UJoe Oliveira kunye noogxa bakhe bathembele kakhulu kwiminikelo yokutya kunye namakhadi esipho emva kokuya kuqhankqalazo olungafanelekanga ngokuchasene ne-ATI ye-steelmenzi yentsimbi exabisa izigidi ngezigidi zeedola ngo-2021. injongo yabo, baza babamba abaxhasi benkxaso-mali ukuze bancedisane ekuhlawuleni amatyala okubambisa kunye neentlawulo zemoto kwiinyanga ezintathu ezinesiqingatha kumgca wokupiketha.
Nangona ugwayimbo lwabavavanya abasebenzi, nangona kunjalo, lucinezele i-ATI nangakumbi kwaye ekugqibeleni lwavumela u-Oliveira kunye namanye amalungu angaphezu kwe-1,300 e-United Steelworkers (USW) ukuba bafumane amanyuso ekudala elindelwe kwaye thintela iinzame zenkampani zokufumana inzuzo.
Iinkampani zoyika olu hlobo lwamandla abasebenzi kangangokuba bacela iNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US ukuba ilungise isikali kwaye ibancede babulale ugwayimbo oluzayo phambi kokuba baqale.
Uqhankqalazo kunye nokuTyalwa
IGlacier Northwest, inkampani kwilizwana laseWashington, yamangalela uBuzalwana beZizwe ngezizwe beTeamsters befuna imbuyekezo ngomxube osele ulungile. yaya kuchitha phakathi koqhankqalazo lweveki lwabaqhubi ngo-2017.
INkundla ePhakamileyo yaseWashington yalichitha ityala, kodwa iGlacier Northwest yabhenela kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US, ibheja uninzi lwamaphiko asekunene esele lungqiniwe ukuba luyinyani. ubutshaba kwimibutho lingabamba ithuba lokukhaba abantu abasebenzayo kwakhona.
Iinkampani zilindele ukuba isigwebo esixhasa iGlacier Northwest siyakukhuthaza ukuphithizela kwamabango angekho ngqiqweni afanayo ngokuchasene nemibutho yabasebenzi kwilizwe liphela, ukopha izixhobo ezixabisekileyo kunye. ukugxotha ilungelo labasebenzi lokugwayimba.
Abagwebi babambe iingxoxo ngeli tyala ngoJanuwari 10, 2023, kodwa akwaziwa ukuba inkundla iza kugweba nini na.
"Lowo ngowona mandla ethu amakhulu," watsho u-Oliveira, usekela-mongameli we-USW Local 1357 eNew Bedford, Massachusetts, ebonisa ukuba ilungelo lokuqhankqalaza lanceda abantu abasebenzayo kwiminyaka emininzi ukuba baphumelele umvuzo ofanelekileyo kuphela kodwa kunye nokhuseleko lomhlalaphantsi, iimeko zokusebenza ezikhuselekileyo, kwaye ubulungisa emsebenzini.
“Kubolile xa kufikelelwa kwelo nqanaba,” watsho. “Kunzima kakhulu kwiintsapho. Akukho mnandi. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba isesona sixhobo sikhulu sinaso kuluhlu lwethu lwezixhobo.”
Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kuphela kwendlela yokunyanzela abaqeshi abafana ne-ATI ukuba baxoxisane ngokunyaniseka.
Ukuvalelwa ngaphandle ngo-2015
I-USW yenze inkqubela phambili kwisivumelwano esitsha ne-ATI ngaphambi kokuba i-COVID-19 ifike ngo-2020. Kodwa xa uthethathethwano luphinde lwaqala ngo-2021, inkampani yafuna iimvumelwano ezingeyomfuneko ukuba ayiphelelanga nje ekuqondeni ukuzincama okwenziwe ngabasebenzi ngexesha lo bhubhani kodwa ibiya kongeza umonakalo owenziwe yi-ATI kumalungu emanyano iinyanga ezinde. ukuvala ngaphandle ngokungekho mthethweni eyaqala ngo-2015.
“Kwakungekho ndlela esasiza kuyihamba ngayo loo nto,” wakhumbula u-Oliveira, ephawula abasebenzi asebenza nabo kunye namalungu e-USW kwezinye iindawo ezininzi ze-ATI bagunyazisa ngokugqithisileyo uqhankqalazo emva koko bema bomelele de i-ATI yabuyela ezingqondweni kwaye yaqalisa ukuthethana ngokunyanisekileyo.
Umzabalazo ekwabelwana ngawo wenze abasebenzi basondelelana ngakumbi.
U-Oliveira akazange awakholelwe amehlo akhe xa amalungu e-USW abetha amalungu asuka kwiindawo ze-ATI e-Ohio nasePennsylvania ebonise engachazwanga komnye wabaqokeleli-mali bendawo yakhe. Baqhuba amakhulu eekhilomitha ukuze baxhase intsapho yabo yase-USW.
Kwaye u-Oliveira wakhumbula indlela intliziyo yakhe eyaphuphuma ngayo xa umongameli wendawo enkulu yasePennsylvania - enye enamalungu angamakhulu - wema kwintlanganiso waza wafunga ukuba uya kuqhubeka nokulwa de i-ATI ivume ulwimi lokhuseleko lomsebenzi ukuba amalungu angama-60 eNew Bedford kufuneka ngokukhawuleza.
“Wayeqinile ngaloo nto. Yaba ngumzuzu ongakholelekiyo kum. Ekubeni sasingumntu wasekuhlaleni omncinane, oko kwathetha lukhulu kuthi,” wacacisa watsho uOliveira, wongezelela ngelithi abameli baseNew Bedford nabo “babonise ingqibelelo yethu” ngokuya kubethelela ulwimi abasebenzi abakwezinye iindawo ababelufuna kanye ngolo hlobo. Andinakuzingca ngokuba lilungu le-USW.
Lolo kanye uhlobo lwamandla eGlacier Northwest kunye namahlakani ayo axhasayo ithemba lokuphelisa ngesigwebo seNkundla ePhakamileyo esinika iinkampani amandla akhululekileyo ukuba zizame ukwahlula abasebenzi kunye nokucinezela uqhankqalazo, kudala ikrele eliya kujinga phezu kwayo yonke imanyano yabasebenzi xa amalungu ayo eshiywe engenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokucinga ngokubetha.
I-Glacier Northwest ayiphumelelanga ukwenza amalungiselelo aneleyo ogwayimbo, ishiya ingakwazi ukunikezela ikhonkrithi ezasala kwiilori zabaqhubi ekuqaleni kohambo. Le nkampani ngoku ifuna umbutho wabasebenzi uhlawulele ikhonkrithi engekaziswa - isinyanzelo esimasikizi xa eyona njongo yoqhankqalazo ikukubeka uxinzelelo lwezoqoqosho kubaqeshi abangenangqiqo.
Xa zicwangcisa ugwayimbo, imibutho yabasebenzi idla ngokudibana nabaphathi ukuze kuxoxwe ngokuvalwa komsebenzi ngendlela elungeleleneyo kuba abasebenzi, abakukhathaleleyo ukubuyela kwindawo ekhuselekileyo xa kuphela ugwayimbo lwabo, bafuna ukunqanda umonakalo kwiziko, izinyibilikisi, nezinye izixhobo abasebenza kuzo. .
“Ukuba unexhala lokuphulukana nemveliso, musa ukuba yintlekisa. Hlala phantsi nemanyano, ”utshilo u-Oliveira, egxininisa ukuba iimanyano zabasebenzi ziqhankqalaza njengenyathelo lokugqibela.
Ngelixa isuti yeGlacier Northwest ifuna ukohlwaya abasebenzi ngokubetha, kunjalo iya ixhaphaka ukuba abaqeshi baphose abasebenzi esitalatweni bevaleleke ngaphandle, besala ukubavumela ukuba benze imisebenzi yabo ngelizama ukubanyanzelela ukunyinyiva. Kwaye ilahleko etyholwa ngokuba yiGlacier Northwest ibala ecaleni komonakalo owenziwa ziinkampani ngabom kubasebenzi, iintsapho, kunye noluntu ngexesha leengxabano zabasebenzi.
emva ukutshixa ngaphandle malunga ne-1,200 amalungu e-USW eMassachusetts kwi-2018, umzekelo, iGridi yeSizwe yangenisa abaphathi abanamava kunye nokhwekhwe ukwenza ifayile umsebenzi oyingozi kakhulu yokugcina imizila yegesi yendalo.
Ngaphandle nje kokuhlutha abasebenzi iitshekhi zabo, iNational Grid yasiqhawula kanobom iinkonzo zabo zempilo, ishiya iintsapho zizamazama ukunyamekela abantwana abagula kakhulu.
“Ulinani nje kubo,” latsho elinye ilungu lombutho, lichaza indlela iNational Grid eyayikrazula ngayo i-inshurensi yezempilo kamsinya nje emva kokuba oogqirha befumene umhlaza kwizintso neelymph nodes zonyana wakhe omncinane.
Ukhetho lokugwayimba luhlala lubalulekile njengakuqala, utshilo u-Oliveira, eqaphela ukuba abaqeshi ziphindene kabini phantsi ekugxothweni komanyano iinzame njengoko abantu abaninzi baseMelika bafuna ukujoyina imibutho emva kobhubhane.
Isigqibo esingathandekiyo kule meko siya kuba sesinye nje isixhobo esiya kusetyenziswa ziinkampani zaseMelika ukunyanzela abasebenzi bazo ukuba bangene kwizivumelwano ezingancumisiyo.
“Asinakukwazi ukubuya umva,” utshilo u-Oliveira. “Kufuneka siye phambili. Sifuna amalungelo amaninzi, hayi ngaphantsi.” •
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