Kwakabva: Labor Notes
"Don paakatanga kuwana tsamba yake achiti penjeni yake yaizodimburwa 52 muzana, yaive imwe yenguva sepakazourayiwa Mutungamiri Kennedy uye 9/11," akadaro Dana Vargo, mudzimai weTeamster akarega basa. "Unorangarira chaizvo kwawanga uri."
"Tsamba yangu yakati, kutanga mumwedzi mishoma, mudyandigere wako uchabva pamadhora zviuru zvitatu pamwedzi zvichidzika kusvika pamadhora zviuru zviviri nemazana mashanu," akadaro Greg Smith, uyo aisa makore makumi matatu nerimwe seTeamster yekutakura zvinhu. "Vanhu pavakawana izvozvo, kamwe kamwe foni yakatanga kurira."
Yakanga iri 2015 apo vese 410,000 vemazuva ano uye vakarega Teamsters muCentral States Pension Fund vakagamuchira tsamba iyoyo, vachivazivisa kuti vaizopedza makore avo egoridhe vakaputsa. Congress yakanga ichangobva kuita zviri pamutemo kuti homwe yepenjeni yevashandi vakawanda iri “munzvimbo yakaoma” kuti idzosere mari yavaitambira zvakaomarara. The Teamsters international anga apinda.
Mukana wei uyo boka revatyairi vemarori vakarega basa nevaroora vavo vakawana kumisa kucheka? Uye zvakadaro, vakaita izvozvo chaizvo.
Chekutanga vakawana machekwa kuCentral States, iyo inovhara matunhu makumi maviri neshanu, yakadzikira, ndokuvamisa vafa. Asi dambudziko guru rakanga richiri kuuya—homwe yacho yaizoshaya mari.
Central States yakanga isiri yega homwe yevashandi vakawanda mumvura inopisa, kana. Imwe mari yakanyatso kudzikisa muripo wevarega basa, kusanganisira Ironworkers Local 17 muCleveland uye Western Pennsylvania uye Upstate New York Teamster zvirongwa. Pakati pevamwe vari mungozi paiva nevashandi vomumugodhi vakarega basa, machini, uye vaimbi.
Pakupedzisira munaKurume uno, varatidziri vepenjeni vakahwina kukunda kwakazara: madhora 86 bhiriyoni kubva kuCongress, sechikamu chebhiri guru rekusimudzira hupfumi, kudzoreredza mari yese inorwara yevashandi vakawanda kuhutano, uye kudzorera munhu wese ane penjeni yakatoderedzwa.
Vakazviita nokushingirira—uye nokuti hapana mumwe munhu aizozviita.
"Kwaive kuedza kwepasi uye kuramba vachirova pavari," akadaro Vargo. "Pre-Covid pataigona kuenda kuWashington taigara tichiratidzira tisina kukokwa, tichivawana mumahoro tichiti 'Muchatibatsira rini?'
“Ndine chokwadi chekuti kunyange hazvo zvikamu makumi mashanu kubva muzana zvevamiriri veparamende vasina kuvhotera bhiri iri, vanofara kuti isu tichaenda.
HAPANA TAKEBACK
Pakazosvika vanhu vakasiya basa pavakatanga kuvhura iwo mavara akashata muna 2015, vashoma ve Teamsters vanga vachiridza alarm. kwemakore. Ndosaka nhare yaSmith yairira — aive chikamu che network ye grassroots kuti Teamsters yeDemocratic Union yakanga yabatsira kutanga muOhio.
Smith aingonakidzwa kwegore nehafu yekurega basa murongi weTDU Ken Paff asati afona kuti amuyambire nezve chirongwa che "Solutions Not Bailouts" chiri kusimudzirwa neboka remubatanidzwa-mushandi, National Coordinating Committee yeMultiemployer Plans-ne Teamsters dzakasaina kutsigira. Pfungwa yaive yekuti, isu tinofanirwa kuparadza penjeni kuti tiichengetedze.
Kuperevedza chaiko. Kune mari zhinji dziri kunetsa, dambudziko guru riripo riri nyore: vashandi vemazuva ano vakakwana kana vachienzaniswa nehuwandu hwevakaenda pamudyandigere. Chalk izvo kune zvirongwa zvevashandirwi zvakaita sekudzora uye kubvisa mubatanidzwa, pamwe nekutadza kwemasangano kuronga.
Dambudziko rakawedzera muna 2007 apo hutungamiri hweTeamster hwakarega UPS ichibhadhara mari yekubvisa kubva kuCentral States fund. Zvino iyo nedzimwe mari dzepenjeni dzakatanga kugeza mudambudziko rezvemari ra2008, zvichiwedzera kunetsa.
Asi hapana chaifanira kunge chiri dambudziko revakasiya basa. Vaiva nechikwereti chepenjeni iyoyo, muripo webasa rakaitwa kare. “Makambani aiuya kwatiri patinotaurirana achiti, ‘Tine mari yakawanda chete, unoda utano here kana muhoro kana penjeni?’” Smith akadaro. “Taiti, 'Panzvimbo pokuisa dhora mumuhoro wedu, torai hafu yayo moiisa mupenjeni.' Unoita izvozvo kasingaperi. Ipapo panopera basa rako unorega basa, uye vanouya vachiti ‘Ndine urombo.’”
Chii chinoitika kana homwe yepenjeni isingakwanise kubhadhara zvayaifanira kuita? Inopihwa inishuwarenzi nesangano rakabhadharwa nemubatanidzwa, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, iyo yaizobhadhara chikamu chidiki chezvikwereti. Kunyangwe zvakadaro, Central States yakakura zvekuti kana ikatadza, iyo PBGC yaizoenda nedumbu zvakare. Ndicho chikonzero kupindira kweCongressional kwaidiwa.
Pfungwa yeSolutions Not Bailouts yaive yekunyoreswa zviri pamutemo kubvisa mari mumatehwe evari pamudyandigere, pane kukosora kubva kubazi rehurumende.
ZVAKATANGA MUHIO
Nerubatsiro rweTDU, vanhu vangangosvika gumi nevaviri vakatanga Komiti yeNortheast Ohio Kudzivirira Pensheni — yekutanga pamakomiti mazhinji akadaro. Smith, mumiriri we TDU kwenguva refu, akaunza kuronga kuziva.
Vakanyora Mike Walden, mutyairi werori akarega basa kubva kuAkron, sechigaro chavo. Walden anga asiri nhengo yeTDU, asi akafara kuwana rubatsiro rwavo. "Ehe isu takambodzosera kumashure, nekuti vazhinji veTeamsters vaisada TDU," akadaro. "Asi ndangoudza vanhu kuti tese tinofanirwa kushanda pamwe chete kuti tichengete penjeni."
Nokukurumidza Matare Ekudzivirira Mudyandigere akaumbwa muColumbus, Youngstown, Canton (akatungamirirwa naVargo nomurume wake), uye Cincinnati. Pakupedzisira kwaive ne65 munyika yose, uye sangano renyika naWalden semutungamiri uye Vargo semunyori.
Sezvo kuronga kwakawedzera simba, Mutungamiri weTeamster James P. Hoffa akanonoka kusiya bhodhi reboka raikurudzira Solutions Not Bailouts. Sangano iri rakapikisa zviri pamutemo mutemo weMultiemployer Pension Reform Act—mutemo wa2014 wakagonesa kudzikiswa kwepenjeni-uye akapa sangano revanhu tsigiro.
STANDING ROOM CHETE
Mushure mekunge tsamba dzabuda dzichizivisa kuchekwa, misangano yepamwedzi yeKansas City Committee yekudzivirira Pensions yakavhoterwa kubva pavanhu zana nemakumi maviri nevashanu kuenda pa125.
Tim Pagel muHouston akaona zvakafanana. Kwemakore anga achinzwa kubva kuTDU nezvekutyisidzira kuri kuuya kumudyandigere, asi mapurisa eNzvimbo 988 akapokana nezvikumbiro zvake zvekuronga. Afadzwa nemashandisiro aiita makomiti epenjeni kune dzimwe nzvimbo kushandisa Facebook, akatanga boka rake rekwavo, iro rakakurumidza kukura.
Pakazosvika 2016, mapurisa eko akabvuma kuunza nyanzvi kubva kuPension Rights Center kuti itaure pahoro. Iyo PRC yakava sosi yakakosha uye chinongedzo kuti uwane mamwe masangano, akadai seAARP. "Handifunge kuti ndakamboona vanhu vakawanda kudaro muhoro yedu," Pagel akadaro. “Havana kukwanisa kupinda munzvimbo yekupaka motokari. Vakanga vakavhura magonhi maviri nekuti vanhu vaive vakaita mudungwe kunze kwechivako vachiedza kunzwa.”
Dhipatimendi rePfuma akagadzwa "Special Master" Kenneth Feinberg kukurudzira kana kubvumidza Central States' zvakatemwa zvakatemwa. Akabata misangano yeruzhinji yekunzwa kubva kune vari pamudyandigere. Muguta neguta, mazana akabuda kuti amupe nzeve. MuMinnesota, vakasiya basa vakakwira mitsara yepikicha kumahofisi eCongressmembers, vakaungana muhurumende capitol rotunda, uye vakaburitsa vanhu mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu kumusangano waFeinberg. Vanoverengeka veTeamster veko, kusanganisira Louisville Local 750, vakapinda muhondo.
Zviuru zvevakasiya basa vakaenda kuDC kuenda musangano kuCapitol. Mwedzi gare gare, ndichinzwa kumanikidzwa, Feinberg akacheka kucheka kweCentral States.
'CHIBAIRO CHAKABVA' AKASUNDIRA
Izvozvo zvichiri zvakasiya dambudziko guru—mari yepenjeni yaida mari. Vanyarikani ava vakashanyira DC nguva nenguva vachitsvaga rubatsiro rwehurumende. Senator Bernie Sanders akaunza kaviri Mutemo Wedu Chengetedza Pension Promises, iyo ingadai yakawana mari yekusimudza PBGC nekuvhara mutero wevapfumi.
Ipapo Senator Sherrod Brown weOhio akaunza Butch Lewis Act, yakatumidzwa zita remutungamiri anodiwa weTDU uye mumiriri wepenjeni "akange apera kubva mukushushikana," Walden akati; chirikadzi yake Rita Lewis yakava izwi rine mukurumbira mukurwira.
Vavengi mudare reSeneti vakaramba vachisunda “chibairo chakagoverana”—kuti vakarega basa vanofanira kunzwa kurwadziwa. Asi murume wake akanga atozvipira, Vargo akati: “Akashanda makore ose iwayo, akapotsa zviitiko zvose izvozvo zvemhuri, kuti awane penjeni yemhuri yedu.”
Kunze kwezvo, Pagel anonongedza, mari yepenjeni inzungu zvichienzaniswa nekuderedzwa kwemutero kwaTrump kune vapfumi, izvo. yakawedzera chikwereti chemubatanidzwa ne $ 1.9 trillion.
KODZERO YEKUBVA MUGARA
Pakupedzisira nyeredzi dzakaenderana. MaDemocrat akatora Senate. Mutemo weButch Lewis wakabatanidzwa kune bhiri rekusimudzira uye waisada filibuster-uchapupu makumi matanhatu. MaRepublicans anga ari mushishi kunanga moto paSanders's $60 mihoro yakaderera.
Nokudzivirira mudyandigere wavo vamene, varwiri vakaunza nhamo nokuda kwekodzero yomunhu wose yokurega basa. Mushure mepensheni yevashandi vakawanda inogona kunge yakatemwa kune mudyandigere mumwe chete, uyezve Social Security.
"Zvitatu-zvina zvekutanga zvekurwa uku kwaive kudzidzisa nhengo nezve penjeni, uye izvi zvakapfuura makore mazhinji," akadaro Pagel. "Takagumburwa nezviri kuitika zvekuti Hoffa nevamwe vake vese, havana kuzokwanisa kuzvifuratira."
"Taiziva kuti hapana aizotibatsira kunze kwedu," akadaro Vargo. “Chidzidzo chaicho chandinofara kupa kuvana vangu nevazukuru vangu. Munoungana pamwe chete nevamwe vanhu vane pfungwa dzakafanana uye munoramba muchirwa. Hapana imwe nzira."
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