Gwero: Jacobin
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Sabata yatha, pafupifupi Ma Teamsters mazana anayi ochokera kudera lonselo adasonkhana ku Chicago kumsonkhano wapachaka wa Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) wazaka makumi anayi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi. Mamembala adasuma ku Crowne Plaza Chicago West Loop, hotelo yogwirizana pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege la O'Hare International Airport, malaya amasewera ndi ma jekete okhala ndi chizindikiro cha International Brotherhood of Teamsters '(IBT) chodziwika bwino cha akavalo awiri. Ndi msonkhano wovomerezeka wa Teamsters wa chaka chino womwe unachitika pa intaneti, chidwi chamsonkhano wa TDU mwa munthu chinali chowoneka bwino.
Atafika pabizinesi, zinali kukambirana za maudindo mu IBT chisankho cha Novembala chisanachitike chomwe chidzawonetse utsogoleri watsopano wa mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi. Zokambiranazi zidaphatikizapo zokambirana ndi zokambirana zokhudzana ndi momwe mgwirizanowu ukuyendera, chisankho cha anthu omwe athandizidwa ndi TDU kuti alowe m'maudindo, kulimbikitsa mamembala, komanso kuopseza komwe kulipo komwe Amazon imayambitsa.
Kwa zaka zambiri, TDU, bungwe losintha zinthu la mamembala masauzande ochepa, lakhala ndi chikoka chambiri pa IBT, yomwe imayimira mamembala 1.4 miliyoni m'magawo osiyanasiyana kuphatikiza zogulira, chisamaliro chaumoyo, zomangamanga, zoyendera, ndi kulumikizana. โSitimadzitcha tokha caucus. Timadzitcha kuti ndife gulu lapamwamba, "adatero Ken Paff yemwe ndi wotsogolera dziko la TDU Jacobin.
Mu 1989, ndi utsogoleri wamabungwe omwe akukumana ndi milandu pansi pa Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act (RICO) Act komanso mkati mwa zokambirana zoyika mgwirizanowu pansi pa utsogoleri wa federal, TDU idatsogolera gulu. kampeni yopambana zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mamembala akhale ndi ufulu woponya mavoti achindunji kwa akuluakulu abungwe. Pomwe pulezidenti wamkulu wa IBT James P. Hoffa adatula pansi udindo wake atakhala paudindo zaka makumi awiri ndi zitatu, chisankho mu Novembala chino ndi nthawi yoyamba kuti anthu alandire utsogoleri wapadziko lonse lapansi kuyambira pomwe Purezidenti wakale Ron Carey (1991-97) adathetsedwa. milandu yabodza yakusocheretsa ndalama za bungwe.
Chisankho chapano chili ndi magawo awiri: Teamster Power, yomwe imathandizidwa ndi alonda akale a Hoffa, ndi Teamsters United, gulu la mgwirizano wothandizidwa ndi TDU. Kuchoka kwa Hoffa kudzakhalanso koyamba kuti pulezidenti wa IBT achoke paudindo modzifunira ndipo sanamangidwe kapena kubweretsedwa pamilandu, Purezidenti wa Teamsters Local 804 Vinny Perrone waku New York anafotokoza. "Kwa iye, ndizosangalatsa," adatero Perrone, yemwe akuthamanga ngati trasti pa tikiti ya Teamsters United. "Koma patha zaka makumi awiri ndi zina za makontrakitala ovomerezeka."
Mโkati mwa msonkhanowo, opezekapo anatcha Hoffa kukhala โkugona pa gudumu,โ โpabedi ndi oyangโanira,โ ndi โkukhazikitsa maziko a kulolerana ndi Amazon.โ Dalaivala wina wodziwika bwino wa United Parcel Service (UPS) adanena kuti oyang'anira ake ndi "kukangana ndi kampani" ndikupanga "mapangano akugwirana chanza."
Ndi antchito pafupifupi 340,000 a UPS omwe akuyimiridwa, a Teamsters amayang'anira mgwirizano waukulu kwambiri wamagulu achinsinsi ku United States. Otsatira pa Teamsters United slate akuthamangira utsogoleri pa nsanja yomenyera mgwirizano wolimba ndi UPS (yemwe ilipo tsopano ikutha mu 2023), akugwira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu akumeneko kuti ayang'ane ndi olemba ntchito, ndikukonza Amazon - olemba ntchito wamkulu wachiwiri ku United States. . "Ndikuyembekeza kuwona malo omwe titha kumenyera mgwirizano wabwinoko mothandizidwa ndi mayiko ena," adatero Fernando Figueroa, wogwira ntchito pakanthawi kochepa ndi UPS komanso membala wa Teamsters Local 512 ku Jacksonville, Florida.
Speedups ndi Shakedowns
Akafunsidwa za zovuta zazikulu zomwe amakumana nazo pantchito, Teamster aliyense yemwe adalankhula naye Jacobin anatchula nkhani ziwiri: kuzunzidwa kuntchito ndi oyang'anira ndi kukhalapo kwa 22-4s - gulu latsopano la dalaivala, lomwe likugwira ntchito pa dongosolo lomwe linakambidwa mu mgwirizano wotsiriza - zomwe ambiri amati zapanga dongosolo la magawo awiri pakati pa oyendetsa galimoto.
"Oyang'anira azizunza antchito pazinthu zazing'ono zilizonse," adatero Figueroa. "Kuwonetsa mochedwa masekondi makumi atatu kuti tisinthe, osapanga momwe UPS ikufuna kuti tipangire, osakwaniritsa ma quotas, ngakhale mgwirizano wathu umanena kuti palibe miyezo yopangira. Adzavutitsa anthu mpaka kufika pagalimoto popita kunyumba kwawo kuti aone ngati ali kunyumba masiku amene akuwaitanira.โ
Figueroa adawonjezeranso kuti oyang'anira UPS adalanga ogwira ntchito olumala chifukwa chofika mochedwa kwa mphindi imodzi kuti asinthe ngakhale kuti sangathe kuyendetsa galimoto komanso kudalira njira zina zoyendera. Ananenanso kuti oyang'anira amawopsyezanso madalaivala akasaina zikalata, kuzunza antchito okalamba chifukwa chogwira ntchito pang'onopang'ono, komanso kuthamangitsa wogwira ntchito yemwe ali ndi pakati pomukayikira kuti adathandizira wina kuba kampaniyo.
Pafunso lakuzunzidwa, Derek Correia, woyendetsa UPS wokhala ndi Teamsters Local 542 ku San Diego, adati, "Liwiro. Akufuna kuti mupite mwachangu pamanjira, maola owonjezera, makamaka nthawi ya COVID. Tinkagwira ntchito pafupifupi maola 2002 pamlungu.โ Chiyambireni ntchito yake mchaka cha XNUMX, Correia adati, kuvutitsidwa kwachuluka, ndipo amayika zina mwazolakwa kwawo. "Amagwirizana ndi oyang'anira. Tilibe chitetezo, palibe chithandizo, palibe choyimira, "akutero Correia. "Ndikuyang'ana gulu la zigawenga zambiri, zomwe ndikuganiza kuti tili nazo Fred Zuckerman ndi Sean O'Brien" omwe akuthamanga pa Teamsters United kwa mlembi wamkulu-msungichuma ndi Purezidenti wamkulu, motsatana.
"Ndikuganiza kuti pali kale chilinganizo chomwe chimakhazikitsidwa pamakonzedwe apansi," adatero Perrone pokambirana za mgwirizano wotsatira wa UPS. "Kwa kwathu kuno, ndikuuza anthu kale kuti ayambe kuyika ndalama kuti achite sitiraka chifukwa ndikuganiza kuti ndi chinthu chokhacho chomwe kampaniyo imvetsetsa."
Njira ya TDU yokonzekera imayang'ana kwambiri kuyambitsa a ochepa ankhondo m'malo ndi fayilo. Wotsogolera bungwe la TDU m'dziko lonselo David Levin akuti cholinga cha misonkhano yawo yapachaka ndi "kukupangani kukhala wovuta wokhala ndi zida zambiri mukapita kwanu kwa anthu akudera lanu."
TDU, yomwe idakhala ngati gulu losagwirizana ndi utsogoleri wapadziko lonse lapansi, ingakhale, monga momwe wothandizira wina adafotokozera, pomaliza pake adzakhala ndi "mpando patebulo" pansi pa utsogoleri watsopano. Koma opezeka pamisonkhanowo sanali okondwa padziko lonse lapansi ndi omwe anali pamwamba pa tikiti. O'Brien ndi Zuckerman akhala akutsutsa TDU. Mwachitsanzo, Zuckerman m'mbuyomu anali ndi mbale yachabechabe ya "TDU Sucks" pagalimoto yake. Onse osankhidwa adapanga mgwirizano ndi TDU, womwe amawona ngati chinthu chofunikira.
Ngakhale panali mikangano yakale, ena amawona kupambana Zuckerman ndi O'Brien ngati kupambana kwa TDU. "Tikiti yomwe tili nayo ndi chiwonetsero chabwino cha anthu masiku ano chifukwa mayendedwe a anthu, ogwira ntchito kumenyana, madera omwe akuvutika kuti akonze zinthu zawo akukankhira zonse zomwe zili kumanzere kumanzere," adatero Figueroa. "Ndi chithunzithunzi chenicheni cha momwe kutenga nawo mbali m'mabungwe kungasinthire dongosolo kuyambira pansi kupita m'mwamba."
Amazon kapena Bust
Zotsatira za zisankho zomwe zikubwerazi zili ndi tanthauzo lalikulu panjira yomwe Teamsters angatenge ku Amazon. "Tikufuna njira yayikulu yokhazikitsira ogwira ntchito ku Amazon mumgwirizano wathu, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti tili ndi mwayi wochita izi motsogozedwa ndi Sean O'Brien," atero Gabriella Killpack, woyendetsa galimoto wa UPS wokhala ndi Teamsters Local 222 ku Salt Lake City, Utah. .
Pamsonkhano wina wa ku Amazon pamsonkhano wakumapeto kwa sabata ino, okonza mapulani adafotokoza mwatsatanetsatane momwe kampaniyo ikugwirira ntchito. Joe DeManuelle-Hall, wokonza ndi wolemba antchito ku Zolemba Zantchito, adalongosola za redundancy yomangidwanso mu chitsanzo chogawa cha Amazon. Chifukwa cha izi, adalongosola kuti kumenyedwa pamalo amodzi sikungakhudze phindu la kampaniyo chifukwa chakuti ma aligorivimu amatha kuyang'anira zinthu mkati mwa netiweki yamalo ochitira zinthu ndikupereka zinthu kwa makasitomala popanda zosokoneza.
Kuchokera ku 2015 mpaka 2020, kuchuluka kwa phukusi la Amazon lomwe kampaniyo imadzibweretsera - m'malo modalira makampani operekera kunja - idakwera kuchoka pa 3 peresenti mpaka 67 peresenti. Pofika chaka chino, Amazon ikuyimira chachinayi chachikulu kutumiza katundu ndi gawo la msika m'dzikoli (UPS ndi yoyamba) ngakhale kuti anangolowa mumsika mu 2013. DeManuelle-Hall anafotokoza njira ya Amazon monga "kuyesera kupanga maukonde ofanana."
Mmodzi yemwe ali ndi udindo komanso wapamwamba yemwe adachita nawo kampeni yokonzekera Amazon adafotokoza momwe amagwirira ntchito kwanuko ngati "njira yoyendetsera mgwirizano." Okonza adapempha kuti tsatanetsatane wokhudzana ndi njira ndi njira zisamagawidwe pagulu, ngakhale TDU yapereka njira zingapo zokonzekera, kuphatikiza zazikulu "kuthira mchereโ pulogalamu yomwe ingalimbikitse okonzekera kugwira ntchito ku Amazon ndi mapulani "omanga magetsi kuchokera pansi pa sitolo kuchokera mkati."
"Woyang'anira wakale walola gulu la Amazon kulowa pansi pa radar kwa nthawi yayitali," akutero Killpack. Kwa omwe akufuna kulowa nawo ndewuyo akuti, "Ndikulimbikitsa kuti alumikizane ndi gulu la Teamsters lakwawo kuti awone ngati ali ndi kampeni yogwirizana."
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