Vashandi vemotokari vari kugadzirira kupaza nzvimbo dzinorwisa mubatanidzwa muAlabama neTennessee.
MuChattanooga, Tennessee, pafekitari chete yeVolkswagen munyika yose isina mubatanidzwa, mavhoti achaverengwa musi waApril 19 sevashandi ve4,300 vanoita Atlas SUV uye ID.4 motokari yemagetsi vanosarudza kana vobatana neUnited Auto Workers.
“Hatina kufunga kuti zvinhu zvaizoitika nokukurumidza kudaro,” akadaro mushandi weVW Victor Vaughn.
Momentum yakavasimudzira mberi. Komiti inoronga yakapinza basa vashandi mazana matatu sevakuru vesarudzo. "Tine zvinopfuura 300 muzana yekuvhara mukati mechirimwa, chinzvimbo chese, mutsara wese," akadaro Vaughn. “Panguva iyoyo takaziva kuti, ‘Hungu, ndipo patinofanira kuva.’”
Inotevera ichava Mercedes. Vashandi muVance, Alabama, pane imwe yemafekitari maviri asiri eMercedes-Benz ari pasi pano, vakwidza sarudzo nhasi; vhoti inotarisirwa mushure mevhoti yeVW.
Vashandi zviuru zvishanu ikoko vanogadzira maGLE SUVs ane mari yakawanda uye Maybach GLS, ayo anotengesa mari inodarika zviuru zana nemakumi manomwe emadhora.
"Haumboziva kana munhu apinda mudumba," akadaro mushandi weMercedes Jeremy Kimbrell. "Hapana arikuona, uye kambani ine mwedzi yekuvavhundutsa. Asi ndinonzwa zvakanaka nezvevhoti. Vashandi vakazozvimiririra uye vari kugumisa kuderedzwa kweAlabama. "
Vashandi vanodarika zviuru gumi pavagadziri vemotokari gumi nevatatu munzvimbo gumi nembiri munyika yose vakasaina makadhi emubatanidzwa kubva muna Mbudzi wapfuura, apo UAW yakazivisa chinangwa chekuronga vashandi zviuru zana nemakumi mashanu pazvivakwa zvikuru zvisiri zvemubatanidzwa zvemotokari nemabhatiri.
Izvo zvinoratidzira iyo UAW iripo yeBig 3 nhengo.
MUNHU WESE ANE WHY
"Mushandi wega wega ane chikonzero chavo - nei vaida kutanga hurongwa hwekuumba mubatanidzwa," Vaughn akadaro.
Nyaya huru paVW hutano hwehutano, kuchengetedzwa kwemudyandigere, kuchengetedzeka, uye kubhadharwa mazuva ekurwara-ikozvino havawane.
"Pakati paFebruary, takava nevanhu vashoma vaiuya vachirwara nekuti vaisada kurangwa," akadaro mushandi wepagungano Isaac Meadows. “Uye zvakare vakarwarisa vamwe vese, uyezve isu tine boka revanhu kunze. Munhu wese ari kurangwa uye kurasikirwa nemabhonasi nekuti ari kurwara uye haakwanise kuuya kubasa.
Vashandi vane bhangi rekusiya nguva, asi kuvharwa kwechirimwa kwepagore kwekugadzirisa zvakare kunodya mariri. Meadows inowana maawa makumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu ekuzorora kwakabhadharwa. "Kana tave nekuvharwa kwedu kwakarongwa, kambani inotora yakawanda," akadaro. "Uye kana tadzokera kubasa, tinofanirwa kushanda Mugovera wakawanda."
AKABUDA MUNZIRA
Vhoti paMercedes inotevera makumi maviri emakore ekuyedza asina kumbosvika ipapo. Chii chakachinja?
"Mubatanidzwa wakabuda munzira ndokurega vashandi varonge," akadaro Kimbrell, murwi wemauto akawanda akakundikana mumakore ake makumi maviri neshanu. “Vachataura nemumwe wavanoshanda navo vobva vatendeseka kupfuura zvavanenge vaita nemurongi wemubatanidzwa anovafonera parunhare rwavasingazive.
Mukudhirowa kwemubatanidzwa kwakapfuura, akadaro mushandi weMercedes Jacob Ryan, varongi veUAW vaisatendera nhengo dzekomiti inoronga kutaura nevanoshanda navo mukati mechirimwa. Panzvimbo pezvo, mubatanidzwa wakamisa tende mhiri kwomugwagwa kuti vashandi vasaine kadhi repepa.
“Ndiko kuverevedza—kuita sokunge uri kuita chimwe chinhu chakaipa,” akadaro Kimbrell. Vatungamiri vevashandi vakanetsekana kuvaka komiti; pashure pemwedzi, vaipinda basa vaisafarira vorega kudavira foni dzavo kana kuuya kumisangano.
Muna 2014, mushandi aitsigira mubatanidzwa, Kirk Garner, akakumbira pachena UAW kuti imise chirongwa chekuronga. "Izvi zvave zvichiitika kwemakore maviri nehafu, uye vanhu vari kutsva," akadaro, mushure mekunge komiti inomiririra mubatanidzwa yadzikira kubva pavashandi zana nemakumi masere kusvika pamakumi mashanu, maererano nebhuku razvino raStephen Silvia. Iyo UAW's Southern Gamble.
Mumwe mushandi, Jim Spitzley, akaedza kuronga neMachinists panzvimbo. "Kune vanhu vazhinji vasingasaine kadhi neUAW," akadaro. “Vaneta nazvo. Vakazviita kare uye hapana chakabuda.
Vese Garner naSpitzley vari kutsigira dhiraivha iripo.
'KUFIKIRA KUSVIKIRA TABOKA'
Mushure meKuderera Kukuru, manejimendi eMercedes akawedzera huwandu hwekugadzira kuti uenderane nevagadziri vekuEurope vanogadzira Audi neBMW. Mukuru mukuru wepabasa akasimudzira vashandi nechati yairatidza kureba kwaMercedes.
Kuti tiwedzere kukwikwidza kwekambani, "takachinja nzira yataiita zvinhu," akadaro Kimbrell. "Kubva pakunyanya kutarisisa hunhu uye kumisa mutsara, uchinongedza nyaya, kuve nechokwadi chekuti yakavakwa kekutanga, yakava pamusoro pehuwandu."
Izvi zvaireva kukurumidza uye kukuvara, kuwedzera kwechirimwa nemamwe mashifiti, uye kuunzwa kwenguva dzakauya kuzomiririra chikamu chimwe muzvina chevashandi. "Ndinokutendai nekuramba muchichinjika," memo yese yakati.
Kuna Ryan, yakava mbama kumeso. “Hakuchinjiki,” akadaro. “Hatina sarudzo. Chimwe chezvikonzero zvekuti ndide mubatanidzwa uyu — yave nguva yekuti vashanduke. Vatikanganisa kusvika taparara."
Zvichakadaro, Mutungamiriri weUAW panguva iyoyo, Bob King aikurudzira kukumbundira kwemubatanidzwa "kwekuvandudza, kuchinjika, uye kuenderera mberi nekuvandudza," achitsamira mukubatana kwemubatanidzwa neIG Metall neDaimler work councils.
Mumakore aya, Kimbrell akati, gakava remubatanidzwa raive "kumucheto" kwekuwedzera mumabhenefiti uye mubhadharo, zvakanyanya. Pane imwe nguva mubatsiri weUAW akatomboedza kumutengesa pambiri-tier pay. “Matavi maviri aindisemesa,” akadaro. “Zvinondisemesa. Ndakaudza mukomana wacho kuti, 'Handife ndakasaina kondirakiti ine mihoro yemapoka maviri pairi.'
"Haugone kudhirowa mitsetse mitsvuku," mukuru wemubatanidzwa akadaro. "Namwari, ndangodhirowa imwe," akadaro Kimbrell. “Haungandiudzi zvokufunga!”
MABASA KUMUSHANDI
Asi kudonha kwekupedzisira, Kimbrell akatarisa paFacebook Live seMutungamiriri weUAW Shawn Fain akakanda Stellantis's. contract offer mumarara.
Kana maBoss matatu emota akachema kuti zvinodiwa nevashandi zvaizokanganisa hupfumi, Fain bara kumashure, "Tichapwanya hupfumi hwavo, hupfumi hunoshanda chete kune bhirionea class kwete yevashandi."
Kudyidzana-senguva dzose mubatanidzwa wemubatanidzwa wakanga wapera.
MunaNovember, Kimbrell uye vangangosvika makumi maviri vaanoshanda navo vakataura neUAW Kuronga Director Brian Shepherd, vachiyera sarudzo yemubatanidzwa wakazvimirira. Mushure meimwe misangano ine gakava, vakasarudza iyo UAW.
Mubatanidzwa wakabvuma kuti vashandi vaite mushandirapamwe wavo mukati mechirimwa, zvichivapa mukana weruzivo rwenguva-chaiyo nezvemakadhi anouya uye kuchinjika pamusoro penguva yekuisa sarudzo. Vashandi vanotenda UAW nerutsigiro rwayo rwekutsvagisa, zvemutemo, uye zvekufambiswa kwemashoko — asi panguva ino, vanodaro, moyo wemushandirapamwe isimba ravo rakaungana mukati mechirimwa.
Vashandi vanotsvaga pachena vatungamiriri vemubatanidzwa pasi kuti vabvunze kuti vangabatsira sei nekuparidzira. Dare racho rakarongwa kuita zvikwata diki, zvine vatungamiriri vanoonekwa munzvimbo yese. Mushandirapamwe uyu wakanyanya kuvimba nevanhu vane mabasa anovabvumira kufamba vakasununguka, sevanobata zvinhu.
Vatungamiriri vemubatanidzwa vaiwanzosimbisa basa ravo sevakuru venhaurirano vakamiririra vashandi vasina basa. Asi ikozvino mubatanidzwa wasunungura tsinga uye rutsigiro rwakura nekukurumidza, kuchengetedza dhiraivha mumisoro yenhau uye kuunza kukurumidza kutsva: kutenderera kwakanaka.
Aya madhiraivha anogovera mamwe epasi-kumusoro simba reStarbucks Workers United mushandirapamwe. Union-busters vaona kufanana zvakare; mumisangano yevateereri vakatapwa nguva kune vashandi veStarbucks vari kunetsekana kuhwina kondirakiti.
KUNONGESA KUNZE
Lobbyists uye vezvematongerwo enyika muTennessee neAlabama vakaungana vachipesana nemubatanidzwa - matekiniki aiitika zvakanyanya munguva yakapfuura. UAW kukundikana kuVW.
Meya weHamilton County, Weston Wamp, akadana musangano wevatori venhau (paZuva raKubvumbi Fool) kunze kwechirimwa cheChattanooga kuti vazivise kuti "UAW ngarava iri kunyura."
"Isu vashandi ndisu mubatanidzwa, uye kuti meya wedu wedunhu abude achipokana nemubatanidzwa zvaiodza moyo," akadaro Vaughn. "Dai sarudzo dzanga dzichiitwa dzechigaro chameya wedunhu izvozvi, ndinokuvimbisai kuti angadai akakundwa zvine mutsindo, pamwe nemumiriri anonyora."
Mukuru weMercedes-Benz US International, Michael Göbel akaudza vashandi kuti kuumba mubatanidzwa kuchareva kuramwa mabasa, kubhadhariswa mari yakawanda, uye kuvharirwa mumigwagwa kuitira kugadzirisa kusawirirana. Bloomberg yakashuma. "Handitendi kuti UAW inogona kutibatsira kuti tive nani," Göbel akadaro.
Mapoka ebhizinesi eAlabama akamisa mawebhusaiti anopikisa mubatanidzwa uye akadonhedza migwagwa mikuru padyo nechirimwa nemabhodhi. Vakaedzawo kutsigira mapoka anorwisa mubatanidzwa muchirimwa ichi, asi pasina kubudirira, kunze kwekuzevezera kwevashandi vashoma vachivimbisa kubvisa makadhi avo emubatanidzwa, sekureva kwaKimbrell. Enzanisa izvozvo kune yakapfuura dhiraivha apo mazana maviri evashandi vakapinda muboka rinopikisa mubatanidzwa.
"Modhi yeAlabama yekubudirira kwehupfumi iri kurwiswa," akanyora Gavhuna Kay Ivey mune imwe op-ed vachipikisa mishandirapamwe yemubatanidzwa kuMercedes neHyundai, vachidana kugadzira mota imwe ye "korona jewel industries" yenyika.
"Ari kutaura chokwadi!" Fain akapindura musi wa2 Kubvumbi.
KWETE SHAMWARI YABOSS
Kubva pakuedza kwekupedzisira kwemubatanidzwa, vashandi vakave vazhinji vatema. Kambani payakashandisa mumwe wemamaneja ayo evatema kusvipa nhaurirano dzinoparadza mubatanidzwa, vashandi vakazviona uye vakaseka kuyedza “kusiririsa” kwekambani kutenderera.
Hapana kana chimwe chezvina zvirimwa zvikuru zvemotokari muAlabama — Mercedes, Hyundai, Toyota, neHonda — kana vatengesi vavo vari kunogara vatema vakawanda. Asi vashandi vakaita saMoesha Chandler vakatama kuti vawane mabasa emotokari.
Akakurira muUniontown, taundi diki kure neawa imwe chete, asina zvitoro zvegirosari uye asina mabasa anobhadhara zvakanyanya.
KuMercedes akawana mari yakawanda, asi ruremekedzo rushoma. Vatungamiriri vemapoka vanoshandisa “kungwara,” anodaro, kushandisa masimba avo zvisizvo, vachiudza vashandi nezvenguva yekugezera, vachivanyima kuzorora kunyange kutora insulin.
“Ndizvo zvakarima minda—mabatirwo acho,” akadaro Kimbrell. "Uyezve vashandi, takakudziridza hasha pakambani."
Mumadhiraivha ekuronga apfuura, iyo UAW yakazviratidza senzira yakanakisa yekubatana kune mhinduro dzekuhwina-kunyangwe kuvimbisa pachine nguva kuti usaende kune "isina kukwikwidza" mibairo. Asi ndeupi mushandi anoda mubatanidzwa kuti abatsire kutsvoda dhongi rashefu?
Kimbrell anofarira maitiro aFain: anopikisa pachena. "Vanhu vanozviona, uye vakafanana, hongu, hatidi kubata maoko," akadaro. “Tichavaudza kuti, ‘Zvamuri kuita hazvina kunaka. Hatidi izvozvo, tinoda izvi. Uye isu tiri vashandi, saka hongu, hatisi shamwari dzako.'”
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