Mofanana ndi okambitsirana ambiri a zantchito, ndinayang’ana pa kusintha kwa chisamaliro chaumoyo kuti kukhale mpumulo wa malamulo osakambitsirana kosatha ndi oyang’anira pa mtengo wa phindu la antchito. Mgwirizano wanga komanso ena adagwira ntchito molimbika kuti adutse lamulo la Purezidenti Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) zaka zitatu zapitazo. Ngakhale kulephera kwake kuchotsa nkhani za inshuwaransi yazaumoyo pagome lazokambirana, monga momwe Medicare-for-All dongosolo lingachitire, Obamacare adasangalatsidwa kwambiri ndi ntchito.
Mamembala a Union adauzidwa, molondola, kuti ACA idzakulitsa mwayi wa Medicaid kwa mamiliyoni ambiri aku America omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa ndikupangitsa kuti inshuwaransi yachinsinsi ikhale yabwino kwa wina aliyense. Ogwira ntchito mwadongosolo amayembekezeranso lamulo latsopanoli kuti lithandizire kukambirana kwa mabungwe pakuwongolera magawo pakati pa olemba anzawo ntchito, monga momwe amalipira malipiro ochepa komanso malamulo ena oteteza ogwira ntchito.
Mabungwe amayembekeza kuti ACA iletsa kutsika kwamitengo yachipatala komanso kukakamizidwa kwamakampani kuti asinthe ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo. Zomwe zachitikazi zakhala zomwe zayambitsa mikangano yaposachedwa kapena kukana kontrakiti ku AT&T, Verizon ndi United Parcel Service.
M'malo mwake, patangotsala miyezi ingapo kuti zofunikira za ACA ziyambe kugwira ntchito, Obamacare akubwerera m'mbuyo m'njira zingapo pagulu la ogwira ntchito lomwe lamenyedwa kale ndi kuvulazidwa. Mosiyana ndi zitsimikiziro zobwerezabwereza za White House, antchito ambiri amgwirizano tsopano akukumana ndi zovuta zambiri, m'malo mochepera, zovuta zamadongosolo azaumoyo ndi ndalama. Atachita mantha ndi zisankho za kayendetsedwe ka a Obama ndi ma ACA osagwirizana ndi ogwira ntchito, atsogoleri apamwamba a mabungwe akuopa kuti Obamacare ipanga "zochitika zoopsa" kwa mamiliyoni a antchito, opuma pantchito, ndi mabanja awo.
Zotsatira Zosayembekezereka?
M'makalata ovuta ku Congress, apurezidenti amtundu wa Teamsters, Laborers, Hotel Employees, ndi United Food and Commercial Workers unions amatchula "zotsatira zosayembekezereka" za ACA. M'dziko lonselo, makampani ang'onoang'ono akugulitsa kale ntchito kuti athe kusunga chiwerengero chawo chonse pansi pa 50 komanso kuti asapindule ndi zofunikira za ACA. Akuluakulu, monga Wal-Mart, akukonzekera kulemba ganyu ochulukirapo ndikukonzekera antchito omwe alipo kwa maola ochepera 30 pa sabata kuti asamagwire ntchito yawo yosakhala yanthawi zonse.
Ngakhale ogulitsa ogwirizana ngati Stop & Shop, omwe akukumana ndi ndalama zambiri zamakonzedwe azachipatala opangidwa ndi ACA, akubwerera m'mbuyo. Makampani ogulitsa zakudya adafuna kuthetsa chithandizo chaumoyo kwa zikwizikwi za ogwira ntchito waganyu ku New England, ndikupanga zomwe mkulu wina wabungwe adazitcha zokambirana zake zovuta kwambiri m'zaka 40.
Pansi pa ACA, thandizo la federal kwa ogwira ntchito oyenerera omwe akufuna kusunga inshuwaransi yawo pawokha silingawathandize kuwonjezera kapena kusunga banja - chifukwa mtengo wake sunakhazikitsidwe mu ACA subsidy formula. Ngakhale anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa pamapulani a anthu ambiri (otchedwa Taft-Hartley ndalama) amatha kukhala osowa ngati malamulo a ACA sakuwalola kuti ayenerere kulandira chithandizo mofanana ndi ogwira ntchito omwe alibe phindu lachipatala logwirizana ndi mgwirizano. M'mabungwe azinsinsi komanso aboma, olemba anzawo ntchito akutchula kale msonkho wa ACA wa 2018 wotchulidwa molakwika "Cadillac coverage" kulungamitsa kubweza kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito omwe, kwenikweni, ali ndi Chevy yachipatala mu garaja yawo.
Malinga ndi pulofesa wa MIT, a Jonathan Gruber, mlangizi wamkulu wa White House, msonkho wa 40 peresenti womwe ukubwera pamitengo yokwera kwambiri "ukufuna kusamutsa chipukuta misozi kuchoka ku inshuwaransi yaumoyo yowolowa manja kupita ku malipiro." Komabe ochepa ogwira ntchito amakhulupirira kuti kugawana ndalama zambiri, kubweza ndalama zambiri komanso ndalama zolipirira zimasinthira kukhala malipiro abwino kwa ogwira ntchito popanda kulimbana nazo.
Thamangani mpaka Pansi
Bungwe la International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, lomwe limasokoneza ACA chifukwa choyambitsa "mpikisano wopita pansi ponena za phindu," ndi limodzi mwa mabungwe ogwira ntchito omwe akuyembekezerabe kuti White House idzapanga "kuwongolera mwanzeru" mu ACA.
Komabe, kusinthika kokha komwe Purezidenti Obama akuwonetsa mpaka pano ndikuchedwa, mpaka 2015, lamulo loti mabwana akuluakulu apereke inshuwaransi kapena kulipira chindapusa. Kuphatikiza apo, White House yayimitsa malire omwe amafunikira kwambiri pamitengo yakunja kwa ogula azaumoyo. Monga D. Taylor, pulezidenti wa UNITE HERE, adadandaula kwa Dave Jamieson wa HuffPo pa August 21, "anthu omwe alandira chithandizo chapadera ndi anthu amalonda ... ' Pano tili ndi vuto lomwe simunganene kwa aku Republican. "
Chikondi cha Labor chidzatayika ngati kukhazikitsidwa kwa ACA kulanga abwenzi a pulezidenti ndikupereka mphoto kwa adani awo. Mu 2010, kukwiyira kwapamwamba pazaudindo wa Obama Administration wofuna kubweza misonkho kwa mamembala a bungweli kudapanga mavoti akulu mokomera waku Republican Scott Brown, pomwe adalanda mwachidule mpando wa Senate yaku US ku Massachusetts. National GOP, yomwe ilibe ndondomeko yabwino yokonzanso chithandizo chamankhwala, ikhoza kupindulabe ndi kukhumudwa kwakukulu kwa ogwira ntchito ndi kusintha kwa chisamaliro chaumoyo.
Mmodzi mwa anthu omwe amalipira ndalama imodzi akuda nkhawa kuti kusagwirizana kwa ogwira ntchito ndi Obamacare kudzachititsa kuti anthu ambiri achotsedwe - zomwe bungwe la Roofers Union linachita kale - ndikutsatiridwa ndi "kubwerera ku zomwe zidachitika kale." Ofisala wakale wa mabungwe aboma akuwopa kuti gulu la ogwira ntchito "logawikana kwambiri ndikulumikizana ndi ma Republican kuti liphunzitse ma Democrats phunziro" silingapeze njira yabwino yopitira patsogolo.
Pofuna kulimbikitsa kusakhutira kwa mgwirizano m'njira yabwino, Campaign ya Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare yasonkhanitsa masaginecha mazana ambiri pakalata yotseguka kuti igawidwe kwa nthumwi pamsonkhano wadziko lonse wa AFL-CIO ku Los Angeles, Seputembara 8-11. Kalatayo ikulimbikitsa Purezidenti wa AFL Rich Trumka "kukankhira envelopu patsogolo" mu "chifukwa cha chilungamo chaumoyo" pogwiritsa ntchito zofooka za Obamacare kuti apange chithandizo chambiri chothandizira misonkho padziko lonse lapansi chomwe "chingachotse chisamaliro chaumoyo pagome lazokambirana."
M'malo mwake, pali ziwonetsero zamphamvu zosonyeza kuti akuluakulu a AFL-CIO akufuna kuthetsa kudzudzula kulikonse kwa ACA ndi pulezidenti (ngakhale akuyamika msonkhano wawo wa 2013 monga "nthawi yochitapo kanthu kuti athetse mavuto omwe anthu ogwira ntchito akukumana nawo.")
Kuletsa kubweza kwa ogwira ntchito motsutsana ndi Obamacare kuti asakakamize kukambirana kwenikweni pamsonkhanowu kudzatengera kuchitapo kanthu. Pachigamulo chomwe chidaperekedwa koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, ngakhale a Nevada AFL-CIO adalowa nawo gulu la anthu otsutsa a Obamacare, ponena kuti "zolinga zathu zaumoyo zimangowonjezereka" pamene White House ikulephera kuyankha zovuta zazikulu za mgwirizano.
Steve Early ndi mtolankhani wazantchito, loya, komanso wogwira ntchito ku Communications Workers of America wopuma pantchito. Anakhala nawo, kwa zaka zambiri, pokambirana ndi makampani opanga ndi ma telecom ku New England. Iye ndiye mlembi, posachedwa, wa Sungani Migwirizano Yathu: Zotulutsa Kuchokera ku Gulu Lovutika, zomwe zikubwera kuchokera ku Monthly Review Press mu Novembala. Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]
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