu, komanso kuchuluka kwa mabanja omwe akukumana ndi mavuto azachuma. pambuyo pa kutsika kwachuma. "
Perdue adatenga chitsogozo cha Dollar General pambuyo pa kutsika kwachuma kwa 2001 dot-com, kupindula ndi umphawi wambiri polimbikitsa kukula. Ntchito ya Perdue inafika pachimake pamene kampaniyo idagulidwa ndi mgwirizano wamakampani abizinesi ndi mabanki otsogozedwa ndi KKR mu 2007. Perdue adalandira ndalama zokwana $42 miliyoni; $ 9.5 miliyoni ya malipiro amenewo anali mgwirizano wolekanitsa womwe unayambitsidwa ndi kusintha kwa umwini - kusintha kwa umwini komwe kunayendetsedwa ndi Perdue, Securities and Exchange Commission zowonetsera.
Perdue adatenga udindo wa Dollar General atangotsala pang'ono kukhala msuweni wake woyamba, Sonny Perdue, kukhala bwanamkubwa wa Georgia. Sonny Perdue tsopano ndi Secretary of Agriculture wotuluka pansi pa Purezidenti Donald Trump. Ndondomeko ya anthu yomwe Perdue adatsata ngati bwanamkubwa idatulutsa makasitomala ochulukirachulukira a Dollar General.
Monga kazembe, Perdue adadula mobwerezabwereza ndalama zophunzitsira anthu - $ 1 biliyoni chaka ndi chaka pansipa chilinganizo chokhazikitsidwa. A 2016 Kafukufuku wochokera ku Quarterly Journal of Economics anapeza kuti kuwonjezeka kwa ndalama za maphunziro a boma kumapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala ndi malipiro apamwamba komanso achepetse umphawi m'madera omwe akulandira ndalama zowonjezera.
"Masitolo ogulitsa madola akuchulukirachulukira ngati amisala ndipo makamaka amayang'ana matauni ang'onoang'ono, madera akumidzi, komanso madera omwe amatauni omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa, makamaka aku Africa America," atero a Stacy Mitchell, wotsogolera wa Institute for Local Self-Reliance, yomwe imalimbikitsa kukhazikika kwanuko. chuma. "Masitolo a madola amadyetsa anthu aku America ambiri kuposa Msika wa Whole Foods Market, ndipo zomwe taphunzira ndikuti si chizindikiro chabe cha umphawi, koma ndi chifukwa chake."
Njira yayikulu yomwe masitolo a dollar amapangira umphawi ndikuti amawononga masitolo odziyimira pawokha omwe amagulitsa zokolola. "Masitolo a dollar abwera ndikukhazikitsa msewu kuchokera kwa ogulitsa odziyimira pawokha," adatero Mitchell. “Amagulitsa zinthu zofunika pamtengo wotsika kwambiri ndipo mwangozi. Monga golosale, simukupanga ndalama zambiri pazakudya zatsopano, mumazipanga pazinthu zopakidwa. Ngati mutaya phindu la phindu, mumapita kufiira. Nthawi ndi nthawi, mumawona masitolo a madola akubwera ndikupangitsa kuti ogulitsa omwe alipo atseke, "adatero Mitchell.
"Masitolo a madola amadyetsa anthu aku America ambiri kuposa Msika wa Whole Foods Market, ndipo zomwe taphunzira ndikuti si chizindikiro chabe cha umphawi, koma ndi chifukwa chake."
Poganizira kukhudzika kwa Dollar General pazachilengedwe zamabizinesi akomweko, ma municipalities ena m'boma agunda kaye kaye. DeKalb County yalengeza kuyimitsa masitolo atsopano a dollar m'malo osaphatikizidwa, monganso mzinda wa Stonecrest. Commissioner wa DeKalb County a Lorraine Cochran-Johnson atsogolera zoyeserera m'boma kuti ayimitse masitolo atsopano a madola ndipo adati kukankhako kudabwera chifukwa cha madandaulo ochokera kwa anthu omwe ali nawo. "Munthu wina anandiuza kuti, 'Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukumvetsa kuti masitolo ogulitsa ndalama si chitukuko cha zachuma m'madera athu. Amativulaza kwambiri kuposa zabwino,'” Cochran-Johnson anakumbukira. "Zomwe mumapeza ndi pamene pali masitolo ambiri a madola, ndipamene mumakonda kuona zipululu za zakudya komanso kusiyana kwakukulu kwa thanzi."
Mitchell adawonanso za malipiro ochepa omwe amaperekedwa ndi masitolo a dollar. "Masitolo a madola amakhala ndi malipiro ochepa kwambiri komanso mbiri ya milandu ya malipiro ndi maola ndi kuphwanya [Occupational Safety and Health Administration], komanso mbiri ya ziwawa, ndi antchito ochepa omwe adataya miyoyo yawo. Ubwino wa ntchitozi ndi wochepa kwambiri. Ngakhale amene amati mamenejala amalipidwa ndalama zochepa kwambiri chifukwa cha maola amene amagwira ntchito.”
David Perdue kugwiritsa ntchito malipiro ochepa ngati njira yamalonda sikunayime ndi Dollar General. Nyuzipepala ya Atlanta Journal-Constitution inanena mu 2017 kuti kampani yazaka 78 yomwe David ndi Sonny Perdue anagula mu 2012 inalephera chifukwa cha "kusayendetsa bwino komwe kumawoneka ndi malipiro ochepa komanso zida zokalamba, mwa zina, pamene makampaniwa akugwira ntchito. wangosangalala ndi zaka ziŵiri zabwino.”
Mneneri wa David Perdue adateteza udindo wake ngati CEO. "Monga CEO wa Dollar General, David Perdue adatsogolera kusintha - kukulitsa kupezeka kwake m'masitolo opitilira 8,500 m'dziko lonselo ndikupanga masauzande ambiri a ntchito zabwino zaku America. Perdue adagwira ntchito yake ku koleji ndipo adapanga ntchito masauzande ambiri pantchito yake yonse - wagwira ntchito molimbika ndikupeza zonse zomwe ali nazo, "ndipo adadzudzula mdani wa Perdue Jon Ossoff kuti ndi "womasuka kwambiri."
Chisankho cha Januware chikuyenera kukhala champikisano komanso chokwera mtengo. Otsatira onse a Democratic omwe akuthamanga, Ossoff ndi Rev. Raphael Warnock, adalonjeza kuthandizira kuwonjezereka kwa malipiro ochepa ku Senate. Perdue wothamanga naye, Kelly Loeffler, alibe udindo pagulu pa kukweza malipiro ochepa.
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