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Njengoko ubhubhani we-COVID-19 uqhubeka nokuqhambuka, kwaye ngo-2021 abantu baseMelika yeka imisebenzi yabo ngamanani irekhodi, abantu ngokwandayo ukwala ukusebenzela corporations musa ukubeka ixabiso elaneleyo emsebenzini kunye nobomi babo, okukhokelela enye, imifuziselo zoshishino kubasebenzi-ogxile kakhulu ukuba nomtsalane.
EUnited States, kukho malunga 500 ookopolotyeni babasebenzi okanye amashishini angawabo kwaye aqhutywa ngabasebenzi, njengaye REI kwaye IAlvarado Street Bakery. A kutsha nje isifundo ibonisa ukuba imimandla yase-US enenani eliphezulu lamashishini entsebenziswano aye anyamezela ngakumbi ngexesha lobunzima bokugqibela boqoqosho ngo-2008, kwaye alulama ngokukhawuleza emva kwesiphumo.
Kwabo basekuhlaleni abanayo wanyamezela ubunzima bezoqoqosho kumashumi eminyaka ngaphambi kobhubhani okanye ukudodobala okukhulu koqoqosho, imodeli yeshishini lentsebenziswano sele ingenile kwindawo eqhelekileyo.
Ukukhula e-East Oakland, ummandla wase-Oakland, eCalifornia, ozaliswe kukuguga kunye Lahliwe izakhiwo, ezahlulwe ngabantu abaxakekileyo, ukungcolisa interstate kwaye uthwaxwa bubuhlwempu kunye ukusetyenziswa kakubi kweziyobisi, uGregory Jackson, umseki we Iintlanga ezilungisiweyo, wayesazi kwananjengomntwana ukuba wayefuna ukunikela ixesha lakhe ekuphuculeni indawo ahlala kuyo.
โNdasibona isixeko sam sikwimeko embi kakhulu; ukutshatyalaliswa ngubhubhani wokuqhekeka; [I-Oakland] yajika yaba yidolophu yesiporho,โ utshilo uJackson. โNdizibonele ngokwam imiphumo yokungatyali-mali, kuquka nemiphumo ethobโ isidima enokuba nayo engqondweni. Ishishini ngalinye elivaliweyo lalishiya iqokobhe elingagcinwanga, elibolileyo; Izitrato zaziva zingakhuselekanga ukuba zihambe zidlale.โ
Emva kokuya eNew Orleans emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina, uJackson wabona njengoko abahlali bendawo kunye nemibutho bethatha ulawulo lwemizamo yokunceda intlekele xa uncedo lukarhulumente lwalusilela. Ukunikela ubungqina kwiindawo ezonakalisiweyo zidibana ukuze kulunge ngakumbi eNew Orleans kwaba yimbewu yombono owathi ekugqibeleni wakhokelela ekudalweni kweZizwe eziLungisiweyo.
โUkusebenzisa esi sifundo kwingxaki ebanzi yobutyebi abaNtsundu kunye nokuzimela, bendisazi ukuba indlela eya phambili kuluntu lwam iya kuvela ngaphakathi,โ utshilo uJackson.
Yakhelwe ngaphakathi 2018, kamsinya nje emva kokuba uJackson ephumelele kwisikolo sezomthetho, iRepaired Nations yiprojekthi ye Iziko loMthetho loQoqosho oluZinzileyo (SELC)โapho uJackson ngokwakhe engummelwaneโokwathi kwayilwa ngenjongo yokuququzelela nokufundisa amalungu oluntu oluMnyama kwiNgingqi yaseBay malunga nendlela yokuqalisa nokuqhuba awabo amashishini entsebenziswano nokudala ukhuseleko loqoqosho oluphuma kubunini obuhlangeneyo.
โNdaqala ukufunda neZiko loMthetho leSustainable Economies Law Centre emva kokubona ukuba ngaphandle kwesiseko sezoqoqosho nasekuhlaleni, abantu abaNtsundu bangaqhubeka bexhatshazwa kwaye bejongelwe phantsi. Nge-SELC, ndiye ndaphanda ngokungayekiyo, ndikhangela iindlela [ezo] imigaqo nemigaqo yentsebenziswano [enokuthi] isetyenziswe ekuphuhliseni amashishini abaNtsundu nokudala uluntu oluqhuba kakuhle. Apha, [kwi-SELC], ndifunde ngeenkalo ezininzi kunye neendlela ezininzi zamaqumrhu,โ utsho uJackson.
Ukwenziwa kweshishini lentsebenziswano, okanye ezo zingabanini kwaye ziqhutywa ngabasebenzi, zinembali ende ngaphakathi kweBIPOC (abaNtsundu, abantu boMthonyama, kunye nabantu bebala) eUnited States, ngokutsho kwencwadi. Inkalipho Ehlangeneyo nguJessica Gordon Nembhard, okwangumthombo wenkuthazo kuJackson kunye neqela leZizwe eziLungisiweyo.
UMia Jackson, ongusihlalo weRepaired Nations uthi: โLoo ncwadi yawutshisa ngokwenene, โAbantu basekuhlaleni [abaNtsundu] basoloko besithi kufuneka sidibane. Kufana ne-mantra, kodwa kwakungekho sikhokelo sendlela ekhangeleka ngayo. Ibilahlekile kwinkumbulo. Kodwa ngencwadi kaGordon Nembhard, siye sabona indlela imodeli yentsebenziswano eye yasetyenziswa ngayo ngaphambili nendlela eyenziwe ngempumelelo ngayo, nendlela esinokuhlangana ngayo ukuze sicombulule iingxaki zethu [ngaphakathi kuluntu lwabaNtsundu].โ
Izizwe ezilungisiweyo zinceda amashishini asebenzisanayo ukuba afumane inkxaso-mali kwaye awancede asebenze xa sele ephumile emhlabeni, kwaye asebenze njengendawo edityanisiweyo yentshukumo yentsebenziswano yeBay Area's Black ngokusebenzisa imisitho ephilayo kunye neenkomfa ezibonakalayo ezifana no-2021 INkomfa yeNtsebenziswano yeNtsebenziswano yabaNtsundu.
โYaqala [ngombono] wokwenene [ukuya] e-Afrika, kodwa i-COVID yayenza yonke loo nto, ngoko [ngo-2021] siye sayenza yaba yiwebhu,โ utshilo uJackson. โSonke sifunde lukhulu ekuyilungelelaniseni nasekuyiveliseni nasekuyihleleni. [I-webinar] ibe yimpumelelo enkulu kwaye kufuneka ndinike iprops kulo lonke iqela lenkomfa. "
UMia Jackson ngumseki welinye lamashishini entsebenziswano axhaswa yiRepaired Nations' ebizwa Authentik Afrikan, awayiqala ekuqaleni kobhubhane. Xa uJackson wafumanisa ukuba abantu abaninzi kwindawo yakhe babengazinxibi iimaski zobuso ukuze bazikhusele kunye nabanye kwi-coronavirus, wenze isisombululo esihle.
โAbantu bebengazinxibi iimaski ngokwenene, kwaye bendicinga ukuba, ukuba imaski ibintle, abantu abaninzi bebeya kuzinxiba. Ukubenza bathandeke ngakumbi, ndaqesha intombi yam kunye nomtshana wam kwaye ndaqala ukwenza imaski ngelaphu le-Ankara, endiye ndaba nalo kakhulu, utshilo uJackson. โSikwaxhasa iZizwe eziLungisiweyo ngenxalenye yeentengiso zethu zeemaski. Yayiyindlela esasinokunceda ngayo wonke umntu ngeli xesha linzima.โ
I-Authentik Afrikan lelinye lamashishini entsebenziswano aliqela e-East Oakland exhaswa ziZizwe eziLungisiweyo kunye namanye afana no I-DEEP Grocery Coop kwaye IiVibe ezilungileyo zeJuJu. Umbutho ukwaxhasa iiprojekthi ezifana Oaxxanda-ejolise ekuboneleleni ngeendlela kubahlali base-East Oakland ukuba "baqinise uhambo lwabo lokuphilisa" ngokuphuhlisa indawo yokubambisana ephilayo / yomsebenzi yamalungu e-BIPOC-kunye namagcisa asekuhlaleni kunye neemvumi ezifana Ubusi Gold Jasmine.
โSinika ezi qela zincinci inkxaso yobugcisa kwaye sincede abantu ukuba bafumane amaphepha kunye namaxwebhu ezinto ezifana nelayisenisi yeshishini kunye noqikelelo lwemali. Ngokusisiseko, sikhokela abantu emsebenzini kwaye sibaphakamise ukuze bakhulise ishishini labo kwaye bazinze,โ utshilo uJackson.
Nangona kunjalo, umsebenzi weZizwe eziLungisiweyo udlula ngaphaya kokunceda abo baqala okanye baqhube ishishini lentsebenziswano kwaye kubandakanya ukufundisa Ulutsha olumnyama e-East Oakland ngokusebenzisa iiklabhu zeencwadi, iindibano zocweyo kunye neenkqubo zokufunda ezisekelwe emsebenzini. Elona qela labo lakutshanje lokuqeqeshelwa umsebenzi lixhaswe ngenxalenye yenkxaso-mali evela kwi Stupski Foundation.
โSasinabantu abasithoba kwiqela [lokuqeqeshelwa umsebenzi]. Babengamagcisa kunye nabafundi kunye nabantu ababengazinzanga ngekamva labo,โ utshilo uJackson. โBafike bafunda kumashishini amancinci esisebenza nawo. Yayimangalisa ngokwenene kuba amashishini amancinci akwazi ukufumana uncedo, kwaye abafundi bakwazi ukufunda kwimeko yoshishino yokwenyani. Ekugqibeleni, abathathi-nxaxheba bafuna ukubandakanyeka ngakumbi, kwaye ngoku ndiyabona ukuba oku kuya kuba ngumbhobho njani kumakopolotyeni exesha elizayo.โ
Ukuqhubela phambili, uGreg noMia Jackson kunye neqela kwiZizwe eziLungisiweyo zilungiselela ukukhula kwexesha elizayo ngokwandisa ubukho babo kwimidiya yoluntu, ukwakhiwa kweqela kunye nokucinga ngakumbi malunga nezicwangciso zokunyusa imali.
โIthemba lam lelokuba njengoko sisakha, siya kuhlala somelele kwaye sigcine ingqwalasela efanayo naleyo besinayo ukususela ekuqaleni kwaye siqhubeke siqokelela [iindawo ezintsha ekugxilwe kuzo] endleleni,โ utsho uJackson.
Eli nqaku laveliswa Uqoqosho lweNdawo yaseKhaya, iprojekthi yeZiko leMithombo yeendaba elizimeleyo.
U-Aric Sleeper yintatheli ezimeleyo umsebenzi wayo, oquka izihloko ezibandakanya abasebenzi, ukuguqulwa kweziyobisi, ukutya kunye nokunye, uvele kwiSan Francisco Chronicle kunye nezinye iimpapasho zendawo ukuya eCentral Coast yaseCalifornia. Ukongeza kwindima yakhe njengentatheli yoluntu, usebenze njengomhlalutyi karhulumente kunye nomthengisi weencwadi.
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