Apanso tsiku lobadwa la Marichi 31 la mtsogoleri wodziwika bwino wa ogwira ntchito m'mafamu a Cesar Chavez ladutsa popanda kulengeza tchuthi chadziko kuti amulemekeze mokwanira. Moyo wake udakhudza kwambiri anthu aku America m'maiko onse.
Chavez adawonetsa, koposa zonse, kuti osauka ndi oponderezedwa angapambane ngakhale adani amphamvu kwambiri - ngati atha kudzikonza okha ndikutengera kusachita chiwawa ngati njira yawo yayikulu.
"Tili ndi matupi athu ndi mizimu yathu komanso chilungamo cha zifukwa zathu ngati zida zathu," adatero Chavez.
Zoonadi, chifukwa chake chinali cha anthu ogwira ntchito mโmafamu omwe ankawadyera masuku pamutu kwambiri. Ngakhale ntchito yawo yotuta chakudya chomwe chimatithandiza tonsefe ndi imodzi mwa ntchito zofunika kwambiri kwa anthu, malipiro awo anali a umphaลตi kapena pafupi ndi umphaลตi, analibe phindu lochepa komanso chitetezo chochepa chalamulo kuti asawachitire nkhanza owalemba ntchito.
Ambiri analibe ngakhale zinthu zingโonozingโono za kuntchito monga zimbudzi ndi madzi akumwa abwino ndipo nthaลตi zambiri ankakumana ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndiponso ngozi zina. Kaลตirikaลตiri mikhalidwe yawo inali yonyansa kwambiri.
Monga wogwira ntchito m'mafamu, Chavez mosamala adasonkhanitsa gulu lomwe linathandiza antchito kupanga mgwirizano wawo. Kenako adapeza thandizo lofunikira la mamiliyoni akunja omwe adamvera pempho la UFW lonyanyala mphesa, letesi ndi zokolola zina za alimi omwe adakana kuwapatsa maufulu amgwirizano ndi malipiro abwino ndi mikhalidwe yomwe idabwera ndi mgwirizano.
Ena ambiri Chavez asanayesepo ndipo analephera kukhazikitsa bungwe logwira ntchito m'mafamu ndipo ochepa - ngati alipo - mwa iwo omwe ankati ali ndi luso pazochitika ngati izi adaganiza kuti Chavez angakhale wosiyana. Koma adalephera kuwerengera zanzeru zanzeru, zaluso komanso kuuma mtima kwachabe kwa Chavez, munthu wachisoni, wolankhula mofewa yemwe amalankhula zankhondo modekha, ma toni oyezera, munthu wodekha komanso woleza mtima modabwitsa yemwe adabisa talente yayikulu kumbuyo. kumwetulira kwamanyazi ndi kuwoneka womasuka kotheratu.
Zinatenga zaka zisanu, koma mu 1970 UFW potsiriza inapambana mapangano oyambirira a mgwirizano wa famu m'mbiri. Zaka zisanu pambuyo pake, mgwirizanowu udapambana lamulo loyambitsa upainiya ku California lomwe limafuna kuti alimi azikambirana limodzi ndi ogwira ntchito m'mafamu omwe amavotera mgwirizano. Izi zapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito mโmafamu mโboma asamayende bwino. Malipiro awo, mapindu awo ndi mmene amagwirira ntchito akadali ochepa, koma lamulo lawapatsa chida chofunikira kuti apambane chithandizo chabwinoko.
Chofunikira kwambiri pano ndikufalitsa ufulu wovomerezeka wa mgwirizano kwa mazana masauzande a ogwira ntchito m'mafamu omwe akuzunzidwa kunja kwa California. Congress ingachite izi pongophatikiza ogwira ntchito m'mafamu mu National Labor Relations Act, lamulo la New Deal lazaka 76 lomwe limapereka ufulu wamabungwe kwa anthu ambiri omwe siaulimi.
Ndithudi Congress iyenera kulengeza tchuthi cha dziko lonse la Cesar Chavez. Koma koposa izi, Congress iyenera kupititsa kwa anthu onse aku America ufulu woyambira mgwirizano womwe Cesar Chavez adakhala moyo wake kufunafuna ndikuuteteza.
Wolemba ntchito wakale wakale Dick Meister ndi wolemba nawo "A Long Time Coming: The Struggle to Unionize America's Farm Workers" (Macmillan). Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa www.dickmeister.com.
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