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Zviuru zvevashandi vekuchengetera zvinhu pachirimwa cheAmazon muBessemer, Alabama, vari pakati pevhoti yemubatanidzwa inogona kushandura iri kuitika izvozvi. Musi wa8 Kukadzi, vashandi vepadura vakatumirwa mavhoti netsamba kuti vasarudze mumavhiki manomwe anotevera kana vachida kujoina. Retail, Wholesale uye Dhipatimendi Store Union (RWDSU). Kungosvika padanho rino kwaive kukunda kukuru tichifunga nezvehukasha mubatanidzwa wekutengesa nemutengesi mukuru wepasirese uye nyaya yekuti vashandi vari kushanda panguva yedenda. Kana vashandi vakavhota zvinosimbisa, vangave nekutanga mubatanidzwa weAmazon nzvimbo yebasa muUnited States.
Stuart Appelbaum, purezidhendi weRWDSU, akanditsanangurira mune imwe nguva indavhiyu mashoko anokatyamadza ezvaanodaidza kuti โkuedza kwehasha kwekurwisa mubatanidzwa kwandisati ndamboona,โ kunangana nevashandi vane zviuru zvishanu nemazana masere. "Vari kuita zvese zvavanogona," akadaro. Iyo kambani yanga "ichiputira vanhu nepropaganda mudura rese. Kune zvikwangwani nemabhena nemaposta kwese kwese, kunyangwe mumatanga ekugezera. "
Sekureva kwaAppelbaum, kambani iyi iri kutumirawo vashandi vayo mameseji mukati mezuva rose ichikurudzira kuvhota "kwete" uye kukwevera vanhu mumisangano ye "nhapwa-vateereri". Zvisingashamise, Amazon iri kushandisa nhema dzinowanzotaurwa nezve mibatanidzwa: kuti zvinodhura vashandi mari yakawanda kuve mumubatanidzwa pane kwete. Poshi posita yakanamirwa pamadziro emba inochengeterwa zvinhu ichiti, โunotoziva kuti mubatanidzwa wacho ungakubhadharisa mari inosvika madhora mazana mashanu pagore.โ Asi Alabama inzvimbo ye "kodzero yekushanda" iyo vashandi havagone kumanikidzwa kupinda mumubatanidzwa kana vakahaiwa muchitoro chemubatanidzwa, uye havakwanise kubhadhariswa mari.
Kuzadzisa ayo anorema-ruoko mu-munhu mubatanidzwa-busting kuedza ndiko spy webhusaiti yakagadzirwa nekambani, DoItWithoutDues.com, uko mapikicha evashandi vanofara vachipa zvigunwe-zvigunwe zviratidzo zvinoita kuti pave nekugutsikana pakambani. Pane saiti yayo, Amazon inopa isina mhosva vhezheni yayo ye "chokwadi" nezve mubatanidzwa zvinosanganisira zviyeuchidzo zvinotyisa zvekuti kujoinha mubatanidzwa hakuzopi vimbiso yekuchengetedzeka kwebasa kana mibairo iri nani uye mabhenefiti - pasina kutaurwa nezvekuti Amazon haivimbise sei. zvinhu izvozvo kana.
Pa rondedzero yekambani ye "Global Human Rights Principles," Amazon inoti, "Tinoremekedza rusununguko rwekubatana uye kodzero yevashandi vedu yekujoinha, kuumba, kana kusajoinha mubatanidzwa wevashandi kana rimwe sangano riri pamutemo ravanozvisarudzira, pasina kutya kutsiva, kutyisidzirwa, kana kushungurudzwa.โ
Asi mune peji kunze kwe Donald Trump uye bhuku rekutamba reRepublicans, the kambani yakaedza kuramba kuti kunyangwe pakati pedenda rinouraya, vhoti yemubatanidzwa inofanirwa "kuitwa nemaoko, mu-munhu, zvichiita kuti zvive nyore kune vanobatana kuti vaone uye kuvhota kwavo vari padyo nenzvimbo yavo yebasa." National Labor Relations Board yakaramba chikumbiro cheAmazon chesarudzo yezuva rimwe chete.
Mavhoti akatumirwa kuvashandi muna Kukadzi 8, uye mubatanidzwa nevamiriri varo vari kushandisa nehungwaru nguva yekuvhota yemavhiki manomwe kuita mushandirapamwe uye kukurudzira vashandi kuvhota "hongu." Asi Amazon iri kuenderera mberi nekuedza kwayo kupikisa RWDSU. Varongi muBessemer vakatora kubatanidza vashandi pavakamira parambi dzvuku pavakabuda mudura reAmazon. Asi kambani iyi, maererano neAppelbaum, "yakaita kuti guta richinje mwenje wemotokari kuitira kuti varongi vedu vasakwanise kutaura navo." (Chirevo kubva kuBessemer guta inoramba chirevo.)
Ane hukasha maitiro eAmazon anti-mubatanidzwa zvekuti nhengo makumi mashanu dzeCongress dzakatumira kambani yambiro. tsamba vachiti, "Tinokumbira kuti umise aya maitiro akasimba emaoko nekukurumidza uye ubvumire vashandi vako vakasununguka kushandisa kodzero yavo kuronga mubatanidzwa." Kunyangwe ivo vanoisa mari vekambani yacho vanokatyamadzwa nemaitiro aya zvekuti vanopfuura makumi manomwe vavo vakasaina tsamba kukurudzira Amazon kuti irambe "isina kwayakarerekera" muvhoti.
Nzira yekuvhota iyi yemubatanidzwa yakagadziridzwa nekusaenzana kwakanyanya kwakawedzera panguva yedenda sezvo vashandi vakatorerwa kushomeka kwavo. njodzi-bhonasi ye $2 paawa apo kambani vakawana mibairo mikuru mugore rapfuura. CEO uye munguva pfupi ichave "Executive Sachigaroโ yeAmazon, Jeff Bezos ndiye murume wechipiri-kupfuma pasirese. Iye zvino akakodzera kufunga-funga $ 188 bhiriyoni uye akaona upfumi hwake huchiwedzera nemabhiriyoni makumi manomwe nemashanu emadhora, mugore rapfuura cheteโnguva imwe chete iyoyo 20,000 zvevashandi vake vakaongororwa vane coronavirus.
Chiziviso chaBezos chekuti aive apinda muchikamu chitsva pakambani chakauya zuva rimwe chete iro Federal Trade Commission yakazivisa kuti Amazon yakanga yabira. $62 miriyoni mumazano kubva kuvatyairi vanoshandira chirongwa che "Flex". Appelbaum yaifungidzira kuti "zvaiedza kuitwa naBezos kwaive kugadzira kuvhiringa sezvaizoitwa naTrump," uye kuti "panzvimbo pekutarisa pamadhora mazana matanhatu emamiriyoni emadhora avakabira vatyairi vavo, vanhu vaizotaura nezvenyaya yekuti Bezos aiwana itsva. zita.โ
Appelbaum inoona nhoroondo yevhoti yemubatanidzwa muBessemer seisiri kungorwira vashandi. โZvikamu makumi masere nezvishanu kubva muzana zvevanhu vanoshanda panzvimbo iyi ndeveAfrican American. Isu tinoona uku kuri kurwira kodzero dzevanhu sekurwira kodzero dzevashandi,โ vakadaro. Chokwadi, mamiriro ezvinhu paimba inochengeterwa zvinhu anokatyamadza zvokuti anonzwika souranda hwemazuva ano, hunogoneswa noruzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu. "Vanhu vanga vachishorwa uye kubatwa zvisina kunaka neAmazon," akadaro mutungamiri wemubatanidzwa. Akatsanangura kuti, โvanhu vanowana mabasa avo parobhoti, vanorangwa neapp pafoni yavo, uye vanodzingwa nemeseji. Mafambiro ese avanoita ari kuongororwa.โ
Vamiriri vemubatanidzwa vari kupokana neAmazon inorwisa-mubatanidzwa kuedza nehondo yavo yeruzivo. Pamusoro pevanoronga kutaura nevashandi vekuchengetera zvinhu muBessemer mukana wese wavanowana, webhusaiti yeruzivo Bamazonunion.org inogovera data kubva kune dzakasiyana siyana zvidzidzo nezve njodzi yekushanda mamiriro muAmazon zvivakwa. Nzvimbo iyi inoyeuchidza vashandi kuti masangano evashandi vanokwanisa kuhwina zvibvumirano apo vashandi vanogona kudzingwa chete ne "chikonzero chakanaka" uye kwete nekuda kwemaneja; kuti zvichemo pamusoro pekambani zvinogona kuiswa kuburikidza nekunyunyuta kwakarongeka; uye kuti mihoro nemabhenefiti zvinotaurirana pamwechete.
Senhengo inodada yemubatanidzwa we SAG-AFTRA, vandinoshanda navo neni kuKPFK Pacifica Radio tagara tichibatsirikana kubva padziviriro yakadai kunyangwe panhepfenyuro yeruzhinji isingaite purofiti iri kunetsekana kuwana chokurarama nacho. Kana takatarisana nesangano rine hutsinye rekuita purofiti rakavaka humambo hwaro kumashure kwevasina basa, vashandi veAmazon vari pamberi peavo vanonyanya kuda dziviriro inogona kupihwa nemubatanidzwa.
"Sarudzo iyi isarudzo yakakosha yemubatanidzwa mumakore mazhinji nekuti haisi yenzvimbo ino yeAmazon muAlabama," akadaro Appelbaum. โSarudzo iyi inyaya yeramangwana rebasa, kuti pasi rose richange rakamira sei. Amazon iri kushandura indasitiri mushure meindasitiri, uye vari kushandurawo chimiro chebasa, โakadaro. Chokwadi, nhanho iyo Amazon yakarwira mubatanidzwa panzvimbo imwe chete yekuchengetera zvinhu muAlabama chiratidzo chekuti zvakakosha sei kukambani kuti vashandi vayo varambe vasina simba.
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