Mell Garcia, Medical Assistant, Anotaura naCal Winslow
Isu tave munguva yekuruma zvipikiri kune vashandi veCalifornia hombe HMO, Kaiser Permanente. Vamwe 45,000 vashandi uye vashandi vehunyanzvi ikoko vakagamuchira mavhoti kubva kuNational Labor Relations Board (NLRB) mukutanga kwaApril; mavhoti anofanira kudzorerwa panosvika May 1, apo kuverengwa kuchatanga. Vachasarudza anovamiririra: Service Employees International Union (SEIU) kana National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW).
Ndakadzika kuHayward svondo rapfuura kunotaura naMell Garcia. Garcia mubatsiri wekurapa paKaiser Permanente's Hayward, California nzvimbo. Takava nenguva yelunch (isina yekurapa).
Receptionist akandiudza kuti Mell aizopfuura nekukasika; โAnenge akananga kunodyira, anouya neChipiri chega chega.
"Inyaya yemubatanidzwa here?" Ehe. "Zvakanaka, Mell ndiye."
Akabatwa asati asvika pandiri. Mumwe mushandi wechiduku aiva nechinetso chomuhoro wezororo akamumisa. Ndakanzwa kurukurirano ine udzame, miuyo yayo yakaratidzika kuva inogutsa kumushandi. Asi Mell akati aizotarisa kaviri odzokera kwaari.
Mell Garcia anga ari nhengo yemubatanidzwa kuHayward kubva kuma1980; akave nhengo yemubatanidzwa kubva kukoreji, Chabot Community College muHayward kwaakawana zvitupa.
Akavawo mumiriri wemubatanidzwa. "Ini ndakatanga kupindira mukurova kwe '86." Kuramwa mabasa uku kwaipesana nezvakaitwa naVaKaiser pahurongwa hwematunhu maviri emuhoro. โNdakazvipira kuita basa repikicha. Rep akandiona achibva andisundira kumberi. Ndakatanga kutaura, ndichironga; Ndakanga ndisati ndambozviita. Zvakandibatsira, pachangu, zvakanyanya. Ndakava mutariri. Kuramwa mabasa kwacho kwakatora mavhiki manomwe nehafu, asi takakundikana. Zvakanga zvisina kunaka, ndakafunga. Mumwe munhu ari kuita basa rimwe chete, toti, Fresno, achitambira mari shoma.
Nhasi, Mell Garcia ndiye "kuenda-ku" munhu wevashandi kuKaiser Hayward. Anofanira kudaro.
"Ndanga ndiri union kubva pakuramwa mabasa." Sei? โHandina chokwadi. Ndaitsigira United Farm Workers. Ndagara ndichinzwira vakadzvinyirirwa. Vashandi havasiye tsika dzavo shure pavanenge vari pabasa; tiripo kubatsira vanhu. Ndagara ndichifunga nezvenyika saizvozvo.
โNdagara ndiri kuKaiser โ zororo rangu chete raive kuColorado, asi ikoko ndichiri kushandira Kaiser.
Mell anodada Latina mutaundi reLatino, boka rekushanda, rakasiyana East Bay Guta rine yakakwirira kupfuura (California) avhareji yekushaikwa kwemabasa uye kuvharirwa kwakawanda. Vabereki vake vakauya kuHayward kubva kuKing's County, baba vake mugeri wemubatanidzwa kubva kuNew Mexico, amai vake mubatanidzwa webeautician weku LA, vabereki vake vaibva kuDurango. Iye iguta rekumusha zvachose Hayward, zvakadaro. โNdakaenda kuchikoro chegiredhi kuno, chesekondari, koreji, zvese muHayward. Chimwezve chinhu, ndiri fanhard Raider's fan. "
Mell akadzoka kubva kuColorado kuzova mutariri paHayward, ipapo mutariri mukuru, zvino, pandakatanga kusangana naye, nhengo yeSEIU's United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW) Executive Board (kubvira '97), nhengo inoshanda yeBhodi. , akasarudzwa nevashandi vedunhu rake - dunhu 10.
โTakavaka boka guru pano paHayward. Takanyatsobatana. Takaita kuti mubatanidzwa ushande nesimba.โ
Saka chii chakashata pano, chii chakaipa pamufananidzo uyu?
Zvakanaka, kutanga, nhasi pane zviri pamutemo zvishoma izvo Mell anogona kuita panyaya yemubhadharo wezororo. โHandikwanise kumumiririra. Handikwanise kumutorera nguva. Handikwanise kuva naye panguva yezvichemo.โ
Uye nei? Mell Garcia's kwete shop steward. Akabviswa pachinzvimbo chake paUHW Executive Board, ndokudzingwa basa semutariri wechitoro (pamwe nezviuru zvevamwe, vatariri nevashandi) apo SEIU yepakati yakaisa nhengo yayo zviuru zana nemakumi mashanu muCalifornia munharaunda muna 150,000.
Haakwanisi kumhanya zvakare; pane mhiko yekuvimbika kuUHW. Yakaiswa neSEIU muna 2009 uye yave iripo kubva ipapo. Mell aiva muvambi weNUHW muna 2009, mumwe wevatariri vakasarudzwa 5000 vakavamba mubatanidzwa. Akanga achienda kubasa repatafura reNUHW patakasangana.
Pandinonyora, tave pakati penguva yeBut-Out-The-Vote, โGOTVโ, kufona, kufona mumba, kufamba pasi, โkutapaโ nzvimbo dzekudyira.
Mateki mune izvi akakwira; nzvimbo yekutamba haina nhanho, kure nayo. Sarudzo iyi idanho richangoburwa mukurwisana kunotyisa kwakatanga muna 2008. Isarudzo inodzokororwa; yekutanga yakakandwa kunze muna 2010, apo mutongi weNLRB akawana SEIU-Kaiser collusion, mubatanidzwa usina kuchena wakaita kuti vashandi veKaiser vavhote zvakanaka. Sei? Kaiser akaisa kapeti tsvuku yeSEIU, akavhara gonhi (sezvaaikwanisa) yeNUHW. SEIU yakashandisa mamirioni - sarudzo yemubatanidzwa inodhura zvakanyanya, sekuverengerwa kwaRandy Shaw mukati BeyondChron. Zvino, kutyisidzira uye nhema, mushandirapamwe wekunyepa wakavakirwa pakutya.
Saka ndedzipi nyaya pano; sei dzakakosha - kuvashandi ava, kusangano revashandi uye kune vamwe vedu?
SEIU inoti, kutaura zvazviri, tisu vakundi; takakunda musarudzo kekupedzisira. Tisu vakuru, tine simba. SEIU inobva yatora chikwereti nokuda kwezvibvumirano zvakanaka paKaiser, yakanakisisa munyika. Sei, ivo vanobvunza, chinja?
NUHW inoti mira zvishoma. Zvibvumirano izvozvo chibereko chemakore ekutambudzika; makore apo isu (nhengo dzeNUHW nevashandi) takanga tichitungamira mubatanidzwa (makore apo Mell Garcia nevamwe vazhinji vakaita saiye vaive paDare Repamusoro).
Zvikuru, NUHW inopokana kuti SEIU yave kuisa marekodhi mukupa - zvibvumirano - zvipo kuindasitiri yehutano yeCalifornia iri kukura. KuKaiser chete, SEIU yakabvuma kuchinja kwepenjeni uye chirongwa chekurapa chinofungidzirwa kuchengetedza Kaiser madhora mabhiriyoni maviri. Kaiser akabvisa 2 mabasa. Nyaya yacho yakafanana muindasitiri yose.
PaSutter Health's flagship station, California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), chipatara chikuru cheSan Francisco, California yechipiri pakukura, NUHW, ichangobva kutsiva SEIU. Ikoko kwaifanirwa kudzoreredza kuderedzwa kukodzero dzevakuru vevashandi, dziviriro yevashandi uye mutauro wekudzokorora - zvese zvakapihwa nehurumende yeUHW yakatorwa kunze kwenyika, zvino inotungamirwa naDave Regan, kapeti inotakura mutungamiri mutsva weSEIU-UHW, ane hukama hwepedyo neCalifornia Hospital Association (the Chamber of Commerce yeindasitiri yechipatara).
NUHW yakaita izvi, izvi akadzosera izvo SEIU akapa, uye, maererano ne blog Sternburger withfries, yakakundawo kuwedzerwa kwemihoro uye yakadzoreredza kodzero dzevashandi mukutaurirana. Panguva imwecheteyo, NUHW yakadzoreredza kudzoreredza vashandi veCMPA mubatanidzwa wenguva refu ne "vabatsiri venharaunda mukurwira kwavo kuchengetedza mabasa ekurapa kune vagari vane mari shoma." Parizvino, ndiyo imwe nyaya.
Mell Garcia anoisa nyaya dzemihoro nemabhenefiti pamusoro pechinyorwa chake chezvinodiwa nevashandi: โNdizvo zvazvinoita, vanongogara vari nhamba yekutanga kana mbiri. Uye ndizvozvo.โ
Asi mukutaura kwangu naMell, iniwo ndinonzwa nyaya yakadzama, iyo inonyatsoenderana nemishumo kubva mudunhu rese.
โHatiwane anomiririra. Uye tinochida. Vashandi vanoda vatariri uye vanofanira kuziva kuti ndivanaani, vanofanira kuvaziva, vanofanira kuvimba navo. Macall centers haaite. Vashandi vanoda vatariri vanomira navo, vanenge varipo navo, vave kudivi ravo, nehutungamiri. Ndiko kuvakwa kwekuvimbana. Mutariri anofanira kuva muenzaniso kuvashandi.
โZvino hatichawana mutariri. Zvinorwadza moyo. Handikwanise kuzviita. Management haindibvumire. Asi ndinoita zvandinogona. Ndizvo zvandiri. Ndosaka ndichikurumidza kusvika pano, mazuva ese ndinofamba pasi. Ndinobatana nenguva yekudya kwemasikati, na5:00 ndinofamba pasi zvakare. "
Makore apfuura, Andy Stern, aive mukurumbira panguva iyoyo mutungamiri weSEIU akasimudza tsiye dzeBritish trade union nekutaura kuti aisada vatariri vezvitoro - zvaive zvisiri zvekutaura, pamwe, zvaimushamisa kure nekure. British mauto. Asi zvainyatsoenderana nemirairo yeSEIU - kubatanidzwa kwemubatanidzwa wepakati, wepamusoro-pasi wemubatanidzwa, mubatanidzwa uri pamba kuseri kwevezvematongerwo enyika nemabhodhi emakambani eAmerica. Mubatanidzwa waida kutsiva mashop steward nemacall centre. Dhonza 1-800โฆ
Hazvifanire kushamisa ipapo kuti mushandi ane chekuita nemubhadharo wake wezororo achiri kuuya kuna Mell Garcia kuzopa zano. Paive neSEIU mutariri? Uye, kana zvakadaro, akanga ari kupi? Mhinduro inoburitsa zvakawanda pamusoro pezviri kuitika musarudzo iyi.
Isu tinoverenga mazuva ano, mune zvakadzama zvakadzama, nezve chii chisina kunaka nesangano revashandi, zvakati wandei zvakare nezve zvekuita kugadzirisa. Kunyora mukati Labor Notes, Joe Burns vanotsigira "zano rakanangana nekuratidzira nzvimbo yebasa uye kuramwa mabasa ... inzira yechinyakare, inodzokera kumashure apo mubatanidzwa waireva kuti vanhu vauye pamwechete."
Zvakakwana uye zvechokwadi. Zvinonakidza kuti SEIU yarwisa NUHW uye mubatsiri wayo / mubatsiri weCalifornia Nurses Association (CNA) se "kurova vachifara". Zvakanaka, chokwadi ndechekuti NUHW neCNA vanotungamira ligi mukurova mumakore maviri apfuura, kurova kupfupi kazhinji, asi vaviri vacho 20,000 yakasimba. (Chinyorwa cheSEIU chesarudzo chinoratidza musiyano uyu: "Vashandi veKaiser: Ungada kupedza nguva yako uchirwa here? Kana kukunda?"
Asi kuramwa mabasa uku kwave kuri kweimwe nzira yakakosha yekuvaka simba repabasa. Pane pfungwa yekuti kurova ivo chiratidzo chebasa rakakamukana; kureva kuti dai vashandi vakabatana zvechokwadi, hapaizoda kuramwa mabasa. Uye nekudaro kukosha kwekuronga, kuvaka simba pachigadziko, kupa simba vamiririri veshanduko, uye pano basa rakakosha revakarongwa chinzvimbo-uye-faira vanamukoti mumakwikwi aya - uye basa rinomanikidza rekutsiva UHW uye kuvakazve mubatanidzwa weKaiser. hunyanzvi uye vashandi vebasa - kubva pasi zvichikwira.
Vatariri vezvitoro vari pakati peizvi - uye hurongwa hwedemokrasi hwevakasarudzwa, vatungamiriri venzvimbo yebasa vanogona kushanda senzira yekutanga yekudzivirira yevashandi pamwe nemauto anovhundutsa chero nguva isati yasvika.
โNdaive mutariri nekuti vashandi vanoda kuchengetedzwa uye nekuti vane kodzero, kodzero dzavanoda kuti dziremekedzwe. Uye ndizvo zvakaita kondirakiti.
โNdinoziva kuti mubatanidzwa chii uye kuti unofanira kunge wakaita sei uye kuti unofambiswa sei. Hachizi chinhu chemunhu mumwe chete kana vaviri uye hachifaniri kumhanyiswa kubva kumusoro zvichidzika asi kubva pasi zvichikwira nemushandi mumwechete munzvimbo yese yebasa.
"Haisi yekutsiva uye kwete yekushamwaridzana."
Asi mishumo inoratidza izvi chete. Kazhinji pane zvisiri izvo, vatariri veUHW makororo, zvisikwa zvevashandi vekunze kweSEIU, "zvakanakisa" vese vanowanzo dheerera, "mapurisa ari kurova", sezvataigara tichitaura nezveUnited Auto Workers yakashongedzwa 1960s. muchina, kana zvishoma chiyeuchidzo che akasarudzwa vatariri vemubatanidzwa weTeamsters mune heyday ye gangster unionism. Pa "zvakaipisisa", hapana vatariri zvachose.
Nhasi muzvipatara zveCalifornia kutambura kwekirasi, kutaura zvishoma, kunoenderera.
โNdinoda basa rangu, pamwe kwete mazuva ese. Zvinogona kunge zvakabatikana, asi zvinogara zvichinetsa. Uye ndinoda varwere vangu. Zvakadaro, vazhinji vavo pano vakangofanana nesu, vashandi pachavo. Ndinoda kuita zvandinogona navo.
โChinhu chakaoma ndechekuti vari kutisundidzira zvakanyanya, basa riri kuwedzera nekukurumidza. Ndinofanira kuona varwere vakawanda munguva shoma, kurova kombiyuta, kuzadza ma blanks, kugadzirira kamuri, uye kugadzirira chiremba.
โShanda nesimba, ita zviri nani. Compete. Tiri mumakwikwi - semuenzaniso pakugutsikana kwenhengo/murwere - nedzimwe nzvimbo, mamwe madhipatimendi. Vanoisa zvinangwa zvedunhu. EVS (vanochenesa) vari pamitsetse yepamberi, inogara iri nzvimbo yakawanda yekuvharisa, inogara iri munzvimbo.
Uye ichi hachisi chokwadi papi? Izvo zviri panjodzi pano paKaiser inyaya dzekutanga dzine ramifications kune ese evashandi uye, zvakare, kune isu tese. Vashandi vachine nyika yekukunda. Mubairo, mupfungwa yekukurumidza, mubatanidzwa mumwe, 70,000 yakasimba, yakabatana paKaiser, mwoyo weindastiri iyi. Mavambo chete, hongu. Mukufamba kwenguva, iwo muenzaniso, izvozvi, unogona kuitwa!
Mell Garcia: "Zvese zvauya kwandiri. Izvo zvakakosha, kune wese munhu. Mibatanidzwa icharamba iripo here? Tinofanira kudaro!โ
Mell Garcia ndiye Mubatsiri wekurapa kuKaiser Permanente, Hayward California. Aimbova Mutariri akasarudzwa, akasarudzwa Chief Shop Steward uye akasarudzwa Executive Board Member yeUnited Healthcare Workers (SEIU). Aive nhengo yekutanga yeNUHW.
Cal Winslow is author of Laborโs Civil War in California, (PM, new edition, 2012) an editor of Rebel Rank and File, Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s (Verso 2010) and a co-author with Edward Thompson and others of the new edition of Albionโs Fatal Tree, Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England (Verso, new edition, 2011). He is a Fellow in Environmental History at UC Berkeley and is associated with the Retort collective. He can be reached at [email inodzivirirwa].
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