Mukukunda kwemvura, vashandi vefekitari yeVolkswagen muChattanooga, Tennessee, vavhota manheru ano “UAW, hongu!” Iyo kambani yega isiri yemubatanidzwa chirimwa inozopedzisira yabatana nedzimwe nyika.
"Kana vashandi veVolkswagen pazvirimwa muGermany neMexico vaine mibatanidzwa, tiregererei isu?" akadaro mushandisi wemidziyo Briam Calderon muchiSpanish, pamberi pevhoti.
"Sezvakaitwa naMartin Luther King zvaakarota, tine chiroto kuVolkswagen kuti tichave UAW rimwe zuva," akadaro Renee Berry, mushandi wezvekuita mukomiti yekuronga uyo akashanda pachirimwa kwemakore gumi nemana. "Kunyange mavhoti achiramba achiverengerwa, zvakabuda pachena: Vashandi veVolkswagen muChattanooga ndivo vekutanga veSouthern autoworkers kunze kweBig Three kukunda mubatanidzwa wavo," yakanyora UAW mukutaura.
Iyo UAW inotasva a wave of momentum mushure mekukunda zvibvumirano zvakakosha paBig 3 automakers gore rapfuura. Vashandi vekugadzira muVolkswagen vanowana madhora makumi maviri nematatu paawa uye vanokwira pamusoro pemadhora makumi matatu nemaviri, zvichienzaniswa nemadhora makumi mana nematatu evashandi vekugadzira paFord's Spring Hill assembly plant panopera kondirakiti muna 23.
"Taigona kuona zvaiitwa nevamwe vashandi vemotokari tichienzanisa nezvataive tichigadzira," akadaro Yolanda Peoples, nhengo yedare rinoronga pamutsetse wekugadzira injini.
Kuti vatange mubatanidzwa, Volkswagen yakawedzera mihoro nezvikamu gumi nerimwe kubva muzana kuti ienderane nekusimudzwa kwenhengo dzeUAW dzakatambirwa kuFord. Vanhu vakaona mubhadharo wake uchisvetuka kubva pamadhora makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe kuenda pamadhora makumi matatu nemaviri paawa.
“Pavakaramwa mabasa, takavatarisa kuti tione kuti chii chakaitika. Pavakangohwina kondirakiti yavo, zvakabva zvachinja vanhu vakawanda kubva kune vanopikisa mubatanidzwa kuenda kunhengo dzinotsigira mubatanidzwa,” vakadaro Peoples.
Vhoti yanhasi yanga iri muyedzo wakakosha wekuti mubatanidzwa ungaite here budiriro yekuramwa mabasa kuronga kutsva mune zvenguva refu anti-mubatanidzwa bastions muSouth, zvitsigiso zvekudyara kukuru mukuchinja kwemagetsi-motokari.
Vhoti yaive zviuru zviviri nemazana matanhatu nemakumi maviri nevasere vachitsigira kuumba mubatanidzwa kune mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi masere nevashanu vachipikisa. Mavhoti manomwe akanga apikiswa, matatu akasiyiwa; Vashandi zviuru zvina nemazana matatu nemakumi maviri nevatanhatu vanokodzera kuvhota.
Kuedza kwakapfuura pachirimwa ichi muna 2014 na 2019 kwakange kwadzika kusvika pakukunda. Pamberi pekuvhota, vashandi vakati vavanoshanda navo vakadzidza kubva mukurasikirwa uku.
Vakabvisa kutyisidzira kuti mubatanidzwa waizoita kuti chirimwa chisakwikwidzane uye kuchitungamirira kuvhara. Mushure mezvose, VW yakaisa $800 miriyoni pano mu2019 kugadzira iyo ID Electric SUV.
"Takaona bhuku rekutamba revavengi kaviri, uye havana mafambiro matsva," akadaro Zach Costello, nhengo yedare rinoronga uye mudzidzisi pamutsetse wegungano. "Ndiwo mahits makuru izvozvi."
Dare rekuronga rakarova zvinofungidzirwa zvekutaura zvinopesana nemubatanidzwa nehurukuro pachirimwa ichi.
“Pakupera kwezuva, tanga tichinangidzira nguva yedu yose nengwariro pavanhu vanokosha,” akadaro nhengo yedare rinoronga Isaac Meadows, “uye vatinoshanda navo ndivo vanovhota.
“Iye zvino vashandi veMercedes [muAlabama] vari mumashure medu chaimo. Takavagadzirira danho rekuti vahwine uye vachamutsa manyawi eHyundai neToyota.”
Vashandi veMercedes vachavhota kubva muna Chivabvu 13-16, nehuwandu hwekuvhota pagumi nematanhatu.
KUCHINJIRA KUVAMWE VABASA
Angel Gomez anoziva mabhenefiti anouya nekadhi remubatanidzwa, anga ari mutariri neChikafu uye Commerce Workers (UFCW) uye Teamsters pamabasa maviri apfuura.
Gomez akatevera mhuri yake kuenda kuTennessee mushure mekushanda kuSmithfield Foods neMolson Coors muWisconsin, pamwe neFord muNew Jersey, uko baba vake vakaisa makore makumi matatu. Akapihwa basa kuVW munaNovember apfuura. Anoshanda pavari pasi peAtlas SUVs inopenya pavanenge vachifamba vachidzika mutsetse pane clip yakatsiga.
“Pakutanga ndakanga ndisingabatanidzwi mumubatanidzwa,” akadaro Gomez, nekuti paakangoshama muromo vanhu vakaziva kuti aibva kuMaodzanyemba; akanga asingadi kuti vamunyore achiri kujaira. “Pasi apa ndini muYankee. Perception ndizvo zvese. Ndaisada kuti vanhu vaone New Yorker inotaura zvinyoro kubva kuBronx.
Asi pasinei zvapo nokudenha kwake, nokukurumidza vanhu vakanga vachiuya kwaari kuzotaura pamusoro pezvinetso pachirimwa ichi: “Vanhu vakatanga kundiudza—muchena, Mutema, zvakanga zvisina basa—pamusoro porusarura rwose.”
Akatanga kutaura nevashandi vashomanana vaitaura chiSpanish vakabva kuVenezuela, Chile, Dominican Republic, uye Mexico—avo vakaona mumushandi wePuerto Rican mumwe munhu aibva kutsika dzavo, aigona kujekesa kurudziro yomubatanidzwa nemhaka yezvinoitika zvake amene mubatanidzwa.
"Ndakanyanya kufarira kutarisira vanhu vanoita zvinhu zvavo, kuchengeta mhuri dzavo, uye vanogara vachinakidzwa nebasa," akadaro Gomez. Akataura kuti vanhu ava vaiwanzova vashandi vanotaura chiSpanish avo vakaisa misoro yavo pasi uye vachiita zvavakanga vaudzwa.
Akataura kuti akagonesa vashandi veLatino mubazi rake kuti vavhotere mubatanidzwa. Asi haakurudziri matambudziko. Vamwe vanhu vanofunga kuti "kana iwe usingatendi zvauri kuudzwa nasekuru baba Trump, iwe uri munhu akaipa," akadaro. "Ndicho chave kukanganisa kukuru - zvematongerwo enyika zvese zvinobva kurudyi."
HAPANA ZVINHU ZVINHU ZVINOBATSIRA
Meadows akati varongi vevashandi vakadzidza kubva kumadhiraivha ekare kuti vasanyanya kukwezvwa mune zvematongerwo enyika, uye kuti kushanya kumba hakuna kukodzera kudzoka.
Pane kudaro, nguva ino kutenderera, vashandi vakasimbisa kutaura kune vavanoshanda navo pauriri hwechitoro, vachivhara 90 muzana yechirimwa nevatungamiriri pamutsetse wega wega.
Vakaramba vakatarisa kuvashandi kuvandudza mabasa avo nekuvandudza hupenyu hwemhuri dzavo, pane kukwezvwa mukurwa nevatambi veGOP, mushandirapamwe wenyeredzi, kana hondo yemabhodhi.
“Mapato ezvematongerwo enyika haanei nezvatiri kuita muno,” akadaro Meadows.
Ongororo ichangoburwa yakaitwa yeConservative Beacon Center yakawana kuti 44 muzana yevakapindura mudunhu rese muTennessee. vakaona UAW zvakanaka, nepo 19 muzana chete vakaiona nenzira isina kunaka.
Pamberi pevhoti, Gavhuna weTennessee Republican, Bill Lee akayambira vashandi kuti havafanire "kuisa ramangwana ravo panjodzi" nekuvhotera UAW uye akavakurudzira kuti vasasiye "rusununguko rwekuzvisarudzira voga vozvipa kune mutauriri wavo. .”
"Mharidzo yake haina kururama," akadaro Meadows. "Izvozvi, sarudzo chete yatinayo panzvimbo ino ndeyekuti, ndogara here kana kuti ndorega."
Lee aidzokorora basa rake kubva muna 2019, paakapokanawo nedhiraivha, achirovera padivi nemukuru mukuru wechirimwa. Panguva iyoyo, Meadows akati, vashandi vakapopotera gavhuna, uye dhiraivha yemubatanidzwa yakarasikirwa nerutsigiro nekuda kwayo. Panguva ino vakura makomiti avo nekutarisa kune mumwe nemumwe pane vezvematongerwo enyika.
“Vanhu vazhinji vari kuchenjera. Uye havasi kuterera kune zvematongerwo enyika, "akadaro Gomez. "Vezvematongerwo enyika havana chavanoziva nezvebasa reblue-collar. Vanozvarwa vaine chipunu chesirivha mumiromo yavo.”
Tora Gavhuna Lee, mugari wenhaka kubhizimusi remhuri rekuvaka rakapfuma nemari yegore negore inodarika mazana maviri nemakumi maviri emamiriyoni emadhora muna 220 paakava gavhuna.
'TIRI KUDYA NGARAVA IYI'
Senguva yekupedzisira, pakanga paine webhusaiti yemubatanidzwa, stillnouaw.com, panguva ino nenhepfenyuro yesocial media kubva kune aimbove Mutungamiri Trump achirwisa Mutungamiri weUAW Shawn Fain uye kuenzanisa kuvhotera mubatanidzwa nekutsigira Mutungamiri Biden.
Asi iyo anti-mubatanidzwa Facebook peji yaingova ne "15 likes" kubva svondo rino. Mapoka evaimbopikisa akaverenga mazana evatsigiri vepachena. VeTennesseans for Economic Freedom, boka rebhizinesi, vakashambadza kushambadzira kwepaFacebook vaine meseji yekuti: "UAW yaizoshandisa mihoro yedu mune zvematongerwo enyika."
“Havasati vaziva kuti tiri kuzvisarudzira,” akadaro Victor Vaughn, nhengo yedare rinoronga. "Isu ndisu tiri kutyaira chikepe ichi."
Congressperson Chuck Fleischmann akawana meseji. Kunyangwe akapikisa dhiraivha yekupedzisira, panguva ino Fleischmann akarova vaaishanda navo vekuRepublican uye akaramba kupindira. “Ichi ndicho chinhu chandichabvumira vashandi kuti vasarudze,” iye Akaudzwa HuffPost.
Pakazere, mushandirapamwe weGOP uchipokana neazvino UAW kuronga wave hauna kuve wakashata kana kurongeka semadhiraivha apfuura. Mushure mekunge mubatanidzwa wakwidza sarudzo muAlabama neTennessee ndipo magavhuna eGeorgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, neTexas akapa chirevo chakabatana chinopikisa mubatanidzwa.
ivo akanyora kuti vaiona "kudonha kweDetroit Three kurohwa nevaya vanogadzira mota vachifunga nezvekudyara nekucheka mabasa. Kuisa mabhizinesi mumatunhu edu munzvimbo iyoyo ndicho chinhu chekupedzisira chatinoda kuita. "
Kutyisidzira kwacho kunoreva. Asi enzanisa na2014, apo Seneta weTennessee, Bob Corker akati chirimwa cheVW chaizowana mutsara mutsva wekugadzira SUV kana vashandi vakaramba UAW, uye vezvematongerwo enyika vakatyisidzira kuramba kurudziro yemutero kana vashandi vakavhotera UAW mukati.
KUTAURA PAPER
Pamberi pesarudzo dzesvondo rino, vatariri vaizoverenga nezwi nezwi kubva mupepanhau rekambani rinonzi “The Talking Paper,” rakanyorwa nenzira inoita kuti pasave nechokwadi pamusoro pemubatanidzwa pasina kuyambuka munzvimbo ine hunyanzvi hwevashandi.
"Pese panobuda" Pepa Rokutaura," akadaro Costello, "kunyange mutariri wangu anoita sekuti 'Zvichatora nguva,' nekuti vanofanirwa kuverenga izwi rega rega sekunyorwa kwaro. Ivo havagone Cliff Anozviona. "
Kunyange zvakadaro, mugove weshumba wemhosva dzisina kunaka dzekushanda neUAW dzakamhan'arira mune iyi kuronga wave kusvika parizvino yanga iri kuVolkswagen. “Takaona vanonyepa kuti vanonyepa kana vachiti havana kwavakarerekera,” akadaro Costello.
Kukunda madhiraivha emubatanidzwa, kambani yakavimbisa kuwedzera mihoro uye kugadzirisa kuchengetedza. Asi vashandi vakati izvi zvave zvivimbiso zvisina maturo. Muna 2019, Volkswagen yakadzosa mutungamiri wekambani akange avhura chirimwa ichi.
"Munhu wese aida Frank Fisher," akadaro Peoples, uyo akashandirwa muna 2011. "Saka paakauya akateterera, uye akati, 'Ipa Volkswagen mumwe mukana muno muChattanooga, hatisati tapedza, tava kuenda. kuita shanduko, uye ndichange ndiinemi pano,' izvo zvakatsausa vanhu vakawanda zvikashandura mavhoti avo kuita aiwa.
"Vanhu vanonzwisisa kuti vari kuedza kutinyengedza zvakare sezvavakaita kaviri," akadaro Vaughn.
Costello akati Volkswagen yakatumira Fisher kudzokera kuGermany nguva pfupi yadarika mushure mekuvhota. "Mamiriro ezvinhu muchirimwa akadzokera kune hutsinye hwekukuya nyama iyo yagara iri," akadaro. "Uye takatakura izvi muchirongwa ichi."
Renee akatsigira kuvhiyiwa kwakawanda mukugara kwake kwenguva refu pachirimwa. Kuenda kumushandirapamwe, akati kuchengetedzeka ndiko kuri kumunetsa zvakanyanya. “Ndinoda kubuda kubasa nenzira yandakapinda nayo,” akadaro. Asi zvinhu pachirimwa ichi zvaita manyama amire nerongo zvekuti anoti vashandi vari kunetsekana nenyaya yekuti vachabuda pabasa vari vapenyu here kana kuti varemadzwa.
“Unogona kurasikirwa negumbo kana ruoko,” akadaro. "Ndakagadzirwa papfudzi rangu" kubva pakubvaruka kwecuff inotenderera. “Ndine muzukuru ane makore matatu okuberekwa wandisingakwanise kunhonga. Saka hupenyu hwangu hwachinja, asi ndicharamba ndichienderera mberi nekuti ndaisa ropa rakawandisa, dikita nemisodzi muchirimwa ichi.”
GATEWAY YEKUZAMHU
Munyori wenhoroondo dzevashandi, Nelson Lichtenstein akaenzanisa kukunda kwehusiku huno nekukunda kweUnion Army muChattanooga muna 1863, panguva yeHondo yeVanhu veUnited States, apo Mutungamiri Abraham Lincoln vakazvizivisa "suwo rekuSouth."
Achitora Chattanooga, Lichtenstein akati, "akavhura musuwo wekutorwa kweAtlanta, yakasara yeGeorgia, neCarolinas.
“Nekuhwina kweUAW kuVolkswagen, rimwe gedhi rekuenda kuMaodzanyemba rakavhurwa. Hapachazovezve mihoro-uye-yebhenefiti yemamiriyoni-akasimba evashandi vemotokari muUS ichaiswa neasiri emubatanidzwa chikamu cheindasitiri. UAW ine mhirizhonga uye inowedzera simba ichaisa mwero. "
Costello, zvakare, anoona mahorizoni matsva achivhurwa. "Kana vashandi vakakwanisa kubatana munyika ino, ndinofunga tinogona kufamba zvakanyanya," akadaro. "Tinogona kutoita shanduko inodarika nzvimbo yedu yebasa."
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