Uhlaselo oluqhube “umlawuli wemisebenzi eluhlaza” uVan Jones kwi-White House kule veki luhlaselo lwabasebenzi kunye nethemba elingcono labasebenzi lemisebenzi elungileyo. Ukuba abasebenzi bafuna ukukhuthaza imisebenzi eluhlaza, abasebenzi kufuneka bamkele uVan Jones - esidlangalaleni, ngokukhwaza, kwaye ngokukhawuleza - ezayo AFL-CIO Convention.
UVan Jones ungumhlobo oqinisekisiweyo wabasebenzi, oye walwela ukubona ukuba imisebenzi eluhlaza yimisebenzi emihle kunye namalungelo abasebenzi kunye nemigangatho yabasebenzi efanelekileyo. Ukuba ngaba kukho ixesha lelo silogeni sabasebenzi esidala "Ukulimala komnye kukulimala kubo bonke" kukulimala okwenziwe kuVan Jones. Kuba kukwenzakala kuye wonke umsebenzi waseMelika onethemba lokuba intlekele kuqoqosho lwethu inokulungiswa ngokubeka abantu ukuba basebenze ukwakha uqoqosho olutsha lohlaza.
Njengomsunguli weGreen for All and author of the best-seller The Green Collar Economy, uVan Jones wabeka umcimbi wemisebenzi eluhlaza kwimephu yezopolitiko. Unomdla wokubamba i-green jobs wave, ulawulo luka-Obama lwezisa uVan Jones "njengomcebisi okhethekileyo kwimisebenzi eluhlaza" kwiBhunga kuMgangatho weNdalo. Kodwa kwinyanga ephelileyo Umboniso kaGlenn Beck weFox News 'uqale ukwehla I-calumnies evela kwixesha elidlulileyo likaJones - lonke ulwazi ekuvunywe ukuba kudala lufumaneka esidlangalaleni kwiwebhu. (Ewe, yiyo leyo Glenn Beck owathi "Lo mongameli uye wazibhenca njengomfana ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwaye ngokuphindaphindiweyo onentiyo enzulu ngabantu abamhlophe.") USunday Jones wazincama warhoxa ukuphepha ukuba sisiphazamiso kulawulo luka-Obama.
Iphulo elichasene noJones yincam yomgca wephulo elibanzi kakhulu ngokuchasene nomsebenzi olungelelanisiweyo, ukukhuselwa kwendalo, kunye nemisebenzi eluhlaza.
Ityala lokuqala iphulo elakhupha uVan Jones eofisini libangwa nguPhil Kerpen, UMlawuli wePolisi waseMelika wokuPhumelela. Ithini i-ajenda yabo?
Abantu baseMelika beProsperity bebeqhuba into ebizwa ngokuba "Misa uMthetho wokungaKhetha uMsebenzi“iphulo. Nantsi into ayithethayo uKerpen malunga neemanyano:
"Abasebenzi baya bekholelwa ngakumbi, ngesizathu esivakalayo, ukuba iimanyano zibonelela kancinci ngembuyekezo yazo okanye zisebenze ngokuchasene neminqweno yabo."
UKerpen uthi ukoyiswa kwakhe ngumthetho wamandla acocekileyo “nguNombolo wakhe. I-1 ephambili yowiso-mthetho. Iqela lakhe laqhuba “uKhenketho loMoya oHotyo” phantsi kwesiqubulo esithi “I-Alarmism yokufudumala kweHlabathi: Ilahleko yeMisebenzi, iRhafu ePhakamileyo, iNkululeko eNcinci.”
Gqi beleni, UKerpen ufumana ukuhlasela zombini abasebenzi kunye nokusingqongileyo ngokuhlasela imisebenzi eluhlaza: “Imisebenzi eluhlaza ayisiyomisebenzi yezoqoqosho kodwa yimisebenzi yezopolitiko, eyilelwe ukuhambisa intywenka yemali yabarhafi kwimibutho yabasebenzi abasekhohlo, amaqela okusingqongileyo kunye nabaququzeleli bobulungisa ekuhlaleni.” UKerpen kunye no-Beck banikele ngomboniso wonke "ekubhentsini" i-Apollo Alliance exhaswa yimanyano njengeyelenqe elibi lokumanyanisa ubulungisa kwezentlalo, ukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo, kunye nabasebenzi malunga nenkqubo yemisebenzi eluhlaza.
Ivela phi imali? Ngokutsho kukaKevin Grandia yeqela lokubukela iDeSmogBlog:
I-AFP ngoyena mntu wesithathu ofumana inkxaso-mali evela kwiZiko loSapho lwaseKoch. Ngaphambi kwe-2003, xa i-AFP isabizwa ngokuba ngabemi beSiseko soQoqosho oluPhezulu, ifumene i-$ 18,460,912 ngemali. I-84% yaloo nkxaso-mali ivela kwi-Koch Family Foundations (i-$ 12,906,712) kunye ne-Scaife Family Foundations (i-$ 2,510,000). I-Koch Family Foundations ixhaswa ngemali yiKoch Industries. Ngokutsho kweForbes, i-Koch Industries yinkampani yesibini ngobukhulu ephethwe ngasese, kwaye inkulu inkampani yamandla yabucala, eMelika. Imizi-mveliso yaseKoch yenze imali yayo kwishishini leoli, ngokukodwa ukucocwa kweoli. Sithetha nje, ibambe igxalaba kwimibhobho, iindawo zokucoca, izichumisi, iimveliso zamahlathi, nobugcisa bemichiza.
I-Koch Industries, ngendlela, iqeshe i-union-busting Faegre & Benson law firm, ethi, ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi yayo, igxile kumaphulo okulwa nomanyano kunye nokurhoxa kwizicwangciso zepenshini.
Luhlaza Kubo Bonke, umbutho wemisebenzi eluhlaza owasekwa nguVan Jones, usasaza uxwebhu lwezikhalazo, “Yima kunye neNtshukumo yeMisebenzi yoHlaza.” Ingxelo exhasayo ithi,
Njengeentshukumo ezinkulu zobulungisa kwezentlalo zenkulungwane yama-20, intshukumo yethu yoqoqosho olubandakanyayo yohlaza isekelwe kwezona milinganiselo zisisiseko zaseMelika: ukulingana, ubulungisa, kunye nethuba lomntu wonke.
Xa sijongana namaqhinga enzelwe ukoyikisa kunye nokwahlula, kufuneka sime kunye sijikeleze iinqobo ezisemgangathweni ezisimanyayo.
Yima kunye nentshukumo yethu. Sayina uxwebhu lwezikhalazo.
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Ndimele uqoqosho lohlaza oluqukayo olusekelwe kwezona milinganiselo zisisiseko zaseMelika: ukulingana, ubulungisa, kunye nethuba lomntu wonke.
Ukuba abasebenzi bafuna ukuma kunye nentshukumo yemisebenzi eluhlaza - kwaye ukuba ifuna ukubuyisela umva ukuhlaselwa kwephiko lasekunene kwiimanyano zethu, indawo esingqongileyo, kunye nemisebenzi yethu eluhlaza - kufuneka icele uVan Jones ukuba aqalise isigaba esilandelayo sentshukumo yemisebenzi eluhlaza. ngokwenza intetho kwindibano yayo kule veki.