(Ngo-Agasti 28, 2009) - Uqhankqalazo lwezenzo zabasebenzi ONGALUNGILEYO kwi-Chicago-based SK Hand Tools lugxininise ukuhlaselwa okuxhaphakileyo kwiinzuzo zokhathalelo lwempilo kunye nemivuzo njengoko abaqeshi bezama ukusebenzisa inzuzo yokudodobala koqoqosho.

Malunga nabasebenzi abangama-75 kwa-SK baphuma nge-25 ka-Agasti, malunga neenyanga ezintathu emva kokuba inkampani-eyenza izixhobo zohlobo lweCraftsman ezidumileyo zeSears-inqumle ukhuseleko lwabo lweBlue Cross/Blue Shield.

“Ndisebenze apha iminyaka engama-23, kwaye bendisoloko ndinalo elo cebo,” utshilo uNorma Trinidad. "Unilaterally, ngaphandle kwesaziso, bayinqumle i-inshurensi yethu yezempilo. Into awayenzayo yayingalunganga ngeepesenti ezili-100."

Abasebenzi abaninzi baye bafumanisa ngokunqunyulwa kuphela xa befuna unyango. “Abantu baye bangena eWalgreens ukuze bafumane imiyalelo yabo baza baxelelwa ukuba batyala i-$300 okanye i-$400, ngoxa ngokuqhelekileyo yayiyi-$40 okanye i-$50,” utshilo uTrinidad.

Abaqhuba le ajenda yomanyano nguClaude Fuger, umongameli kunye neCEO yeSK Hand Tools, kunye noCliff Rusnak, usekela mongameli wenkampani kunye nosihlalo webhodi. La madoda mabini athatha inkampani eneminyaka engama-88 ubudala ngo-2005, eyithenga kwi-Facom, i-French multinational. Ukusukela ngoko, baphume bezama ukunciphisa iindleko zabasebenzi-kwaye ngoku babonakala bezimisele ukuwophula umanyano ngokupheleleyo.

Umbutho wabasebenzi, i-International Brotherhood ye-Teamsters Local 743, uye wazama ukuguqula ukunqunyulwa kokhathalelo lwezempilo ngokubhenela kwiBhodi yeSizwe yoBudlelwane bezaBasebenzi (NLRB) ukuba ilawule ukunqunyulwa komsebenzi ongalunganga. Ibhodi kulindeleke ukuba ibambe udliwano-ndlebe ngalo mbandela ngoSeptemba 2. Kodwa ngaphandle kokhathalelo lwezempilo, abasebenzi bagqibe kwelokuba abanayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokuphuma ngoku.

“Besisebenza ngaphandle kwesivumelwano ukusukela nge-28 kaFebruwari, kwaye sisebenza ngaphandle kwe-inshurensi yezempilo kwezi nyanga zine zidlulileyo,” utshilo u-Emilio Lunar, umphathi wevenkile. "Imali yethu yomhlalaphantsi iza kusilela ekupheleni kwale nyanga. Ngoko yimeko ecinezelayo kuye wonke umsebenzi walapha. Abayazi into elandelayo [umnini] uya kusika."

Sele, iindleko zokhathalelo lwempilo ziye zafaka abasebenzi abaninzi ematyaleni. Imivuzo isukela kwi-11 yeedola ukuya kwi-19 yeedola ngeyure, kodwa uninzi lwabantu lwenza malunga ne-12 yeedola okanye iidola ezili-14. Ngoko ke neendleko zonyango zesiqhelo zamayeza kagqirha zinokonyuka ngokukhawuleza.

“Sinomfana omnye onomfazi onesifo seswekile, ofuna impompo ekhethekileyo,” utshilo uTrinidad. "Kwafuneka aye kwi-intanethi, ezingela, ezama ukufumana i-inshurensi yezempilo yesikhashana. Sinabantu abanoxinzelelo lwegazi kunye nezinye iimeko zonyango."

Omnye umsebenzi, uJohn Oprzedek, wafakelwa izintso kunyaka ophelileyo. “Amayeza abiza kakhulu nyanga nganye–phantse i-$4,000,” watsho. "Kufuneka ndiye kugqirha nyanga zonke ukuze ndihlole igazi kunye nomchamo wam. Ndineminyaka eyi-13 ndisebenza apha, kwaye besisoloko sine-inshurensi."

Omnye umsebenzi, uDejan Gavatsky, uzifumana sele ekwi-20,000 yeedola ematyaleni-ukuza kuthi ga ngoku-ngotyando olungxamisekileyo lwe-hernia alwenzile kwiiveki ezintandathu ezidlulileyo. UGavatsky, owafudukela e-US esuka eMakedoni malunga neminyaka emine edlulileyo, wacinga ukuba ufumene umsebenzi omhle kwi-SK, apho wenza malunga ne-$ 30,000 ukuya kwi-$ 35,000 ngonyaka ekuqaleni. Kodwa kulo nyaka, uye wadendwa ixesha elilingana neenyanga ezintathu. Ngaphambi koqhankqalazo, wayekwindlela yokwenza malunga ne-15,000 yeedola kuphela, utshilo.

“Yonke imihla, kukho amatyala amaninzi angenayo, kwaye ndifuna ukuwahlawula ukugcina ireyithingi yam yetyala,” utshilo. Indlu yakhe inomvuzo ovela kumfazi wakhe, osebenza njengomgcini wendlu, kodwa akwanelanga ukwenza isibonda kwityala lezonyango.

UGavatsky kunye nomfazi wakhe abanabantwana. Kodwa abanye abasebenzi baxhomekeke kwi-inshurensi yabo nge-SK ukuhlawula abantwana babo. Omnye wabo, uTerry Spiwak, igqala lomsebenzi elineminyaka engama-23 ubudala, uzifumana sele exhakamfula i-13,000 yeedola ukuze ahlawule iindleko zesixhobo sokwenza isantya esitsha sonyana wakhe oneminyaka eli-15 ubudala.

Abasebenzi baqhula ngelithi umnikazi uFuger, osuka eFransi, akayi kuba nazo ezo ngxaki. “Ukuba uyagula, unokuvele aye kugqirha waseFransi simahla,” utshilo uTrinidad.

Ukongeza ekuyekisweni kwe-inshurensi yezempilo, abasebenzi bakwajongene neemfuno zokuthotywa kwemivuzo yethutyana yeedola ezi-4 ngeyure kunye nokucuthwa komrholo osisigxina ngeepesenti ezingama-20 ukuze inkampani iphumelele ukudodobala koqoqosho, abasebenzi abakumgca wokupiketha bathi. Abaphathi ngaphambili bebefuna ukuyivula kwakhona ikhontrakthi ukuze bafumane ukuthotywa kwemivuzo ngeepesenti ezingama-50, kodwa abasebenzi bala.

"Kubonakala ngathi [uClaude Fuger] ufuna sisebenzele umvuzo omncinci ngaphandle kwezibonelelo," utshilo u-Emilio Lunar. Kodwa lelinye idabi: Ukuhamba ngoku kuthintelwe kwindlela yokusebenza engalunganga-ukurhoxiswa kokhathalelo lwempilo.

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Ngenxa yokubandezeleka abasebenzi asele bekunyamezele kunye nobungqwabalala kwiimfuno zabaphathi, umntu unokulindela ukuba imigca yokuchola ye-SK Hand Tools ibemfiliba.

Ayikho njalo. Kumzi-mveliso oseMazantsi-ntshona eChicago, ishumi elinesibini okanye ngaphezulu labasebenzi bagcina iipikethi ezikwi-47th Street, apho iilori kunye neemoto ezihamba ngesantya esiphezulu zihlala zikhalisa amaxilongo. Indawo yokutyela yepizza yasekuhlaleni etyisa abakhethi, kunye neendwendwe ezisuka kwezinye iimanyano zidlula ngekofu kunye nokutya.

Kwiidokhi zokulayisha ngasemva, umkhethi unika ingxelo yokuba abaqhubi belori abamanyeneyo abasuka e-UPS nakwezinye iinkampani bayala ukuwela imigca yepikethi. Umfanekiso okwindawo yokugcina impahla ye-SK eMcCook ekufutshane, idolophu yaseChicago, iyafana. “Sinomanyano oluninzi-kakhulu,” utshilo u-Emilio Lunar.

Kulula ukubona ukuba kutheni abantu bechonga abasebenzi be-SK Hand Tools. Bayi-microcosm yodidi lwabasebenzi baseChicago. “Sinaye wonke umntu,” utshilo uNorma Trinidad. "Abantu baseMexico, basePuerto Ricans, isiPolish, isiVietnam, isiCambodia, isiTaliyane, abamhlophe, ama-Afrika aseMelika, ama-Arabhu kunye nokunye." Abaninzi basebenze kwisityalo ubuncinane iminyaka elishumi.

Omnye umba womoya wokulwa kolu qhankqalazo lutshintsho olumandla kwimanyano yabasebenzi, i-Teamsters Local 13,000 enamalungu ali-743. Emva kwedabi elide nelinzima lokulwa nobunkokeli bombutho obunobuqhophololo-amalungu aliqela ngoku asentolongweni- uhlaziyo. isileyiti esikhokelwa nguRichard Berg sithathe kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

UBerg, ngoku ongumongameli wale ndawo, ukhuthaze amalungu eNgingqi angama-743 ukuba enze unxibelelwano neminye imibutho yabasebenzi kunye nemizabalazo yoluntu. Abasebenzi abaliqela be-SK Hand Tools, kuquka ishop steward Lunar, baye kwiindibano zokuxhasa umsebenzi weRiphabhliki yeeWindows & Doors ngoDisemba.

Ngoku abasebenzi be-SK Hand Tools bazifumana bephambi kwabasebenzi. NjengeRiphabhliki yeeWindows, inkampani ebandakanyeka ngokuthe ngqo incinci, kodwa amandla amakhulu eshishini asemva.

Kwimeko yeRiphabhliki yeeWindows, yayiyiBhanki yaseMelika eye yaba lilungelo lokwala ukuxhasa ngemali intlawulo yokuyeka abasebenzi. Kwizixhobo ze-SK Hand, abasebenzi baceba ukutsalela ingqalelo kumthengi ophambili wenkampani, iSears, ngesenzo kwikomkhulu leshishini eHoffman Estates ngaphandle kweChicago.

Kwaye umba obandakanyekayo-ukukhusela izibonelelo zokhathalelo lwempilo-ngumbuzo obalulekileyo kumashumi ezigidi zabasebenzi. Njengoko i-New York Times yaphawula ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, "Uphando lubonisa ukuba ukunyuka kweepremiyamu kubangele ukuba amashishini amancinci angaphezulu kwesiqingatha anciphise izibonelelo, anyuse imali etsalwayo okanye afune abasebenzi ukuba bathwale isabelo esikhulu sepayi ebiza kakhulu."

Iza kuba ngumlo onzima. Ukubeka uxinzelelo kwi-Sears kunye nabaphathi be-SK Hand Tools, abahlaseli badinga inkxaso yethu ngokukhawuleza.

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Yintoni onokuyenza

Abo bakwindawo yaseChicago banokundwendwela imigca yepikethi kwaye baye kwimisitho yomanyano. Amalungu eManyano kunye namahlakani kwenye indawo angathumela imiyalezo yenkxaso kwi-Teamsters Local 743, 4620 S. Tripp Ave., Chicago, IL 60632. Ifowuni 773-254-7460 kunye nefeksi 773-254-7111.

Unokundwendwela iTeamsters Local 743 [1] Web site.

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        1. [1] http://www.743teamsters.org/

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