Vatungamiriri venzvimbo vakasiyana-siyana vari kuita chikumbiro chekubvisa maofficial ehurumende eAmerican Postal Workers Union - uye danho harina kukwira.
"Tiri pamharadzano dzenzira," akadaro Mark Dimondstein, mumiriri weMutungamiri weChikwata Chekutanga. โChikuru chehondo iyi yose ndechekuti hofisi yeposvo ichave yakabikiswa zvoiswa kumasangano anoita purofiti nemabasa anobhadharwa zvishoma, asiri emubatanidzwaโkana kuramba riri sangano rehurumende rinoshandira vanhu vose uye rinochengeta zvakanaka. -kubhadhara mubatanidzwa mabasa."
Hakusi kuwedzerera. Vashandi veposvo vari kurwisana wave after wave of attackโ mahofisi eposvo uye kurongedza zvirimwa closing, shanda privatizing, zviyero zvekutumira eroding. Bhiri razvino uno rakashata rakamirira muCongress raizouraya kutumirwa kwetsamba neMugovera, kutsiva imba neimba nenzvimbo yekutenderera uye yemunharaunda "cluster box" sevhisi, uye kurambidza vashandi-inoremekedzwa nguva-yekuregeresa clause kubva kune ramangwana zvibvumirano.
"Hatisati taona chero munhu panguva ino achikwanisa kumisa mukuru weposvo," akadaro Debby Szeredy, mutungamiri wenzvimbo muMid-Hudson Valley, New York, uye kukwikwidza mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika.
Uyezve, mubatanidzwa akaita zvibvumirano zvinoshamisa muna 2010-kusanganisira matatu-tier sisitimu inofambisa mihoro mitsva munzvimbo inobhadharwa yakaderera, perma-temp.
"Ikondirakiti inodzoreredza inotidzosera kumashure makore makumi matatu kana makumi mana," akadaro Tony McKinnon, mutungamiri wenzvimbo muFayetteville, North Carolina, achirwira mutungamiriri wehukama hwemaindasitiri. "Tinofanira kuedza kumisa kubuda ropa."
Dimondstein aive purezidhendi weGreensboro yake, North Carolina, yemuno kwemakore gumi nemaviri uye murongi anotungamira weAPWU kwemakore gumi. Munguva pfupi yapfuura akabatanidza nharaunda Jobs with Justice chitsauko uye nharaunda-posvo mushandi mubatanidzwa.
THREE-TIER CONTRACT
Nhengo dzeAPWU dzinosanganisira vangangosvika mazana maviri ezviuru vevashandi vekuchengetedza, vatyairi vemarori, uye mabharani, vane mabasa anotangira pakugadzira tsamba muzvirimwa kusvika pakutengesa zvitambi mumapositi. Mamwe masangano matatu anomiririra vamwe vese vashandi, kusanganisira vatakuri vetsamba uye vanobata tsamba.
Kusiyana nemasangano mazhinji, chinzvimbo uye faira reAPWU rinosarudza zvakananga maofficial emunyika kuburikidza nemavhoti etsamba, ayo achatumirwa kunhengo Gunyana 10. Vanotungamira vanodaidzwa kuti Leadership Team.
Ani nani anosarudzwa mukudonha uku achabvumira chibvumirano che2015. Vamiriri Vekutanga vanovimbisa kubuda pachena nezvezvekondirakiti, ruoko rwakasimba nemaneja โ uye kuunganidza nhengo.
Vashandi venguva pfupi, vava kunzi "vashandi veposvo vanotsigira," vakazoitwa nhengo dzemubatanidzwa muchibvumirano chekupedzisira, asi mabasa avo achiri akaipa-mubairo wakaderera, mibairo isina simba, chengetedzo yebasa shoma-uye zvimiro zvavo zvakakura kusvika kunosvika 16 muzana yevashandi veAPWU. Ese mahire matsva anofanira kuuya nenzira iyoyo, pamadhora gumi nemaviri kusvika pamadhora gumi nemashanu paawa.
Iyo federal hiring preference yaiwanzoita USPS nzvimbo yeveterans kuti vawane basa rakanaka, rakabatana. Asi iyo PSE track inoita kuti sarudzo dzisanyanya kudiwa. Kunyangwe muFayetteville, kumusha kuFort Bragg, ichangoburwa ye120 yaisanganisira vana kana vashanu veti, akadaro McKinnon.
Iyo nyowani yepakati tier yakadzikisa mihoro yevashandi vebasa. Munhu akazara paLevel 6 aitangira pamadhora anodarika 40,000 35,000 pagore; iyo yakaderera kusvika ku $40, tichitora 30-awa vhiki. Uye maawa makumi matatu zvino anogona kunzi "nguva isiri yechinyakare yakazara" (nzira yekutenderera nhamba yevasina-nguva) - saka mubhadharo we "nguva yakazara" unogona kutanga kungopfuura $26,000.
Mutungamiri weAPWU Cliff Guffey anoti kondirakiti "yakafambira mberi" pazvinhu zvepamusoro: kuchengetedza mabhenefiti nedziviriro yekusiya basa, uye kuhwina zvine mwero kukwidza nhengo dziripo. "Zvingaite senge zvakawandisa," akanyora pawebhusaiti yeChikwata cheVatungamiri, asi vashandi mune mamwe maindasitiri vane zvishoma.
Mushure mekunge APWU yabvumirana nematanho matatu, mamwe matatu masangano eposvo akapedzisira atora mamwe mabvumirano akafanana-kunyangwe Letter Carriers yakarwa nayo, ichiramba maviri-tier kudzamara yaiswa nemutongi. (Vachiri kuwana dhiri iri nani pane APWU pakupedzisira: mibairo mitsva inotanga yakaderera pane vatakuri vetsamba ikozvino, asi mubhadharo wavo wepamusoro wakafanana.)
"Mubatanidzwa haufanirwe kunge uchitengesa pfupi chizvarwa chiri kuuya," akadaro Dimondstein. "Tinofanirwa kugara tichitsvaga kusimudzira uye kufambira mberi."
VANHU VANOTAMISA CONGRESS
Parizvino, hapachina mabasa mazhinji matsva ekuva nawo, zvakadaro-sezvo zvidyarwa nemapositi pavharwa (kana โkubatanidzaโ) uye nhengo dzakadzingwa dzinopinda munzvimbo dzinowanikwa. Vamiriri venhengo dzekutanga vanoti vatungamiri venyika havasi kuita zvakakwana kubatsira vagari vemunzvimbo iyi kurwa.
โNdinofunga kuti vakanda mapfumo pasi,โ akadaro Szeredy. "Hatigone kungogara toti zvapera."
Szeredy's chirimwa chimwe che55 pacheki block inotenderera. Machekirwo acho haana kana musoro mune zvemari, akati: USPS iri "kushandisa mari semvura" pakugadzirisa kugadzirira shuffle. Kutakura tsamba nerori kure kunozogadzira domino mhedzisiro yekunonoka uye kuunganidza mari yakawandisa.
Akasangana nevatungamiriri vemubatanidzwa kune dzimwe zvirimwa zvakanangwa, akamhan'arira kuPostal Regulatory Commission, uye akamuunza congressman kuti apupure.
Asi zvisinei nekuedza kwaSzeredy nezvimwe homwe dzekupikisa kutenderedza nyika โ guta rematende muBerkeley, chirimwa chinogara-mukati muSalem, Oregon โ machekwa acho ari kuenderera mberi.
Kuisa mabhureki kunoda congressional action, sezvo USPS ichinzi inhamo yemari imhosva yeCongress. Ingano dzeakaundendi, mhedzisiro yemutemo wa2006 waida kuti mabhenefiti ezvehutano akasiya basa apihwe mari makore 75 ari mberi.
Kugadzirisa-iyo mabhiri anopera mukomiti. APWU 'drumbeat meseji yevatungamiriri: lobby. Guffey anorumbidza mubatanidzwa we "usingaenzaniswi nevezvenhau mushandirapamwe - wakazara nemashambadziro eTV."
Dimondstein anoda kubatanidza "vakarega basa, vakuru, kunyange masangano ebhizinesi, masangano anorwira kodzero dzevanhu, mapoka evakarwa hondo, uye zvichingodaro, kuvaka bato rekudzivirira posvo - nekuti isu tinofunga kuti Congress inofamba kana vanhu vatama."
Mubatanidzwa wakadaro haufanire kudzivirira mabasa akanaka chete, asiwo basa regutsaruzhinji rePostal Service, akadaro Clint Burelson, purezidhendi wenzvimbo yeOlympia, Washington, achimirira mutungamiriri wemabasa emabharani. Zvinogona kuda kuti USPS ideredze mareti ekutumira kune vadiki nevasina purofiti uye vape yakachengeteka, inokwanisika kuwana email kune veruzhinji.
Zvisinei nekufona kubva kune vanorwira nhengo, masangano mana eposvo haana vakaita chiito chenyika pamwe chete kubvira 2011. Guffey "akaramba pachena kurwira kuchengetedza kutakura kwemazuva matanhatu," achizviona senyaya yevatakuri vetsamba, akadaro Dimondstein. "Pfungwa yekuti tine kurwa kwakasiyana, ndiko kukamuranisa uye kukunda."
KUpfurwa
Nhengo dzeSlate vese vakuru vakuru mumatunhu kana emunharaunda APWU zvitsauko, vanofamba nenyika padivi ravo kuti vataure nenhengo pamagedhi ezvirimwa.
Mutungamiri wekare William Burrus, akasiya basa muna 2010, akavatsigira. Burrus anga achitsoropodza pachena chibvumirano chaakataurirana nemutsivi wake, kunyanya mihoro yakaderedzwa yechizvarwa chinotevera chevashandi vebasa.
Mushandirapamwe weMembers First hausi kuratidzirawo zvako; vanotenda kuti vane pfuti yakanaka yekuhwina. "Kubva pane zvakaitwa nenhengo dzeAPWU, tine tarisiro huru yekuti vanhu vakagadzirira kuita shanduko huru," akadaro Dimondstein.
Vari pamudyandigere vanoumba chikamu chinosvika makumi maviri kubva muzana chevanokodzera kuvhota. Matambudziko akakosha akatarisana navo, Dimondstein akadaro, anosanganisira kurwiswa kuri kuuya kuhurongwa hwehutano hwevashandi uye "kudzivirira kutakura kwemazuva matanhatu - izvo isu tese tinoda sevatengi, uye nekukura kwatinoita ndipo patinonyanya kuda."
"Tinogara tichitaura zvatinoda, asi tichazviwana sei?" Burelson akadaro. "Zvakare unozviwana nekukonzera dambudziko neimwe nzira."
Kuti udzidze zvakawanda, kushanya Nhengo dzeAPWU Kutanga kana kufonera 336-210-2229. Kuverengwa kwemavhoti kunotanga musi wa7 Gumiguru.
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