Ngaphambi nje kweKrisimesi ngo-1986, uLarry Cohen, esandula ukubizwa ngokuba ngumlawuli oququzelelayo wabasebenzi bezoNxibelelwano baseMelika (CWA) emva kwempumelelo emangalisayo eNew Jersey kwiminyaka eli-10 njengomququzeleli wabasebenzi, wajongana nengxaki eyathi yaziwa ngokuba Imbubhiso yeKrisimesi. "
Abasebenzi kwiziko lomnxeba le-MCI e-Southfield, eMich., Bafake isicelo kunyulo lweBhodi yeSizwe yoBudlelwane bezaBasebenzi (NLRB) ukuba baqinisekise i-CWA njengombutho wabo. Kodwa endaweni yokubavumela bathathe isigqibo sokuba bayawufuna na umanyano, njengoko umthetho uthembisa, okanye balwele ivoti ethi "hayi", njengoko uninzi lwabaqeshi besenza, iMCI endaweni yoko yavala iziko kwaye yagxotha abasebenzi abangama-500, izisa ngamnye ngokwahlukeneyo ukuba abuyise. impahla yomntu.
“Ndiye ndaqaphela ukuba impumelelo esibe nayo eNew Jersey ayinakwenzeka ngokwenene kwinqanaba elikhulu ukuba asizange sakhe intshukumo ebanzi,” utshilo uCohen. “Inkqubo yayisele yonakele. Ibingayi kulungiswa ngumanyano omnye. Ibingayi kulungiswa yintshukumo yabasebenzi ... Bekusemva kwexesha, kwaye umlo bekufuneka ube malunga nokusebenza kwabantu baseMelika, hayi malunga nemibutho. ”
Ukuphendula kwiingxaki ze-MCI kunye namanye amaqumrhu, anje nge-Eastern Airlines, Cohen kunye nabanye abasebenzi kunye neenkokheli ezinenkqubela phambili zasekwa. Imisebenzi enoBulungisa Kunyaka olandelayo njengothungelwano lwemibutho yabasebenzi-ngoku enama-46 kumazwe angama-24-eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, yacela ilungu ngalinye ukuba lithembise ukuba "lilapho" ukuxhasa umlo womnye umntu izihlandlo ezihlanu kulo nyaka uzayo.
Imisebenzi enoBulungisa iye yavela, kutshanje idityaniswe ne Amalungelo aseMelika Emsebenzini, iqela elikwi-intanethi ikakhulu elenza uphando kunye nokuxhasa amalungelo oququzelelo lwabasebenzi. Namhlanje, izahluko zayo zengingqi ziyahluka ngokusebenza kodwa zimele amakhonkco abalulekileyo kuluntu lwengingqi kwintshukumo ebanzi yedemokhrasi kunye nobulungisa boqoqosho. Ngomhla we-29 kaNovemba, umbutho ugubha iminyaka engama-25 ngokuhlonipha uCohen, abaxhasi bawo kunye nemikhankaso emibini yokulungelelanisa eyimizekelo-Justice for Janitors and Justice at Smithfield.
Namhlanje, uCohen ungumongameli we-CWA kwaye usakha imbumba. Ngomhla we-10 kuDec wahlangana eWashington, D.C. kunye neenkokeli zeNAACP, iGreenpeace, iSierra Club, kunye namanye amaqela angama-70 anenkqubela phambili ukuze abize “inyathelo ledemokhrasi.” Eli qela lingachazwanga ngamagama liza kulungelelanisa imibutho yalo kwimiba efana nenkxaso mali yephulo, amalungelo okuvota kunye uhlaziyo lwefilibuster.
UCohen uthethe noSebenza Ngala Maxesha malunga nezifundo zekota edlulileyo kunye nento acinga ukuba abasebenzi kunye namahlakani kufuneka ayenze ngoku.
Ubunethemba lokuba iJobs With Justice iya kukwazi ukwenza ntoni xa wawuqala kwiminyaka engama-25 eyadlulayo?
Sasinosukelo oluthathu ngoko: amalungelo okulungelelanisa nokuxoxisana, umgangatho wokuphila wabasebenzi, kunye nemisebenzi ekhuselekileyo. Ngokujonga emva okujongeka njengoluhlu oluhle kakhulu, kodwa ngokudabukisayo olo luhlu lubonakala lukhulu namhlanje kunanini na ngaphambili, kwaye sizifumana, kumanyano lwethu ubuncinane, sixoxa ukuba asifuni nje ukwakha intshukumo yaloo miba kodwa idemokhrasi.
Sinemivuzo yokwenyani ephantsi namhlanje kunokuba sasisenza ngoko, ingeyiyo nje imivuzo yomanyano—imanyano inokuba ngcono kancinane—kodwa kubantu baseMelika ngokubanzi. Kumba wokhuseleko lwemisebenzi, sineyona misebenzi ingakhuselekanga kwimbali yeli lizwe—malunga nohlenga-hlengiso, ukuthengiswa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kunye nokukhutshwa kwemisebenzi kwamanye amazwe. Kwaye sinawona malungelo abi kakhulu woququzelelo kunye nothethathethwano kuyo nayiphi na idemokhrasi. Sikwinqanaba elifanayo neMexico kunye neColombia.
Iindaba ezimnandi zeMisebenzi enoBulungisa zinokubhiyozelwa yimisebenzi emininzi emihle yomanyano, amazwi amaninzi anenkqubela-phambili afana nelakho kwisithuba seminyaka engama-25, kodwa ngelishwa nakuphi na ukulinganisa, ngelixa amazwe afana noMzantsi Afrika neBrazil aye aphakama ngelo xesha, ndisaya ngasemva.
Ucinga ukuba zeziphi ezinye zeengongoma eziphezulu zomsebenzi owenziwa yiJobs With Justice?
Eyona ngongoma iphakamileyo kukuba ezinye zeenkokeli zasekuhlaleni zingabantu abazincamayo abenze umsebenzi omangalisayo kwiindawo abahlala kuzo, ukusuka e-Oregon ukuya eBoston, eMntla naseMzantsi. Izifundo eziququzelelayo kulo msebenzi ziyamangalisa, kwaye iziphumo zenze umahluko omkhulu ekuvuseleleni iingxoxo zethu kunye nokuququzelela amaphulo, kutsha nje iVerizon. Kodwa kwakungeyona nje imanyano yethu okanye imibutho nje, kodwa yonke into esuka kwintsebenziswano kunye ne-National Domestic Workers Alliance ukuya kumsebenzi omkhulu kunye ne-Young Dreamers [ukulwela amalungelo abaphambukeli] ukusebenza kuhlaziyo lwezempilo kunye nomsebenzi okhokelayo kwi-Employee Free Choice Act. kunye nothethathethwano kunye nokulungelelanisa amalungelo iminyaka engama-25, kunye nokwakha imanyano enkulu.
Usungule lo mbutho njengemanyano yabasebenzi noluntu ukuxhasa abasebenzi abamanyeneyo kwi-Eastern Airlines.
Leyo yayiyenye yezinto ezazixhokonxa. Esinye isizathu-kum-yayiyeyokuba i-MCI yavala i-Southfield, iziko lokufowunela laseMichigan phambi konyulo lwe-NLRB.
Ekuqaleni ikomiti elawulayo ubukhulu becala yayingabasebenzi. Kwakukho amacandelo anamandla okusebenza, kodwa nabani na unokusebenza koku. Kwakungekho kufana ne-movie ye-X xa usengumntwana kwaye awukwazi ukungena. Ininzi yentshukumo yabasebenzi injalo. Kodwa nabani na ozinikeleyo kwaye okhutheleyo unokubandakanyeka, enze imbumba yasekuhlaleni, kwaye abe yinkokeli.
Ungayivavanya njani impumelelo yombutho, izifundo ezifundiweyo, izinto obuya kuzenza ngokwahlukileyo?
Isitshixo [isifundo esisuka kulo] namhlanje sisebenzisana, yiloo nto sizama ukuyenza, ukwakha intshukumo yedemokhrasi-ngulo umahluko apha [ukususela kwiminyaka eyi-25 eyadlulayo]-kunye nobulungisa bezoqoqosho kunye ne-50 yezigidi zaseMelika. Akukho namnye umbutho oza kukhokela loo [mbutho], kwaye eneneni sifuna izigidi zabantu ukuba zilungelelanise ngazo zonke iindlela ukwenza oko kwenzeke.
Esikufundileyo sisicwangciso ebesele siqhutywa ngasekunene, ngokokubona kwam, ukutshabalalisa idemokhrasi. Amalungelo othethwano oluhlangeneyo ayephambili kolo hlaselo. Ngoku singatsho ukuba amaqhekeza edemokhrasi angaphambili. Asinakuvele sithembe ukuba ziya kwenzeka. Ziyisiseko, malunga nesiseko njengoko bekunjalo kwimbali yeli lizwe-ukufumana imali kwezopolitiko; imali asiyontetho; iinkampani azingobantu. Uninzi lwe [iingxaki zamandla ezopolitiko] zaqala ngokuqhathwa komanyano ngeminyaka yee-'40s. Iinkundla zajonga kwelinye icala kwaye zathi ngamalungelo okuthetha ngokukhululekileyo, kwaye ngoku ifike ixakeke kuyo yonke inkqubo yezopolitiko.
Sineyona mithetho yeSenethi mibi kakhulu kunamhla. Sithemba ukuba inyathelo elincinci liya kuthathwa ngokukhawuleza kulo mbandela [ukutshintsha imithetho yefilibuster]. Uhlaziyo [kwimiba ephambili] luye lwavalwa iminyaka eli-10 ngayo nayiphi na indlela enentsingiselo ngenxa yendlela iNdlu yeeNgwevu esebenza ngayo. Sinemibono yoko kwenziwa ngabantu ngo-1960 ngamalungelo oluntu, singaqondi ukuba urhulumente wethu akasasebenzi ngendlela efanayo ngenxa yale mpembelelo ixhaphakileyo ye-super-rich and right-wing.
Kubonakala ngathi iJobs With Justice ayizange ihambe njengoko bekulindelwe. Yayiyintoni imiqobo?
Nokuba yeyiphi imiqobo eyayikho, andiqondi ukuba ikho ngoku. Ndicinga ukuba kungaphezulu malunga nokuba ukhuthaza njani abantu ukuba baphakame kwaye balwe. Le yingxaki sonke esijongene nayo, ingeyiyo nje imisebenzi enoBulungisa. Ekuqaleni kwakukho imiba yangaphakathi [yentshukumo yabasebenzi] malunga nokudala olu hlobo lwendawo yangaphakathi kunye nesenzo esithe ngqo. Andiqondi ukuba zikhona ngoku.
Zininzi iimpumelelo, kodwa owona mbandela uqhubeka ukwakhiwa kweendlela ezintsha zombutho eziqinisekisa abantu ukuba banokuba ngomnye wezigidi, hayi omnye kwamawaka. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu eyadlulayo ukuba ngomnye wamawaka kwakunokuba kwanele ukuphumelela imilo ethile, kodwa ngoku kufuneka ibe zizigidi. Isakhelo sibanzi kakhulu ngoku.
Lithini ithemba lakho ngentshukumo yabasebenzi ukuya phambili, ngakumbi imbumba entsha yedemokhrasi oyakhayo ne-CWA?
Zininzi iibenchmarks endleleni. Umyinge womsebenzi oza kuwuthatha unzima, kwaye ndithobekile malunga nembono yawo.
Kodwa ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu eyadlulayo, [kulo mbutho mtsha wedemokhrasi nobulungisa kwezoqoqosho] bekuya kubakho unxibelelwano phakathi kwemibutho yezopolitiko kuzo zonke iiforam—hayi nje unyulo—neendawo zokusebenza. Kwaye umbutho womdibaniso kufuneka udibane ukuze ufane ngakumbi neNtwasahlobo yama-Arabhu kunayo nantoni na esiye sayiva.
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