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Wolemba ntchito wopanda phindu siali bwana wabwino kuposa wopeza phindu.
Chowonadi chomvetsa chisoni chimenecho chimalimbikitsidwa ndi zomwe adakumana nazo anamwino pafupifupi 2,200 ku Albany Medical Center, omwe akhala akumenyera mgwirizano kuyambira Epulo 2018, pomwe adavotera oyimira mabungwe.
Ngakhale kulimbana kwa kuvomereza mgwirizano kumeneko kunali kovuta kwambiri. Oyang'anira ku Albany Med-bizinesi yayikulu, yokulirapo ndi pafupifupi $ 2 biliyoni muzopeza ndi antchito 9,500, kulipanga kukhala likulu la chigawo cha New York wamkulu wantchito payekha―anamenya nkhondo mwamphamvu kuti aletse mgwirizano. Zotsatira zake, misonkhano itatu yokonzekera migwirizano zomwe zidachitika pakati pa 2000 ndi 2003 zidagonjetsedwa ndi malire ochepa.
Koma kusakhutira kwa ogwira ntchito kunakula m’zaka zotsatira. Mu April 2009, Albany Med adadziwitsa antchito kuti inali kuthetsa kukwezedwa koyenera, kubwereketsa anthu ntchito mozizira, kuchepetsa malo opanda anthu, komanso kuchepetsa nthawi yopuma antchito. Chilengezochi chinatsatira chaka chomwe James Barba, pulezidenti ndi CEO wa chipatalachi, adalandira ndalama zokwana madola 4.4 miliyoni. Mu 2011, Albany Med―anagunda ndi mlandu wa federal class-action ati akuluakulu ake adapangana chiwembu ndi anzawo azipatala zamadera ena kuti asapereke malipiro a anamwino olembetsa - adavomera monyinyirika kuti athetse gawo lawo popatsa anamwino omwe adakhumudwa $4.5 miliyoni. Komanso, anadandaula anamwino ogwira ntchito zachidule, ntchito zapakompyuta zomwe zimawasiya ndi nthawi yochepa yochitira odwala awo, ndi malipiro ochepa.
Potengera izi, bungwe la New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) lidayamba kuyendetsa bungwe lina la bungwe mu 2015. kukaniza kasamalidwe chinakula kwambiri. Anamwino adanenanso kuti amalandila maimelo atsiku ndi tsiku kuchokera kwa oyang'anira omwe amawaletsa ku bungwe lovota, oyang'anira adakokera anamwino pambali pamisonkhano yapamsonkhano kuti awafunse za momwe angavotere, mapepala ovomereza mgwirizano adang'ambika pama board, ndipo anamwino aku Philippines omwe anali pa visa yogwira ntchito. anachenjeza kuti mgwirizanowu ukhoza kusokoneza chikhalidwe chawo cha kusamuka. Zinthu zidakhala zochititsa manyazi kotero kuti, mu Marichi 2018, Bwanamkubwa Andrew Cuomo adalamula dipatimenti ya Labor State kuti ifufuze madandaulo akuwopseza, kuwopseza, komanso kukakamizidwa ndi oyang'anira a Albany Med.
Pomaliza, mu Epulo 2018, ndi anamwino 1,743 omwe adaponya mavoti pazisankho zoyang'aniridwa ndi boma, magulu ankhondo ogwirizana ndi mabungwe adapambana ndi chiŵerengero cha awiri-mmodzi.
Komabe, m'malo movomereza kugonjetsedwa ndikuchita nawo mgwirizano wogwirizana ndi chikhulupiriro chabwino, oyang'anira Albany Med atengera njira yokhazikitsidwa bwino yowonongera mgwirizano watsopano: kukana mgwirizano woyamba. Chifukwa chake, kupitilira chaka chimodzi ndi theka kuyambira pomwe zokambirana zidayamba, zikuwoneka kuti zayimitsidwa. NYSNA sinathe kuthetsa nkhani zazikulu zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi anamwino ku Albany Med ndipo, chifukwa chake, sanathe kukwaniritsa malonjezo ake. Potengera mwayiwu, ogwira ntchito odana ndi mgwirizano, akuti mothandizidwa ndi oyang'anira ku Albany Med, ayamba kampeni yopempha kuti atsimikizire mgwirizano.
Pakadali pano, NYSNA ―yofunitsitsa kuwulula machenjerero a Albany Med, kubweretsa chikakamizo cha anthu kuti athe kuwongolera, komanso kusunga chikhalidwe chamgwirizano - yayamba kutsatsa pawailesi yakanema ndikuyika zidziwitso zowoneka bwino kunja kwa chipatala cha Albany Med's New Scotland Avenue. Mazana a anamwino ndi othandizira ochokera ku mabungwe ena alowa nawo mizere ya picket.
Nkhani yayikulu kwa anamwino ikadalipo ogwira ntchito okwanira. Malinga ndi oyang'anira a Albany Med, chipatalachi ndi chachifupi pafupifupi anamwino 200, kuchuluka kwa ntchito pafupifupi 10 peresenti. Kwa ogwira ntchito ya unamwino, zimenezi n’zomvetsa chisoni, chifukwa chakuti akugwira ntchito mopambanitsa komanso chifukwa chakuti odwala awo sakusamalidwa mokwanira. “Mukuwopa kusiya ntchito yanu ndi kubwerera kunyumba chifukwa kulibe anamwino okwanira oti muyendere,” anatero Kathryn Dupuis, namwino amene wagwira ntchito kumeneko kwa zaka 24. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, nthawi zambiri amagwira ntchito yowonjezereka. “Chachikulu ndichakuti chikumbumtima changa. Ndinachita izi kuti ndithandize anthu. ”
Nkhani zina ndi zofunika kwa anamwino, nawonso. Malinga ndi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, malipiro a anamwino ku Albany Med ndi otsika kuposa azipatala zina zaku New York, pomwe mapulani a inshuwaransi yaumoyo omwe amapezeka kwa ogwira ntchito m'chipatala ndi okwera mtengo kwambiri. Mwachibadwa, izi zimagwirizana ndi vuto lokhala ndi antchito okwanira ku Albany Med. "Ndi malo abwino kwambiri ogwirira ntchito," RN wina adanena pabwalo la anthu. "Koma mukakhala ndi banja ndipo mukuyenera kulipira ndalama zambiri za inshuwaransi yazaumoyo kapena malipiro anu sakulipira ngongole yanu yanyumba, zimakhala zosavuta kupita kwinakwake ndi malipiro opikisana."
Nkhani inanso ikukhudza kugwiritsa ntchito kwa Albany Med kwa anamwino aku Philippines pazomwe bungweli likuti ndi "ntchito yokakamiza." Okutobala, NYSNA idalemba a mlandu wa federal ponena kuti chipatalachi chikuphwanya malamulo a ogwira ntchito a Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Mlanduwu udayang'ana pulogalamu ya Albany Med, yomwe idayamba ku 2002, yomwe idalemba anamwino pafupifupi 600 ochokera ku Philippines. Anamwinowa, mlanduwu udati, adayenera kusaina pangano kuphatikiza ziganizo zopereka chilango cha $20,000 ngati namwino wolembedwayo asiya ntchito zaka zitatu zisanathe. Mlanduwo ukunena kuti mgwirizanowo ukuphatikizapo chiwopsezo chakuti, ngati namwino aphwanya mgwirizanowo, chipatalacho "chikauza namwinoyo ku bungwe la federal immigration, zomwe zingabweretse mlandu wothamangitsidwa."
Albany Med atha kubweretsanso zovuta kuti apirire pa Mzinda wa Albany. Monga bizinesi yopanda phindu, Albany Med salipira msonkho, monganso mabungwe ena akuluakulu osachita phindu mumzindawu. Izi zikutanthauza kuti 36 peresenti yokha ya mtengo wa Albany Real Estate ndi yokhoma msonkho, zomwe zimalepheretsa ndalama zomwe zimapezeka kuti zithandizire ntchito za mzindawo ndipo zomwe zimapangitsa kuti misonkho ikhale yokwera kwambiri kwa eni nyumba a mzindawu. Popeza kuti mabungwe osapindula, limodzi ndi antchito awo masauzande ambiri, ndi amene amagwiritsa ntchito kwambiri ntchito za mumzinda, akuluakulu a mzindawu anawaumiriza kuti azilipira modzifunira m'malo mwa misonkho. Albany Med poyambirira adavomera kukweza $500,000 pachaka-ndalama zochepa pabizinesi yayikuluyi, koma ndalama zomwe zimafunikira mzindawu. Ngakhale zili choncho, Albany Med adalephera kupereka malipirowa mu 2017, ndipo adalumphiranso mu 2018. Kusagwirizana kwa malipirowa kwasiya Mzinda wa Albany. wopempha osatha kupita ku chimphona chachikulu chachipatala. Itha kufotokozeranso chifukwa chake, chaka chino, oyang'anira mzinda adatchulidwa msewu wamtawuni pambuyo pa James Barba, CEO wa Albany Med ndi purezidenti.
Albany Med ndi wokhoza kupereka antchito otetezeka, malipiro abwino, inshuwaransi yaumoyo yotsika mtengo, njira yochepetsera chilango cha anthu ogwira ntchito ochokera kunja, komanso malipiro okhazikika ku Mzinda wa Albany. Kupatula apo, ndi bizinesi yolemera kwambiri - m'mawu ake omwe, "gulu lalikulu" kuti, kuwonjezera pa chipatala chake chachikulu cha New Scotland Avenue, chili ndi malo opitilira 100 m'dera lonselo, kuphatikiza zipatala zina komanso maukonde opereka chithandizo mwachangu komanso malo osiyanasiyana apadera. M'zaka zaposachedwa, Albany Med wakhala madola mamiliyoni mazana pa ntchito yayikulu yomanga ndi kukulitsa ndipo, chifukwa chake, ali ndi gawo lalikulu la mzinda wa Albany.
Zotsatira zake, ngakhale Albany Med akuwoneka kuti akufunitsitsa kupitiliza mfundo zake zotsutsana ndi mgwirizano, NYSNA ikhala ikuchita kampeni yayikulu kuti ipeze mgwirizano woyamba wa anamwino omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachipatala.
Dr. Lawrence Wittner (https://www.lawrenceswittner.com/) ndi Professor of History Emeritus ku SUNY / Albany ndi mlembi wa Kulimbana ndi Bomba(Stanford University Press).
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