Autoworkers vanozovhota kuti voumba mubatanidzwa paVolkswagen chirimwa muChattanooga, Tennessee, fekitori yekambani chete papasi pasina mubatanidzwa.
Nemusi weMuvhuro, United Auto Workers (UAW) yakamhan'ara sarudzo yekumiririra vese mazana mana nemazana matatu evashandi veawa, mushure mekunge mubatanidzwa wataura kuti "vazhinji" vevashandi vakasaina makadhi emubatanidzwa mumazuva zana. Kusiyana mune yekupedzisira vatatu vakakundikana inotyaira pachirimwa ichi, panguva ino, iyo UAW ine akaiswa pachena inoburitsa zano rayo rekutsigira kurongwa kunotungamirwa nevashandi munzvimbo dzese dzisiri dzemotokari uye bhatiri chirimwa cheindasitiri kumakambani akaita seToyota, Rivian, Hyundai, Mercedes, neVolkswagen.
Zano nderekuti vashandi vazivise hurongwa hwavo hwekuronga kana vasvika zvikamu makumi matatu kubva muzana pamakadhi akasainwa emvumo yemubatanidzwa, kuita misangano nenharaunda nevatsigiri vevashandi pachikamu che30 percent, uye vanoda kucherechedzwa nekuzvidira kana vasvika zvikamu makumi manomwe kubva muzana, vakura komiti yavo yekuronga. kusanganisira vashandi kubva kushift yega yega uye kupatsanurwa kwebasa. Kana kambani ikaramba, vashandi vanoenda kusarudzo neNational Labor Relations Board.
Volkswagen ndiyo yekutanga sinunion chirimwa kubvisa chiitiko ichi. Vanopfuura zviuru gumi vashandi vevagadziri vemotokari gumi nevatatu uye nzvimbo gumi nemaviri munyika yose vakasaina makadhi emubatanidzwa kubva muna Mbudzi wapfuura, apo UAW. zvakaziviswa chinangwa chikuru chekuronga zana nemakumi mashanu ezviuru zvevashandi vemotokari.
Ndiyo nhamba imwechete yevashandi vakafukidzwa pasi peBig 3 zvibvumirano paFord, General Motors, uye Stellantis. Mubatanidzwa uyu wakafadza bato revashandi kupera kwekupedzisira nekuramwa kweBig 3 uko kwakahwina nhengo dzekondirakiti dzinokosha.
Iyo UAW yaitarisira kuona kana makumi manomwe muzana evashandi muChattanooga chirimwa vakasaina makadhi emubatanidzwa zvechokwadi. Asi hurongwa hwesangano iri hunoratidza kuti vashandi vavaka simba nesimba rinokwana kuti vakwanise kuita sarudzo.
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mune Video itsva yakaburitswa nemubatanidzwa, vashandi veVolkswagen vanotsanangura chikonzero nei vachivhotera hongu: kuvandudza mamiriro ekushanda, kuwana vanomiririrwa mumisangano yevatariri, kugadzirisa midziyo yakaputsika, uye kuwana hutano hwakakwana uye zvirinani mutemo wekusiya munhu.
"Hatina zvakawanda munzira yekuzorora kwekubhadhara," Isaac Meadows, nhengo yechikwata chekugadzira mugungano, akandiudza. "Mari ndiyo yechipiri pakutaura kwedu kwese."
Vashandi veVolkswagen havana nguva yekurwara, uye kuvharwa kwechirimwa kwepagore kunodya mubhangi ravo rekuzorora. Meadows ine maawa makumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu ekuzorora kwakabhadharwa. "Kana isu tine kuvharwa kwedu kwakarongwa munguva yechando uye muzhizha, kambani inotora yakawanda," akadaro. "Uye kana tadzokera kubasa, tinofanirwa kushanda Mugovera wakawanda."
Vashandi vanoda kudzosa kupera kwevhiki kwavo, kana kuti vangangowana chiziviso chakawedzerwa kana vakarongerwa kushanda pakupera kwevhiki pamusoro pekuwana nguva nehafu. Parizvino vanoziviswa nezvebasa rekupera kwevhiki nemusi weChina uye vanowana nguva nehafu chete kana vashanda maawa anopfuura makumi mana mukati mesvondo.
Zach Costello, mudzidzisi pachirimwa ichi, akati yekupedzisira mubatanidzwa kutyaira muna 2019, iyo mubatanidzwa. kurasika zvishoma nemavhoti makumi mashanu nemanomwe, akakundwa nevezvematongerwo enyika nevanopikisa vemakambani, akakanganiswa nekuti UAW yaida kuchenesa imba.
Panguva iyoyo, ongororo yeDhipatimendi reJustice yakaratidza huwori hwagara kwenguva refu mumubatanidzwa, hunosanganisira kubira mari, kurovana, uye kudyidzana nevashandirwi. Vakuru vemasangano gumi nevatatu vakaenda kujeri, kusanganisira vaimbove vatungamiri vaviri, mushure mekubvuma mhosva yekupambadza uye kupomera mhosva.
“Ukasaona zvakanaka zvichibva kumasangano anomirira vashandi, unofunga kuti hazvina chinangwa, nekuti zvinoita seimwe danho rausingade,” vakadaro.
Nevanovandudza vari pahutungamiri, iyo UAW haichatakuri patina yemubatanidzwa wakanyura muhuwori nekusagadzikana, sezvo vatungamiriri vasingaite muhomwe yevatungamiriri vakagadzirisa imwe subpar kontrakiti mushure meimwe.
Kudzoka muna 2019, vandaishanda navo "havana kukwanisa kunongedzera kune imwe nguva muhupenyu hwavo yavaiona nhau ndokuona, 'Ah, Mwari wangu, tarirai zvavakaita," akadaro Costello achireva zvakawanikwa muBig 3 kumira- up strike. "Zvinoshamisa. Tinogona kuzviita. ”
Kutyora Anti-Union Strongholds
Iyo UAW yakatarisana nekukundwa kwakadzokororwa kuVolkswagen nemamwe maautomaker. Asi kunyange hazvo makambani akabudirira kufambisa vashandi vawo mukuumba mubatanidzwa, kukundwa hakuna kupera. Varongi venzvimbo yebasa, boka rakaramba kubvuma simba roudzvinyiriri revasabhuku pavari, rakaramba riripo. Apo maBig 3 autoworkers akakunda makambani emotokari mukuramwa kwavo gore rapfuura uye akacherekedza zvibvumirano zvakakosha, vaive vakagadzirira kusimuka nekuvandudza hurongwa hwavo hwekuronga.
Yolanda Peoples, wechizvarwa chechitatu autoworker pamutsetse wekugadzira injini, ndomumwe weavo vashandi-vatungamiri vakabhadharwa muna 2011, apo chirimwa chakavhurwa, chichikwezva zviuru makumi masere nezvishanu zvikumbiro zvezviuru zviviri zvemabasa. Vanhu vakati komiti inoronga yakasvika pazvikamu makumi mashanu kubva muzana nekukurumidza kupfuura mumadhiraivha apfuura nekuda kwekushandiswa kwemakadhi emagetsi. Nepo mashifiti ese ari matatu akafukidzwa nekomiti inoronga, ivo vari kutaurawo mukutsigira kwavo mubatanidzwa.
Mumadhiraivha apfuura, "vanhu vaisundira UAW, zvaiita kunge isu tiri chikamu chesangano rakavanzika," iye. akarangarira. “Taifanira kuva vakanyarara pamusoro pazvo nokuti takanga tisingadi kupinda muchinetso chipi nechipi naHR nokuti taitaura shoko rokuti 'mubatanidzwa.' Saka zvakanga zvakatiomera chaizvo kuti tiudze vataishanda navo shoko iri.” Sezvavakapinda zvakare munhandare yekuronga, vatungamiri vevashandi vakadzidza kubva mukukundwa kwakapfuura uku.
Vakasiyana Vashandi
Asi nzvimbo yekurwira mukati mechirimwa yakachinjawo nekufamba kwemakore. Shanduko iyoyo inosanganisira iyo siyana yevashandi vechirimwa uye komiti inomiririra yakafararira.
Muna 2014, vapfumbamwe kubva pavashandi gumi pachirimwa ichi vaive vachena uye vazhinji vacho vari varume. Huwandu hweChattanooga i184,000, ne59 muzana yevagari vachena uye 29 muzana vatema, maererano tsva kufungidzira kwevanhu. Kurira kwembwa dzerusaruraganda kwaibatsira pakupatsanura vashandi. Boka repamberi reAmerican for Tax Reform rakarenda zvikwangwani zvakatenderedza Chattanooga zvine meseji: "UNITED AUTO OBAMA WORKERS."
Nzira yekupatsanura-uye-kukunda haichanyanyi kushanda parizvino, kunyanya pakati pevaimbova nhengo dzemubatanidzwa. Meadows aive mushandi wemubatanidzwa muReno, Nevada. Achibva kumubatanidzwa wakasimba, akati chipingamupinyi chikuru chemushandirapamwe ndechekukunda kunyunyuta kwakadzika kweSouth uye ruvengo kumasangano, kunyanya pakati pevashandi vechidiki vanodzidza anti-unionism kubva kunhengo dzemhuri. Iyo UAW yanga iri mu crosshairs vezvematongerwo enyika veRepublicans uye vekunze vanomiririra kubva kuWashington, DC.
Asi Meadows akati pakati pevaanoshanda navo vekuNigeria, Vietnamese, Colombian, uye Ukrainian, pane maonero akasiyana kune mibatanidzwa. "Ini ndinofunga nekuda kwekusiyana kwedu kukuru, zvakasvibisa imwe yemafungiro ezvematongerwo enyika ekuMaodzanyemba. Saka zviri kuita kuti kutaurirana kuve nyore. "
Meadows akati Volkswagen inodada nekuve kambani inofambira mberi pasi rose. Izvo zvave nemhedzisiro pavashandi vayo, nguva pfupi yadarika vachipemberera mipiro yeAfrica America mukati meBlack History Month. Mubvunzo ndewokuti, kana vashandi vakakunda musarudzo yavo, kambani ichashandura hunhu hwakakwirira hunofambira mberi mukuita chibvumirano chekucherechedza mipiro yeMeadows, Peoples, Costello, uye zviuru zvevashandi biyavo mukuita kuti ive kambani inobudirira.
"Tinodada nebasa ratinoita," akadaro Victor Vaughn, mushandi wemagungano pamutsetse wekutakura zvinhu mwedzi wapera. "Tinoda kuzivikanwa pane zvatinoita, kwete kutorwa mukana."
Nhasi, mupepanhau remubatanidzwa, akati: "Tiri kuvhotera mubatanidzwa wedu hungu nekuti tinoda kuti Volkswagen ibudirire." Asi anoti kubudirira hakufanire kuuya nekukuvadzwa kwemuviri.
“Rimwe zuva richangopfuura, ndakapotsa ndarohwa nemakrete mana ane mazana mashanu-pamwe-paundi pandaityaira ndichiendesa maparts,” akadaro Vaughn. “Chiitiko ichi chaifanira kuteverwa mukati meawa, asi kunyangwe ndapedza hapana akandibvunza nezvazvo. Volkswagen yakabatana nevashandi vakabatana pasi rese kuita kuti zvidyarwa zvavo zvive zvakachengeteka uye kubudirira. Ndosaka tiri kuvhotera inzwi paVolkswagen muno muChattanooga.”
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