Mgwirizano Wagawikana: Vuto la Ntchito Yogwirizana ndi Njira Yatsopano Yopita Ku Chilungamo Chachikhalidwe
Wolemba, wophunzitsa komanso wolimbikitsa mgwirizano wa mabungwe, Bill Fletcher, Jr., anali wokamba nkhani pa msonkhano wa Globalization, Union Renewal ndi Fight for Social Justice ku Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ku Toronto mwezi watha. Mwambowu unathandizidwa ndi bungwe la Labor Education Centre. Fletcher, yemwe kale anali purezidenti wa TransAfrica Forum, ndi wolemba nawo (ndi Fernando Gapasin) wa bukhu lotulutsidwa kumene, Mgwirizano Wagawikana: Vuto la Ntchito Yogwirizana ndi Njira Yatsopano Yopita Ku Chilungamo Chachikhalidwe. Bukuli ndi ndemanga yowona za bungwe la United States la ogwira ntchito ku United States lomwe limapereka maphunziro ozama kuchokera m'mbiri yakale kwinaku akudzudzula mwachidwi zomwe zilipo.
Robin Breon adakumana ndi Fletcher pazokambirana zapaderazi rabble.ca owerenga.
RB: Lingaliro limodzi lapakati la bukhuli ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri la makhonsolo apakati pazantchito (pano akutchedwa CLCs ndipo sayenera kusokonezedwa ndi Canadian Labor Congress - ed.) akhoza kusewera pakukonzekera ndi kuyang'ana ntchito za mabungwe am'deralo m'mabwalo ambiri akumidzi. Mumathirira ndemanga pa "mwayi wophonya" wokhudza gawo la ma CLC ndipo ndimafunsa ngati mungakulire pang'ono?
BF: Mmodzi mwa mwayi wophonya womwe timatchula m'bukuli ndi lingaliro lakukonzekera malo kuti awonjezere kuchulukana kwa mgwirizano m'matauni. Vutoli limachitika pamene mabungwe omwe ali m'maboma apakati akukana kuthandizira njira zomwe a CLC akukhazikitsa. Izi zikhoza kuchitika pazifukwa zingapo. Zitha kukhala kuti kukonza zosalongosoka kumawonedwa ngati kofunika kwambiri pa ntchito ya mgwirizano ndi anthu ena amderali pomwe ena angaganize kuti ndi "kuwonjezera" zovuta zomwe zimawachotsera ntchito za tsiku ndi tsiku zomwe amawona kuti ndizofunika kwambiri. udindo kwa mamembala awo. Kupatula apo, njira yoyendetsera madera akumatauni imachokera mu pulogalamu ya AFL-CIO's Union Cities yomwe imapempha ma CLC kuti aganizire zokonzekera kuchokera kumalekezero a mzinda kupita ku ena osati malo antchito. Ili ndi vuto lalikulu.
Mwayi winanso womwe ma CLC anaphonya unali wowasintha kukhala makhonsolo a ogwira ntchito osati mgwirizano wa mabungwe ogwirizana. Ngakhale kuti zokambiranazi sizinayambike pansi pa ulamuliro wa Sweeney ku AFL-CIO, zidadziwika bwino ku New York City pamene bungwe la NYC Labor Council linaitana mu New York Taxi Cab Alliance kuti, ngakhale kuti sanali mgwirizano weniweni. per se, anali ndi zokonda zambiri komanso nkhawa zomwe mabungwe ogwirizana anali nazo.
RB: Pankhani yokonzekera, pamene pali funso laulamuliro, kodi izi ziyenera kuchitidwa bwanji pakati pa okhudzidwa mu CLC ina iliyonse?
BF: Njira imodzi yomwe tidanenapo inali yoti gulu la ogwira nawo ntchito likakhala ndi chidwi kapena dongosolo lokonzekera bwino lomwe limafotokoza za dera linalake lomwe likuyenera kukonzedwa, ndiye kuti onse ogwirizana ayenera kukokera chuma chawo ndi kutenga nawo gawo malinga ndi luso lawo. dongosolo la kupanga. Ngati ntchitoyo ikuwoneka bwino, ndiye kuti chigamulo chaulamuliro chiyenera kupangidwa mkati mwa CLC chomwe chimakhudza onse omwe adachita nawo ntchitoyi. Ngati mgwirizano wina ukuwoneka kuti ndi woyenera kwambiri kuposa wina, zikhale choncho. Kuchita bwino kotsatira kutha kuwona mamembala akupita ku bungwe lina ndi zina zotero mpaka mamembala atsopano alumikizidwa ndi mabungwe oyenera mu CLC. Aliyense ayenera kupindula pakapita nthawi.
RB: Bukhuli likunena za kusafuna kwa mgwirizano wa mgwirizano ndipo nthawi zina kusafuna kwenikweni kutuluka ndikukonzekera zosakonzekera ndipo mumanena kuti pali ngozi mu "malingaliro" funso lokonzekera. Kodi mungafotokoze mochulukira?
BF: Chimene tikuyesera kupeza apa ndikuti lingaliro la mgwirizano wokonzekera mkati mwawokha siliri kwenikweni lingaliro lopita patsogolo nthawi zonse. Ngakhale ogwira ntchito nthawi zambiri amakhala bwino kukhala m'mabungwe kusiyana ndi kusakhala, kutha kukhalanso kulanda mphamvu komwe kumabwerera m'mbuyo. Mwachitsanzo, mtsogoleri wa bungweli angakhale wofunitsitsa kulinganiza zinthu mโgawo lake chifukwa chakuti akufuna kumanga maziko amphamvu mโmgwirizano umene mโmbiri yakale unkasankhira akazi ndi amitundu. Palibe chomwe chili mkati mwa dongosolo landondomeko kapena malo agulu la mtsogoleri wa bungweli chomwe chikuwonetsa kuti ali ndi vuto lililonse ndi izi. Koma tili ndi vuto ndi mtsogoleri wa mabungwe omwe akufuna kupanga bungwe lomwe lasankhira anthu mbiri yakale. Palibe chomwe chikupita patsogolo pakukonza ndi kukulitsa umembala mkati mwachitsanzo chamtunduwu. Izi ndi zomwe tikutanthauza popereka malingaliro pafunso lakukonzekera. Muyenera kuyang'anitsitsa mtundu wa gulu lomwe mukupempha anthu kuti alowe nawo.
RB: Pa funso la "maulamuliro apakati" - zikuwoneka kwa ine kuti genie iyi yatuluka mu botolo kwa nthawi yayitali bwanji ndi Teamsters yokonzekera oyendetsa ndege, pomwe Autoworkers amakonza oyendetsa ndege ndi Steelworkers akukonzekera oyang'anira yunivesite ndi akatswiri ogwira ntchito. Ndilibe vuto ndi izi chifukwa ndimagwira ntchito ngati woyang'anira yunivesite ndipo tikuyimiridwa bwino kwambiri ndi Steelworkers. Koma zikuwoneka kuti zikulankhula ndi nkhani zomwe mwatulutsa m'buku lanu, kodi ndikulondola mumalingaliro awa?
BF: Kusowa kwa maulamuliro apakati pagulu la mgwirizano kumakhala ndi zovuta pamagulu angapo. Choyamba, imathandizira kuphatikizika ndi kuphatikizika kuposa momwe imachitira ntchito zokonzekera. Ndipo kubwera kwa mabungwe ophatikizana nthawi zina kwakhala kungopangitsa kuti manambala awo apitirire. Izi sizili zosiyana ndi gulu lachinsinsi lomwe limagwirizanitsa bwenzi lofooka (omwe ali ndi ngongole, ngongole, ndi zina zotero) ndi bwenzi lamphamvu kuti awoneke bwino pamapepala koma sizikutanthauza kuti angathe kukulitsa. Zitsulo ndi Auto makamaka zikuyenera kubwera ndi njira zatsopano zogwirira ntchito pazopanga kapena zingopitilirabe kutengera mabungwe ang'onoang'ono.
RB: Mumagwiritsa ntchito mawu oti "social justice unionism" m'buku. Ndi chisankho cha Barack Obama, kodi mukuganiza kuti lingaliro ili liri ndi mwayi wabwinoko ndipo ndi mbali ziti zomwe mukuwona kuti kuyenda kungatheke?
BF: Lingaliro la Social Justice unionism ndi lingaliro lomwe mumadziwa bwino ku Canada. Tiyenera kusuntha mabungwe ku United States kuti achite nawo chidwi ndikukhala mbali ya kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake. Ndikuganiza kuti kuposa chisankho chaposachedwapa, chifukwa chomveka bwino chomwe mamembala a mgwirizano adzawona mgwirizano wa chikhalidwe cha anthu ngati ntchito yotheka chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwachuma. Zinali zovuta izi, kuposa china chilichonse chomwe chinalola kuti chigonjetso cha Obama chichitike.
RB: M'malingaliro anu, kodi chofunika kwambiri kwa ogwira ntchito ku Washington ndi chiyani?
BF: Kupereka lamulo la Employee Free Choice Act ndilofunika kwambiri. Lamuloli libweretsa kuwunika kwa makhadi ndikulola mabungwe kuti azikonzekera momasuka komanso mogwira mtima popanda kusokonezedwa ndi makampani/oyang'anira ndikuwopseza panthawi yantchito. Koma ndikuganizanso kuti ndondomeko ya ogwira ntchito iyenera kukhala yotakata kuposa momwe zinalili m'mbuyomo ndi kufotokozeranso ndi kukulitsa malingaliro a zomwe zimapanga gulu la ogwira ntchito. Tiyenera kukonzanso zomangamanga za dzikoli kupyolera mu ntchito zazikuluzikulu za ntchito ndipo izi ziyenera kukhala mbali ya lingaliro latsopano la kusintha kwapangidwe komwe kumakhudza chisamaliro chaumoyo, maphunziro, ndi zina zotero.
RB: Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha izi, Bill.
BF: Mokondwera.
Robin Breon ndi wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa USW Local 1998, University of Toronto.
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