Lachiwiri, June 5, linali tsiku loipa kwa ogwira ntchito m’boma kuyambira kugombe lakumadzulo mpaka chapakati chakumadzulo. Ovota ku San Diego ndi San Jose adavomereza zochepetsera zopuma pantchito kwa ogwira ntchito mumzindawu, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti manyuzipepala akuluakulu alengeze (molondola) kuti "kusintha kwa penshoni" kwamtunduwu kuli m'njira, ngakhale kuti ogwira ntchito ndi opuma pantchito akukana. Pakadali pano, ku Wisconsin, ogwira ntchito ndi ogwirizana nawo adalephera kuthamangitsa Bwanamkubwa waku Republican Scott Walker yemwe adalanda American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) ndi antchito ena ufulu wawo wazaka makumi asanu wopeza mapangano a mgwirizano.
Mkati mwa ASFSCME, kubwezeredwa kwa zomwe zidachitika m'mbuyomu komanso, ku Wisconsin, kuthetseratu kukambirana komweko, kwapatsa ena omenyera ufulu wachangu kugwedeza utsogoleri wa mamembala awo 1.4 miliyoni. Chiyambire chipwirikiti cha anthu ogwira ntchito ku Madison miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayo, mamembala a Wisconsin Council 40 a AFSCME akhala akutsogola pankhondo yolimbana ndi mabungwe aboma. Pa Juni 5, adasonkhanitsa ovota ovomerezeka m'boma lawo poyesa kulephera kukumbukira Walker. Ndipo tsopano ena akupita ku chiwonetsero cha June 18-22 ku Los Angeles, komwe akuyembekeza kuchita bwino pankhondo yokwera mkati mwa AFSCME yokha.
Mavoti a sabata yamawa ndi nthumwi 3,500 zosankhidwa pamsonkhano wadziko lonse wa AFSCME zisankha yemwe atenge m'malo mwa Gerry McEntee wazaka 77 ngati Purezidenti wa bungwe lachitatu lalikulu kwambiri lazantchito ku US. McEntee akupuma pantchito mwezi uno atakhala zaka 30. Otsutsa amkati omwe adalowa m'malo mwake - Mlembi-msungichuma wa AFSCME Lee Saunders- amawona zisankho zomwe zakhala zikutsutsidwa kwambiri ngati mwayi wosowa wokonzanso mgwirizanowu panthawi yamavuto akulu kwa onse ogwira ntchito zaboma, kuphatikiza masauzande a mamembala a AFSCME ku California.
Wogwira ntchito m'mabungwe adziko lonse kwazaka zopitilira makumi atatu, Saunders adasankhidwa mwapang'onopang'ono paudindo wake pomwe omwe adamutsogolera, a Bill Lucy, adapuma pantchito zaka ziwiri zapitazo. McEntee adathandiziranso a Saunders panthawiyo, koma Lucy, m'modzi mwa anthu apamwamba kwambiri aku Africa-America pantchito yokonzekera, adakonda a Danny Donohue, Purezidenti wa AFSCME Local 1000 - membala 272,000 wa Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) ku New York state.
Mu 2010, Donohue adathamanga mothandizidwa ndi othandizira a AFSCME adakwiya kwambiri chifukwa cha utsogoleri wapamwamba wa McEntee komanso kuyendetsa kwawo mgwirizano, kudzera patali, kuchokera kunyumba yake yatchuthi ku Florida. Pamsonkhano wa raucus ku Boston mu 2010- wotsogozedwa ndi McEntee mwiniwake-Saunders adalandira mavoti 652,660 ku 649,356 a Donohure. (Nthumwi za AFSCME zidaponya mavoti osonyeza mphamvu za umembala wa mabungwe am'deralo omwe amawayimira; makhonsolo achigawo ndi mabungwe ogwirizanitsa opangidwa ndi akuluakulu ochokera kumadera angapo a AFSCME m'chigawo kapena dera linalake.)
Kuyimba Kwake kwa Wisconsin?
Pakubwereza kwa utsogoleri wa chaka chino, Saunders, wazaka 60 waku Africa-America wochokera ku Ohio, ndi Donohue, yemwe ndi woyera komanso wazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, ali ndi mabungwe aku California omwe akufuna kukhala mlembi-msungichuma wachikazi woyamba. Pa tikiti ya "Moving Forward Together", Saunders akuyenda ndi wogwira ntchito yosamalira kunyumba, Laura Reyes, yemwe akutumikira kale pa AFSCME executive board komanso ngati purezidenti wa Local 3930 kumwera kwa California. Gulu la a Donohue la "One AFSCME" likuphatikiza Alice Goff, yemwe ndi wochokera ku Belize, yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito mumzinda wa Los Angeles, komanso pulezidenti wazaka zisanu wa AFSCME District Council 22,000 wa 36.
"Tikufuna Danny ndi Alice kuti abweretsenso chidwi cha mgwirizano wapadziko lonse uwu kwa mamembala, mpaka kumidzi," atero Anneliese Sheehan, wosamalira ana ku Wisconsin yemwe akubwera ku Los Angeles sabata yamawa. Pamsonkhano wa nthumwi za District Council 40 mu Epulo, Sheehan ndi ena omenyera nkhondo Walker adapambana mavoti 291 ku 7 ovomereza Donohue ndi Goff. Izi zidayimira kusintha kokondera kwa Donohue kuyambira zaka ziwiri zapitazo, pomwe khonsolo idagawika pakati pa omutsatira ndi a Saunders.
Ndi chiyani chinapangitsa District Council 40 kuvomera kutsutsa kwa Donohue tsopano? Malinga ndi a Marv Vike, wogwira ntchito yokonza misewu yandevu, wankhanza kuchokera ku Rock County, Wisconsin, kulowerera ndale kwa "mtedza wakumanja" kunali kodzutsa kwambiri. Vike anati: “Sitingasiye kukhala maso. "Mamembala akakumana ndi ziwawa zomwe taziwona pano ndi kuzungulira dziko lino, timafunikira atsogoleri omwe atha kutithandiza kumanganso mgwirizanowu kuyambira pansi, boma ndi boma, mzinda ndi mzinda, chigawo ndi chigawo. .”
Ngakhale kuti Donohue adatsindika mbiri yake monga membala wogwira ntchito wa CSEA/AFSCME, asanakweze maudindo ake apamwamba mu 1994. Saunders watsindika udindo wake pa maudindo angapo omwe adasankhidwa, kuphatikizapo kukhala trasti wa AFSCME District Council. 37 ku New York City italowa m'katangale kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990. Saunders alonjeza kulimbikitsa mgwirizano womwe ulipo wa AFSCME ndi magulu omwe si ogwira ntchito "kupulumutsa penshoni, kuthetsa chinsinsi, ndikuletsa kuchepetsa bajeti kuzungulira dzikolo." Amadzudzula a Donohue chifukwa cholephera kukana mgwirizano wa CSEA womwe bwanamkubwa Andrew Cuomo adapempha chaka chatha komanso osakonzekera mamembala atsopano (ngakhale CSEA inagwirizana ndi bungwe lina kuti likonzekere osamalira ana 60,000 zaka zisanu zapitazo).
Donohue adatsutsa kuti McEntee ndi chitetezo chake, Saunders, adangoyang'ana kwambiri ndale mkati mwa Beltway. Monga Donohue adauza mtolankhani wa In These Times Mike Elk mu February, "Sitinachite zambiri monga momwe tikanayenera kuchitira pokulitsa mphamvu za mabungwe a boma m'dziko lonselo. Sitinakhale anzeru. Sindikuganiza kuti tiyenera kuvomereza a Democrat aliyense chifukwa ndi a Democrat Nthawi zina, ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kuyang'ananso kuvomereza ma Republican pamlingo wakuboma akamatithandizira.
Kuyambira pomwe adasankhidwa koyamba zaka ziwiri zapitazo, Saunders ayesa kukweza mbiri yake pagulu. Masika ano, iye ndi McEntee adasindikizanso buku (lothandizidwa ndi mzimu), Nthawi Yaikulu Yamsewu: Kumenyera Kubwerera Kuti Mupulumutse American Dream. Yopezeka ku Nation Books, ikufotokoza za kuukira kwa ndale kwa ogwira ntchito m'boma ndipo ikufuna "kulembetsa anthu aku America ambiri pankhondo yopulumutsa moyo wa dziko lathu ndikubwezeretsanso mphamvu kwa anthu."
Mphamvu kwa Anthu?
Sikuti aliyense m'misasa yonse iwiri amakonda kupereka "mphamvu kwa anthu" mkati AFSCME, komabe. Utsogoleri wopikisana nawo umachokera ku mapiko omwewo a AFSCME bureaucracy omwe adayamba kumenyana wina ndi mzake mu 2010, patatha zaka zambiri za kusagwirizana pakati pa McEntee ndi Lucy. Monga momwe zimakhalira nthawi zambiri mu ndale za mgwirizano, kubwereza kwa Donohue-Saunders kwachititsa kuti pakhale kusamvana kwachilendo pamlingo wamba.
Kumpoto kwa California, wokonzanso wina wa AFSCME (yemwe adapempha kuti asadziwike) akuti "adaukiridwa ndi nthumwi zapadziko lonse za AFSCME ndi gulu lawo laling'ono la otsatira okhazikika komanso okonda mwayi" pomwe iye ndi ena "adayesa kubweretsa demokalase" kwa mamembala ake 5,000. m'deralo antchito a boma. Tsopano ena mwa adani ake amgwirizano wam'mbuyomu akuthandizira a Donohue kotero, malinga ndi membalayu, "mbali yomwe ikupita patsogolo kwambiri pa mkanganowu mkati mwa AFSCME ndi gulu la Lee Saunders."
Kathyrn Lybarger, wolima dimba ku Yunivesite ya California-Berkeley komanso wolimbikitsa ntchito kumanzere, adasankhidwa mu Novembala watha kukhala Purezidenti wa Local 21,000 wokhala ndi mamembala 3299 pamwambo wokonzanso womwe umatchedwa "Mamembala Choyamba." Monga kalata yochokera ku Detroit Zolemba Zantchito Adanenanso, ogwira ntchito ku yunivesite okhumudwa adachotsa Lakesha Harrison, "mnzake wakale" wa Lee Saunders, yemwe adakambirana zobwezera ndipo adalephera kulumikizana ndi udindo. "Mothandizidwa ndi AFSCME International, Harrison ndi wachiwiri kwa purezidenti adachitanso kampeni yosintha malamulo am'deralo kuti aziika mphamvu m'manja mwawo," malinga ndi Labor Notes.
Pamene akuluakulu asanu mwa akuluakulu asanu ndi mmodzi adagonjetsedwa ndi 5 mpaka 6, Harrison ndi anzake adayesa kutsekera omwe adapambana mu ofesi ya mgwirizanowu ndipo adapereka "milandu yonyenga yomwe cholinga chake ndi kupanga utsogoleri wapadziko lonse kuti abwezeretse Harrison." (Kupempha kwawo komaliza pachisankho kudzamvedwa pamsonkhano wachigawo wa Los Angeles.)
Mu Epulo, Lybarger ndi gulu latsopano la 3299 adachita kuyankhulana kwa foni kwa mphindi 30 ndi a Donohue ndi Saunders. Malinga ndi Lybarger, "Donohue adanena zinthu zomwe ine ndekha ndimaganiza kuti gulu langa limvera." Koma voti yovomereza a Saunders inali yogwirizana komanso yotsutsana pang'ono. "Saunders adafikira kwathu - osati m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayi koma makamaka zisanachitike," adatero Lybarger. “Pali zambiri zomanganso zomwe tikuyenera kuchita. Tikuyesanso kupambana nkhondo yayikulu ndi bwana wamkulu wachitatu m'boma. " (Atafunsidwa za kuvomerezedwa ndi pulezidenti ndi gulu lomwe lasankhidwa kumene la okonzanso mabungwe am'deralo, mlangizi wa Donohue adanenanso kuti 3299 idangokumbatira a Saunders kuti apewe kuyikidwa pansi pa utsogoleri kapena kutaya thandizo la mgwirizano wamayiko pa kampeni yake ya mgwirizano wa 2012.)
Ngakhale Socialists Savomereza
Pakadali pano, ku Chicago, mkulu wina wakumanzere wakumanzere amakonda (pa "zoyipa zochepa") woyimira pulezidenti mothandizidwa ndi atsogoleri omwewo a Illinois AFSCME Council omwe nthawi zambiri samagwirizana nawo. Steve Edwards, pulezidenti wotsala pang'ono wopuma pantchito wa AFSCME Local 2858, wapezeka pamisonkhano isanu ndi inayi; ku Los Angeles, akuthandizira Donohue chifukwa "Danny siwolowa m'malo mwa Gerry McEntee." Wogwira ntchito yazaumoyo komanso membala wa Socialist Alternative, Edward ndi wotsutsa kwanthawi yayitali mkati mwa District Council 31, omwe akuluakulu awo, Henry Bayer ndi Roberta Lynch, ndi othandizira a Donohue pagulu lalikulu la AFSCME komanso othandizira a Democratic Party. Pamsonkhano womaliza wa AFSCME, Edwards adalankhula mawu olandilidwa bwino kuchokera pansi ponena kuti "ubale wa AFSCME ndi a Democrats ndi wovuta kwambiri kotero kuti sitingathe kutsutsana pafunso lofunika kwambiri kwa migwirizano - malingaliro okhawo omwe ali. zomwe zimaloledwa pamisonkhano yathu ndizomwe zimavomerezedwa ndi gulu lina la Democratic Party. "
"Zikuwoneka kuti a Donohue akufuna kuchoka ku Democratic National Committee," akutero a Edwards. Koma "adaseka mokweza mawu a Donohue okha kulandira malipiro a $295,00 pachaka ngati atasankhidwa kukhala pulezidenti”—chifukwa chakuti zimenezo zikanapatsabe mtsogoleri wa CSEA ndalama zokwana madola 90,000 pachaka m’malipiro ake ophatikizana amakono. Edwards akuti malipiro ake adakwana $62,000 chaka chatha - kuyandikira kwambiri zomwe amapeza mamembala a AFSCME. M'malo amipikisano komanso kukhazikika kwa mabungwe aboma, a Edward akuti "sakumva chisoni" ndi malipiro apamwamba komanso zopindulitsa ku likulu la AFSCME.
Monga purezidenti, mwachitsanzo, McEntee wakhala akusangalala ndi ntchito za woyendetsa wanthawi zonse pagalimoto yake yamgwirizano, kuphatikiza AFSCME yalipira maulendo apandege okwera mtengo komanso zaka zakuyenda kalasi yoyamba kubwera ndi mtsogolo pakati pa Washington, DC ndi McEntee komwe amakhala ku Naples. , Florida. Malipiro ake onse tsopano akuposa $500,000 pachaka, pamene Saunders amalandira $310,000 pachaka (pamodzi ndi $123,000 ina ya ndalama zake ndi zopindulitsa). Ngakhale wothandizira wanthawi yayitali wa McEntee, a Paul Booth- komanso mtsogoleri wanthawi imodzi wa Students for a Democratic Society- amapanga pafupifupi $240,000 pachaka, malipiro ochulukirapo kuposa mabungwe akuluakulu amakampani monga Auto Workers, Steel Workers, and Communications Workers amalipira. atsogoleri adziko!
Pansi pa kusintha kwa malamulo a Donohue, malipiro a mlembi wa AFSCME amatsika mpaka kotala la miliyoni miliyoni chaka chilichonse. Atafunsidwa za izi ndi mamembala a Council 40 mu Epulo, a Saunders anakana kunena ngati akugwirizana ndi kuvomera kwa akuluakulu aboma kuti achepetse malipiro - kusuntha kwa lamba komwe sikungayenerere kukhala "kufanana kwa nsembe" pomwe mamembala ambiri a AFSCME akuvutika ndi kudulidwa. kapena kumaundana kuzungulira dziko.
Kodi Demokalase Ikugwira Ntchito?
Pamene msonkhano wa sabata yamawa ukuyandikira, mbali zonse ziwiri pakulimbana kwa utsogoleri zikugulitsana milandu yokhudza kusankha kosayenera-kupitilira mkangano pakati pa Saunders ndi Donohue wokhudza njira zovota zaka ziwiri zapitazo ku Boston. Mamembala a bungwe lalikulu la AFSCME akhala nthawi yayitali kuyambira Januware akukangana wina ndi mnzake za malamulo omwe adzakhale pamsonkhanowu. Kusamvana kwabuka (ndipo kwina sikunathe) pa oyang'anira zisankho, udindo wa ogwira ntchito m'mabungwe omwe amatumikira monga nthumwi, ndi momwe nthumwi ziyenera kumasulidwa "kuvotera kwa block" ndi anthu akumalo awo ngati asankha kuponya mavoti ochepa kwa munthu wina. (zomwe msasa wa Donohue umati nthumwi zochokera kumadera ena, monga 3299, zidzachita akafika ku Los Angeles).
Onse omwe akupikisana ndi korona wa AFSCME agwirizana, makamaka, kuti azitsutsana wina ndi mzake pamsonkhano-zochitika mu demokalase zomwe zingakhale chitsanzo kwa mabungwe ena kuti atsatire (ngati zitero, zikuchitikadi). Koma zikuwulula kuti palibe woyimira pulezidenti yemwe amavomereza kuti mamembala onse a AFSCME avotere akuluakulu a mgwirizanowu, mtundu wa demokalase wamkati wochitidwa ndi mabungwe ochepa chabe a ogwira ntchito m'mayiko. Ngakhale kuti njira yosankha utsogoleri ya munthu mmodzi/voti imodzi imabweretsa mavuto akeake, yathandiza kubweretsa kusintha kwakukulu kwa United Mine Workers ndi Teamsters, m'malo osiyanasiyana m'mbuyomu. Ndipo ndichifukwa chakuti zimatengera mphamvu zopangira zisankho kuchokera m'manja mwa zikwi zingapo za nthumwi zamgwirizano wamderalo pa msonkhano waukulu wolamulidwa ndi omwe ali ndi udindo ndikuyika mphamvuzo m'manja mwa osankhidwa. Ngati zotsatira za nkhondo ya Saunders-Donohue ndizofanana ndi zomwe zinali ku Boston zaka ziwiri zapitazo, othandizira a Donohue akhoza kukhala otembenuka atsopano ku njira ya demokalase.
Steve Early ndi mtolankhani wazantchito, loya, komanso wokonza nthawi yayitali yemwe wathandizira osintha mabungwe mu Mine Workers, Teamsters, Steelworkers, Communications Workers, Service Employees, ndi mabungwe ena. Iye ndi mlembi, posachedwapa, wa Nkhondo Zapachiweniweni ku US Labor kuchokera ku Haymarket Books.
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