M'malo a Verizon kumpoto chakum'mawa, antchito 45,000 adayamba kuyenda mizere ya picket Lamlungu.
Kunyanyala kwawo, komwe kudabwera chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa ziwongola dzanja zomwe Ogwira Ntchito Zolankhulana ati azisankha $20,000 m'thumba la wogwira ntchito aliyense, ndiye kukula kwakukulu komwe dziko lakhala likuwona m'zaka zinayi.
Verizon, yomwe yapanga phindu la $ 19 biliyoni m'zaka zinayi zapitazi, idalengeza Julayi 29 kuti gawo lawo lopanda zingwe lipereka gawo lapadera la $ 10 biliyoni kwa omwe ali ndi masheya. Nthawi yomweyo, okambirana nawo anali kukakamiza $ 1 biliyoni kuti alandire ndalama kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito.
"Tikunyanyala ufulu wathu wokambirana, monga Wisconsin kapena Ohio," Purezidenti wa CWA a Larry Cohen adauza mamembala pamsonkhano wapamsonkhano wapamsonkhano Lamlungu. "Sitingathe kuthetsa vutoli pochepetsa malipiro a ogwira ntchito."
Kampaniyo idaganiza zothetsa kuchulukitsa kwa penshoni kwa ogwira ntchito pano komanso mapenshoni omwe afotokozedwa kuti apindule pantchito yatsopano. Ochita malonda ake akufuna kuthetsa chitetezo cha ntchito ndikusintha mtengo wa chithandizo chamankhwala kwa ogwira ntchito.
Iwo anafuna kuti m'malo mwa kukweza kwanthawi zonse ndi njira zogwirira ntchito zotsatiridwa ndi oyang'anira. Akufuna ufulu wosuntha ntchito zambiri kuchoka kwa mamembala a bungwe ndi kunja kwa dziko. Amayang'ana ngati nkhwangwa yolipira masiku odwala ndikuchotsa Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ndi Tsiku la Ankhondo Ankhondo ngati tchuthi cholipidwa. Amafuna kulimbana ndi zinthu zazing'ono ngati kubweza kwa $ 3 poyimitsa magalimoto.
Malingaliro zana limodzi akadali pa tebulo lazokambirana lomwe CWA ndi Electrical Workers (IBEW) adagawana nawo pomwe mgwirizano udatha Loweruka usiku.
Kunyanyalakoku kukuwoneka kuti kudadabwitsa ena, kumbali zonse za mgwirizano ndi oyang'anira. Oyang'anira awiri adathamangira m'mundamo "kukonza" foni yometa ndi tepi yolumikizira.
Patti Egan-Walters, wothandizira bizinesi ku CWA Local 1005 ku New York, adati manejala wina adaulula kuti adatumizidwa kuti aziyendetsa mzindawo pagalimoto ya Verizon - koma osaphunzitsidwa kukonza kapena kukhazikitsa chilichonse.
Malamulo ake? "Gasi ikatha, bwererani."
Kukambitsirana mu 2003 ndi 2008 kunadutsa kumapeto kwa mgwirizano. Kampaniyo idakwera ndi ena ogwira ntchito m'malo ndikuwasunga, koma mabungwewo atakhala mkati, mtengo wosunga antchito a nkhanambo udakwera kwambiri, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti akhazikitsidwe. Nthawi ino, mamembala ati zomwe kampaniyo ikufuna ndizovuta kwambiri, mabungwewa adasowa chochita koma kungotuluka.
"Akufuna kutenga 60 peresenti ya mgwirizano ndikutaya," adatero Ed Fitzpatrick, pulezidenti wa IBEW Local 2222 ku Massachusetts. Anyamatawa akupanga mabiliyoni ambiri ndipo zomwe akufuna ndi ntchito yotsika mtengo.
Tashauna Jackson, woyang'anira CWA Local 1105, adanena kuti tcheyamani wa board ya Verizon adatenga $55,000 patsiku chaka chatha-ndipo kuti m'zaka zinayi, akuluakulu asanu a kampaniyo adapeza $258 miliyoni pakati pawo.
Komabe Verizon ikuti mamembala amgwirizano akuyenera kuvutika kuti abweretse ndalama zogwirira ntchito limodzi ndi omwe si a mgwirizano, zomwe zimapangitsa mamembala kunena kuti bungweli likufuna kukweza ogwira ntchito opanda zingwe ndi opanda zingwe kuti akwaniritse miyezo yawo. "Sitikuyenda njira ya Wal-Mart," atero a John Colleran, woyang'anira Local 2222.
Verizon inasaina pangano losalowerera ndale monga gawo la kuthetsa kutha kwa masiku 18 mu 2000. Inalonjeza kuti idzalola mabungwe kuti agwirizane ndi ogwira ntchito opanda zingwe-koma kampaniyo inaphwanya mgwirizanowo inkiyo ikauma, kumenyana kwambiri ndi bungwe lililonse. yendetsa. Masiku ano, ogwira ntchito opanda zingwe 50 okha a Verizon ali ndi mgwirizano.
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Ku likulu la Manhattan Lolemba, magalimoto odutsa ndi magalimoto amalira kulira kwa otola, kukuwa ndi kuyimba mluzu. Ogwira ntchito ankayimba mokuwa ndi kukuwa pamene mamenejala ankalowa nโkusiya zitseko za maofesi atangotsala pangโono kufika.
Apolisi awiri adayimilira pansi pa chikwangwani cha Verizon, pomwe ena adalozera aliyense wovala malaya ofiira kumalo otchingidwa ndi zitsulo. Ku Albany, gulu lolimba la otola zitseko zotsekedwa mpaka apolisi adawakakamiza kuti atulutse ma manager. Kuvulala kumodzi kudanenedwa posankha Lolemba.
Oyang'anira makumi atatu ku Manhattan, ena ali ndi masutukesi, adalowa mnyumbayi nthawi ya 7am Pambuyo pake gulu la mamanenjala asanu ndi awiri ovala nsapato zogwirira ntchito ndi zikwama (mwina zodzazidwa ndi zida) adawonedwa akuchoka. Otola dazeni khumi ndi awiri adawatsata munjanji yapansi panthaka. โKodi mukuseka, munditsatira?โ Adatero manejala wina kwa womenya.
Ogwira ntchito ku ofesi ya likulu nthawi zambiri amayenda wapansi kukaika ndi kukonza kumunsi kwa Manhattan. Oyang'anira 1101 a Ron Spaulding atero, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti moyo ukhale wovuta momwe mungathere chifukwa cha nkhanambo.
Njira ya "zojambula zam'manja", yomwe idalemekezedwa pakunyanyala kwa miyezi inayi mu 1989, ikuchitikanso ku Massachusetts. Techs amatsata magalimoto omwe akuchoka m'magaraja ndikutumiza kuyimba. "Titha kugunda anthu 50 pamtima," adatero Colleran, akuzungulira dzenje kapena nkhanambo m'munda.
Mamembala awona kuti njira zambiri zodzitetezera zasiya kuthamangira kwa Verizon kuti atenge oyang'anira m'munda, ndipo adatchula nkhawa zawo ku OSHA.
Otsutsa ati kuukira kwa Verizon kufalikira ku mabungwe ena, ndikukankhira pansi ogwira ntchito omwe siabungwe.
Mamembala a Union samalipira ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo ku Verizon, pulalamu yomwe adateteza kumenyedwa yam'mbuyomu - ndipo imodzi yomwe imakhala yovuta kwambiri kuiteteza, chifukwa kusintha kwazaumoyo kwa Purezidenti Obama mu 2010 kudzakhometsa msonkho pamapulani awo omwe amatchedwa "Cadillac". .
"Tinamenyera mapindu amenewo kwa zaka zonsezo," atero a Brian Tyrrell, katswiri wantchito zapadera ku Manhattan, pokumbukira kudzipereka komwe kunachitika m'mbuyomu, kuphatikizapo sitiraka yamasiku 219 mu 1972.
Ngakhale msonkho sudzaperekedwa mpaka 2018, chifukwa cha kukakamiza mabungwe, Verizon ndi kufuna kuti mamembala a mabungwe ayambe kulipira masauzande za dollar tsopano.
Atsogoleri ena, monga Purezidenti wa CWA Local 1400 a Don Trementozzi, akuti mabungwe akuyenera kukankhira makampani kuti abwezere mapulani azaumoyo omwe amalipira okhawo omwe amalipira okha ku East Coast, zomwe zingachotse nkhaniyi pagome lazokambirana - ndikuyimitsa kampaniyo - popanda. kuchepetsa malipiro a ogwira ntchito kapena kufalitsa.
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Atsogoleri onse a CWA ndi IBEW akuwonekeratu kuti njira zomenyera miyambo sizingapambane panjira iyi - komanso kuti sasewera motsatira malamulo wamba. Makina olemera kwambiri komanso kutumiza kunja kumathandizira kampaniyo kusunga maukonde ndikutumiza ntchito yabwino kwambiri, makamaka ntchito yogulitsa ndi ntchito zamalo oyitanitsa, akuwuluka padziko lonse lapansi.
"Ntchito yathu ikupita ku India, China - ndi kudalirana kwa mayiko, kampaniyo ili ndi mwayi," adatero Jackson.
Chifukwa chake mabungwewa akuyang'ana malo ogulitsa opanda zingwe a Verizon, komwe ma pickets akuthamangitsa makasitomala ndikukana ndalama zomwe kampaniyo imapeza pamagwero ake opindulitsa kwambiri.
Okambirana mu Union adakumana ndi kampani Lolemba. Potsutsa zonena za Verizon, akuti kampaniyo idathetsa zokambirana zomwe zidatsala pang'ono kuchitika, ndikuti ali okonzeka kuyankhula.
Cohen wati cholinga cha kunyanyalako sikungothetsa mgwirizano koma kungolimbikitsa kukambirana kwakukulu.
Izi zikusiya mwayi woti mabungwe atha kupereka mwayi woti abwerere kuntchito, kubwerera mkati kuti ayambitsenso zokambirana - ndikutsegula mwayi wobwereranso ngati malingaliro a Verizon sakuyenda bwino.
Ngati Verizon, atakhumudwitsidwa, atsekera ogwira ntchito kunja, mwayi wawo wopeza inshuwaransi ya ulova uyambika ndipo mgwirizano ukhoza kuyika machitidwe osayenera pantchito chifukwa cha zomwe kampaniyo idachita. Kutsamira pazabwino za boma kungachepetse kukakamizidwa kwa CWA ya $400 miliyoni ndikuthandizira IBEW - yomwe ilibe thumba - kukhalabe pamasewera.
"N'zotheka kuchita ndawala ya zigawenga - ngakhale pali zoopsa zina," akutero loya wa Boston Bob Schwartz, wolemba mabuku. Kumenyedwa, Kutenga, ndi Makampeni Amkati. Kampaniyo ikhoza kumasula omwe akunyanyala ntchito ngati itsimikizira National Labor Relations Board kuti bungweli likuchita ziwonetsero zokonzekereratu.
Koma mabungwewa ali m'gawo losadziwika, adatero.
Ananenanso kuti mabungwewa amasungabe ufulu wawo wotseka mbali zonse za bizinesi ya owalemba ntchitoโmgwirizano ndi wosagwirizana ndi mgwirizanoโndi kukakamiza ogulitsa katunduyo, zomwe mabungwe onsewa akutsata mwamphamvu.
Pamayimbidwe Lamlungu ndi mamembala, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa CWA District 1 Chris Shelton adalonjeza zambiri.
โTigwiritsa ntchito njira zina zomwe sitinazizolowere,โ adatero. "Koma tiyenera kutero, chifukwa njira zakale sizikugwiranso ntchito."
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