U
-FCW!
Safeway, tiri kuuya!โ akaimba mazana eUFCW
nhengo nevakuru pamusangano wakaitwa musi wa14 Kurume paILWU
Local 10 Hall muSan Francisco. Musangano uyu waive danho rekutanga
inotorwa neBay Area UFCW veko kuti vagadzirire kupera
zvezvibvumirano zvavo izvo zvinogona kutungamira kuramwa kunotevera kudonha. Kuona
Kurova kweSouthern California uye kuvharika kwakaitika Gumiguru apfuura,
vapfumbamwe vomunharaunda vakaumba Bay Area Coalitionโsangano
iyo yakagadzira chiitiko chaMarch. Musangano weUFCW uyu wakapindwa
nevanhu 800.
The
Coalition inomiririra vashandi vangangosvika zviuru makumi mashanu kuSafeway, Albertsons,
Ralphs, Cala, Raley's, Andronicos, uye mamwe akati wandei akazvimiririra
Bay Area zvitoro. Vasere vevagari venzvimbo iyi (101, 120, 1179, 373R, 428,
648, 839, uye 870) vanogovana kondirakiti huru inopera munaGunyana
11, 2004. Pakapinda boka rekubhora reILWU mumusangano richifora
kuumbwa, vakaburitsa simba idzva.
โMaodzanyemba
California yakatanga hondo ya2004 uye tichaikunda,โ
akadaro Local 839 Shop Steward Dorothy Smith. Manzwiro e
musangano waive wakanyanya kurwira kurwira makondirakiti akanaka. โThe
vatariri vezvitoro vari kutotiudza chibvumirano kubva kuSouthern
California iri kuuya kuNorthern California, "UFCW Local 839
Mutungamiri John Briley vakayambira mukutaura kwavo kwekuvhura. Musangano
akaenderera mberi naMufundisi Phil Lawson naFr. Louis Vitale weNyika
Komiti yeInterfaith for Worker Justice, California Senator Barbara
Boxer, uye Teamsters International Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri Chuck Mack achivimbisa
rutsigiro rwechitendero neremasangano.
Chinzvimbo-uye-faira
vashandi vanobva munharaunda yega yega vakabva vataura nezvekurwiswa kuri kuuya. โIni
Ndakashanda kukoreji kuSafeway uye ndakaita mwana mwanasikana,โ
akadaro Vince Herrera weLocal 428. โNekuongororwa kwemwana
uye kubaiwa nhomba, dzihwa nenzeve dzaaive nadzo, ndairamba
iva nechikwereti nhasi dai ndisina mari yekubatsirika inokwana.โ
Nezvokudya zvemasikati zvemabhegi zvakawanda, musangano wakapinda mumisangano yakawanda
uko vakuru vakuru vemubatanidzwa vakataura nezvekodzero dzepamutemo munzvimbo yebasa
uye vakakurudzira vashandi kupfeka mapini emubatanidzwa. Nhengo dzakakurukurawo
nevamiriri vemubatanidzwa maitiro ekutyisidzira kwemakambani
uye propaganda, kusanganisira vhidhiyo yeSafeway inotyisa vashandi kubva
kurova nekutsigira mubatanidzwa.
From
musangano uyu, Coalition yakaronga zviitiko zvemunharaunda uye
madhiraivha ekudzidzisa kubasa. Jim Grogan, murongi weCoalition,
akati: โTave tichiita misangano yenguva dzose nenhengo,
kuita kuti vazive kodzero dzavo uye kutaura navo nezvazvo
zviito zvinowedzera. " Semuenzaniso, muna Kubvumbi 9, Chishanu Chakanaka,
iyo Interfaith Labor Prayer Service, mumubatanidzwa neUFCW Coalition,
akaronga zviito zvakafanana zvichitora mukana wechirevo mune yavo
chibvumirano chinoti, "Hapana mushandi acharambwa nguva yekuenda
pakati pemaawa 12:00 masikati uye 3:00 PM neChishanu Chakanaka kune
chinangwa chokupinda minamato yechitendero.โ The Good Friday chiito
muPinole, California, yakakwevera vanhu vanenge zana kusanganisira 100-60 UFCW
nhengo kubva kuLocals 588 uye 1179. Lupita, mabharani muPinole Safeway,
akati akaenda kuti azive nezve makondirakiti matsva nekuti iye
hapana chaaiziva nezvemamiriro acho ezvinhu.
In
uyezve, rutsigiro rwenharaunda rwevashandi vegirosari rwakatanga. The
Bay Area Strikers Solidarity Organisation (BASSO) iyo yakakura
yesangano rekubatana nevaramwi vegirosari vekuSouthern California,
yanga ichironga muBay Area yekubatana kwekirasi mhiri
mitsara yemaindasitiri. BASSO yakaronga chiitiko chakakosha muna Kubvumbi 2 muOakland.
Chiitiko ichi chaisanganisira hurukuro yepaneli naCraig Bague, nhengo
yeUFCW Local 1442 muSouthern California uye chikamu chekurova kwavo
simba. Mapoinzi aBague mumharidzo yake kunharaunda
yaisanganisira nyevero yakasimba: โImi varume muri kurwa kwenyu
hupenyu, vimba neni. Vanenge vachizoita nzira dzese dzakasviba dzaungagone
mufunge.โ
Mhete
akakurudzira vateereri mumashoko ake ekutanga uye akaenderera mberi:
"Vane mari yakawanda kupfuura iwe uye ndicho chikonzero,
saka pressure inofanira kuuya nyika yese. Kana kuri maboycotts
kana kuramwa mabasa, kunofanira kunge kuri munyika yose nekuti vane zvombo zvakawanda
pane octopus iyi iri kuunza mari kwavari uye vari kuenda
kuita semubatanidzwa. Zvakafanana nemurwi ari kurwa nemumwe
murwi uye achiti, 'Ini handidi kukuvadza murume uyu nekuti
tinoda kuva shamwari pashure,โ uye panguva ino anodaro
kukurovesa nehana." Bague akapedza kutaura kwake nezve
kwaunoenda kubva pano: โKufamba pamutsara wekurova kubva kwauri
Kuzvisarudzira ndiko kunoitwa neBASSO ndosaka sangano iri
kwakakosha.โ Bague akatambira nemufaro mukuru.
The
chiitiko chakapera naRichard Mellor, nhengo yeAFSCME Local 444,
achipa vateereri zvidzidzo zvezvematongerwo enyika: โMukuuya uku
chibvumirano vashandirwi vachanzwa vane chivimbo. Iyo AFL-CIO inofanirwa kugadzira
zvinozivikanwa pachena kuti kuramwa mabasa kwenyika kunoda kugadzirira
kurwisa makambani aya. Kuti tiite izvi tinofanira kutyora mutemo
mitemo inopesana nemubatanidzwa yave iripo kuchengetedza boka revashandi
akapfava.โ Iri zano rezvematongerwo enyika rakabva muzvidzidzo zve
kurova muSouthern California iyo yakanga yakamanikana uye yakasarudzika. Mellor
akanyeverawo vateereri nezvekukundikana kwekare kwekuramwa: iyo Greyhound
Kurova muna 1980, Hormel kurova muna 1986, uye Diamond Walnut
kurova mukutanga kwema1990. Kuramwa mabasa kwese uku kwakapera nekuda kwekuramwa
zvakashandiswa senzira, pane kuwedzera kuramwa mabasa munyika yose.
The
UFCW chinzvimbo-uye-faira inotya uye haina ruzivo nezve chitsva
zvibvumirano. Vashandi vakati wandei vati vachatambira chero
inopihwa, nepo vamwe vazhinji vachiti iyi ichave a
kurwa kwakasimba kwehupenyu hwavo uye havazobvuma
concessions.
izvi
kurwa kwakakosha kune simba rekuchinja kwenzvimbo yebasa mu
makore 50 anotevera. Hupfumi hweUS hwave kukwira zvishoma nezvishoma
hupfumi hwebasa uye kure nehupfumi hwekugadzira. Basa racho
indasitiri icharamba yakamira zvachose kubvira Blockbusters, McDonalds,
uye Safeway haigone kutumirwa mhiri kwemakungwa. Indasitiri yegirosari iri
imwe nharaunda yeiyi indasitiri yebasa iyo yakabatana uye inopa mabhenefiti
sezveutano nepenjeni. Nekudaro, kusanganiswa kweiyo
mubatanidzwa wemubatanidzwa haugone kubatanidza Wal-Mart uye ichangoburwa nhevedzano
yekurwiswa kweSafeway, Albertsons, uye Kroger vashandi vachasundidzira
mararamiro evanoshanda pasi.
Systemic
kurwiswa kwekirasi kuri kutungamira kune anotyisa mamiriro ekushanda mu
US Somuenzaniso, mamiriyoni 48 vanhu muUnited States havana
chero kuwana kwehutano hwehutano uye vanhu vanopfuura miriyoni imwe vanorasikirwa
inishuwarenzi yavo youtano gore negore, nepo mamwe mamiriyoni 62 ari
vachiona mabhenefiti ehutano avo aderedzwa kana kuti maprimiyamu avo achiwedzerwa.
Nekuda kwekusasvikika kuhutano hwehutano, the
New England Journal
yeMishonga
(336, nhamba 11, 1997) yakagumisa kuti vanenge 100,000 XNUMX.
vanhu vanofa muUnited States gore rega rega nekuda kwekushaikwa kwezvinodiwa
hanyaโkatatu nhamba yevanhu vakafa neAIDS.
Nhamba idzi dzakaitika kunyangwe iyo US yakashandisa 14 muzana yayo
GNP pamusoro pehutano hwehutano-kupfuura chero imwe nyika yakashambadzirwa
munyika.
A
fungu rekurwiswa kwepenjeni yezvehutano richarova Northern
California vashandi vegirosari sekukundwa muSouthern California
inopa makambani chivimbo chekuenderera mberi nekurwisa kwavo.
The
mhedzisiro yemamiriro ezvinhu aya zvinoenderana nekuti ndeapi marongero achaitwa
kukunda makambani egirosari. Kana iyo UFCW ichichengeta iyo Bay Area
kurova kwakazviparadzanisa, zvino ichatambura magumo akafanana neMaodzanyemba
California kuramwa. Safeway inofungidzira kuti Southern California
kurova kwakadhura kambani $167.5 miriyoni mupurofiti (inosanganisira 17
muzana yezvitoro zveSafeway), izvo zvisingakoshi zvichienzaniswa ne
$10.5 bhiriyoni yemadhora iyo yakawana mupurofiti yakawandisa muna 2003. The Southern
Kurova kweCalifornia kwakaratidza kuti kutsunga kubva kumarenji hakugone
iva chinotsiva zano rekukunda nemubatanidzwa. Mukuru mukuru
fungidziro yaive yekuti veSouthern California vashandi vegrocery vaive
vasingafarire kutora chikamu mukurwisana kwevashandi, asi 91 muzana
yevashandi vakaramba vachirova kusvika pakupera. Uyu akanga asiri iye
chikonzero chekugamuchira kontrakiti inotyisa kudaro.
If
iyo AFL-CIO inoronga kurwisana kwenyika kurwisa grocery
makambani, uko makambani ese aya anorohwa kusvika kumagumo uye
nharaunda inounganidzwa kuti iite mhirizhonga, ipapo
tichaona masaisai aya ekurwisa achidzokera kumashure. Sesarudzo dzaMbudzi
nzira, iyo AFL-CIO ichapa mamirioni kumushandirapamwe waKerry
uye kupa zviuru zvevazvipiri, izvo zvinogonawo kushandiswa
kutanga kugumbura chaiko kumakambani aya.
The
nguva yasvika yokuti mamiriyoni enhengo dzemubatanidzwa amirire
zano rekukunda, nekuti izvo zviri panjodzi zvinokanganisa zvakanyanya kupfuura
indasitiri yegrocery: 110,000 CWA vashandi vefoni vangangofanira kuenda
pakuramwa mabasa kuchengetedza hutano hwavo kana kambani yenhare yeSBC
vanonzwa kuti vanogona kutevera nzira imwechete yekuyera mabhenefiti ehutano.
SBC inoshandisa chikonzero chimwechete chekuda kuderedza mari kuti urambe uchikwikwidza - kunyangwe
kunyange vakashuma $8.5 mabhiriyoni emadhora mupurofiti muna 2003, iyo
i 5.7 bhiriyoni kupfuura gore rapfuura.
Aizoita
Sangano idzva revashandi rinomutsiridza nekushandura mamiriro edu ezvinhu? Izvozvo
zvinoenderana nekuti tinogona kubudirira here mumatambudziko maviri ekushandira
semienzaniso yekuti ungakunda sei. Kusvika panguva iyoyo, tichaona iyo US ichishanda
kirasi iri pasi pekuwedzera kusingadzivisiki kwenhamo uye kushandiswa.
Javier Amas ane
yanga ichishanda nesangano reLos Angeles Strikers Solidarity.