Kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo, imanyano yabasebenzi be-Auto izama ukuququzelela isityalo saseNissan eCanton, eMississippi, ngempumelelo encinci. I-rally ngomso (ngo-Matshi 4) ene-Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt ..), umongameli we-NAACP uCornell M. Brooks kunye nomdlali we-actor / activist uDanny Glover unokuncedisa ukuguqula i-tide.
Ibizwa ngokuba nguMatshi ngo-Mississippi, isenzo sangomso saququzelelwa yimbumbano yeenkokheli zamalungelo oluntu, abaphathiswa kunye namatsha ntliziyo abasebenzi ababizwa ngokuba yiMississippi Alliance for Fairness eNissan. Emva kokuhlangana kwibala lemidlalo esixekweni, abasebenzi kunye nabaxhasi bazomatsha iimayile ezimbini ukuya kumzi-mveliso we-automaker waseJapan kwaye bahambise intaphane yeeleta malunga neemeko zokusebenza ezingakhuselekanga kunye nokuziphindezela kubasebenzi abazama umanyano. Kubasebenzi abamalunga nama-5,000 kulo mzi-mveliso, owavulwa ngo-2003, ama-80 epesenti ngabantu abamnyama.
NgoFebruwari, i-US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ihlawulise isityalo ngokuphulwa "okubi" ekuphenduleni isiganeko sikaDisemba odlulileyo xa isandla sochwephesha sabanjwa kwibhanti yokuhambisa. I-Mississippi Namhlanje inika ingxelo yokuba inkampani kufuneka ifake iialam ezivakalayo kunye nezibane ukwazisa abasebenzi xa umthumeli sele eza kuqala ukuhamba. I-OSHA ikwathi abasebenzi abaqeqeshwanga ngokwaneleyo ekuvaleni oomatshini ngexesha likaxakeka. Ngo-2015, ibhodi yeNational Labour Relations (NLR) yamangalela uNissan kunye ne-arhente yethutyana esebenza nayo ngokukhanyela ngokungekho mthethweni amalungelo abasebenzi okunxiba iimpahla ezichaseneyo okanye ezichasene nomanyano kunye nokugrogrisa ngokugxotha abasebenzi okanye ukuvala umzi-mveliso ukuziphindezela kumbutho wombutho.
Sithethe noMatshi ngenqununu yaseMississippi uDanny Glover ekuqaleni kwale veki. Kolu dliwano ndlebe luhleliweyo noluncitshisiweyo, uthetha ngokuba kutheni ebandakanyeka kumlo wakwaNissan, umanyano lwakhe noBernie Sanders nokuba kutheni kufuneka โsivuthe ukucinga kwethuโ malunga nemiba yeklasi.
Ndiyazi ukuba uye wabandakanyeka kwizinto ezininzi, ezininzi ezibangela ubomi bakho bonke kunye nomsebenzi wakho. Kutheni eCanton, eMississippi, kwaye kutheni ngoku?
Ndineminyaka emine ndibandakanyeka kweli phulo. Ndehla ndaya eCanton, eMississippi, ngo-2012. UCharles Evers [umntakwabo owabulawa inkokeli yamaLungelo oLuntu uMedgar Evers] wandicela ukuba ndihle ndiye apho [ndize kunikela] imali yokufunda. Kwaye bendiyazi malunga nento eyenzekayo ngabasebenzi baseCanton, eMississippi. Kumagqabaza am ndathi, โAsinakuze sitsho ukuba umntu osweleke emncinci kangaka [wenza] ntoni, kodwa uMedgar Evers [wayesebenza] kumalungelo oluntu kunye namalungelo abasebenzi. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ngekhe wema nabasebenzi bakwaNissan eCanton, eMississippi, belwela amalungelo abo okuququzelela umanyano.โ Bendikhe ndanxulumana nemibutho yabasebenzi phantse ubomi bam bonke. Ndize kusapho lomanyano.
Ngaba ungathetha malunga neenkcukacha zephulo laseCanton?
INissan inezityalo ezingama-45 kwihlabathi jikelele, kwaye ezona zingekhoyo zimanyene kuphela ziseMelika-eCanton, eMississippi, naseDecherd naseSmyrna, eTennessee.
[Ndakhe ndaya] kwigqiza eliya eMzantsi Afrika [kunye] nomongameli we-United Auto Workers. Imanyano kunye noNissan babenobudlelwane obuhlangeneyo bokuxoxa obujongene nokhuseleko lomsebenzi, ubunkokeli, imivuzo, izibonelelo, ukhathalelo lwezempilo, konke oko. Ndiye kwintlanganiso apho abasebenzi abamalunga nama-600 beva iinkokheli zemanyano yabo zithetha ngekhontrakthi abathe bathethathethana ngayo baza bayivotela. Ayenzeki loo nto ngeNissan eCanton, eMississippi.
Kutheni ucinga ukuba kunjalo?
Ndicinga ukuba kucace gca ukuba nguMzantsi. Kukuqhubekeka kwenkqubo [ka]Jim Crow, eyazalelwa ebukhobokeni. Ngokusisiseko, ngumba wamalungelo oluntuโamalungelo abasebenzi ngamalungelo oluntu. UMzantsi ubusoloko uchasene nomanyano.
Enye yezinto endizifundileyo kukuba uninzi lwabasebenzi bakwaNissan eCanton baqeshwe nge-arhente yabasebenzi bexeshana, kwaye umvuzo wabo uphantsi kakhulu kunabasebenzi bexesha elizeleyo.' Ngaba uNissan uzamile ukucela ubume bexeshana ngokuthi hayi ekudibaniseni isityalo?
Ewe, okokuqala, bonke abasebenzi babengabasebenzi abasisigxina ekuqaleni. Ngoko abasebenzi bebelapho iminyaka eli-13 neli-14. Kwaye babenezibonelelo, imivuzo emihle kunye nobudlelwane kunye nenkampani. Kodwa ke umzi-mveliso wabhenela kubasebenzi bexeshana abenza imisebenzi efanayo neyabo basebenzi baqeshwe isigxina nababekho ixesha elithile. Ngoku abasebenzi bamalunga nama-40 ekhulwini abasebenzi bethutyana. Abanye abasebenzi bexeshana balapho iminyaka emithathu kunye nemine kodwa abanayo imvakalelo yokuhlala ngokusisigxina kwaye benza kancinci kakhulu kunabasebenzi abasisigxina. Ezi ntlobo zezinto enizisebenzayo kumanyano [ngokusebenzisa] iingxoxo ezidibeneyo.
NgoMatshi eMississippi kuqikelelwa ukuba yeyona inkulu kwilizwe ukusukela kwintshukumo yamaLungelo oLuntu. UBernie Sanders, oye waba ngumxhasi omkhulu, uzakuba lapho. USanders uye wajongana nokugxekwa ngabathile kumbutho wobulungisa bobuhlanga ukuba ugxininiso lwakhe eklasini lucima uhlanga. Ngaba unokuphawula ngaloo nto?
Ndiyamthanda uBernie ngokusekelwe kumgaqo-siseko, umgaqo awayethetha ngabantu abasebenzayo kwaye wathetha ngoqoqosho oluqhekekileyo, umcimbi ofanayo owathetha ngawo uTrump. Ndiyazi ukuba uBernie Sanders usebenze kumbutho wamaLungelo oLuntu kwaye wanyusa imali yakhe ngeminikelo emincinci, hayi ngeePAC ezinkulu.
Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sikhule ngokwethu ukucinga malunga nokuba yeyiphi imiba ekhoyo apha, uyazi? Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho mntu uphikayo ukuba ubukhoboka busisazulu sento elakhiwe ngayo eli lizwe. Wonke umntu uyayamkela loo nto kwaye uyayiqonda loo nto. Ke ukuba silugxininisa ugqatso kwinkonzo yeklasi, senza impazamo. Kodwa ukuba sigxininisa udidi kwinkonzo yogqatso, nathi senza impazamo. Uyayifumana le nto ndiyithethayo?
Ewe.
Abasebenzi baseCanton, eMississippi, ikakhulu ngabaNtsundu. Abantu endandisebenza nabo xa ndandikwiphulo nabasebenzi basehotele yayingabantu abaNtsundu, abaLatino nabamaAsia. Oyena mntu wayeyiqonda indlela yokudityaniswa kohlanga nodidi nguGqirha King xa wayeququzelela uMatshi wamahlwempu. Wayengathethi nje ngabantu abaNtsundu, wayethetha ngamaHispanic, abaMhlophe, amaAsia namahlwempu.
Yintoni enokwenziwa ngabantu bemihla ngemihla ngaphandle kwemibutho ukuxhasa abasebenzi bakwaNissan eCanton?
Ewe, ndicinga ukuba enye yezinto sifuna ukwazisa abantu ukuba eli liphulo lesizwe. Inxalenye ebalulekileyo yeli phulo kukuba iimarike zeNissan kubantu bemihla ngemihla, kubantu abatsha, kubantu base-Afrika-baseMelika. Ke iNissan inengxaki yomfanekiso kanye apha, ngoku. Awukwazi ukundithengisela imveliso xa ucalula abasebenzi. Ukanti oku ayikokwayikiswa kweemveliso zakwaNissan. Ndifuna ukuyenza icace kakhulu loo nto. Abasebenzi banebhongo ngeemveliso abazenzayo. Kodwa [abathengi beemoto] kufuneka bacinge ngoko kwenzekayo kwabo basebenzi benza loo moto. Xa besiya [kumthengisi wakwaNissan], bafanele babaxelele ukuba eCanton, eMississippi, abasebenzi abaphathwa ngokufanelekileyo kwaye abanamanyano.
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