Haasi zuva rega rega iro mubatanidzwa mutsva wenyika unoumbwa muUnited States. Asi ndizvo chaizvo zvakaitika muna Kubvumbi 25 muSan Francisco. Kana iyo National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) ikabuda sezvakarongwa, izuva remabhuku enhoroondo.
"Uchakwanisa kuudza vazukuru vako mumakore anotevera," mutungamiri weNUHW Sal Rosselli akafanotaura neushingi kunhume mazana manomwe dzaifara, "kuti wakapinda gungano rekutanga remubatanidzwa wemamiriyoni mashanu evashandi vehutano."
Gungano iri rakabvumidza Bumbiro reMitemo nevakuru venguva pfupi vakasarudzwa zvinova zvinodikanwa zviri pamutemo kuti vapihwe chitupa nehurumende yeFederal. Zviga zveBumbiro reMitemo idzva zvinosanganisira kodzero yekusarudza nekudzinga vatariri nevatariri, misangano yenhengo dzenguva dzose uye chirongwa chevatariri chakakura uye chirongwa chekudzidzisa.
Pari zvino vasimuka vomhanya nesarudzo yavo yekutanga kwasara masvondo mashoma kuti vapinde.
Vari panjodzi vane zviuru gumi zvevashandi vekuchengeta kumba vanoshandirwa neCalifornia County yeFresno, maawa mana kumaodzanyemba kweSan Francisco. Makwikwi anokwirisa NUHW yakanangana nenhengo ine simba miriyoni mbiri Service Employees International Union (SEIU), mumiriri webargaining weboka reFresno.
Vashandi vehurumende ava havasi kugutsikana zvikuru nehurongwa hweSEIU hwekuvaisa munzvimbo yakaparadzana yakapatsanurwa kubva kune vamwe vashandi vehutano vemubatanidzwa muzvipatara nemakiriniki mhiri kweCalifornia.
Kubvisa mupikisi anotyisa akadaro kunoedza kugona kweNUHW uye kugona. Zviri pachena kuti isarudzo yemubatanidzwa yakakosha zvikuru munyika.
Bato idzva iri riri kutarisira kuunganidza miriyoni imwe chete yemadhora kuti rikwanise kuita mushandirapamwe wekukunda musarudzo dzevamiriri. Ichishaya zvekushandisa kudzamara yatora nhengo dzinobhadhara mari, zviuru zvevashandi vanozvipira hapana mubvunzo kuti ihombe huru yekutora mari iyo NUHW yave nayo mubhanga.
Sezvo mumwe 30-year Fresno homecare worker akaudza gungano, "SEIU ine simba rakawanda asi takabatana tine simba rakawanda." Pane chimwe chinhu chaicho seri kwechido ichi. Mumazuva mashoma chete, vanopfuura makumi maviri neshanu muzana vevashandi vanokodzera zviuru gumi muFresno vakasaina masiginecha anoshanda achibvumidza sarudzo yekutanga yeNUHW.
Asi izvo, mumavhiki mashanu kubva mubatanidzwa mutsva watanga kuziviswa pachena muna Ndira 2009, zvichemo zvekumiririra zvinobata vashandi zviuru makumi mapfumbamwe nezvitanhatu munzvimbo dzinopfuura mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu ezvehutano zveCalifornia zvakamhan'arwa kumatunhu akakodzera, masangano ehurumende uye enyika.
Kunyangwe paine matambudziko mazhinji emutemo neSEIU, Rosselli akaudza gungano kuti aitarisira kuti kukunda kwesarudzo kwaizoburitsa nhengo makumi mashanu nenhanhatu kutanga kwa56,000, kunyangwe sarudzo hombe dzeCalifornia Kaiser Hospitals dzakarongwa gare gare gore iroro.
Vakasarudzwa Vatungamiriri Vanodzingwa
Mwedzi mishoma yapfuura chete, vatsigiri veNUHW vanga vari vatungamiri veService Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers-West (SEIU UHW-West). Iine nhengo 150,000, yaive yechipiri yakakura chikamu chemubatanidzwa weSEIU yenyika ine simba.
Iye zvino masangano maviri aya ari kurwisana. Union democracy iri pakati pekupokana uye zvechokwadi ndiyo inonyanya kukosha nzvimbo yekusangana iyo iri kukurudzira makumi ezviuru enhengo kusiya SEIU uye kuumba mubatanidzwa mutsva.
Semuenzaniso, SEIU yakaramba kubvumidza kuvhota kwenhengo dzeUHW-West pachikumbiro cheMutungamiriri weNyika Andy Stern chekupatsanura zviuru makumi matanhatu neshanu zvevashandi vekumba nevanochengeterwa vakwegura.
Iyi inyaya yakakosha nekuti vazhinji vevashandi vekumba vanotenda, sekuratidzira kunoita Fresno, kuti kudzvanya kwavo kunowedzera nekubatanidzwa muchikamu chimwe chete nevashandi vechipatara nevekiriniki. Stern anotenda kuti hunyanzvi hwega hwega hunofanirwa kukamurwa kuita zvikamu zvakasiyana.
Ruzhinji rweUHW-West rwakapokana zvakapesana; achiratidza kuti kubatanidza simba remhizha dzose kuva chikwata chimwe chekutengeserana kwakavawanira zvibvumirano zvakanakisisa munyika.
Zvakangodaro, vakuru veSEIU vakasimbirira kuenderera mberi nekumanikidzwa, kudzoreredzwa kukuru munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzemakumi ezviuru zvevashandi vehutano veCalifornia. Vashandi vazhinji vakanyunyutawo kuti vagari venzvimbo iyi vari kure zvakanyanya nenzvimbo dzebasa dzakapararira, vachimisa zvipingamupinyi kuti vatore chikamu uye vatore chikamu.
Achiramba kuedza kuderedza gakava, Stern panzvimbo pacho akawedzera nekubvisa vakuru veUHW-West, vamiriri, uye kunyange vatariri, vakaramba kutevedzera chirevo chake. Akakurumidza kutevera nekutora mari yemubatanidzwa, achichinja makiyi pamahofisi ese emubatanidzwa nekuisa UHW-West zvakananga pasi pevaaive vagadzwa.
Izvi zvakasiya vakadzingwa vaimbove vatungamiriri vakasarudzwa veUHW-West sarudzo shoma. Rakanga riri zuva rakatevera, musi waNdira 28, 2009, apo NUHW yakatanga kusangana.
Mubatanidzwa mutsva uyu wakabva wagamuchirwa nerutsigiro rwakakura nenhengo dzakashatirwa dzaisada kupinzwa munzvimbo dzichangoburwa, dzavasingazive uye dziri kure dzinotungamirwa nevasina kusarudzwa acolytes veStern.
Iyi imhinduro isati yamboitika inoyeuchidza kudururwa kwerutsigiro rweCongress for Industrial Organisations (CIO) muma1930s.
Kubatanidzwa Kwenhengo
Zviuru zvevashandi vari kuungana kuti vazvidzivirire hazvigone kutsanangurwa senzira yakajairika yekupokana nepamusoro-pasi, mitemo isina demokrasi. Mamwe masangano anotungamirwa nevakuru vehurumende, sezviri kuita SEIU nhasi, ane mhosva yekupindira kwakafanana. Hapana, zvisinei, akamutsa hukuru hwakakura kudaro uye faira kupikisa.
Muchokwadi, mauto mazhinji anopokana mukati memubatanidzwa anopeta kana mubatanidzwa wavo wepasi rose une simba wakaita masimba sezvakaitwa naStern. Sezvo tasangana nemamiriro ezvinhu akadai, ndinogona kutaura isu vapikisi vakananzva maronda edu uye takamirira zuva riri nani rekuburitsa banner redu. Izvi zvinowanzoitika.
Hatina kufungidzira kuumba imwe mubatanidzwa wenyika. Chii chinoita kuti NUHW isiyane?
Chikamu chemusiyano hukuru hukuru hweUHW-West. Asi kune zvimwe kwazviri. Makore gumi apfuura, SEIU-UHW West yakatanga kuyedza hurongwa uye zvematongerwo enyika kushandura mubatanidzwa kubva kune yakajairwa nevashandi, yakavakirwa kumahofisi makuru.
Izvi zvinowanzodaidzwa sekusimuka kubva kune "yakatarisana nebasa" modhi apo vamiriri vevashandi venguva yakazara vanoita mabasa mazhinji ekukurukurirana uye ekuita zvibvumirano uye kuenda kune izvo dzimwe nguva zvinodaidzwa kuti "kuronga modhi" inopa simba vatariri vanosarudzwa panzvimbo dzebasa. kuita akawanda emabasa mamwe chete aya.
Kuvamba hukama hwakananga nenhengo ndiyo nzira iyo masangano agara achitambira nayo mishandirapamwe yakabudirira yekumiririra - kuumba-mumba, chinzvimbo uye mafaera komiti kusimudzira uye kutungamira kuronga. Nokudaro zita rokuti, "kuronga muenzaniso."
Sezvineiwo, zvisinei, aya makomiti emunharaunda anowanzo parara mushure mekubudirira kwesarudzo yemubatanidzwa mutsva. Kushanda kwemubatanidzwa kunodzokera kumidziyo yechinyakare yemubatanidzwa iyo inotora nhaurirano nekutevedzwa kwekondirakiti.
Vanogona kuve vatungamiriri vatsva vanowanzoodzwa moyo kubva pakuwedzera kutora chikamu mushure mekuona basa ravo richidzikiswa zvakanyanya nevamiriri vevashandi vehunyanzvi.
Apa ndipo paive neSEIU UHW-West yaive yakasiyana. Hutungamiri hweRosselli hwakaita kuzvipira kwakakomba kugadzira hukama hwakananga kune nhengo.
Democracy as Militancy
Sechikamu chekuedza kwavo kuwedzera hwaro hwemasimba emubatanidzwa, chirongwa chikuru chekudzidzisa vatariri nedzidzo chakatangwa. Makanzuru ega ega enzvimbo yebasa akaumbwa uye achisangana nguva nenguva. Maumbirwo aya akaiswa muBumbiro reNUHW.
Kubatanidzwa kwedzidzo, kudzidziswa uye kugovera mabasa kwakakurudzira uye kwakagadzirira nhengo kutora basa rakasimba rekusimbisa kodzero dzavo. Vashandi vari pabasa zviri pachena kuti vane hukama hwakananga nemushandirwi uye vanogona pamwe chete kumanikidza zvakanyanya kupfuura vamiriri vevashandi vega.
Huzivi hunotenda kuti mubatanidzwa wemubatanidzwa unofanirwa kukurudzira nekutsigira nhengo panzvimbo panogara simba remubatanidzwa kwete kuti vashandi vepamuzinda vazvione sevanotangira masimba mumubatanidzwa.
Pasi peiyi nzira itsva yakagamuchirwa makore apfuura neSEIU UHW-West, vashandi vemubatanidzwa vakawandisa uye vane ruzivo. reinforced pane ku akatsiviwa yehutungamiriri hutsva hwenzvimbo yebasa. Nekuda kweizvozvo, nhengo dzakawana chivimbo uye dzaisangoerekana dzasiya kuvakuru vemubatanidzwa.
Muchidimbu, mitemo iyi yakaita demokrasi mumubatanidzwa uye ikaita kuti ive yakasimba. Makore ekudzidziswa kwehutungamiriri akaburitsa mazana evamiriri vemubatanidzwa vane ruzivo, vanotaura uye vanoshingaira, vazhinji vavo vakaonekwa nekunzwikwa pagungano rekutanga reNUHW.
Kathy Lipscomb, Mumiriri/Murongi weMunda, SEIU UHW-West (ret), akazevezera kwandiri nerudado mukati mekuombera maoko kukuru uye kufarira kwegungano: takazotanga kudzidzisa mashop steward nekusimudzira hutungamiri panzvimbo.
Hushingi hwekubuda kubva kune imwe yemubatanidzwa une simba munyika uye chivimbo chekuvaka imwe nzira inovimbika kuzvipira kunoshamisa uye kunogona kungoyedzwa neboka renzvimbo uye faira ragara richiunganidzwa nekupihwa simba mumakore achangopfuura.
"Vatariri vezvitoro ndivo vaive pedyo zvakanyanya nezviitwa zvezuva nezuva zvevashandi," Howard Wallace, Mumiriri Wenzvimbo/Mugari Wenharaunda (ret), SEIU- Local 250 Healthcare Workers Union, akandiudza. "Kazhinji ndivo vaive vekutanga kunzwisisa nyaya idzi. Vatungamiriri ava vasingabhadharwi, vakazvipira vaive neruremekedzo rukuru kubva kwatiri tese."
Pane zvakawanda zvekufunga nezvazvo kubva mukukakavadzana pakati peNUHW neSEIU. Zvidzidzo zvakadzidzwa zvirinani kana chinzvimbo uye kumukira kwefaira kuchinyatsobudirira. Vanotiitira isu tose nekumirira mubatanidzwa wemauto uye wegutsaruzhinji. Ngativashuvirei zvakanaka.
Carl Finamore akanga ari muenzi akakokwa paKuvamba Kokorodzano yeNational Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) uye aimbova Mutungamiriri (ret), Air Transport Employees, Local Lodge 1781, IAMAW, AFL-CIO.
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