Wal-Mart achangobva kurohwa nekuda kwerusarura rwehurema mukuhaya - zvakare. Muna Ndira Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yakamhanโarira hofori yezvitoro nokuda kwokusarura Steven J. Bradley, paakanyorera basa kuWal-Mart muRichmond, Missouri. Bradley ane cerebral palsy uye anoshandisa madondoro kana wiricheya sezviyamuro zvekufamba.
Wal-Mart yakaramba kusvika pakugadzirisa saka EEOC yakamhan'ara sutu ichishandisa Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ichitsvaga yakarasika mihoro nemabhenefiti, muripo uye chirango chekukuvadza uye basa kuna Bradley.
Kwakanga kuchangodzoka muna 2001 apo Wal-Mart neEEOC vakawana chibvumirano chemadhora 6.8 miriyoni icho chakagadzirisa nyaya gumi nenhatu nekomisheni yakanga yakamirira mubatanidzwa mumatunhu gumi nerimwe, kusanganisira Missouri.
Makore gumi mushure mekutambirwa kwegwaro rebvunzo reADA Wal-Mart risiri pamutemo, "Matrix of Essential Job Functions," rakatyora mitemo yerusarura rwebasa (ADA) nekutsvaga ruzivo rwune chekuita nekuremara kubva kune vanonyorera vasati vapa mvumo yebasa.
Title I yeADA inorambidza vashandirwi vakazvimiririra, hurumende dzematunhu nematunhu, masangano evashandi nemasangano evashandi kubva mukusarura vanhu vanokwanisa vakaremara mumaitiro ekunyorera basa, kuhaya, kuburitswa, kufambiswa mberi, muripo, kudzidziswa basa, uye mamwe mazwi nemamiriro ebasa. Sezvineiwo iyo tag "vanokwanisa" inoshanda kune vakaremara rusarura; hazvirevedzeri mutemo wekodzero dzevanhukadzi kana makore ane chekuita nekodzero dzevanhu.
Sechikamu chekugadzirisa, Wal-Mart akabvuma kuti yaizoshandura ADA maitirwo nemaitirwo ayo, kugadzira ADA coordinator chinzvimbo, kupa dzidziso mukutevedzera ADA uye kupa mabasa kune vamwe vakaremara vanyoreri.
Pasina nguva mutongi akarova Wal-Mart nezvirango zvikuru zvekutyora Chisungo cheMvumo muna Chivabvu 2001 mudare reUS District Court yeDunhu reArizona. Dare rakapa chibvumirano chemadhora mazana manomwe nemakumi maviri nemazana maviri uye rakaraira kuti riburitse chiziviso cheTV chinotaura kuti Wal-Mart akatyora ADA uye achitumira vanhu vanotenda kuti vakasarurwa. Dare rakarayirawo Wal-Mart kuti adzorere William Darnell, mushandi asinganzwi zvakanaka, kunzvimbo yenguva yakazara yekugamuchira / yekusunungura uye akarayira sangano kuti rigadzirise kuremara kwaDarnell mumabasa ose ebasa rake.
Wal-Mart yakawanikwa ichityora Chirevo nekuda kwekutadza kugadzira zvimwe zvekudzidzisa kuti zvishandiswe munyika yese nevashandi vasinganzwe. Zvishandiso zvinosanganisira shanduro yemutauro wemasaini yemamodule ekudzidza ekombuta anoshandiswa kudzidzisa vashandi vepadanho rekupinda. Mukuwedzera, EEOC inopikisa, uye Wal-Mart akabvuma, kuti yakanga yakundikana kupa dare rakarayira kudzidziswa pamusoro peADA kune vashandi vayo.
"Hazvina kujairika kuti EEOC ikumbire dare kuti ribate mushandirwi nekuzvidza," akadaro C. Emanuel Smith, achimiririra gweta redunhu reEEOC's Phoenix District Office, iyo ine masimba eArizona.
Zvino muna Chikumi 2001 iyo EEOC yakamhan'ara sutu ye16 yeADA kurwisa Wal-Mart yekutyora ADA zvakare. EEOC yakapomera mutengesi mukuru wepasi rose nekutadza kugarisa mushandi ane hurema pachitoro chake chePeoria, Arizona.
Mhosva iyi yaiti Wal-Mart akasarura Alice Rehberg nekuramba kumupa pekugara ane hurema. Rehberg akaganhurirwa zvakanyanya mukukwanisa kwake kumira kwenguva yakareba. Wal-Mart akaramba chikumbiro chaRehberg chekupihwa mvumo yekugara pasi apo neapo achiita mabasa ake sePeople Greeter, akatadza kuita hurongwa hwekudyidzana hwaidiwa neADA, uye akaburitsa Rehberg zvine hungwaru pachinzvimbo chake.
Sutu yacho yakatsvaga muripo uye kukuvadzwa kwechirango, kudzoserwa, kuregererwa, uye dare redzimhosva rinoda Wal-Mart kuti aite dzidziso inodzivirira kumwe kutyorwa kweADA.
EEOC zvakare yakahwina akati wandei mutongo wakanangana neWal-Mart mune mamwe masutu erusarura akaremara. Mune imwe nyaya, dare redzimhosva rakaona kuti Wal-Mart akaramba nemaune kuhaya munhu anenge aita basa remari nekuti aishandisa wiricheya, uye akamupa mari inodarika madhora 3.5 miriyoni mukukuvadza (iyo yakazoderedzwa nedare kuti iite maererano neiyo ADA's statutory caps. , zvakare zvivharo hazvishande kune zvimwe zvidiki zvakachengetedzwa). Mune imwewo nyaya, dare redzimhosva rakapa $157,500 kumunyoreri nekuda kwekubvunzurudza zvisiri pamutemo kwaWal-Mart asati ashanda uye kuramba kumupinza basa nekuda kwehurema hwake, ruoko rwakadimburwa. Mutongo uyu waisanganisira $100,000 yemubairo wekukuvadzwa kwechirango, mukurusa wakambobvisiswa kambani nekubvunza mubvunzo wekurapa zvisiri pamutemo pasi peADA.
Nezve zvisungo zvebazi rakazvimirira-hurumende zvinofanirwa kutariswa kuti tive nechokwadi chekutevedzera.
Sei, pasi penzvimbo ine hutsinye yakadai, chero munhu angade kushanda kuWal-Mart zvakadaro? Kunze kwerusarura rwevakaremara Wal-Mart iri kukweva mihoro uye nhanho dzekubatsirikana kudzokera kumakore ekuma19 - vashandi veWal-Mart vanobhadharwa madhora maviri-madhora matatu paawa zvishoma pane nhengo dzemubatanidzwa dzinoita mabasa akafanana. $2 paawa inenge yakaenzana nemuhoro wevashandi vasina hunyanzvi mazuva ano.
Enzanisa izvozvo kuhama shanu dzemushakabvu Sam Walton, muvambi weWal-Mart Stores Inc., akachengeta nzvimbo shanu dzepamusoro gumi dzevanhu vakapfuma kwazvo pasi rose. Mari yavo yakakwira kusvika pamadhora mabhiriyoni gumi nemasere emadhora kubva pamadhora bhiriyoni gumi nenomwe muna 5, nekuda kwevatengi vakatenga chikafu chakachipa, hembe dzakachipa, mashiti akachipa, jini nemafuta emota, muchidimbu zvinhu zvese zvakachipa uye maitiro ekushanda anokahadzika esangano.
Iyo kambani yakawanikwa ichikumbira vashandi kuti vashande kwenguva yakareba kupfuura yakajairwa ye40-awa yekushanda kwevhiki pasina muripo wenguva yakawandisa ("Suits Say Wal-Mart Forces Workers toil Off the Clock," The New York Times, June 25, 2002, Peji A1) . Yagara ichishungurudza kana kudzinga vashandi vasina chirema avo vanga vasingaonekwe sevanoshanda pamwe chete nevatungamiriri.
Vashandi vakanga vasingatendi kuti Wal-Mart akanga agadzirisa zvakakwana zvavanoda vanogona kutya kurasikirwa nemabasa avo kana vakakurukura chokwadi ichi nemutori wenhau. William Darnell akarasikirwa nebasa rake paWal-Mart nekuda kwekuda pekugara kune matsi kubva kune maneja.
Wal-Mart, mutengesi mukuru weAmerica, anoshandisa vashandi 1.14 miriyoni munzvimbo dzinoda kusvika 4,000 pasi rose. Munhu mumwe chete pavatatu vakuru vane hurema hwakakura ndiye ari kushanda. Vakawanda vanorarama nemari shoma yokuremara. Mumusika wemabasa uri kudzikira pasi pehutongi hweBush, kuvhima mabasa kwawedzera. Mukuona kwevamwe vakaremara zvikuru uye zvechokwadi vashandi vasina chirema, chero basa ibasa rakakodzera kuva namazuva ano.
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