Kwiveki ephelileyo sifunde ngenye indlela idemokhrasi ebetha ngayo. Ngeli xesha, nangona kunjalo, yayingengoBush ukunyanzela urhulumente othile ukuba ajoyine imfazwe yakhe ngokuchasene nentando yabantu belo lizwe. Endaweni yoko, yayiyenye into yokuhla kwezinga lomanyano lwaseMelika.

Ngokutsho kwe-NY Times, inani lemisebenzi yomanyano yaseMelika yehla nge-280,000 ukuya kwi-16.1 yezigidi kunyaka ophelileyo (i-26 Feb). Ukusukela phakathi koo-1950 xa izinga lomanyano lwase-US lifike phezulu kuma-53% liye lehla ngokuthe chu ukuya kwinqanaba langoku elimalunga ne-13%. Umsebenzi ongundoqo weemanyano kukwandisa idemokhrasi emsebenzini. Ngeengxoxo ezidityanelweyo, iimanyano zabasebenzi zinika abasebenzi indlela ethile yokulwela isabelo esilungileyo seziqhamo zomsebenzi wabo. Ngokufanayo, iimanyano zabasebenzi zinika abasebenzi indawo ethile kunye nokhuseleko kwisenzo esingenamkhethe somqeshi. Enyanisweni, isenzo esihlangeneyo sabasebenzi sesona sixhobo sisebenzayo ekongezeni idemokhrasi ethile kushishino lwale mihla olungenademokhrasi. Amaqumrhu, ingakumbi lawo angadityaniswanga, ngamaqumrhu anegunya eliphezulu apho abasebenzi bengenalawulo oluncinane lwedemokhrasi. Oosomashishini bavuleleke malunga noku. KwiFinancial Times (FT), elona phepha lezoshishino linempembelelo eNgilani, uJohn Hunt uthi, “imibutho yabasebenzi iseyeyona ingenademokhrasi kumaziko anamhlanje.” UMichael Skapinker naye ubhala kwi-FT uthi; "Ubomi beshishini ngokwemvelo abunademokhrasi." Endaweni yokuba abasebenzi babe nolawulo lwedemokhrasi kwiindawo zabo zokusebenza, ulwakhiwo oluphakathi oluphezulu olusezantsi luyongamela. Abasebenzi akukho nto bayithethayo; baxelelwa nje into abafanele bayenze.

Endaweni yedemokhrasi, ulwakhiwo lwequmrhu lusekelwe kwidola enye = inkqubo yevoti enye. Abaninizabelo banamalungelo okuvota ngokuxhomekeke kwizabelo ezingaphi abanazo. Ngaphandle kwamagunya emibutho yabasebenzi, iinkxalabo zabasebenzi zishiywe ngaphandle kwenxaki (kwezinye iindawo zokusebenza ezingezomanyano abasebenzi banamalungelo athile ngokuxhomekeke kwimithetho kunye neempawu zomntu ngamnye njl njl…).

Kwabo bajongene nobudlelwane bokusebenza kakubi kodwa bakholelwa kubuchule babantu bokulawula ubomi babo, le nkqubo kunokuba nzima ukuyamkela. Ukunyaniseka kukaSpakinker malunga nendlela abacinga ngezoshishino abazama ngayo ukunqoba le ngxabano phakathi komnqweno wabasebenzi kunye nenyani, ingqiqo;

“Oko isikolo esiye sazama ukukwenza kukweyisela ‘abantu baseMerika abathanda inkululeko’ ukuba bakhululeke emsebenzini njengokuba bengaphandle. … Ngokusebenzisa iingcamango ezifana 'nokuxhobisa' iintloko zolawulo zizama ukucenga abasebenzi ukuba banamandla okwenene. (nge-5 kaMatshi)” Ukushiya ecaleni ukuqonda kukaSpakinker ngenkululeko uninzi lwabantu baseMelika abanalo umsebenzi wangaphandle, uchukumisa inqaku elibalulekileyo.

Oko kukuthi, abasebenzi baseMelika banemvakalelo enamandla yenkululeko kunye nedemokhrasi, abafuna ukuyiqonda emsebenzini. Kwabo basekhohlo, oku kuchasana phakathi kokwenyani komsebenzi wabantu kunye neyona nto bayiphetheyo sisixhobo esibalulekileyo sokulungelelanisa. Uninzi lwabantu luwathemba amandla abo kwaye ke bakholelwa ukuba idemokhrasi yinto efanelekileyo.

Nangona kunjalo, kwingqondo ethandwayo yaseMelika iimbono zamabhunga abasebenzi kunye nedemokhrasi yendawo yokusebenza ziye zajongelwa phantsi. Ngokuphela kwabasebenzi abacwangcisiweyo, uninzi lweengcamango eziqhubele abantu ukuba baququzelele kwindawo yokuqala zilahlekile. Ngokufanayo, bambi abantu baye bayamkela into yokuba idemokhrasi kurhulumente wezobupolitika kuphela kohlobo lwedemokhrasi, nangona “yonke imibutho yedemokhrasi iphila ngendlela efanayo. Sinyula iinkokeli zethu zezopolitiko…kodwa asinyuli abantu abalawula iindawo zethu zokusebenza (FT 5 March). Kutheni ukuba siyazingca ngokuphila kuluntu lwedemokhrasi iindawo zokusebenza azinademokhrasi? Uninzi lwabantu luchitha iiyure ezingama-40 ngeveki emsebenzini; oku kusondele kwi-25% yeeyure zabo zokulala kwisakhiwo esingenademokhrasi. Ngoba? Okubaluleke ngakumbi, zeziphi iimpembelelo ezinkulu zoluntu zesakhiwo seshishini elingenademokhrasi yedola enye = ivoti enye?

Ngaphandle kwamandla angalinganiyo kubomi babasebenzi “babo”, abaninizabelo abakhulu, ngokulawula kwabo ubutyebi, banegunya eligqithisileyo kwinkqubo yezopolitiko. Ngobunini bezabelo zabo, aba bantu bathenga amaqela ezopolitiko, bangabanini beendaba, ingxowa mali yokucinga, baququzelele ngokwamaqela okukhuthaza amashishini, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Ngokufutshane, bazama ukubumba ubume bezopolitiko, inkcubeko kunye noqoqosho loluntu ukuze kuxhamle bona. Okuphambili ekulweni nalo mkhosi ziimanyano. Ngoko ke, akufanele kumangalise ukuba amazwe anamazinga aphezulu omanyano athanda ukuba needemokhrasi zezopolitiko ezidlamkileyo kunye noorhulumente abaqhubela phambili ngokwentlalo. I-spectrum yamandla omanyano iyahluka kwiindawo ngeendawo, nangona kunjalo.

ISweden neKhanada zibonelela ngemizekelo yamazwe ahambele phambili kwezoshishino. ISweden inelinye lawona mazwe ahambele phambili kwezentlalontle kunye nezinga lomanyano olumalunga nama-80%. Ukongeza, eSweden kunye nakwamanye amazwe aseScandinavia naseJamani anemigaqo-nkqubo yentlalontle ngokubanzi, abasebenzi banezigqibo ezithile zomgangatho weevenkile. Abasebenzi banendima ethe ngqo ekuqulunqeni umgaqo-nkqubo wenkampani.

EKhanada, ilizwe apho iimanyano zabasebenzi zinendima engathanga ngqo ekuqulunqeni umgaqo-nkqubo wenkampani njengase-US, izinga eliphezulu lomanyano lingamandla anenkqubela kunye nedemokhrasi. Abasebenzi abamanyeneyo benza malunga nesithathu sabo bonke abasebenzi kwaye unxibelelwano phakathi kweemanyano kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yenkqubela phambili yentlalo icacile. Kutshanje, iCanadian Auto Workers, eyona manyano inkulu yecandelo labucala elizweni, inyanzelise iGeneral Motors ukuba ichaze esidlangalaleni ukuzibophelela kwayo kwinkqubo yaseCanada yeMedicare. (Ukwenziwa kweemoto zeGM eCanada kunexabiso eliphantsi kunemveliso yaseMelika ngenxa yamayeza aseCanada ahlala nabantu.

Nangona kunjalo, iinkampani azifane zibabaze iingenelo zeenkonzo zikawonke-wonke ziqwalasela ingcamango yoshishino lwanamhlanje kukuthengisa yonke into bucala.) Iimanyano zaseKhanada zihamba phambili kumzabalazo wokugcina inkqubo yeMedicare yaseKhanada. Nangona ukwehla kwezinga lomanyano e-USA lidano, imbono yoluntu ngeemanyano luphuhliso oluhle. I-NY Times ibike ukuba i-66% yaseMelika ivunyiwe kwimibutho ngelixa i-22% ingavumi. Eli lelona zinga liphezulu lokuvunywa kule minyaka ingama-35 idlulileyo. Umfanekiso ophucukileyo wemibutho edityaniswe nokulangazelela kwabantu idemokhrasi emsebenzini kufuneka ube ngumhlaba ochumileyo kwabo bajonge ekuguquleni uluntu ngokusisiseko. Njengoko idemokhrasi iphinda ivela esitratweni kunye nentshukumo echasene nemfazwe kwaye ngaphakathi kwentshukumo ye-anti-capitalist globalization, kubalulekile ukuba iintshukumo ezibhekiselele kwidemokhrasi yendawo yokusebenza nazo ziphinde zivele.

yves engler is VP communications with the Concordia Student Union Montreal he can be contacted at yvesengler@hotmail.com

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