Umthombo: Amaphupha aqhelekileyo
The largest union of coal miners in the U.S. announced Monday that it would accept a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy as long as the federal government takes care of coal workers through the provision of green jobs and income support for those who become unemployed.
“Energy transition and labor policies must be based on more than just promises down the road.”
—Cecil E. Roberts, UMWA
"Kufuneka kubekho utyalo-mali olukhulu apha," wathi Cecil E. Roberts, umongameli woMbutho wabasebenzi basemgodini abaManyeneyo baseMelika (UMWA) International. “Sisoloko sigqiba ekubeni sijongane nokutshintsha kwemozulu, sivale imigodi yamalahle. Asizange sifike kwinqanaba lesibini layo. ”
Phambi kwenkomfa noonondaba echaza indlela i-UMWA yokujongana nemeko yonxunguphalo yemozulu ngendlela ephucula kunokunciphisa intlalontle yabasebenzi kwicandelo lamandla amdaka, uRoberts. wathi kwingxelo ethi “utshintsho lwamandla kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yezabasebenzi kufuneka isekelwe ngaphezu kwezithembiso nje ezizayo. Sifuna ukuxoxa ngendlela abasebenzi basezimayini, iintsapho zabo, kunye noluntu lwabo abanokuthi baphume ngayo kweli xesha lotshintsho kwaye baqiniseke ukuba baya kuba kwimeko entle okanye engcono kunokuba kunjalo namhlanje. "
"Uninzi lweendawo ezivelisa amalahle e-Appalachia nakwezinye iindawo sele zikwimeko embi yezoqoqosho," wathi Roberts. "IWashington ithathe inyathelo elincinci ukuyilungisa kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo. Oko kufuneka kutshintshe. ”
“Njengoko sijongana nenguquko yamandla elandelayo, wongeze watsho, “kufuneka sithathe amanyathelo ngoku ukuqinisekisa ukuba izinto azibi mbi kubasebenzi basezimayini, kwiintsapho zabo, nakuluntu, kodwa enyanisweni zibangcono.”
Isicwangciso se-UMWA "sifuna ukudalwa kwemisebenzi emitsha e-Appalachia ngeekhredithi zerhafu eziza kuxhasa ukwakhiwa kwepaneli yelanga kunye neenxalenye ze-injini yomoya, kunye nangenkxaso-mali yokulungiswa kwakhona kwemigodi eshiywe ebeka umngcipheko kwimpilo yoluntu," ENew York Times umbiko. "Umbutho ufuna urhulumente wobumbano axhase abasebenzi-mgodini abaphulukene nemisebenzi yabo ngokuphinda baqeqeshwe kwaye batshintshe imivuzo yabo, i-inshurensi yezempilo kunye nemali yomhlalaphantsi."
Umhlalutyi wezopolitiko uAnand Giridharadas ichazwe the UMWA’s demand for a just transition as “excellent, and a testament to the work of activists and leaders who were called radicals and dismissed—and who will be vindicated by history before long.”
Loo mvakalelo yabethelelwa ngu-Evan Weber, umseki kunye nomlawuli wezopolitiko we-Sunrise Movement, owabalula ukuvuleka okutsha kwabasebenzi basezimayini bamalahle kumandla ahlaziyekayo njengemveliso yoququzelelo lwentsebenziswano ngabasebenzi kunye nabameli bobulungisa bokusingqongileyo.
Kwi mazwi, iSunrise yaqhwaba izandla iUMWA. “Sihlaziya ukuzibophelela kwethu ekulweni kunye nabo ukuqinisekisa ukuba urhulumente uyakhokela ekuqinisekiseni ukuba uluntu lwamalahle luphelele kwaye alushiywa ngasemva,” utshilo uWeber. "Sizixhasa ngokupheleleyo iifowuni zabo zoqeqesho lomsebenzi, utyalo-mali, kunye nokubekwa phambili koluntu lwamalahle ukuze lufumane uphuhliso lwezoqoqosho, kunye nokuqinisekisa imivuzo kunye neenzuzo zabasebenzi abachatshazelwa lutshintsho olungxamisekileyo noluyimfuneko olusingise kuqoqosho olungenakhabhoni."
URoberts wajoyinwa kwinkomfa yabezindaba nguSen. Joe Manchin (DW. Va.). UManchin, usihlalo weKomiti yeSenate Energy kunye neMithombo yeNdalo ephuma entliziyweni yelizwe lamalahle, wasebenzisa ithuba lokuqinisekisa uMthetho wokuKhusela iLungelo lokuQuquzelela (PRO), ukunciphisa inani leDemokhrasi engekawuvumeli umthetho we-pro-labour. kwisithathu.
Ngenxa yenkxaso kaManchin kuMthetho wePro kunye notshintsho olufanelekileyo lwabasebenzi bamalahle, uWeber uthe "lithemba lethu ukuba namhlanje kuphawula inguqu kuSenator Manchin. Ukuba uzinikele ngokwenene ekukhuseleni olu luntu kunye nabemi baseNtshona, uya kuluxhasa 'utyalo-mali olukhulu' abafunwa ngabasebenzi-mgodini, ukuqala nge-10 yezigidi zezigidi zeedola kule minyaka ilishumi izayo, okanye i-1 yetriliyoni yeedola ngonyaka, ukuze siqinisekise ukuba sinokutshintsha ngokwenene indlela engashiyi mntu ngasemva.”
“Ukwazakuyeka ukwenza ngathi le yi-ajenda yokuba iQela laseRiphabhlikhi, ekudala liwushiya umnqweno walo wokuzisa abantu baseMelika ngendlela enemveliso, liza kuhamba nalo, likhuthaze ukuba kugqitywe le ajenda ibalulekileyo yabasebenzi basemgodini kunye nabaseWest Virginia. uninzi olulula ngokuphelisa ifilibuster, ”wongeze watsho uWeber.
Njengentatheli uSara Lazare tweeted: “One of the many cool things about seeing so many climate justice campaigners and ecosocialists organize to pass the PRO Act is that it helps build trust and solidarity between climate and labor movements—key to any kind of transformative climate action, just transition, etc.”
“Ukwakha olu hlobo lwentembelo” kulucelomngeni ngokukodwa kodwa kubalulekile, uLazare wathi, kuba “abasebenzi zange yabonwa inguqulelo yobulungisa”—ingongoma eyabethelelwa nguRoberts kumazwi akhe.
The Maxesha banike ingxelo yokuba “abasebenzi basemgodini bafuna inkcitho kuphando lokubanjwa kwekhabhon nobugcisa bokugcina, nto leyo eya kuvumela izityalo ezibaswa ngamalahle ukuba zigcine ikharbon diokside ngaphantsi komhlaba kunokuba ziyikhuphele emoyeni, kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo evumela izityalo zamalahle ukuba zihlale zivulekile. ukuba bazibophelele ekufakeni iteknoloji”—enye imfuno enokubaphazamisa abo benza inkqubela.
Uninzi lweziphakamiso ze-UMWA zivela kwiSicwangciso seMisebenzi saseMelika, uMongameli uJoe Biden we-$2.3 yetriliyoni. isicwangciso seziseko ezingundoqo. Njenge Maxesha kuqatshelwe, oko kubandakanya “inkxaso-mali yophando ukubanjwa kwekhabhoni, abagxeki abathi zibiza imali eninzi, nemali yokubuyisela izigcayiseli.”
“If you believe curbing the climate crisis requires fundamentally challenging capitalism, workers must be part of that.”
—Sarah Lazare, journalist
Ayizizo iindleko ezigqithisileyo zokusetyenziswa kunye nokugcinwa kwekhabhoni (CCUS) ekhathaza uninzi lwezendalo. Ukongeza kokuvuza okunokwenzeka kunye nosulelo, inkqubela phambili lumkisa ukuba iinzame ezinkulu zokuthinjwa "zizisombululo zobuxoki" ezinokuthintela isenzo esinamandla semozulu. kuyimfuneko ukuthintela intlekele.
Ukuba i-CCUS iphathwa njengenye indlela yokunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yohlengahlengiso, abagxeki bathi, ke itekhnoloji ingaphambukisa ingqwalasela kwimfuno ecinezelayo yokulahla amafutha efosili kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwerhasi yegreenhouse ngokucokisekileyo nangokukhawuleza kangangoko kunokwenzeka.
Ngamanye amazwi, ukusebenzisa amandla acingelwayo okugcinwa kwekhabhoni ukuze kufumaneke ngokusemthethweni ukutsalwa kwamandla amdaka kunokwandisa intlekele yemozulu. Abaqhubela phambili abanjengoChristian Parenti, unjingalwazi onxulumene noQoqosho kwiKholeji yaseJohn Jay, kwiYunivesithi yesiXeko saseNew York, gxi niniswa ukuba ezo teknoloji zokubamba ngekhabhoni ziphunyeziwe, kufuneka zisetyenziswe kuphela ukuhlutha i-carbon engaphezulu kwi-atmosfera ngelixa ezinye zigcinwa phantsi komhlaba-zingasetyenziselwa ukuthethelela ukwandiswa kwemeko.
Kumazwi akhe, uRoberts wagxininisa ukuba ukukhusela ubomi babasebenzi kuyimfuneko yokuxhasa umthetho wemozulu, inqaku elaphinda lachazwa ngabanye.
“If you believe curbing the climate crisis requires fundamentally challenging capitalism, workers must be part of that,” Lazare tweeted. “Not just a few, but in the hundreds of millions. Building genuine solidarity between climate and labor movements is a tremendous—and existential—challenge.”
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