Karen Gorrell akakachidzwa nemisodzi mumwe Mugovera mukutanga kwaKurume sezvaaidhonza danda rekupedzisira kubva mutende rakanga riri imba yake kwemazuva 75 apfuura. Kudonha kwekupedzisira, kurwira kwenguva refu kwaakatungamira kwevashandi vakasiya basa kubva kuCentury Aluminium Corporation kwakazviwana sechikamu chetsaona chebato reOccupy. "Ndiri kufara kuti boka revakuru vadiki vanogona kutora hofori dzemakambani muWest Virginia," Gorrell akadaro.
Boka iri rakarwira kuti mabhenefiti avo ezvehutano adzorerwe mushure mekunge kambani yarasa kuvharwa kwevanhu vanopfuura mazana mashanu vakasiya basa nemhuri dzavo. Mushure meanopfuura gore rekuronga, kuratidzira uye, pakupedzisira, basa remuviri, boka reOccupy Century rakasvika pakugadzirisana nekambani mukupera kwemwedzi wapera izvo zvichadzoreredza mabhenefiti ezvehutano uye kupa $500 miriyoni kune vakasiya basa kwemakore gumi, kusvika $44 miriyoni mune mamwe mipiro yekutevera.
"Ndinoda vanhu ava," Gorrell, makumi matanhatu nemasere, akadaro nezvevaaigara navo, vane mazera anotangira pamakumi matanhatu kusvika pakati pemakumi masere. "Iyi ndiyo mhuri yepedyo yaungave nayo munyika." Gorrell akaroorwa neCentury retiree uye anozvitsanangura semunhu akapedza chikoro chesekondari, anozvipira munharaunda uye mbuya.
Iyo Century Aluminium fekitori muRavenswood, W.Va., yakanga yamboona kunetsa. Muna 1990, 1,700 vashandi vemubatanidzwa pane yainzi Ravenswood Aluminium Corporation yakavharirwa kunze mukuedza kuderedza zvakanyanya mihoro. Iyo "Hondo yeFort RAC" yakatevera yaive mhirizhonga inopatsanura munharaunda yeJackson County; Nhaurirano dzakapedza kuvharika kwemakore maviri uye pikicha dzakakonzera kuti vashandi vamanikidzwe kutora muhoro wakakura mukutsinhana maakaundi ezvehutano. Pakavharwa chirimwa ichi muna 2009, pakamisa vashandi mazana matanhatu nemakumi mashanu nerimwe, Century Aluminium yakavimbisa vashandi kuti mabhenefiti avo ehutano achaenderera mberi.
Zvisinei, muna Chikumi 2010, kambani iyi yakazivisa kuti yaizomisa nyaya dzezvehutano kuvanhu vayo vari pamudyandigere uye kuchengetedza mamiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu emadhora iyo vashandi vainge vabhadhara mupenjeni yavo. "Wakaoneswa makemikari ese ane ngozi ari mubhuku - asbestos, marasha tar pitch, marudzi ese enjodzi dzakanyanya kubva kualuminium - uye kana varume vaenda pamudyandigere uye vari kutanga kutambura nekufumurwa, ipapo kambani inopinda. uye kungoburitsa rug, ”akadaro Gorrell.
Kwete izvozvo chete, asi Century Aluminium inokodzera uye yakagamuchirwa na-asi yakasarudza kusatora chikamu mu- Early Retiree Reinsurance Chirongwa, chirongwa che Affordable Care Act kuti Mutungamiri Obama vakasaina kuita mutemo muna 2010, iyo inopa mari yemubatanidzwa kubatsira kubhadhara mari dzehutano hwevari pamudyandigere. Iyo kambani yakazogamuchira mari yeEERP; muchikamu chechina cha2010, Century yakashuma mari yakawanikwa inosvika madhora 65.3 miriyoni ichidudza "kuchinja kuchirongwa chevanorapwa vakarega basa [iyo] yakawedzera mhedzisiro yekota ne $56.7 miriyoni."
"Hazvisi zvisizvo chete, imhosva izvo zvavari kuitira vanhu vekuAmerica vari munjodzi," Gorrell akadaro, "uye chinosiririsa ndechekuti, dare remubatanidzwa riri kutsigira sarudzo idzi nemakambani aya."
Kwete ino nguva.
United Steelworkers (USW), inomiririra vazhinji vevashandi vemubatanidzwa, vakamhan'ara mhosva vakamiririra Century vakasiya basa. Zvichakadaro, Gorrell nevamwe vakatanga kuronga, kutora uye kuratidzira. “Mwanasikana wangu akandikava mubhurugwa ndokunditi ndisimuke ndirwe!” akarangarira. “Ndakati, 'Jody, iyi iAmerica yemubatanidzwa.' Akati 'Amai, mune moto wakawanda mumabrichi kupfuura ani zvake, munogona kuita izvi.'
Musi waZvita 18, 2011, mushure memwedzi isina mabhenefiti, kuburikidza nekutadza kwenhaurirano nematare edzimhosva, gumi nemaviri kana kupfuura kubva kuCentury Aluminium. vakagara munzvimbo yavo yekare yebasa.
Pakutonhora uye sinou, basa renguva pfupi rakazova musha kune vakawanda vakanga varega basa. Ikoko vairara, kubika zvokudya, kutamba mitambo, kubvunzurudza uye kupemberera Krisimasi pamwe chete. “Yakanga iri Krisimasi huru kwazvo yandati ndambopedza,” Gorrell anoyeuka kudaro. “Vazhinji vevanhu ava vari kurwara zvakanyanya — gomarara, chirwere chemoyo, emphysema, chirwere chemapapu kubva kuindasitiri. Mumwe murume akati, 'Kana ndiri pano pandinofanira kufira, nemabayo, zvakafanira, nokuti munhu wose ari kurwira chinhu chakanaka.'
“Mumwe nomumwe wedu akazvitenda, kuti kuzvipira kwaikodzera ngozi,” akadaro. "Inogona kunge iri Kisimusi yekupedzisira vamwe vavo, asi takava nerutsigiro rwakakura."
Chikamu chekubudirira kweOccupy Century kwaive nekuda kwekutaura kwakashata kwayakakwanisa kugadzira pamusoro pekambani, zvichiita kuti ropa riri pamaoko aro rionekwe. Gorrell nevamwe vatatu pavakaenda kumusangano wevagovani veCentury Aluminium muCalifornia muna Chikumi apfuura, semuenzaniso, akapfeka hembe yeyero inopenya nemufananidzo weshamwari yake Bryce Turner skrini-yakadhindwa pamusoro pemashoko okuti "Kuuraya kusina Pfuti."
Panguva iyoyo, Turner aive muchipatara aine leukemia apo hutano hwake hwakamiswa. Akabva afa.
Gorrell akayeuka kuti, “Ndakaudza dare repamusangano wevanogovera kuti Bryce ari muchipatara. Iye akati kwavari, “Ndinoda kuti murangarire kuti zuva rimwe nerimwe raunoenda kubhanga uchindoisa mubereko wako, waakakupa makore 36 nehafu oupenyu hwake.”
Mazhinji emaitiro eboka aya akananga Century's CEO Logan Kruger, akasiya kambani munaNovember, achienda nechipo chekuenda-kuenda $ Miriyoni 6.2. Apo mutsivi wake Michael Ropafadza akashanyira musasa wevakasiya basa mwedzi wapera, akaudza Gorrell kuti aimurangarira.
Zvichakadaro, varatidziri veOccupy uye zvitoro zvemubatanidzwa munyika yose vanga vachipopota nekuratidzira Century Aluminium vachitsigira chikonzero chevari pamudyandigere, kusanganisira kumuzinda wekambani iyi muMonterey, California, uko Vagari vaisangana naBless nguva nenguva. Kutora Charleston akabatana nevakasiya basa pamuzinda wehurumende. Uye vashandi kubva Century Aluminium chirimwa muHawesville, KY, Gorrell akati, "akatitsigira munzira yose."
West Virginia maseneta Jay Rockefeller uye Joe Manchin, pamwe chete neWest Virginia state yeparamende, yakapa rubatsiro rukuru kune vakasiya basa vachifambisa nhaurirano pamahofisi eUSW muPittsburgh. Rockefeller, kunyanya, akatsigira boka kubva pazuva rekutanga, achimiririra basa risingawanzoonekwa pakati pevezvematongerwo enyika varipo. Gavhuna weWest Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin, ukuwo achikweva tsoka dzake.
Gore rapfuura, gavhuna akavimbisa kuvhurazve chirimwa cheRavenswood pasina kugadzirisa nyaya yehutano. “Takatsamwa. Ndakanyora tsamba kumupepeti husiku ihwohwo ndikamusunga nekubata nadhiabhorosi,” akadaro Gorrell. Vakasiya basa vakawana musangano naTomblin mushure mekutyisidzira kuti vaizotora hofisi yake zvachose. Gare gare, gavhuna akaratidza kukosha mukuunza Century Aluminium patafura yenhaurirano.
Uye muna Kukadzi 29, Century Aluminium, iyo USW, avo vakasiya basa uye hutungamiriri hwezvematongerwo enyika hwakasvika pachibvumirano chekudzorera rubatsiro rwehutano kune vakasiya basa. Chibvumirano ichi, zvisinei, chinotsamira paCentury Aluminium kugamuchira zororo remutero uye zvimwe zvinokurudzira kubva kuWest Virginia vanogadzira mutemo kuti vavhure zvakare Ravenswood aluminium inonyungudutsa chirimwa.
Century Aluminium haina kupindura kumibvunzo nezve mabatiro akaitwa basa pakuvadzosa patafura yekutaurirana. Mapepanhau emunharaunda akatenda kutsigira kwevezvematongerwo enyika, kusanganisira Sen. Manchin, avo vakati "chibvumirano ichi ndechevashandi nevasiya basa vakaita izvi."
Mutauriri weUSW Jim McKay akatsanangura neemail kuti basa revakasiya basa neUSW rakabatsira sei kuunza Century patafura: "Boka reOccupy Century rakaratidzira muguta guru renyika uye vaive nemhosva, pamwe neUSW, yekukunda mutemo waitsvagwa nekambani muna 2011." Akanyora kudaro, "ndicho chimwe chezvikonzero zvikuru izvo kambani yaitenda kuti yaifanira kusvika pakutaurirana."
Kukunda kwevari pamudyandigere kunoratidza zviri kuburitswa nemishandirapamwe yakafanana nenyika yese, vangave varatidziri vari kugara mudzimba dzakatorwa kana vashandi vachitora fekitari yavo yekuChicago kechipiri mumakore maviri: kuti kutora nzvimbo kunoreva kutora simba.
“Taida kuti shoko redu rive rakajeka. Takanzwa kuti tinogona kutaura nezve 99 muzana uye kuti makambani eAmerica nemakaro zvakatibata sei ndokutiisa muhurombo, "akadaro Gorrell.
“Ini handisi nyanzvi yekutaurirana, ndiri mbuya. Asi negolly izvo zvakarurama ndizvo zvakanaka. Hondo yedu yaive yekuti kambani itipe zvatakabhadhara. Ndevapi varwi vari nani kupfuura boka revanhu vakuru? Isu tine tsoka imwe muguva asi tiri kukava segehena neimwe."
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