USabrina Chaumette ngumhlali wase-Oakland, CA kwaye unelayisensi
unontlalontle wekliniki kunye nelungu leManyano yeSizwe ye
Abasebenzi bezempilo (NUHW) e-Kaiser Permanente's Oakland
Iziko lezonyango. Isiqingatha seminyaka elishumi elinesibini edlulileyo ibiyindawo yemfazwe
phakathi kwe-California HMO behemoth kunye nokhathalelo lwezempilo lwezonyango
abasebenzi. Kubekho ugwayimbo kunye nezoyikiso zogwayimbo, imilo yeekhontrakthi
kunye nokukhatywa kwekhontrakthi; Uqhankqalazo oluvulelekileyo lwehlobo elidlulileyo lwathatha ishumi
iiveki; I-NUHW iphumelele uluhlu lwezinyinyiva ezinkulu, ngaphezu kwayo yonke into ekuqeshweni kwabasebenzi
kunye nokucwangcisa, kuquka i-MLK Jr. Usuku lokuphumla kunye nomvuzo.
UChaumette useKaiser iminyaka eli-14. Kwaye sele egqibile
yonke into, kodwa umba omnye ububaluleke kakhulu kuye. UMartin Luther
Usuku lokuzalwa lukaKing ibiyiholide yesizwe ukusukela ngo-1986 kodwa apha
I-California amawakawaka abasebenzi bezempilo abanalo usuku lokuphumla, makhe
ndedwa ngomvuzo.
Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, uKaiser uxelele abasebenzi bakhe ukuba iya kubandakanya i-MLK
usuku lokuzalwa njengeholide ehlawulweyo kwikhontrakthi yayo elandelayo, ka-2022, kungekudala ukuba ibuye
ngalo mba, besithi alikafiki ixesha elifanelekileyo. Ukuphendula, oogqirha
kumaziko ezonyango e-Kaiser e-Oakland nase-Richmond basongela
ugwayimbo. UKaiser waphinda wathembisa ukuba uza kwenza okuthile ngeholide. Iingcali zonyango
ecatshukiswa sisithembiso sokuqala esaphulwayo wagqiba kwelokuba ancame, ahambe
uphumile emsebenzini ngomhla wokuzalwa kuka-MLK, ngo-2022, enyanzela isandla sikaKaiser.
Ukuqhuba ukwenza uKaiser aqaphele iHolide kaKumkani
ikhokelwa yiKomiti yoBulungisa bobuhlanga kunye noBulungisa beNUHW, apho
Iingcali zonyango zenza ukuqaphela uMartin Luther King Day njengeholide ehlawulwayo a
ingqwalaselo ephambili yokujongana nocalucalulo lobuhlanga ngaphakathi kweKaiser.
Kutheni le holide ibaluleke kakhulu kwi-Chaumette? Kwakutheni ukuze
UChaumette kunye noogxa bakhe babetha uKaiser, iqumrhu elikhulu elineenkampani
igama elingafanelekanga lenkululeko? Nazi iimpendulo zakhe.
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Ndandihlala ndisebenza ngoSuku lweMLK ngenxa yokuba indlela uKaiser ayiphatha ngayo iMLK
Usuku lwalungafani nezinye iiholide. Ukuze uyicime, kwakufuneka uchithe
imini esenza inkonzo yoluntu kwindawo ethile. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba wenze
inkonzo ngoSuku lweKrisimesi okanye uSuku loNyaka oMtsha okanye uMbulelo.
Njengogqirha wezempilo yengqondo oMnyama eKaiser Permanente, ndiye
Ndandisoloko ndineentloni xa ndinika izigulane zam eziNtsundu idinga
ngoSuku lukaMartin Luther King Omnci. Baza kundibuza ukuba kutheni ndisebenza, kwaye
xa ndibaxelela ukuba asiyoholide ehlawulwayo eKaiser, baya kubuza, โNjani
uKaiser angayenza lonto? Ngaba umbutho awuyazi ukuba ibalulekile le nto?โ
Ke, isigulana esikhetha ukulibazisa umyalelo wokuthatha ukuze sibone uMnyama
Ugqirha usenokuphenjelelwa kukungathembani ngempilo yengqondo
inkqubo enembali yokunganyangi izigulane eziMnyama ngokwenkcubeko
indlela efanelekileyo. Umzekelo, ukungaqapheli indlela yenkqubo
ubuhlanga, imbali yocalucalulo, umgca obomvu, amapolisa phezu kokujikeleza kwabaMnyama
uluntu lunokubashiya begadwe kakhulu malunga nokungena kwindawo enkulu
Inkqubo yempilo yengqondo kwikliniki engaphakathi esixekweni engoneliyo
ababoneleli abafana noomama, ootata, abantakwabo kunye noodade babo.
Njengogqirha wezempilo yengqondo oMnyama, kufuneka ndihambe ngeyam
amava okucalula ngokobuhlanga ngelixa ethwele ubunzima bokubamba yam
umonzakalo odibeneyo wabahlali. Luxanduva endiluxabisayo. Kodwa kunjalo
kwakhona ngumthwalo onzima emagxeni. Ndandinexhala xa iqela lethu
ulahlekelwe ngugqirha oMnyama. Kodwa ndandisazi ukuba ngokwenene kwakufuneka bahambe ngenxa yokuba behambile
benza konke okusemandleni abo, kwaye babengenakuyenza kwakhona. Kwakufuneka benze njalo
zinyamekele. Ndenza konke endinako ukunceda izigulana zam. ndiyeza
ekuqaleni, hlala kade, uzibhukishe xa ndifanele ukuba ndenza amaphepha am okanye
banike imizuzu emihlanu yoqeqesho lwefowuni - nantoni na enokubanceda bazive
edibene nam. Kodwa ngumthwalo owoyikekayo ukwazi ukuba awukwazi
unike izigulane zakho ukhathalelo oluludingayo.
Yiyo loo nto kulandela ukubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd, oogxa bam
e Oakland kunye Richmond wafikelela kulawulo Kaiser malunga
ekugqibeleni ithathe inyathelo lokujongana nobuhlanga obucwangcisiweyo kunye nokunceda inkxaso
oogqirha bemibala kunye nokubonelela ngononophelo lwempilo yengqondo engcono kwizigulane ze
umbala.
Ekuphela kwento abaphathi bakaKaiser bavumile ukuyenza ekugqibeleni
Martin Luther King Jr. Usuku iholide ehlawulwayo kwiiklinikhi zempilo yengqondo kwi
2022. Kwaye ke uninzi lonyaka luhamba kwaye lujikeleze uNovemba ka-2021
ubunkokeli bathumela umyalezo besithi benze impazamo - ukuba bona
bendingekabinayo imvume yokwenza okokugqibela. Kwaye ke, zonke ezi nyanga thina
besikholelwa ukuba siza kufumana usuku lwe-MLK. Ukuba inkosi iyaxela
wena ukuba une-MLK Day off, ayiyonto intlebendwane. Kwaba ngathi oku
enye indlela yokuziva ugxothiwe.
Ndalila kwintlanganiso yabasebenzi xa ndifumana iindaba. Kwaba ngathi kufakwe impama
ubuso kuluntu esilusebenzelayo nakuthi njengokhathalelo lwempilo lwabaNtsundu
iingcali. Sisigqibo esixelela izigulane Kaiser kunye
abasebenzi bayo ukuba asizukuhlonipha ubomi boMnyama - oko
yonke into ethethwa nguKaiser ngobulungisa bobuhlanga yinkonzo yomlomo nje.
Inxalenye yelifa likaKumkani ngumsebenzi awenzileyo wokwahlulahlula
izibhedlele kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo yethu. Kwinkomfa yeendaba ngowe-1966, ngo
uqhagamshelo kwintlanganiso yonyaka yeKomiti yezoNyango yoLuntu
Amalungelo, wathi, โKuzo zonke iintlobo zokungalingani, ukungabikho kokusesikweni empilweni
eyona yothusayo nengenabuntu.โ
Abo bethu babonelela ngeenkonzo zempilo yengqondo kuKaiser in
I-Oakland kunye ne-Richmond bagqiba ekubeni asiyi kusebenza kuMartin
Usuku lukaLuther King Omnci. 2022. Singabetha - hayi nje ngokuba uKaiser
wabuyela kwilizwi lakhe ekugqibeleni wenze usuku lokuzalwa lukaMartin Luther King Omnci
iholide ehlawulweyo kuthi, kodwa ngenxa yokuba uKaiser uyala ukujongana
ucalucalulo lwesakhiwo kunye nokusebenza nathi ukubonelela ngononophelo olufanelekileyo kubo bonke
uluntu oluhlelelekileyo. E-Oakland, isixeko apho umntu om-1 kwaba-4 ekhona
Umnyama, uKaiser unabanyange abahlanu kuphela abaNtsundu ngempilo yengqondo kumntu omdala
iqela. Nangona sibonelela ngokhathalelo lwempilo yengqondo, kuvakala ngathi singabo
iyunithi ye-MASH.
Ngokuyibuyisela emva, ndaziva nje ukuba ininzi kakhulu. Bagcina
besicela ukuba sixolise ngokungabi naluvelwano kwabo eluntwini. Yiyo nje
kwabonakala ngathi ugwayimbo yinto efanelekileyo. Umphathi weKaiser uGreg Adams
emva koko wathumela i-imeyile kubasebenzi ebhengeza ukuba uKaiser uya kwenza ekugqibeleni
UMartin Luther King Jr. Usuku lweholide ehlawulwayo kubo bonke abasebenzi baseKaiser -
kodwa hayi kude kube ngo-2023, phantse iminyaka engama-40 emva kokuba ibe yiholide yomanyano kwaye
ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi emva komanyano lwethu, iManyano yeSizwe yezeMpilo
Abasebenzi, bayicela kuqala.
Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba uKaiser ngewalithabathile elo nyathelo ukuba thina
besingekabhengezi ukuba sibetha uMartin Luther King
Usuku Omnci. Kwaye, kunzima kuthi ukukholelwa ukuba uKaiser uyakuthatha nayiphi na
amanyathelo abalulekileyo okuphucula iimeko zabanyangi kunye nezigulane ze
umbala ukuba asiqhubeki noxinzelelo.
Ndiziva ndinelunda kuba akukho mntu kwindawo endihlala kuyo onokuthi andizange ndenze njalo
yimela into. Ndiyakholwa ukuba sikwenzile oko njengeqela lomanyano, kuba mna
Bendingathembi ukuba uKaiser ngekhe abuye kwaye athi โasikho
ulungele u-2023.โ
Xa ndandithetha nabanye oogqirha abaNtsundu malunga nokuba bayintoni na
uceba ukwenza ngoSuku lwe-MLK [kwinyanga ephelileyo, kaJanuwari 2023], bathi
cwangcisa ukuphumla. Njengoko ndicinga ngako ngoku, kuba sijongana kakhulu
ukwenzakala kuluntu lwethu, ukuphumla kuyafuneka. Sinecaseload enkulu
wabantu abafuna ngokukodwa ukusebenza nathi - ngoko umthwalo wethu unjalo
inzima kakhulu. Sidiniwe kwaye bambalwa kuthi ukuba sibathwale abaninzi
izigulane njengoko sizama ukukhonza.
Sifuna ukubakhonza kuba oko kwenzeka kubo kunokwenzeka
kwenzeke kuthi, kum. Ndingumama woonyana abathathu abadala. Xa bona
shiya indlu, ndizama ukungacingi kakhulu ngabo kunye nohambo lwabo.
Olona loyiko lwam lukhulu lokuba baya kuchazwa kwaye bangezi ekhaya.
Xa babekwishumi elivisayo, sasiziqhelisela indlela yokumiswa ngumbutho
Mapolisa. Ndandikucaphukela ukubasusa ubumsulwa babo. Kodwa kwafuneka ndizigcine
ephila. Banjalo nabazali endibakhonzayo. Emva kokudubula kwamapolisa, uninzi lwe
Umsebenzi wetrauma endiwenzayo ndikunye nabazali abaNtsundu abaxhalabileyo
abantwana beshiya indlu. Baphantse babanjwa luloyiko. Oku yi
impendulo yokwenzakala. Nabo bazama ukuxelela abantwana babo indlela yokuhlala
siyaphila kwaye iyoyikeka ukuba siyenze le nto. Oku kunjalo
intliziyo ebuhlungu malunga nomsebenzi wam kwaye kutheni le MLK Day yimini yokuphumla, ngoko
ukuba ngoLwesibini ndikwazi ukuqhubeka ndibonisa.
Ke, ngoSuku lwe-MLK ngo-2022 sabetha. Yayiyimbumba emnandi
ukuziva ukuhamba kunye nabantu kuba nonke nikholelwa kuyo
into kwaye uyayenza njengoluntu kwaye nonke nikholelwa ukuba yiyo
ekunene, nangona uyazi ukuba iza ngeendleko kuwe. Ukhona
ngaphandle kwentlawulo, kwaye kufuneka uhlengahlengise izigulane zakho. Kodwa xa ndi
kholelwa kwinto kwaye ivakala inesimilo โ kum akukho nto yimbi
ukwenza.
Ndicinga ukuba kuye kwaqina ngakumbi ngabantu abaphume ugwayimbo
kuba babekholelwa kwinto esasiyenza kwaye yayikumanyano.
Nangona ndandingomnye woogqirha abathathu kuphela abaNtsundu e-Oakland, apho
yayingabo bonke aba bantu babengamahlakani abonakala kum, kwaye bona
kwakunganyanzelekanga. Baye bavela kum babonakala kweyabo
abathengi.
NgoMvulo, nge-16 kaJanuwari, 2023 bonke abasebenzi baseKaiser, okokuqala
ixesha, wafumana uMartin Luther King Jr. Day njengeholide ehlawulwayo.
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Olu dliwano-ndlebe luthatyathwe kwi-op ed kunye nodliwano-ndlebe.
Kwakhona bona, https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-strike-at-kaiser-
iyaqhubeka/
I-NUHW lumanyano olutsha. Ukuqala ukusuka ekuqaleni ngo-2009, ngoku
inamalungu angama-16,000 kwizibhedlele nakwiikliniki ukusuka e-Eureka ukuya eSan Diego.
Kule nyanga, inyanga yeMbali yabaNtsundu, yiwebhusayithi ihlonipha uTshintsho oluMnyama
Abavelisi: bona ingxelo yeNUHW ngeNyanga yeMbali yabaNtsundu, โUkubhiyozela
Imbali yabaNtsundu,โ NUHW.org.:
โUmbutho wethu usekelwe kumzabalazo oqhubekayo wokwabelana ngokulingana
amalungelo kunye nokulingana okupheleleyo. Kwaye, umsebenzi wethu awusoze ugqitywe de kube thina
ukudala inkqubo yezempilo echasene nobuhlanga exhasa ngokupheleleyo abanakekeli
kunye nezigulana zombala kwaye ubonelela zonke izigulana ngokwenkcubeko-
ukhathalelo oluphendulayo.
โI-NUHW ngekhe ibekho ngaphandle kokusebenza nzima nokuzincama
Amalungu aMnyama naBrown kunye nenkuthazo esiyifumana sonke kwi
iinkokheli zamalungelo oluntu zexesha elidlulileyo nezangoku. Sihlonipha ubomi kunye ne
ilifa labo beza phambi kwethu baza bagqama phakathi kwethu, nathi
Namkelekile ukuba nibaxhase kwaye niwazi umsebenzi wabo.โ
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