Ngeemali zikaDetroit zijongeka zisiba mbi, ababolekisi besi sixeko baqala ukujongana, ngamnye ezama ukunciphisa ilahleko yabo. Ingxowa-mali yomhlalaphantsi yesi sixeko, exhasa abasebenzi basezixekweni abadla umhlala-phantsi, iye yazifumanisa ingquzulana ngokuthe ngqo nomchasi owoyikekayo, abagcini bomhlalaphantsi, abantu kunye namaziko anike isixeko imali ukuze sonwabele inzala kwimali-mboleko.
UKevyn Orr, umanejala wonxunguphalo ojongene nokucombulula imali yesi sixeko, sele ebonisile ukuba “kufuneka kwabelwane ngemibingelelo ebuhlungu.”
Abanini bebhondi bagxininisa ukuba kufuneka bahlawulwe ngokupheleleyo, okanye ubuncinane banikwe eyona ntlawulo iphambili. Kungenjalo, baphikisa ngelithi, izixeko zelizwe lonke ziya kunyanzelwa ukuba zihlawule inzala ephezulu kakhulu xa ziboleka imali, ekubeni iibhondi zikamasipala ziya kugqalwa njengengakhuselekanga kangako. Yaye balatha “kukholo olupheleleyo nesibambiso sozuko” esisisiseko sokukhutshwa kwamaqhina nesifanele ukubenza bakhuseleke ngakumbi.
Kodwa, ngokutsho The New York Times, abaninzi abadla umhlala phantsi kwesi sixeko sele behlwempuzekile, nto leyo iba yinto entsha yabantu abadla umhlala-phantsi phakathi kwe-99% kwilizwe lonke. Kwaye njengoko umongameli wenye yemibutho echaphazelekayo wachaza ngokuchanekileyo: “Oku kumaphepha abo [abondholders] umncono. Kodwa obu bubomi bethu.”
Njengoko ukungalingani kubutyebi kuqhubeka kudala umsantsa osoloko ukhula phakathi kwezityebi kunye nathi sonke, umba “wombingelelo ekwabelwana ngawo” uya usiba ngekho ngqiqweni. Kwelinye icala, abantu bayasokola ukubeka ukutya etafileni baze babambelele ezindlwini zabo emva kokusebenza nzima ubomi babo bonke. Kwelinye icala, abanini-bhondi bafuna imbuyekezo entle kutyalo-mali lwabo ngaphandle kokwenza nawuphi na umsebenzi konke konke.
Ngumsebenzi weemanyano zabasebenzi ukukhusela amalungu azo. I-AFL-CIO kufuneka kwangoko yenze eyona nto iphambili kukhuseleko lwabasebenzi basezixekweni abadla umhlala-phantsi baseDetroit, izisa zonke izixhobo zayo esixekweni ukuze ihlanganise inani elikhulu labantu ezitalatweni ukuze ikhuthaze inkxaso yoluntu malunga nabasebenzi besixeko abadla umhlala-phantsi. Imibutho yabasebenzi ifanele igxininise ukuba kunyuswe irhafu kwizityebi ukuze kulungiswe imali yesixeko nokukhusela abasebenzi besixeko. Isenzo esinjalo siya kuzisa iwonga elikhulu kwimibutho yabasebenzi kwaye sivuselele umdla kumbutho wabasebenzi osele ukwindlela esezantsi kumashumi eminyaka.
Enyanisweni, ngoJuni 22, i-NAACP kunye ne-United Auto Workers (UAW) baceba i-Freedom Walk ukukhumbula i-50.th isikhumbuzo sikaGqr Martin Luther King, i-Freedom Walk yokuqala ka-Dr. e-Detroit, apho wanika inguqulelo yakhe yokuqala yentetho ethi "Ndinephupha". I-AFL-CIO kufuneka iphose yonke inkxaso yayo kulo mboniso kwaye ikhuthaze ukuba ingqwalasela yomboniso ibe yingxaki yabasebenzi basezidolophini abahlala phantsi. Kwaye ngokuzisa inkundla yoluvo loluntu ukuba ithwale umzabalazo waseDetroit, inokuba nefuthe kwisiphumo.
Ngaphandle komboniso we-22 kaJuni, iNkomfa yobuNkokheli bamaKristu aseMzantsi (SCLC), phakathi kwabanye, uye wabiza imashi eWashington ngo-Agasti 24 ukukhumbula intetho kaDkt Martin Luther King. I-AFL-CIO isivumile esi siganeko. Kufuneka ithathe ithuba lomsitho kwaye kwakhona ihlanganise amanani amakhulu abantu abasebenzayo ukuze ifune ukupheliswa kwemiqathango yobungqongqo ebekwe kubantu abasebenzayo kwilizwe liphela ¾ hayi nje abasebenzi baseDetroit ¾ ukususela ekuncipheni ukuya kwiinkonzo zentlalontle, ukucuthwa. ukuya kwipenshoni, ukuncitshiswa kwemisebenzi, ukuncitshiswa kwemfundo, ukuthotywa kwemivuzo, kwaye ngoku izigrogriso zokunciphisa uKhuseleko lweNtlalo kunye neMedicare. Kwaye kufuneka ifune ukuba urhulumente wobumbano aqalise inkqubo enkulu yemisebenzi exhaswa ngemali ngokunyusa irhafu kwizityebi.
Ngokuhamba konke ukuxhasa abasebenzi baseDetroit, i-AFL-CIO inokuphumelela ekukhuseleni aba basebenzi kwaye kwangaxeshanye izincede ngokwayo, kuba nayo ikwimeko enzima kwaye ifuna ukuhlangulwa njengoko abasebenzi belizwe lonke beye basebenza. ukuyikhuthaza kwaye ilindele ukuba isebenze.
UAnn Robertson unguMhlohli kwiYunivesithi yaseSan Francisco State kwaye ulilungu loMbutho weFakhalthi yaseCalifornia. UBill Leumer ulilungu le-International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 853 (ret.). Bobabini ngababhali be-Workers Action kwaye banokufikelelwa ku [imeyile ikhuselwe].
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