NewsGuild, yomwe ili ndi mamembala 21,000, ogwirizana ndi Communications Workers of America (CWA), ndiwosowa pantchito yokonzekera. Ndi umodzi mwa mabungwe ochepa a mayiko omwe amalola mamembala onse kuvotera akuluakulu awo, m'malo mowasankha pa msonkhano wokhawokha kwa nthumwi zamagulu.
Tsoka ilo, mgwirizano wa demokalase uwu, womwe wakula kwambiri posachedwapa, ukhoza kuchepetsa kuwala kwake pakati pa atolankhani m'malo ogwirira ntchito omwe angokonzedwa kumene popatula ena pavoti ya utsogoleri yomwe ikuyamba sabata ino.
Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti anthu 3,000 ogwira ntchito m'mabuku makumi asanu ndi limodzi kapena "ofalitsa atsopano" apambana ufulu wokambirana ndi oyang'anira zaka zinayi zapitazi. Nkhani yoyipa ndi yakuti magawo awiri mwa atatu mwa iwo akulimbana ndi nthawi yayitali. mgwirizano, pamapepala ngati Los Angeles Times.
Mamembala Ali Pabwino?
Kutsatira ndondomeko ya bungwe la United States, bungweli silifunsa ogwira ntchito atsopano kuti ayambe kulipira mpaka zokambiranazo zitatha ndipo mgwirizano woyamba utatsimikiziridwa.
Pakadali pano, ngati asayina makhadi a umembala wa Guild, atha kuthandizira kusankha mamembala a komiti yokambirana ndikuvota kuti avomereze (kapena kukana) mgwirizano uliwonse.
Koma, ngati sanapereke ndalama zolipirira ku Gulu pano, samatengedwa ngati โmamembala omwe ali ndi mbiri yabwino.โ Chifukwa chake, ngati chisankho cha atsogoleri amgwirizano wamayiko chikuchitika, alibe chonena kuti ndani adzatsogolere bungwe la Guild ndikukambirana kwa zaka zinayi zikubwerazi.
Kupikisana kwa omenyera ufulu watsopano wa Guild kwadzetsa vuto lachilendo la utsogoleri, lokhazikitsidwa ndi m'modzi wawo. Jon Schleuss, mtolankhani wazaka 31 ku nyuzipepala Los Angeles Times, yemwe adathandizira kutsogolera kuyendetsa bwino komweko, akuthamangira Purezidenti wa Guild motsutsana ndi Bernie Lunzer wazaka 61. Womalizayo wakhala wogwira ntchito nthawi zonse, kumadera kapena kudziko lonse, kuyambira chaka chomwe mdani wake anabadwa. Wasankhidwanso kukhala Purezidenti kawiri popanda kutsutsa.
Kwa mamembala ena a Guild, zomwe Lunzer adakumana nazo zaka makumi atatu motsutsana ndi zaka zitatu zakuchita nawo mgwirizano wa Schleuss zimapangitsa kusankha pakati pa awiriwa kukhala opanda nzeru. Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Guild, Marian Needham, yemwe wasankhidwa kale mwachidwi, akuchenjeza za kuyika "bungweli m'manja mwa munthu yemwe sanakhalepo pulezidenti wamba, sanapite ku msonkhano wa [Guild] ngati nthumwi, yemwe sanakhalepo ngati Purezidenti. trasti wa penshoni, kapena ngati mdindo, pankhani imeneyo, mโsitolo yokhala ndi kontrakitiโ ndipo โsanakhalepo ndi chidziลตitso chatsiku limodzi chogwira ntchito monga woimira mgwirizano.โ
Webusaiti ya kampeni ya omwe ali pagulu-Buildingtheguild.org-akugogomezera kutengapo mbali kwake m'mikangano yam'mbuyomu ngati nyuzipepala ya Detroit chapakati pa 1990s. Monga purezidenti wa Gulu kuyambira 2008, Lunzer "atenga nawo gawo pazokambirana zingapo zamakontrakitala ku US ndikuthandiza anthu aku Canada ndi Puerto Rico pazovuta zazikulu."
Kampeni wa Rank-ndi-Fayilo
Pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zake komanso mothandizidwa ndi zopereka zing'onozing'ono zochokera kwa mamembala anzake a Guild, Schleuss akuyendera zipinda zofalitsa nkhani ndikuchita nawo mikangano ya ofuna kusankhidwa m'dziko lonselo, komwe amavomereza kuti asinthe. Pa Marichi 12 kuyimitsa kampeni ku Minneapolis Star Tribune, kumene mdani wakeyo ankagwirapo ntchito, analankhula ndi anthu pafupifupi 60 ogwira ntchito mashifiti usana ndi usiku.
Adafotokoza mbiri yake ngati womenyera ufulu wakusukulu komanso mtolankhani watsopano watsiku ndi tsiku komanso woyang'anira ziwonetsero za NPR ku Arkansas. Mu 2013, adakhala mtolankhani wopambana mphoto ndi zithunzi pagulu Los Angeles Times, malo osagwirizana ndi mgwirizano kwa zaka 135. Adachita utsogoleri wofunikira pakukonza 460 LA Times coworkers, kupambana komwe kunalimbikitsa kampeni ya Gulu pakati pa ogwira ntchito pawailesi kwina. Pamene akutumikira mu komiti yake ya bargaining komiti, Schleuss waphunzitsa utolankhani ku yunivesite ya Southern California. Adalimbikitsa mamembala a Minneapolis NewsGuild kuti awone zambiri za nsanja yake pa: https://www.jonforpresident.com/
"Zomwe Jon adachita papepala lathu zinali zabwino kwambiri," atero a Randy Furst, mtolankhani wakale wakale, membala wa Guild kwa zaka 46 komanso wachiwiri kwa wapampando wamgwirizano wamgwirizano. Star-Tribune. "Schleuss ndi mpweya wabwino. Iye wadzipereka kulimbikitsa mamembala ndi kukonza magawo atsopano atolankhani. Iye ndiyedi munthu amene timafunikira kuti atsogolere mgwirizano wathu panthaลตi yovuta ino pamene manyuzipepala ndi mabungwe ena atolankhani akuwukiridwa.โ
Malinga ndi a Furst, ogwira ntchito m'gawo lake lokambirana ndi anthu 200 ali ndi madandaulo awoawo pazisankho. Mosiyana ndi ambiri omwe amalipira malipiro a Guild, omwe azivota ndi makalata mkati mwa milungu isanu ndi umodzi, Star TribunOgwira ntchito adzapatsidwa ola limodzi lokha kuti avote, kuntchito, tsiku limodzi. Popanda kuvota komwe sikuloledwa, Furst akuwopa kuti opambana achepetsedwa kwambiri. Chiyambireni ulendo wa Schleuss, mamembala a Minneapolis Guild omwe adawotcha akhala akufalitsa pempho lofuna kuti mwayi wovota ukukulitsidwe, mwina kudzera pamakalata ovota, kukonza nthawi yochulukirapo yovota, kapena kupanga mavoti omwe sapezeka.
Zokambirana Zofunika?
Pankhani ya ogwira ntchito omwe posachedwapa sanathe kuvota, Purezidenti wa Guild Lunzer akuvomereza kuti "tikufunika kukambirana pankhaniyi" chifukwa "sitinakhalepo m'mbuyomu." Ananena kuti ali ndi chidaliro kuti bungweli lingathe "kukonza njira yomwe angavomerezedwe ndi mamembala" komanso "yomwe ingaphatikizepo kubweza ndalama zolipirira kale kuposa momwe amayembekezera m'mayunitsi atsopano." Kukhala membala wokhala ndi kaimidwe kabwino - asanakhale ndi mgwirizano wa Gulu - "chikhoza kukhala chosankha cha munthu."
Pakadali pano, tsiku lomaliza loti akhale ovota oyenerera pachisankho chomwe chilipo chinali mu Disembala watha. Chifukwa chake ngakhale atolankhani m'magawo angapo omwe adavomereza mapangano oyamba kuyambira pamenepo adzalandidwa, zomwe Norfolk, VA. Mamembala a gulu Brock Vergakis amaona kuti ndizokwiyitsa. "Pali malo ambiri oti tichite bwino [mu Gulu] ndipo zimayamba ndikupangitsa kuti anthu ambiri atenge nawo mbali," adatero. Lipoti la PayDay.
Mosiyana ndi mabungwe ambiri, Gululi limapereka malo patsamba lawo lazankhani za kampeni kuchokera kwa onse omwe akufuna kukhala purezidenti wadziko. Koma, malinga ndi atsogoleri a magulu asanu ndi awiri opangidwa kumene a Guild-omwe amadzitcha "Atolankhani a Democratic Union" - zambiri zokhudzana ndi msonkhano wosankhidwa wa Guild mu Januwale zidangopezeka masabata angapo msonkhano usanachitike. Pamene olimbikitsa atsopano anafikapo, anakhala ngati โalendo,โ osati nthumwi. Pamene Schleuss adasankhidwa kukhala purezidenti ndi nthumwi zovomerezeka kuchokera kumadera atatu akuluakulu, adapatsidwa mphindi ziwiri kuti apemphe thandizo lalikulu.
Wotsutsa wochokera ku Los Angeles, yemwe sangathe ngakhale kudzivotera yekha, amakonda "kusintha malamulo a Gulu kuti awonjezere demokalase ndi kuwonekera mu mgwirizano wathu." Malinga ndi kunena kwa Schleuss, โmembala aliyense amene ali ndi kaimidwe kabwino ayenera kulimbikitsidwa kuvota pazisankho zathu, ndipo tiyenera kupanga kuvota kukhala kosavuta ndi kosungika monga momwe tingathere.
Kutsogolera Sikophweka
Zikuoneka kuti ambiri a Guild okhulupirika-ngati ali oyenerera kuvota-adzakhala akuponya mavoti awo malinga ndi momwe akuganiza kuti mgwirizanowu ukuyenda motsutsana ndi olemba ntchito amphamvu pamakampani omwe akusintha mofulumira. Nolan Rosenkrans, pulezidenti wa Toledo NewsGuild, amakonda Lunzer chifukwa cha thandizo lake lapitalo polimbana ndi "gulu la eni ake lomwe limanyoza antchito ake." Monga momwe Rosenkrans akunenera, โkutsogoza mgwirizano wa mayiko sikophweka. Malo aliwonse ali ndi zofunikira zake, zovuta zake, ndewu zake. Sikuti Bernie amangoganizira za ndewu iliyonse mdera lililonse, amadziwa kugwirizanitsa anthu am'deralo. โ
Wothandizira Schleuss mdera lina, yemwe adasankha kuti asadziwike, adadzudzula likulu la Guild chifukwa chokhala ndi "chitetezo chodzitchinjiriza" kwa nthawi yayitali, polimbana ndi "kuwonongeka kwamakampani" pakuchepetsa ntchito komanso kubweza ngongole pamanyuzipepala achikhalidwe. Malinga ndi wokonza izi, bungweli linali "losakonzekera komanso lopanda zida" zolembera antchito "ntchito zatsopano". Akuyembekeza kuti kusintha kwa utsogoleri, kuwonetsa kuyambika kwa mgwirizano, kudzathandiza kugwedeza chikhalidwe ndi machitidwe a Gulu.
Kugwedezeka kotereku m'mabungwe ena, monga American Federation of Teachers, sikunayambike posankha mtsogoleri mmodzi yekha. Ku Chicago ndi Los Angeles, ogwirizana ndi AFT adakhala ankhondo komanso ademokalase - ndikutha kuchita bwino mkangano wapamgwirizano wapamzindawo - pokhapokha atakhala zaka zambiri akugwira ntchito ndi bungwe lokonzekera bwino lomwe ndi / kapena gulu lonse la maofesala atsopano.
Pakati pa zovuta zambiri za Schleuss, mu Guild, ndikulowa kwake pampikisano mphindi yomaliza, popanda wothamanga nawo pa maudindo ena awiri apamwamba. (Lunzer akugwirizana ndi "gulu loyang'anira" lomwe likuphatikizapo atsogoleri awiri aakazi a Guild.) Ngati "Atolankhani a Democratic Union" akuthandizira Schleuss asintha kukhala maukonde amphamvu, ozama kwambiri mkati mwa Gulu chifukwa cha ndawala yake, Zosintha m'mabungwe zomwe amazifuna zitha kutheka kwambiri, kaya wopambana kapena waluza nthawi ino.
Steve Early ndi mtolankhani komanso wolemba yemwe ali mgulu la Freelancers' Unit la Pacific Media Workers Guild. Monga wogwira ntchito kwanthawi yayitali ku Communications Workers of America, adachita nawo mgwirizano woyambirira pakati pa CWA ndi The Newspaper Guild. Ndiwothandizira kampeni ya Jon Schleuss ya Purezidenti wa NewsGuild. Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
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