Sabrina Chaumette ndi wokhala ku Oakland, CA komanso ali ndi chilolezo
chipatala ndi membala wa National Union of
Ogwira Ntchito Zaumoyo (NUHW) ku Kaiser Permanente's Oakland
Medical Center. Zaka theka la khumi ndi ziwiri zapitazi zakhala nkhondo
pakati pa California HMO behemoth ndi chisamaliro chake chachipatala
ogwira ntchito. Pakhala kumenyedwa ndi kuwopseza kunyalanyazidwa, kumenyana ndi makontrakitala
ndi kukanidwa kwa mgwirizano; kunyalanya kotseguka kwa chilimwe chatha kunatenga khumi
masabata; NUHW idapambana maulamuliro ambiri, koposa zonse pazantchito
ndi ndandanda, kuphatikizapo MLK Jr. Tsiku lopuma ndi malipiro.
Chaumette wakhala ku Kaiser zaka 14. Ndipo iye wadutsa
zonse, koma nkhani imodzi yakhala yofunika kwambiri kwa iye. Martin Luther
Tsiku lobadwa la King lakhala tchuthi chadziko lonse kuyambira 1986 koma pano
California zikwizikwi za ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo sanakhale ndi tsiku lopuma, tiyeni
yekha ndi malipiro.
Zaka ziwiri zapitazo, Kaiser adauza antchito ake kuti aphatikiza a MLK
tsiku lobadwa ngati tchuthi cholipidwa mu mgwirizano wake wotsatira, 2022, posachedwa abwerera
pankhaniyi, ponena kuti sinali nthawi yoyenera. Poyankha, madokotala
ku zipatala za Kaiser ku Oakland ndi Richmond adawopseza
menyani. Kaiser adalonjezanso kuchitapo kanthu patchuthicho. Ochiritsa
atakwiya ndi lonjezo loyamba losweka adaganiza zongoyenda
kusiya ntchito pa tsiku lobadwa la MLK, 2022, kukakamiza dzanja la Kaiser.
Kuyendetsa kuti Kaiser azindikire Holiday ya King anali
motsogozedwa ndi komiti ya NUHW's Racial Justice & Equity Committee, komwe
Ochiritsa adazindikira tsiku la Martin Luther King ngati tchuthi cholipira
Chofunika kwambiri pothana ndi kusankhana mitundu mkati mwa Kaiser.
Chifukwa chiyani tchuthi ndi chofunikira kwambiri kwa Chaumette? Chifukwa chiyani?
Chaumette ndi anzawo akugunda Kaiser, kampani yayikulu yomwe ili ndi
osayenera mbiri yaufulu? Nawa mayankho ake.
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Nthawi zonse ndimagwira ntchito tsiku la MLK chifukwa momwe Kaiser adachitira MLK
Tsiku linali losiyana ndi maholide ena. Kuti muchotse, mumayenera kuwononga
tsiku lochita ntchito zamagulu kwinakwake. Simukuyenera kuchita
utumiki wa Tsiku la Khrisimasi kapena Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano kapena Thanksgiving.
Monga wothandizira zaumoyo wakuda ku Kaiser Permanente, ndatero
nthawi zonse ndimachita manyazi ndikapatsa odwala anga akuda nthawi yokumana
pa Tsiku la Martin Luther King Jr. Amandifunsa chifukwa chake ndikugwira ntchito, ndi
ndikawauza kuti si tchuthi cholipidwa ku Kaiser, amandifunsa kuti, โMotani
Kaiser angachite zimenezo? Kodi bungweli silikudziwa kuti izi ndizofunikira?"
Chifukwa chake, wodwala akusankha kuchedwetsa kuyitanitsa kuti awone Wakuda
dokotala akhoza kukhudzidwa ndi kusakhulupirira thanzi la maganizo
dongosolo lomwe lili ndi mbiri yosachiza odwala akuda mwachikhalidwe
njira yoyenera. Mwachitsanzo, osavomereza njira systemic
kusankhana mitundu, mbiri ya tsankho, zofiira, apolisi poyendera Black
madera akhoza kuwasiya ali otetezedwa kwambiri kuti asalowe m'malo ambiri
matenda amisala m'chipatala chamkati chomwe chilibe chokwanira
opereka chithandizo omwe amawoneka ngati amayi awo, abambo, abale ndi alongo awo.
Monga katswiri wazachipatala cha Black mental health, ndiyenera kudziyendera ndekha
zokumana nazo za tsankho pamene ndikugwira ntchito yondigwira
kuvulala kwapagulu. Ndi udindo womwe ndimaukonda. Koma ndi
komanso katundu wovuta paphewa. Ndinali ndi nkhawa pamene timu yathu
anataya Black Therapist. Koma ndidadziwa kuti adayenera kupita chifukwa adapitako
anachita zonse zomwe akanatha, ndipo sanathenso kuchita. Iwo ankayenera kutero
dzisamalire okha. Ndimachita zonse zomwe ndingathe kuti ndithandize odwala anga. Ndabwera
m'mayambiriro, kukhala mochedwa, buku iwo pamene ine ndiyenera kuchita mapepala anga kapena
apatseni mphindi zisanu zophunzitsira pafoni - chilichonse chowathandiza kumva
kugwirizana ndi ine. Koma ndi kulemedwa koopsa kudziwa kuti simungathe
perekani odwala anu chisamaliro chomwe akufunikira.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake kutsatira kuphedwa kwa George Floyd, anzanga
ku Oakland ndi Richmond adalumikizana ndi oyang'anira a Kaiser za
pomaliza kuchitapo kanthu kuthana ndi tsankho komanso kuthandizira thandizo
madokotala amitundu ndikupereka chithandizo chabwino chamankhwala kwa odwala a
mtundu.
Chinthu chokha chimene akuluakulu a Kaiser adagwirizana kuti achite chinali kupanga
Martin Luther King Jr. Tsiku latchuthi lolipidwa kwa azachipatala mu
2022. Ndiyeno zambiri za chaka zimadutsa ndi kuzungulira November 2021
utsogoleri udatumiza uthenga wonena kuti adalakwitsa - kuti iwo
analibe chilolezo choti apange chomaliza. Ndipo kotero, miyezi yonseyi ife
takhala tikukhulupirira kuti tipeza tsiku la MLK. Ngati amfumu anena
inu kuti muli ndi MLK Day kuchoka, si miseche. Zinamveka ngati izi
njira ina yodzimva kuti wachotsedwa ntchito.
Ndinalira pamsonkhano wa ogwira ntchito nditamva nkhaniyi. Zinamveka ngati mbama mkati
nkhope kwa anthu amdera lomwe timatumikira komanso kwa ife ngati chisamaliro chaumoyo cha Anthu akuda
akatswiri. Ndi chisankho chomwe chimauza odwala a Kaiser ndi
antchito ake kuti sitilemekeza moyo Black - kuti
zonse zomwe Kaiser akunena za chilungamo cha mafuko ndikungolankhula chabe.
Chimodzi mwa cholowa cha King ndi ntchito yomwe adachita kuti asagawane athu
zipatala ndi chisamaliro chathu chaumoyo. Pamsonkhano wa atolankhani mu 1966, mu
kugwirizana ndi msonkhano wapachaka wa Medical Committee for Human
Ufulu, iye anati, โMwa mitundu yonse ya kusalingana, kupanda chilungamo kwa thanzi ndiko
zodabwitsa komanso zopanda umunthu. โ
Ife omwe timapereka chithandizo chamankhwala kwa Kaiser in
Oakland ndi Richmond adaganiza kuti sitigwira ntchito pa Martin
Tsiku la Luther King Jr. 2022. Tikhala tikugunda - osati chifukwa cha Kaiser
adabwereranso pamawu ake kuti pamapeto pake apange tsiku lobadwa la Martin Luther King Jr
holide yolipira kwa ife, koma chifukwa Kaiser akukanabe kulankhula
kusankhana mitundu ndikugwira ntchito nafe kupereka chisamaliro choyenera kwa onse
madera oponderezedwa. Ku Oakland, mzinda womwe munthu 1 mwa 4 ali
Black, Kaiser ali ndi asing'anga asanu okha a Black mental health pa wamkulu wake
timu. Ngakhale timapereka chithandizo chamankhwala, zimamveka ngati ndife
Mtengo wa MASH.
Ndikuwabweza, ndinangomva kuti zachuluka. Iwo anasunga
kutipempha kuti tipepese chifukwa chosakhudzidwa ndi anthu ammudzi. Izo basi
zinkawoneka ngati sitiraka inali chinthu choyenera kuchita. Kaiser CEO Greg Adams
kenako adatumiza imelo kwa ogwira ntchito kulengeza kuti Kaiser apanga
Martin Luther King Jr. Tsiku la tchuthi cholipidwa kwa antchito onse a Kaiser -
koma osati mpaka 2023, pafupifupi zaka 40 litakhala tchuthi cha federal
patatha zaka khumi kuchokera pamene mgwirizano wathu, National Union of Healthcare
Antchito, choyamba anapempha icho.
Ndizovuta kukhulupirira kuti Kaiser akanachitapo kanthu ngati ife
tinali tisanalengeze kuti tikumenya Martin Luther King
Jr. Tsiku. Ndipo, ndizovuta kuti tikhulupirire kuti Kaiser atenga chilichonse
njira zazikulu zowongolera zikhalidwe za othandizira ndi odwala
mtundu ngati sitipitiriza kukakamiza.
Ndimanyadira chifukwa palibe amene anganene kuti sindinatero
kuyimira chinachake. Ine ndikukhulupirira ife tinachita izo monga gulu la mgwirizano, chifukwa ine
sanakhulupirire kuti Kaiser sakanabweranso ndipo anati โsitiri
zakonzekera 2023. "
Pamene ndinalankhula ndi madokotala ena akuda za zomwe iwo ali
akukonzekera kuchita pa MLK Day [mwezi watha, Januware 2023], adatero
konzekerani kupuma. Monga ine ndikuganiza za izo tsopano, chifukwa ife tikulimbana kwambiri
kuvulala m'dera lathu, kupuma ndikofunikira. Tili ndi katundu wambiri
za anthu omwe amafuna kugwira ntchito ndi ife - choncho katundu wathu ndi
zolemetsa kwambiri. Tatopa ndipo ndife ochepa kwambiri kuti tinyamule ochuluka
odwala pamene tikuyesera kutumikira.
Timafuna kuwatumikira chifukwa zimene zimawachitikira zingatheke
zichitike kwa ife, kwa ine. Ndine mayi wa ana aamuna atatu akuluakulu. Pamene iwo
kuchoka panyumba, ndimayesetsa kuti ndisaganizire mozama za iwo ndi maulendo awo.
Ndi mantha anga aakulu kuti iwo adzakhala mbiri osati kubwera kunyumba.
Pamene anali achinyamata, tinkayeserera mmene tingawaletsere
apolisi. Ndinkadana ndi kuwachotsera kusalakwa kwawo. Koma ndinayenera kuwasunga
moyo. Momwemonso makolo omwe ndimawatumikira. Pambuyo powombera apolisi, ambiri mwa iwo
ntchito yopwetekedwa mtima yomwe ndikuchita ndi ya makolo akuda omwe amadandaula za awo
ana akuchoka panyumba. Iwo ali pafupifupi anakhala ndi mantha. Izi ndi
kuyankha mopwetekedwa mtima. Nawonso akuyesetsa kuuza ana awo mmene angakhalire
amoyo ndipo ndizoyipa kuti tichite izi. Izi ndi zomwe zili choncho
zomvetsa chisoni za ntchito yanga ndi chifukwa chake MLK Tsiku ili ndi tsiku lopuma, kotero
kuti Lachiwiri ndikhoza kubwerabe.
Chifukwa chake, pa MLK Day 2022 tidachitapo kanthu. Zinali gulu lodabwitsa
kumverera kuyenda limodzi ndi anthu chifukwa inu nonse mumakhulupirira
chinachake ndipo mukuchita ngati gulu ndipo nonse mumakhulupirira kuti ndi choncho
chabwino, ngakhale mukudziwa kuti zimabwera pamtengo kwa inu. Inu mulipo
popanda malipiro, ndipo muyenera kusintha odwala anu. Koma pamene ine
khulupirirani china chake ndipo chimamveka bwino - kwa ine palibe china choti ndichite
kuchita.
Ndikuganiza kuti zidalimba ndi anthu omwe adanyanyala ntchito
chifukwa adakhulupirira zomwe tikuchita ndipo zidali zogwirizana.
Ngakhale kuti ndinali mmodzi wa madokotala atatu a Black ku Oakland, kumeneko
anali anthu onse awa omwe anali ogwirizana omwe adawonekera kwa ine, ndipo iwo
sankayenera kutero. Adandiwonekera ndipo adawonekera kwa iwo
makasitomala.
Lolemba, Januware 16, 2023 onse ogwira ntchito ku Kaiser, koyamba
nthawi, adalandira tsiku la Martin Luther King Jr. ngati tchuthi cholipidwa.
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Kuyankhulana uku kudasinthidwa kuchokera ku op ed ndi kuyankhulana.
Komanso onani, https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-strike-at-kaiser-
akupitiliza/
NUHW ndi mgwirizano watsopano. Kuyambira mu 2009, tsopano
ili ndi mamembala 16,000 mzipatala ndi zipatala kuchokera ku Eureka kupita ku San Diego.
Mwezi uno, mwezi wa Black History, webusaitiyi imalemekeza Black Change
Opanga: onani mawu a NUHW pa Mwezi wa Mbiri Yakuda, "Kukondwerera
Mbiri Yakuda," NUHW.org.:
"Gulu lathu likukhazikika pakulimbana komwe kukuchitika kuti tigwirizane
ufulu ndi kufanana kwathunthu. Ndipo, ntchito yathu sidzatha mpaka ife
pangani dongosolo lazaumoyo lodana ndi tsankho lomwe limathandizira osamalira mokwanira
ndi odwala amitundu ndipo amapatsa odwala onse chikhalidwe-
chisamaliro chomvera.
"NUHW sikanakhalapo popanda khama ndi kudzipereka kwa
Mamembala akuda ndi a Brown komanso kudzoza komwe tonse timapeza kuchokera ku
atsogoleri omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe akale ndi amasiku ano. Timalemekeza miyoyo ndi
cholowa cha amene adadza patsogolo pathu naonekera pakati pathu, ndi ife
tikukulandirani kuti muthandizire ndikudziwa ntchito yawo. โ
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