SAN FRANCISCO-Mabhosi ekutakura zvinhu ari kugadzirira kushandisa mazuva makumi masere edare redzimhosva kurwisa mubatanidzwa weWest Coast dockworkers. Uye hutongi hweBush hwakagadzirira kubatsira.
As Socialist Anoshanda akaenda kunotsikisa, iyo Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) yaigadzirira rondedzero yainoti icharatidza kuti International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) iri kuita zvishoma nezvishoma ichityora mutemo wemutongi wemubatanidzwa.
"Svondo rapfuura, hutungamiriri hwaBush hwakaudza boka revatungamiriri kuti kana richikwanisa kuratidza kuti zvaripomerwa ndezvechokwadi, Dhipatimendi reJustice richaona mubatanidzwa mudare," Pacific Bhizinesi Nhau yakashuma October 20.
Pasi pemutemo weAnti-Union Taft-Hartley Act wakakumbirwa naGeorge W. Bush kuti apedze kuvharika kwemazuva gumi kwePMA mwedzi uno, Mutongi weDare reDunhu reUS, William Alsup anogona kubhadharisa faindi dzakakura kuILWU chero kudzikira-uye vatungamiriri vemubatanidzwa wejeri kana. havaite.
PMA inoda kuti ILWU ibvumidze vashandirwi kushandisa tekinoroji kuburitsa mabasa emubatanidzwa uye kuparadza dzimba dzekuhaya dzakahwinwa muma1930s. Ndosaka Mutungamiriri wePMA, VaJoe Miniace vakaramba vachiramba zano remubatanidzwa rekugamuchira tekinoroji vachichinjana nekuenderera mberi kwehutongi hwemubatanidzwa.
ILWU payakaramba kunyura pasi, iyo PMA yakavharira vashandi - ichiisa nhanho yekuti White House ishandise Taft-Hartley Act kekutanga mukota yezana. Asi kupindira kwaBush kwakatanga kondirakiti yemubatanidzwa isati yapera musi waChikunguru 1, apo mukuru weHomeland Security, Tom Ridge, akaudza vatungamiri veILWU kuti White House yaizorambidza kuramwa mabasa - uye kushandisa mauto sevanopaza kana zvichidikanwa.
Kurwiswa kweILWU ndiko kurwiswa kukuru kwemubatanidzwa kubva Ronald Reagan akadzinga zviuru gumi nezviuru zvevatongi vendege muna 11,000. Asi nepo Mutungamiri weILWU, James Spinosa naMunyori weTreasurer weAFL-CIO, Richard Trumka vakashora kurwisa kwaBush pamubatanidzwa uyu, havasati vaunganidza vashandi kuti vadzivirire vashandi-kunyangwe nhengo dzemubatanidzwa nevakuru muUS nepasirese vakaratidza kubatana kwavo.
Panzvimbo iyoyo, AFL-CIO neILWU vakatumira nhengo dzemubatanidzwa kuti dziite mushandirapamwe mumakwikwi mashanu eSeneti akakwikwidzana-nechikonzero chekuti kudzora kweDemocratic Congress kwaizodzivirira Bush nevashandirwi kuti vasapinde mumutemo unogona kumanikidza kugadzirisana.
Iyi nzira haina kungoipa chete, inoderedza kurwisana. Mazhinji eSenate Democrats akasimba pro-bhizinesi. Kufanana naDianne Feinstein weCalifornia, uyo akataura kupikisa kwake kupindira kwaBush muna Nyamavhuvhu 16โ kungodaidzira kushandiswa kwaTaft-Hartley mushure memwedzi miviri chete.
Imwe yenhangemutange yakanangwa nevashandi ndeyaSen. Jean Carnahan (D-Mo.), avo vakavhota naBush 70 percent yenguva. Hapana chikonzero chekutenda kuti vezvematongerwo enyika vakadaro vachamisa mutemo wakanangana neILWU. Uye nekumirira kusvika mushure mesarudzo kuunganidza kuedza kwekudzivirira, basa rakarongeka rinopa danho kuPMA neWhite House.
Iri ndiro zano rekuchengetedza rakatevedzwa neILWU's Spinosa kubva pakatanga nhaurirano - kuramba kuvhota uye kutsvaga kuratidzira mubatanidzwa sechivharo che "chengetedzo yenyika" kurwisa magandanga. Kupeperetsa mureza kwakadaro-kusiya tsika yeILWU yekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika uye kutsigira zvikonzero zvinofambira mberi-zvakangopa Bush cover yezvematongerwo enyika kuti apindire.
Kana pasina chibvumirano chasvikwa mushure memazuva makumi matanhatu pasi pemutongo wedare, ILWU inodiwa naTaft-Hartley kuti vatore chikamu muvhoti inotungamirwa nehurumende pane zvinopihwa manejimendi, zvisinei kuti zvakaipa sei. Vashandirwi vachangoita nhaurirano dzematombo kudzamara vhoti yatorwa- vachitarisira kuti nhengo dzeILWU pakupedzisira dzichadheererwa kuti dzigamuchire chibvumirano chavo chekurwisa mubatanidzwa.
ILWU yakavimbisa kuramba ichishanda zvakachengeteka mukati memazuva makumi masere e "kutonhora-kutonhora", uye nhengo dzemunharaunda dzakasiyana dziri kutaura pamusoro pekuramba kushanda kaviri kuchenesa tsvina yakagadzirwa nekuvhara.
Kumiririra kodzero dzemubatanidzwa pamadhoki-uye kuvaka kurwa chaiko kurwisa Taft-Hartley mubato rakakura revashandi-ndiyo chete nzira yatingadzivirira ILWU. Matanho madiki munzira iyoyo ari kutorwa. ILWU Local 10 muSan Francisco svondo rapfuura yakapfuura chisungo ichidaidza musangano uye kuratidzira vachipokana naTaft-Hartley kutanga kwaZvita.
Zvine kukurumidza kuti nhengo yese yemubatanidzwa - uye wese akazvipira kukodzero dzevashandi - kuvaka kubatana neILWU.
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