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Ngubani ke lo mfo? Ewe, igama lam nguBob "Bobbo" Simpson. Ndithathe umhlala-phantsi kwaye ndisebenza kwi-hobby yam yokubhala. Ndisasebenza okwethutyana kwiWebTrax Studio eneqela labantu abapholileyo abanxulumene nayo. I-WebTrax ubukhulu becala isebenzela imibutho yabasebenzi, amaqela angenzi nzuzo, imibutho yenkxaso yoluntu kunye namaziko emfundo. Ndikwabhala neegags zomzobi wekhathuni wabasebenzi uEstelle Carol. Sikunye sizipapasha ngokudibeneyo kunye nolunye upapasho phantsi kwegama elithi Carol*Simpson.Ndazalelwa eWashington DC kwaye ndakhulela kwidolophu yaseMaryland. Ndaya kwiYunivesithi yaseMaryland ndaza ndavusa isihogo njengelungu laBafundi boMbutho weDemokhrasi. Ndiphinde ndafumana amava am omanyano lokuqala apho njengelungu le-AFSCME phantsi kobunkokeli obukhanyiselweyo bukaGladys Jefferson.Ndafudukela kwindawo yaseChicagoland ngo-1975 kwaye ndihlala apha ukusukela ngoko. Ndichithe iminyaka engama-20 ndifundisa isiNgesi kunye nembali kwicala laseMzantsi Chicago. Ndidibene nabantu abancinci abasebenza nge-savvy abanengqondo kunye nokuqonda kuya kubumba esi sizwe iminyaka emininzi ezayo.Ndasebenza njengevolontiya labasebenzi bokuzithandela base-US Forest Service encedisa ukwakha nokugcina iindlela kwiindawo ezintle ezibuhlungu zaseMntla Melika. Ndingusoshiyali wabasebenzi osefashonini endala nto leyo indenza ndibe ne-anachronism yokwenyani kwi-Brave New 21st Century yethu. Yhe ndiyazi. Uninzi lwamalungu emanyano awazi nokuba amagama athi "Solidarity Forever" kwaye amalungu emanyano aliqaqobana nje labasebenzi baseMelika. Silwela ukubuya kwabasebenzi nangona kukho imiqobo kunye nokuba yeyiphi na imeko. Yintoni enye esinokuyenza? Siphila kuqoqosho lwekati-itya-inja-ikati-i-mouse kwaye ngoku intshukumo yabasebenzi kuphela kwamandla okwenene empucuko emi phakathi kwethu kunye nobuqhetseba obupheleleyo. Ucinga ukuba kukuzibaxa? Ndikholelwe, awufuni ukubakho ukuba intshukumo yabasebenzi iyipakishe kwaye inikezela. Ndinabantwana ababini: omnye usandula ukuphumelela ekholejini kwaye omnye usesikolweni samabanga aphakamileyo. Bona kunye nabantu ababephila ngexesha labo ngokuqinisekileyo bafanelwe ngcono kunokuzibandakanya nabasebenzi bekhoboka befuna ukuphila kwisijikelezi-langa esifayo. Kodwa intshabalalo nobumnyama obaneleyo. Ndaqala ukuba litshantliziyo lentlalontle ngeminyaka yoo-1960 kwaye ndiyazi ukuba abantu banokuphakama xa kufuneka benjenjalo. Nantsi ihlabathi elingcono!UBob "Bobbo" Simpson- ilungu: IManyano yeSizwe yabaBhali (UAW AFL-CIO)