At two federal detention centers in California, more than 50 immigrant workers are on strike over unsafe working conditions and low wages.
"Re sebelisoa hampe ka lebaka la mosebetsi oa rona 'me re lefuoa $1 ka letsatsi ho hloekisa matlo a marobalo," ho boletse bats'oants'o setsing sa botlamuoa sa California bohareng. Polelo ea June e amohetsoe ke seea-le-moea sa sechaba sa KQED.
Basebetsi ba tšoeroeng, ba tsejoang e le “bajari ba matlo,” ba kenya letsoho lenaneong leo ho thoeng ke baithaopi ha ba ntse ba koaletsoe. Ba sebelisa moputso oa bona ho lefella litšenyehelo tse holimo haholo tsa mehala le lintho tse ling tse kang dental floss le tortilla.
Alan Benjamin, moemeli oa Lekhotla la Basebetsi la San Francisco, ea ileng a utloa ka kotloloho ho tsoa ho basebetsi ba ntseng ba teraeka, o re: "Ba qobelletsoe ho etsa sena," ho bolela Alan Benjamin, moemeli oa Lekhotla la Basebetsi la San Francisco ea utloileng ka kotloloho ho tsoa ho basebetsi ba ntseng ba teraeka nakong ea pitso le lekhotla la basebetsi. “Hase boithaopo; ke mosebetsi o tlamang, o se nang tsamaiso e nepahetseng ea likhoerekhoere le lisebelisoa.”
Benjamin o phaella ka ho re: “Hlobo e tšabeha. “Batho baa kula, e mong ka mor’a e mong.”
California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, kapa Cal/OSHA, hajoale e ntse e etsa lipatlisiso ka maemo a mosebetsi setsing sa Golden State Annex US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), haufi le Bakersfield, moo basebetsi esale ba le seteraekeng ho tloha ka la 6 Phuptjane.
The California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice along with other organizations filed a complaint with Cal/OSHA back in May on behalf of seven detainees. The complaint charges that detained workers live in unsafe conditions, with black mold patches crawling up shower walls and black fibrous dust particles emitted into the dormitories through HVAC vents. Last year California enacted a bill, EA-334-SB, e hlokang hore basebetsi ba poraefete ba litsi tsa botlamuoa ba latele melao eohle ea mesebetsi ea mmuso le bophelo bo botle le polokeho.
Likokoana-hloko tsa hlobo li ka lebisa ho asthma, tšoaetso ea matšoafo, le tse ling. Ntate e mong oa bana ba bane o koaletsoe Sehlomathisong sa Golden State: “Ke tšohile hobane matšoafo a ka a amehile. e boletse KQED. “Lerole le hlobo li kotsi bophelong ba rōna ’me ka bomalimabe re sebakeng seo ho bonahalang eka ha ba tsotelle bophelo ba rōna.”
Batšoaruoa setsing sa bobeli sa ICE, Mesa Verde, esale ba le seteraekeng ho tloha ka la 28 Mmesa. Mehaho ena e sebetsoa ke GEO Group, e leng e 'ngoe ea lik'hamphani tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa chankana tse etsang phaello ho US GEO e boetse e sebetsa litsing tsa United Kingdom, Australia, le Afrika Boroa. Khampani e ile ea kenya chelete ea liranta tse limilione tse likete tse 2.26 ho qetela selemo.
A DOLLAR A DAY
Raul is in his late 20s and has been detained at Golden State Annex since December 2021. [Raul is a pseudonym, which Labor Notes has used to protect the identity of a worker who may face retaliation while in detention for speaking with the press. —Editors] He came to the United States from Mexico at the age of five along with his parents and siblings. He told Lintlha tsa Basebetsi ho tsoa ka mor'a mekoallo moo a fumanang moputso o fokolang oa $1 ka letsatsi bakeng sa lichifi tsa lihora tse robeli le maemo a kotsi a ho sebetsa.
O ile a re: "Moputso oa $1 ka letsatsi ha o lekane ho ja," a eketsa moputso oa hae $5 ka beke, e sebelisetsoang lintho tsa commissary le mehala. "Mohala oa video o bitsa $2.50 bakeng sa metsotso e 15 mme mokotla oa linaoa ke $2."
Patlisiso e maqephe a 149 raporoto e hatisitsoeng ke ACLU khoeling e fetileng e bolela hore batšoaruoa ba lefshoa bonyane lisente tse 13 ka hora le lisente tse 52 ka hora bakeng sa mesebetsi e kang ho hlatsoetsa liaparo kapa ho hloekisa matloana. Ho latela tlaleho, mesebetsi litsing tsa khalemelo tsa 'muso California e lefa lisente tse 35 ka hora ho isa ho $1 ka hora.
Raul said the prices in immigration facilities are higher—and wages lower—than those of federally run prisons too.
Setsing sa botlamuoa sa ICE, Raul o itse, ba ntse ba lefuoa $20 ka khoeli ha ba le teronkong e tsamaisoang ke mmuso ba ka lefshoa $200 ka khoeli bakeng sa mosebetsi oa bona. O re: "Ba na le morekisi ea tšoanang bakeng sa commissary ea chankana le ICE, empa lijo li theko e tlase chankaneng," o re. “Pakane ea nama ea khomo ke $4.50, ’me mona e batla e le R6. Re batla hore ba theole litheko tsa commissary. "
Ha basebetsi ba litlamong ba kopa GEO Group ho theola litheko, Raul o re ba ile ba qala ho supana ka menoana le ho beha boikarabello ho morekisi oa phepelo ea yuniti. Raul o ile a re: “Ka bobeli ba lula ba jarisana molato. Ha ba re fe karabo e tobileng.
BOSS SAYS NO STRIKE
'Muelli oa Sehlopha sa GEO o hana basebetsi ba teraekileng. "Litsi tsa rona tsa Ts'ebetso ea ICE, ho kenyeletsoa Sehlomathiso sa Golden State, li hlokomeloa ho latela litekanyetso tsohle tse sebetsang tsa tsamaiso ea likhoerekhoere, ka menehelo ea barupeluoa ba Lenaneo la Boithaopo kapa ntle le eona. Ho khetha ho se kopanele lenaneong la boithaopo e ke ke ea e-ba seteraeke sa basebetsi.
Raul o re ho na le litoropo tse tharo tse nkang karolo seteraekeng moo basebetsi ba ka bang 27 ba amehang le batšoaruoa ba ka bang 50 ho isa ho ba 60 ba emeng ka bonngoe. "Kaofela re kopane hobane sena ha sea nepahala." A re ba ne ba isa dingongorego tsa bone kwa molebeding le mothusa moleti. "Hona joale, sena se ama basebetsi ba 27 feela, empa e tla feta 27 hobane batho ba ntse ba feta mona. Ka nako ea selemo, ba makholo kapa esita le ba likete baa koalloa.”
Batšoaruoa ba loanela ho lula US ka ho batla setšabelo kapa li-visa bakeng sa bahlaseluoa ba litlolo tsa molao tse itseng (U visa). Ba bang ba boetse ba batla thuso ka likopo tse thehiloeng malapeng, ho boletse Lisa Knox, molaoli oa molao ho California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
Batšoaruoa ba tsoa linaheng tsa Amerika Bohareng, Afrika le Asia. Bongata ba bona ke baahi ba nako e telele ba Los Angeles le Kern County, ho latela Benjamin.
Moputso o tlaase ka tsela e soabisang oa litsing tsa botlamuoa “o nyahamisa moputso oa e mong le e mong,” ho boletse Benjamin. “Tabeng ea litsi tsena tse peli, ke ntho e nyarosang hobane e felisitse mesebetsi ea batho ba hloekisang, ba re, ‘ha e le hantle, re na le mosebetsi oa mahala o tsoang ho batho bana. Ba lumelle ho e etsa. Mme [batshwaruwa] ba re, che, ha re letamo la mahala la basebetsi.
Selemong se fetileng, lekhotla la lekhotla la Setereke la US le Washington ka ntsoe-leng fumanoa Sehlopha sa GEO se ikarabellang bakeng sa ho tlola melao e tlase ea meputso ea mmuso; moahloli o ile a laela hore batšoaruoa ba 100,000 XNUMX ba khutlisetsoe chelete. Khoeling e fetileng, a tletlebo e ile ea hlahlelloa khahlanong le GEO Group lekhotleng la 'muso la California e re k'hamphani e etsang phaello e hloleha ho boloka maemo a tlase a tsamaiso ea likhoerekhoere le hore batšoaruoa ba qobelloa ho sebetsa kapa ho fuoa taeo.
‘WE ALL SPEAK UP’
Ha seteraeke se ntse se tsoela pele, GEO e ntse e iphetetsa khahlanong le basebetsi ba tšoeroeng. Bahlaseli ba babeli ba koaletsoe ba le bang ka lebaka la ho etsa lipontšo tsa sehlopha, ho latela Knox.
Chankana e boetse e lekanyetsa matsatsi ao commissary a isang lijo tse rekiloeng ho basebetsi ba tšoeroeng. Raul o re: “U ne u tloaetse ho reka lijo tsa hao ’me morekisi o ne a tla ka Laboraro le Labohlano. Joale, ba tla ka Labohlano feela 'me ba re bolella hore ha ba tsebe kemiso.
Another common scare tactic is threatening detained workers about how their behavior while in lock up will look before a judge ruling on their pending immmigration cases. “The judge will find out you aren’t obeying rules and if you’re not obeying rules in here what will make them think you’ll obey rules out there?” said Raul, recounting a common fear-mongering tactic used by prison guards. To combat these tactics, he and the other detainees do everything as a group to ensure no one is singled out as a ring-leader. “We all speak up and when we speak to the officers we go as a group.”
A fundraiser e thakhotsoe ho ts'ehetsa matsapa a bahlaseli ba basebetsi mmoho le tlhaku e bulehileng to Governor Newsom to pass the California Mandela Act, a bili eo “e hlalosang ho koalloa ha motho a le mong e le nako leha e le efe ea ho koalloa seleng e fetang lihora tse 17 ka letsatsi.”
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