Mumwe mumiriri akakura achishanda muHong Kong sweatshops uye akatungamira
kurwa senhengo yebhodhi rechikoro kusatambira mari kubva kuNike. Mumwe ndiye mukuru
mutariri wesangano ravo, amai vasina murume vanoshanda vachipinza mwanasikana wavo kukoreji. A
wechitatu mushandi wezvekudya uyo akabatsira kuronga resitorendi yake.Vatatu vacho โ Joseph Tam, Lydia Williams, naDiane Snyder โ ndivo
chaizvo mhando dzenhengo dzemubatanidzwa idzo AFL-CIO yakazvipira kumhanyirira veruzhinji
hofisi paConvention yayo yekupedzisira kudonha. Sirogani yaive 2000 ne2000, uye chikamu chekunonoka
kuedza kuunza rusununguko runowedzera kubva kuDemocratic Party, kunyange se
hukama pakati peBato iroro nekushanda kwakarongeka hunoramba hwakakosha.Iyi "yepasi-kumusoro" nzira yekumhanyisa vavhoti vako
uye kusimudzira nyaya dzevashandi kwakasimudzirwa zvakanyanya nevanodyidzana venzvimbo ye
New Party (NP), uye NP zvitsauko kana nhengo dziri kutsigira vese vari vatatu vevamiriri. Mune a
gumi nemaviri nyika, iyo NP inoshanda nemubatanidzwa uye vatungamiriri venharaunda kutevedzera rudzi rwe
mubatanidzwa wemarudzi akawanda uye muchina wezvematongerwo enyika unokwanisa kukunda nekuchengetedza simba.Kana nhengo dzichitaura nezvesarudzo, vazhinji vavo vanobvunza kuti sei vachifanira
kutonetsa kuvhota. Uye nesarudzo zhinji dzinotongwa nema sirogani asina chinhu uye 30-sekondi
kurwisa kushambadza-nekurukurirano shoma yenyaya chaidzo-zvakaoma kuita nharo nazvo
ivo. Kusiyana nevanojairira vakadai sevagadziri, magweta, mabhizinesi akapfuma, mibatanidzwa
inogona uye inofanira kutarisa nyaya dzine basa kuvanhu vanoshanda.Funga nezvemujaho waJoseph Tam weMultnomah County
Komisheni muPortland. Ari kumhanyirira chigaro chakati, pamwe nekuita mushandirapamwe
danho rekuvhota redunhu rekuwedzera mutero webhizinesi kubhadhara zvikoro. Ari
akazvipira kudzika mutemo wemihoro yekurarama padanho redunhu uye shanduko yemari yemushandirapamwe
chiyero chekudzikamisa pesvedzero yevakapfuma vanopa uye makambani. Akatsidzira
batsira kurwa kukunda "kurudyi-ku-kushanda zvishoma" matanho ekuvhota uye zvimwe
anti-mubatanidzwa zvigadziro. Kunyanya kukosha, sekune vese vanotsigirwa neNP-vanotsigirwa, anotarisira
azvidavirire kune vashandi-boka uye masangano emunharaunda anobatsira kumusarudza.Tam yemunharaunda inopa kucherechedzwa kwakakosha kune vezvematongerwo enyika vari
ikoko kana kuchiverengwa-vashoma vanofamba mutsara wepikicha neMunharaunda 503 nhengo
yakatsigirwa neushamwari uye inotsigirwa. Asi kunyange zvakadaro, nhengo dzemubatanidzwa dzinoona musiyano chaiwo apo
nhengo dzesangano ravo pachavo dzinokwikwidza zvigaro.โVamwe vamiriri veparamende vakatenderwa vaifanirwa kuti mubatanidzwa uvabate
tsoka kumoto, kuve nechokwadi chekuti vavhota vachipokana nezvidzoreso pane zvishoma zveOregon
kukwidzwa kwemihoro," anodaro Tam. "Kusarudza nhengo dzemubatanidzwa zvinoreva kuti hatina chete a
vhoti ine mwoyo miviri yevashandi, asi izwi chairo rekushanda."Munyaya yaDiane Snyder, mushandirapamwe wake weButte, Montana
bhodhi rechikoro rakakura zvakananga kubva muruzivo rwemubatanidzwa wake-HERE Local 427. Chikoro
vatariri vakagamuchira mabhonasi akakura uye anokwidza gore rino, asi chikoro
bhodhi raramba kusimuka kubva pakuwedzerwa kwe1% yeanemia kuvashandi vedunhu. The
vashandi vezvifambiso nguva pfupi yadarika vakaramwa mabasa, vakavhara zvikoro kwesvondo rose.
"Vari kukanganisa vanhu vari kuchengeta vana vedu," anodaro Snyder,
amai vevana vatatu.โKuti isu tikwanise kusarudza mazana nezviuru nekupedzisira
venhengo dzedu pachedu, tinofanira kuvaka hukama nemapoka emadzimai, mapoka emunharaunda,
vezvakatipoteredza, mapoka ekodzero dzevanhu, "anodaro murongi mukuru weSEIU Local 880
Keith Kelleher. "Tinoziva kuti hatigone kuzviita tega."Varatidziri muzvitatu zvedanidziro idzi vasvika kure
mubatanidzwa wavo. MuPortland, Tam ari kutsigirwa neRainbow Coalition, Iyo Nyowani
Bato, uye Oregon Wildlife Federation pamwe neSEIU, AFSCME, UFCW, uye NW Oregon.
Labor Council. MuChicago, Williams-mukuru mutariri weSEIU Local 73 uyo ari
kumhanyira chigaro cheSeneti yeHurumende yakazaruka-iri kutsigirwa neACORN, NP, uye
29th Ward People's Assembly, pamwe neSEIU state council, AFSCME, uye
nyika AFL-CIO.Chinangwa chikuru mumaguta matatu ese ndechekuona kuti mibatanidzwa iyi yavepo
yakavakirwa zvakasimba uye inoshingirira, zvisinei nemhedzisiro yemushandirapamwe. MuChicago, kune
semuenzaniso, mazhinji emasangano anobatanidzwa mujaho raWilliams ari kutotora vanhu
vakwikwidzi vechirimo 1999 alderperson mijaho, uye ona kuedza uku sechikamu chechiri kubuda
basa-Black-Latino yakazvimirira inofambira mberi yezvematongerwo enyika iyo inogona pakupedzisira
kupikisa muchina weDemocratic."Sezvo vashandi vachitarisa kuvaka simba ravo rezvematongerwo enyika, isu tiri
zvakasikwa kuenda kunotarisa mhiri kweDemocrats. Tinoda kuvaka basa redu rakazvimiririra
uye mapoka ezvematongerwo enyika akavakirwa munharaunda ayo achazvipira kuhurongwa hwedu uye
takazvipira kusarudza nhengo dzedu muhofisi, "anodaro Local 427 secretary-treasurer uye
Mutevedzeri weNew Party yenyika Secky Fascione. "Nekutarisa kwayo kushanda munharaunda
sarudzo uye nhoroondo yayo yekushandira mabasa emuhoro wekurarama uye kodzero dzevashandi, iyo
New Party imotokari yakasikwa yekuti tiite izvozvo."Mibatanidzwa yemunharaunda inowanzobatwa zvakanyanya nezviito zvemunharaunda
hurumende kupfuura neCongress, uye makumi manomwe nenomwe muzana esarudzo muUS hadzisi dzemapato.
Idzi sarudzo dzemuno (dzimwe nguva dzakanangana nekuvaka-basi nemapoka akaita se
Christian Coalition) vanonyanya kufuratirwa nemapato makuru, vachisiya ivhu rakaorera
yezvirongwa zvakazvimirira zvebasa.Mhando iyi yezvematongerwo enyika ndiyo yakasimba yenguva refu imwe nzira kune
nzira yakajairika yebasa ye "chero Democrat ichaita." Sezvo iyo AFL-CIO inosimuka
yesarudzo dzeCongressional dza1998, zvakakosha kuyeuka kuti ramangwana chairo
yebasa rezvematongerwo enyika chiito chiri murudzi rwevanhu, mibatanidzwa, uye zuva nezuva precinct-level
basa riri kuenderera mberi muButte, Chicago, Portland, uye
kupfuura.