Vincent Quiles, a 28ntate ea lilemo li le mohlophisi oa mekhatlo ea basebetsi Philadelphia, ke karolo ea boiteko bo sa tsoa etsoa ba ho ts'ehetsa boipelaetso bo nkileng likhoeli tse ngata khahlano le kaho ea Setsi sa Koetliso sa Ts'ireletso ea Sechaba sa Atlanta, se tsebahalang ka lebitso la Atlanta."Cop City. ”
Bakeng sa Quiles, sena se boetse se bolela ho bua khahlanong le mohiri oa hae oa mehleng: Home Depot.
Ha a lelekoa lebenkeleng la Home Depot ka leboea-bochabela ho Philadelphia ka Hlakola, Quiles o ne a se a ntse a sokola ho tšehetsa mora oa hae ea monyane ka moputso oa hae, oo a reng ha ho mohla a kileng a ikutloa a lekana, ha a fuoa melemo e fokolang. O re o ile a tlameha ho itšetleha ka mora oa hae"tsamaiso e matla haholo ea tšehetso. ” Sena se etsahetse ho sa tsotellehe mosebetsi oa hae o boima e le mookameli ea amohelang, o re, ea ikarabellang mesebetsing e kang ho sala morao thepa e kenang le ho hlokomela tlhokomelo ea mechine ka lebenkeleng.
Quiles o bile le k'hamphani hoo e ka bang lilemo tse tšeletseng 'me a bapala karolo e ka sehloohong morerong oa ho kopanya basebetsi o neng o batla meputso e betere, basebetsi le koetliso. Ho khanna e ne e le e bululetsoeng ka kopano e atlehileng ea kopano ea setsi sa phethahatso sa Amazon se Staten Island. Boiteko ba lebenkele la hae, o re, bo ile ba kopana le"lets'olo le khopo la ho senya bonngoe” ho tsoa ho botsamaisi ba Home Depot mme la fella ka likhetho tse sa atleheng tsa mekhatlo ka Pulungoana. Quiles, ea bonahalang a le botsoalle a bile a tobile, o tiiselitse hore o ile a lelekoa likhoeli tse ka bang tharo hamorao e le boiphetetso ba ho leka ho hlophisa seo e neng e tla ba kopano ea pele lebenkeleng la Home Depot. O re ha joale o ntse a phehella qoso ea ho felisoa ka phoso ho Boto ea Naha ea Likamano tsa Basebetsi.
"Khampani e ka hanana le sena, ”o boletse joalo"empa ke ile ka lelekoa ka lebaka la ho hlophisa.” Home Depot ha ea ka ea khutlisa likopo tsa maikutlo mabapi le likopo tsa Quiles.
Empa Quiles ha a amehe feela ka boemo ba hae - o tenehile haholo ka hore na maano le lintho tse tlang pele tsa k'hamphani li ntse li tsoela pele joang toropong. 800 maele hole. Litefiso tsa lekhetho bontsha hore Home Depot Foundation ke motšehetsi oa Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), mokhatlo o ikemetseng o tsamaisang morero o hanyetsanang o matla oa ho aha $.90 milione setsi sa koetliso ea mapolesa ho South River Forest, eo baipelaetsi ba e bitsang ka lebitso la eona la Muscogee, Moru oa Weelaunee. Cop City e reretsoe ho kenyelletsa sebaka sa ho thunya, lebala la ho khanna, le toropo e somang ho koetlisa mapolesa a tsoang naheng ka bophara ka lintoa tsa litoropo, joalo ka baitseki. e behe, 'me e ne e tla senya tikoloho ea bohlokoa ea tikoloho le ho teba ha carbon sebakeng se seholo-Batšo sebakeng sa metro ea Atlanta.
"Kahoo Home Depot e na le chelete eo e ka e abelang lintho tse kang tsena, lintho tseo batho ba bangata sechabeng seo ba sa li batleng ka lebaka la kotsi ea tikoloho,” ho bolela Quiles."empa u ke ke ua lefa batho ho feta bakeng sa boleng bo lekantsoeng boo ba bo tlisang k'hamphaning ea hau?"
E amohetsoe ke Lekhotla la Motse oa Atlanta ka 2021, morero ona o kopane le khanyetso ea likhoeli tse telele ho baahelani le baipelaetsi ba amehileng ka ho senngoa ha meru nakong ea phetoho e matla ea boemo ba leholimo le khethollo ea tikoloho. Baipelaetsi ba boetse ba tšosoa ke katoloso ea mapolesa le a amanang le eona liketso tsa pefo, le"Stop Cop City” e fetohile mohoo oa naha bakeng sa mekhatlo ea toka ea tikoloho le morabe. Ts'ebetso ea molao le eona e arabile ka tlhaselo e sehlōhō e ileng ea siea mosireletsi a le mong oa morung a bolailoe (masole a naha ea Georgia a hloletsoe. 26Manuel ea lilemo li"Tortuguita” Terán le 57 likulo ka Pherekhong) le 42 qosoa ka bokhukhuni ba malapeng. Bahlophisi ba bararo ba Atlanta Solidarity Fund, letlole la beile, joale ba tobane le liqoso tsa bosholu ba chelete le bosholu ba liphallelo, kamora ho ts'oaroa ha SWAT qetellong ea Mots'eanong.
Quiles hase eena feela ea bontšang ho tšoenyeha; lentsoe la hae ke karolo ea mosebetsi o ntseng o tsoela pele oa ho bua phatlalatsa khahlanong le khatello ea mapolesa"Emisang Cop City” boipelaetso. O pota-potiloe ke mekhatlo e 'meli ea basebetsi - United Electrical, Radio le Machine Workers of America (UE) le International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), lethathamo leo batšehetsi ba tšepang hore le tla hōla - le ka potlako.
Khabareng, Quiles ke mopresidente oa Home Depot Workers United, mokhatlo o ikemetseng oo a reng o buisana le basebetsi ho 25 mabenkele ho potoloha le naha, ao a mang a ’ona a ntseng a rera ka mafolo-folo matšolo a mekhatlo ea basebetsi. O hanne ho senola palo e nepahetseng hobane a ne a tšoenyehile ka boiphetetso le maqheka a ho senya mekhatlo ea basebetsi ho tsoa k'hamphaning. Home Depot Workers United e lokolitse a setatemente se mathoasong a April ho letsetsa Home Depot"ho hula tšehetso ea bona, ea lichelete le tse ling, morerong oa Atlanta Cop City. ”
Home Depot Foundation e fane ka $25,000 ho APF ka 2021, $35,000 in 2020, 'me $50,000 in 2019. Ha a botsoa ka litefo tsena, Terrance Roper, 'muelli oa Home Depot, o itse ka lengolo-tsoibila"Kea u bolella hore ha rea fana ka setsi sa koetliso se sisintsoeng sa Atlanta Police Foundation. Re fane ka monehelo ka kotloloho ho Atlanta Police Foundation's lenaneo la khale la matlo la matlo. ”
Empa Maurice BP-Weeks, molekane oa Ho Thibela Botlokotsebe, e re"Sena ha se fete teko ea monko. Dolara ke dolara, 'me lidolara tsa Home Depot li thusitse ho nolofalletsa mananeo a APF. Cop City ke lenaneo la ho saena la APF hajoale. ”
Kamano ea khoebo e feta chelete ea lichelete: Joalo ka LittleSis e bontšitse, Daniel Grider, motlatsi oa mopresidente oa theknoloji ea Home Depot, o lutse holim'a APF boto ea baphatlalatsi. (Grider e boetse e ho sehlopha sa boetapele ea Home Depot Foundation.)
"Likoporasi tse boholo ba Home Depot ha li na batsamaisi ba kenela liboto tse kang tsena ka tsietsi,” ho bolela BP-Weeks.."Ke batšoantšisi ba hloahloa ba lipolotiki, 'me ha u bona motho ka boto, ke ketso e rarahaneng. Home Depot ka ho hlaka e lebelletse ho hong ho tsoa kamanong. ”
Grider ha se eona feela khokahano. Arthur Blank, mothehi-mmoho oa Home Depot, o na le motheo oa lelapa oo a tšepisa $3 limilione ho ea"Public Safety First Campaign,” e leng lentsoe leo APF e le sebelisang bakeng sa morero. (Ka a setatemente se ho Linakong Tsena moqolotsi oa litaba le mohlophisi Joseph Bullington, motheo o ile a batla ho itokolla ho morero ka ho bolela hore lichelete li ile tsa ea morerong o fapaneng oa APF.) Ho feta moo, Derek Bottoms, motlatsi oa mopresidente oa mekhoa ea mosebetsi le likamano tse amanang le Home Depot, ke monna oa Keisha Lance Bottoms, ramotse oa mehleng oa Atlanta ea tshehetswa kaho ea Cop City.
Ke buile le mosebeletsi oa Home Depot le mohlophisi ea bileng le karolo e etelletseng pele ho rala polelo ea Home Depot Workers United - o ile a kopa ho se tsejoe ka lebitso ho itšireletsa boiphetetsong. Mosebeletsi o ile a re o halefisitsoe haholo ke ho ithuta ka menehelo ena e tobileng.."Melemo ea Home Depot e tsoa mosebetsing oa ka, ”o re"mme re fumana karolo e nyane ya seo. Ba bang kaofela ba fumana ho etsa qeto ea hore na ba etsa eng ka. Hangata, seo ba se etsang ka chelete eo ke hore baa ithuisa kapa ba e fa mekhatlo kapa lintho tse ling tse sa thuseng basebetsi-’moho le bona, ’me li ntša basebetsi kotsi.”
Baetapele ba bang ba mekhatlo ea basebetsi ba re ntoa ea ho emisa Cop City e na le karolo ea bohlokoa molemong oa mokhatlo oa basebetsi ka kakaretso.."Batho ba sebetsang ka linako tsohle ba lokela ho itebela khahlanong le khatello leha e le efe khahlanong le baipelaetsi, hobane ho na le histori naheng ea habo rōna ea hore hang ha e sebelisoa khahlanong le mang kapa mang ea hanyetsang maano a 'muso, e ka fetoha khahlanong le basebetsi mokhatlong oa bona," Carl Rosen, mopresidente oa kakaretso oa UE. , e bua ka mohala ho tsoa Erie, Pennsylvania, moo 1,400 Litho tsa UE tse sebeletsang Wabtec Corp. e ka khona kapele tsoa ka seteraeke.
Sena se ama haholo-holo har'a cheseho e ntseng e eketseha mabapi le mekhatlo ea basebetsi, le haeba tekano e ntse e le tlase.."Nakong eo ka eona basebetsi naheng ka bophara ba ikemiselitseng ho otla le ho sebelisa maqheka a mang a ntoa ho hanyetsa meharo e atileng ea likhoebo, batho ba sebetsang ba tlameha ho lula ba falimehile ba bile ba kopane khahlano le litlhaselo life kapa life tse mabapi le tokelo ea rona ea ho ipelaetsa ka khotso khahlanong le ho hloka toka,” liofisiri tsa UE, ho kenyeletsoa Rosen, e ngotsoe ka Phuptjane 2 setatemente se. UE e re e emetse bonyane 30,000 basebetsi.
Boetapele ba IUPAT e bile mokhatlo oa pele o moholo oa ho lekanya, nts'etsopele ea bohlokoa ho tsoa ho mokhatlo oa basebetsi ba kaho o reng o emela"holim ' 100,000 basebetsi ho pholletsa le United States, ho kenyeletsoa le sebaka sa metro sa Atlanta. ” Qetellong ea Hlakubele setatemente se ho tsoa ho mopresidente-kakaretso Jimmy Williams Jr. o hatelletse litaba tsa toka ea morabe khubung ea taba.
"IUPAT e ne e le motlotlo ho ema bonngoeng nakong ea seoa sena ka boipelaetso ba Black Lives Matter Washington DC, "ho latela polelo.."Kajeno re ema re le bonngoeng le baipelaetsi ba Atlanta ba tobaneng le pefo e mpe le e sa hlokahaleng ke Sepolesa sa Atlanta le ba bang ka lebaka la ho se lumellane ka litaba tsa leano la sechaba. ”
Ha Williams e e-ba mopresidente ka September 2021, o ne a le joalo ho thoholetsoa joalo ka moetapele e mocha ea tsoelang pele, ea sa tšabeng ho bua ka litaba tse thata joalo ka khethollo ea morabe.
Mekhatlo ea basebetsi e buileng ho sireletsa baitseki e emela karoloana e nyane feela ea mokhatlo oa basebetsi. Empa BP-Weeks e re,"Re qalong ea ho hahamalla thuso, 'me tšehetso eo re nang le eona ea thabisa haholo - e ntle ho bona bakeng sa ho tsoela pele. ” BP-Weeks ke karolo ea boiteko ba ho potoloha a lengolo la ho saena e le hore mekhatlo ea basebetsi e bontše bonngoe ba eona.
"Litsi tse kholoanyane ka kakaretso ha li tsamaee ka potlako, kahoo re ntse re tsoela pele ho fihlela basebetsi ba bang kaofela, 'me re lebeletse ho saena ho eketsehileng nakong e tlang," BP-Weeks e tsoela pele.."Hape rea hlokomela hore ha se mosebetsi oohle o leng sebakeng se le seng tabeng eo. Motsotso ona e ka ba sesebelisoa sa ho hlophisa le ho etsa thuto ea lipolotiki le mekhatlo ea basebetsi. ”
Empa leha baetapele ba mekhatlo ea basebetsi - kapa litho tsa bona ka kakaretso - ba so ka ba saena, basebetsi ba bang le litho tsa mekhatlo ea basebetsi ba kenya letsoho ho hlophisa Stop Cop City. Har'a bona ke Bill Aiman, mosebeletsi oa nakoana oa United Parcel Service (UPS) eo e leng setho sa Teamsters hape o kentse letsoho ho Teamsters for a Democratic Union, mokhatlo oa maemo le lifaele bakeng sa demokrasi e ntlafetseng le sesole. O lula sebakeng sa metro ea Atlanta mme o bua ka mohala hore o na le"ba ntse ba tsenela boipelaetso, mme ba leka ho hlophisa moo ho kgonehang.”
"Ha ke bua le basebetsi-'moho, "o re,"projeke ea Cop City ha e ratoe haholo. ”
"Mapolesa ke mokhoa oa pele oa ts'ireletso bakeng sa beng ba likhoebo le bahiri, kahoo ke nahana hore hoa utloahala hore basebetsi ba hanyetse Cop City, "o re.."Mapolesa ana a ntse a koetlisoa Cop City 'me a tla sebelisa maqheka ao a ithutang ona ho senya seteraeke sa rona ha re ka tsoa. ” Konteraka ea UPS e tla fela ka Phupu 31, le ho pota-pota 350,000 Lihlopha e ka kena seteraekeng.
Baetapele ba bang ba mekhatlo ea basebetsi ba re, ntle le lithahasello tsa kapele tsa basebetsi, ho na le melao-motheo e meholo e kotsing. Polelong ea bona, liofisiri tsa UE li hlokometse hore,"Pusong ea demokrasi, liqeto tse mabapi le tšebeliso ea mobu oa sechaba le lichelete tsa sechaba li lokela ho tsamaisoa ke lipuisano tse matla tsa sechaba, ho kenyeletsoa tokelo ea litho tsa sechaba ho ipelaetsa ka khotso. Ho e-na le hoo, Atlanta e khethile khatello.”
Labobeli la pele, lekhotla la toropo ea Atlanta le amohetse kabo ea $67 limilione ka lichelete tsa sechaba bakeng sa morero: hoo e ka bang $31 limilione ka lichelete tsa sechaba bakeng sa kaho ea Cop City, hammoho le $1.2 milione ka selemo 30 lilemo bakeng sa tšebeliso ea setsi. Sena se ile sa amoheloa ho sa tsotellehe khanyetso e matla ea sechaba. Chelete e setseng e tla bokelloa ka lekunutu. Boto ea APF e tletse baeta-pele ba mekhatlo e mengata ea Georgia, ho tloha Delta Air Lines ho ea Waffle House ho ea UPS. Baipelaetsi ba re batšehetsi ba Cop City - mmusong, lefats'eng la likhoebo, le mekhatlo e sa etseng phaello e hokahaneng le mapolesa - ba ntse ba ts'oara morero ona ntle le ho kenya letsoho ka demokrasi. Univesithi ea Emory e entse phuputso ka Hlakubele e fumanoa hore bongata ba baahi ba Black Atlanta ba hanyetsa Cop City. Baipelaetsi ba bangata ba re lichelete li lokela ho tseteloa mananeong a sechaba a ntlafatsang bophelo bo botle ba batho le tikoloho.
Kerry Cannon, motlatsi oa motlatsi oa nakoana oa Home Depot Workers United, o re"Home Depot e na le letoto la litekanyetso tsa mantlha tseo ba ratang ho bolela hore ba phela ka tsona, ’me tšehetso ea bona ea lichelete le tse ling tsa Cop City e hanana ka ho felletseng le litekanyetso tsa bona, ho tloha ho senya moru ho ea ho ho hlokomoloha thato ea batho ba sebaka seo.” Khamphani lipapatso lebili la"core values" webosaeteng ea eona - tsena li kenyelletsa"tlhompho ho batho bohle” le"ho hlokomela batho ba rona.”
Cop City ha se lekhetlo la pele Home Depot e oela molato bakeng sa boleng ba 'nete boo e bo khothalletsang. Mothehi-'moho e mong, bilionea Bernie Marcus, o na le fanoeng ho matšolo a bo-ralipolotiki ba hole-hole, ho kenyeletsoa Mopresidente oa mehleng Donald Trump le 'Musisi oa Florida Ron DeSantis. Ho 2021, mokhatlo oa baeta-pele ba bolumeli ba Batho ba Batšo e letselitsoe ho ts'oaroa ha k'hamphani, e leng ntlo-khōlō ea Georgia, bakeng sa"ho iphapanyetsa” molao o pharalletseng oa ho thibela litokelo tsa ho vouta, joalokaha mekhatlo e meng e ile ea bolela. Basebetsi ba bangata ba Home Depot le bona ba na le buletsoe mabapi le maemo a mangata a tšosang a ho sebetsa, ho tloha ho hleka-hlekoa ka thobalano ho ea ho khefutso ea nako ea ho hlapa.
Kamora ho felloa ke mosebetsi, Quiles o hlophisa Home Depot Workers United ka boithaopo bo tiileng, mme o re o tlameha ho"fokotsa litšenyehelo ka lapeng” mme e"e seha haufi haholo.” The"setso sa hajoale sa khoebo naheng” ke sona se mo susumetsang ho tsoela pele ho hlophisa, o re, mme ho bua ka likhokahano tsa Home Depot le Cop City ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea seo.
"Ntlha ea ho hlophisa mosebetsi, "o re,"ke ho ntlafatsa sechaba ka kakaretso.”
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