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Olona qhankqalazo lukhulu e-US ukusukela ngo-2019 luqale kusasa ngoLwesine njengoko ngaphezulu kwe-10,000 yamalungu e-United Auto Workers (UAW) ashiye umsebenzi kwinkampani eyenza uJohn Deere.
Abasebenzi baseWarehouse ukusuka 14 iindawo zikaJohn Deere e-Illinois, e-Iowa, eKansas, eColorado naseGeorgia yaqala ukubetha ezinzulwini zobusuku ngoLwesine. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, abasebenzi baye bavota Iipesenti ezingama-99 zixhasa ugwayimbo; nangeCawa, abasebenzi basikhabile isindululo sekhontrakthi evela kuJohn Deere, owabonayo iingeniso ziyenyuka ngexesha lo bhubhani.
Abasebenzi bakhathazekile malunga nemiba emininzi kwaye bakhabe unikezelo lwekhontrakthi ezininzi ezivela kuJohn Deere sele. Bachaza umvuzo ophantsi kwaye iiyure ezinde, abanye abasebenzi bathi kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba basebenze iiyure ezili-10 ukusa kwezili-12 ngoMvulo ukuya kutsho ngoMgqibelo. Inkampani iye yabeka phantsi abasebenzi ngaphambi kobhubhani kwaye bekubonakala ngathi ayikulungelanga ukuphatha imfuno yabathengi eyayiza kuqhambuka ngexesha lo bhubhani.
"Le yimisebenzi enezakhono, edinayo amalungu e-UAW azidla ngayo yonke imihla," watsho uMitchell Smith, umalathisi we-UAW Region 8, equka 103 abantu basekuhlaleni kumazwe akuMazantsi nakumaZantsi-ntshona. Uqhankqalazo aluzange lube lula kubasebenzi okanye kwiintsapho zabo kodwa abasebenzi bakaJohn Deere bakholelwa ukuba bafanelwe yisabelo esingcono sepayi, indawo yokusebenzela ekhuselekileyo, kunye nezibonelelo ezifanelekileyo.
Abasebenzi bayahlawulwa ubuncinane $19.14 ngeyure, ngelixa inkampani inike ingxelo yengeniso ye-4.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiikota ezintathu zokuqala ze-2021 kwaye ihlawule amakhulu ezigidi kwizabelo kubanini-zabelo bayo.
โIzinto ezininzi ebeziqhubeka kweli lizwe kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ngokuqinisekileyo zenze abantu bawuqonda ngakumbi umahluko phakathi kweshishini kunye nokungalingani kwemivuzo. Izixa nje ezikhulu zokubawa kwenkampani, โuDavid Schmelzer, umhloli wolawulo lomgangatho e-Illinois kunye nowayesakuba ngusihlalo we-UAW Local 79, xelelwe Guardian. "Uninzi lwabantu lufuna isabelo esikhulu kwimpumelelo yale nkampani, impumelelo ebesiyinxalenye yayo."
Abasebenzi baseJohn Deere abonwabanga ngumnyinyiva owenziwe kuthethwano lwekhontrakthi ngeminyaka yoo-1990, xa inkampani idale amanqanaba amabini abasebenzi ukuze abasebenzi abaqeshwe emva ko-1997 bafumane izibonelelo ezibi kakhulu. Ngabasebenzi abaqeshiweyo kuphela phambi kuka-1997 ufumane ipenshini epheleleyo kunye nezibonelelo zempilo xa bethatha umhlala-phantsi; Abaqeshwa abatsha bafumana kuphela isithathu somhlalaphantsi wangaphambili kwaye akukho khathalelo lwempilo kumhlalaphantsi.
Ngoku, inkampani izama ukwenza inqanaba lesithathu elisusa umhlala-phantsi ngokupheleleyo, nto leyo eye yacaphukisa abasebenzi.
โKukho umsindo ongakumbi. Sidiniwe. Sidiniwe kukwenza iipeni. Ndidinwe kukuchitha ixesha elininzi kwisakhiwo kunokuba nentsapho yethu. Sibanike ixesha elininzi lobomi bethu,โ omnye umsebenzi waxelela Amanqaku abasebenzi intatheli uYona Furman. โSinabanye abakwiminyaka yabo yama-70 abasasebenzela ukhathalelo lwezempilo. Asifuni amanqanaba amabini. Bazama ukwenza amanqanaba amathathu. Thina ayiyi kuthengisa abazalwana noodade wethu abancinci.โ
UJohn Deere uthe kwingxelo ukuba "bazimisele" ukufikelela kwisivumelwano namalungu ombutho. "Siza kuqhubeka sisebenza imini nobusuku ukuqonda izinto eziphambili kubasebenzi bethu kwaye sisombulule olu qhankqalazo, ngelixa sigcina imisebenzi yethu iqhuba ukuze kuxhamle bonke abo sibasebenzelayo," wathi UJohn Deere usekela mongameli wobudlelwane babasebenzi uBrad Morris. Inkampani iye abasebenzi abahlawulwayo abalungisiweyo ukuwela umgca wepicket.
Uqhankqalazo luza njenge iliza logwayimbo ibonakala ngathi itshayela ilizwe. Phakathi kukaJohn Deere, uKellogg's, uKaiser Permanente kunye nabasebenzi befilimu kunye nomabonakude, ngaphezulu Abasebenzi be100,000 bagwayimbile okanye boyikise ugwayimbo kwezi veki zidlulileyo. U-Agasti naye wabona inani lerekhodi lokurhoxa, enabasebenzi abazizigidi ezisisi-4.3 abayekayo imisebenzi yabo, uninzi lwabo ingabasebenzi bokuthengisa okanye ababuka iindwendwe. Ngokucotha kokudala imisebenzi, abasebenzi banjalo beguqula amandla abo njenge intshukumo yabasebenzi ibonakala ivuselela e-US
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