Xa ndicinga ngezizukulwana ezadlulayo, imilinganiselo ababeyiphethe abantu, iikhampasi zokuziphatha ezazibakhokela, andikwazi kuzibamba ndizibuza ukuba ookhokho bethu bangathini ngobugqwirha beli lizwe namhlanje. Ndacinga ukuba, ndaweni ithile emgceni, kwabakho utshintsho lweparadigm: Sahlutha eli lizwe saza sathengisa yonke into eluntwini kunye noluntu koyena mntu ukwixabiso eliphezulu, ngelixa izinto esasizibambele kufutshane nezithandekayo zibunile zabola okweziqhamo ezindala. Silibele ukuba uthini na uMgaqo-siseko wesi sizwe sikhulu, sithiyane ngenxa yeeyantlukwano zethu kunokuba siwonge, kwaye iinkokeli zethu—ekuziintshatsheli zabacinezelweyo, abazibiza ngokuba ngabakhuseli bezinto zonke ezinobulungisa nobulungisa. iintshaba zethu.
Amashishini alawula ecaleni kwawo onke amabakala obomi bethu bemihla ngemihla ayazi kakuhle le nto, kwaye asebenza ngenkuthalo kwisiphithiphithi ngeendleko zethu. Ukuhlwayela iyantlukwano nokuxabanisa abantu abasebenzayo lishishini elilungileyo, nokuba “iindleko” zokwenza ushishino olunjalo kukutyhila intlalo yethu. Ndiyayibona le nto isenzeka ngalo lonke ixesha ndivula iTV ndibukele iintloko ezithethayo zisixelela indlela thina bantu baseMelika abaqhelekileyo esinocalucalulo ngayo nokuziphatha kakubi, indlela esibambelela ngokuqinileyo ngayo kwimipu yethu nakwinkolo yethu. Kwaye ndibone oku kusenzeka kule veki, ngexesha lokwenyani, njengoko abeshishini, kunye nemithombo yeendaba kunye nabezopolitiko abathengiweyo ababasebenzelayo, basebenze ixesha elongezelelekileyo ngaphambi kokuvalwa kukaloliwe wesizwe okunokwenzeka ukukholisa uluntu ukuba thina, isizwe abasebenzi bakaloliwe wemithwalo, ngandlel' ithile ngabangendawo. Kodwa ndiyakubongoza ukuba umamele nawuphi na umqhubi kaloliwe ophaya. Thetha nathi, nokuba yimizuzu nje embalwa. Uya kubona ukuba ngoobani abona bantu bakhohlakeleyo kweli bali, kwaye uya kuqonda ukuba kutheni besikhona, kwaye sisakulungele ukubetha.
Ndisengumntwana, ndandisoloko ndibathanda oololiwe—zonke iinkalo zabo. Ndiyabathanda. Ndikhulela kwidolophu encinci yasePennsylvania, ndikhumbula ndisenza umama nomakhulu bam babaleke nam ukuya kwisikhululo sasekhaya ezantsi kwendlela eHanover ukuya kubukela uloliwe edlula ubusuku ngabunye ngentsimbi ye-11. Ngoku, njengomntu omdala, ndichithe amashumi amabini eminyaka edlulileyo ndisebenza kumzila kaloliwe, kwaye ndinike yonke into endinayo kweli shishini. Kodwa, ngokungathi oko akwanelanga, iinkampani zikaloliwe zifuna ukuthatha ngaphezulu: zifuna ukuncitshiswa kwemisebenzi; bafuna abasebenzi abangomntu omnye abasebenzisa ezi zikhululo zikaloliwe; bafuna ukuzenzela imisebenzi emininzi ngokuxhomekeke kubuchwepheshe obungangqinwanga obungabeki thina kuphela, kodwa abantu baseMelika, ilizwe lethu, kunye noqoqosho lwethu emngciphekweni.
Ngaxa lithile, ndandiwuthanda umsebenzi wam, ndakuvuyela oko ndikwenzayo, yaye ndaziva ndiyinxalenye yomsebenzi omkhulu. Andisaziva njalo.
Ndingenza njani, emva kokunikela ubungqina kwintshabalalo leyo ngovoraciously Iinkampani ezifuna ingeniso ziye zonakalisa kwishishini endilithandayo, ikhonkco lokubonelela sonke esixhomekeke kulo, kunye nabantu endisebenza nabo? Ndingenza njani, emva kwabathwali bakaloliwe-kwindlela edume kakubi ngoku etshiswe kwiingqondo zabo bonke abasebenzi bakaloliwe-uxelele uMongameli Biden iBhodi kaMongameli kaNgxamiseko (PEB) ukuba “utyalo-mali lwenkunzi nengozi zizizathu zengeniso yabo, ingeyiyo nayiphi na iminikelo eyenziwa ngabasebenzi”? Kwintetho kwingxelo esemthethweni yePEB ekhutshwe ngu Abasebenzi bakaloliwe baManyene, imibutho emanyeneyo, “icaucus” yomanyano lwabasebenzi bakaloliwe, amagama anjengathi “akuxatyiswanga,” “akunamntu,” “ukungcatshwa,” “ukunganeliseki,” “nobukrakra” abalaselisa ukuphoxeka nokoyiswa kwethu. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyazi ukuba thina, abantu abenza umzila kaloliwe, sivakalelwa ngendlela efanayo nabanye abantu baseMelika abasebenza nzima abavakalelwa ngayo kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla nasemisebenzini yabo, kwaye silwa urhwaphilizo olufanayo kunye nobubi benkampani obutshabalalise oku. ilizwe.
Uninzi lwethu kwisizwe sonke-kwaye, ngokwenene, ngaphakathi kwishishini likaloliwe-sivakalelwa kukuba ubunzima bubekwe kumqolo weMelika ephakathi kunye nabasebenzi abaphezulu ngabaphathi bethu. Ngoku, kuyo yonke indawo esingqongileyo, abantu bayabandezeleka, bezama ukufumanisa ukuba baya kuhlawula njani amatyala abo kunye nokuba banokutya ntoni kule veki. Izinto ekungafanelanga ukuba zibaluleke kangako njengoko zisenza namhlanje zisihlutha ixesha ekufanele silichithe sigxile kwabo sibathandayo kunye nexesha lethu kunye. Ngalo lonke eli xesha, ubukhulu becala, urhulumente wethu uhlala engenzi nto. (Ekuphela kwexesha uninzi lwethu lusiva ngalo koosopolitiki, kubonakala ngathi, kuxa amaphulo abo entengiso aphakathi kwexesha esigxeka kumabonwakude, kunomathotholo nakwi-intanethi.)
Kungesi sizathu kanye endinokuthi ndisiqonde isizathu sokuba abantu kwilizwe lonke bexhalabile ngenxa yempembelelo eyintlekele ugwayimbo lukaloliwe lwesizwe okanye ukuvalwa koololiwe okunokubakho kuqoqosho kunye nesixokelelwano sobonelelo ngempahla esele siqatsele. Into endithemba ukuba abantu bayayiqonda ngembuyekezo kukuba abasebenzi bakaloliwe ngabona balwelayo ugcine okushiyekileyo kwikhonkco lonikezelo olusuka kwakwelo shishini linyolukileyo elithe laphakamisa ishishini likaloliwe lesizwe. Ukuba ume nathi, sinokuphumelela. Abantu baseMelika abasebenzayo babelana kakhulu ngokufana kunokuba sicinga. Lo mhlaza usandula ukusibetha-oku kuphangwa kwenkampani kungayekiyo, oku kucinezelwa kwabasebenzi baseMelika kulo lonke ithontsi lokugqibela lemveliso, sele kuninzi kuthi, kwaye eli inokuba lithuba lethu lokugqibela lokumanyana kwaye silwe njengeqela elidibeneyo. .
Iinkampani zikaloliwe zaseMelika zisemngciphekweni wokuqhuba abasebenzi bazo kugwayimbo, kodwa njengoko mna echazwe mva nje ngambini ukubonakala kwepodcast, baye basiqhubela kweli nqanaba iminyaka. Kule veki, kwintshukumo ecacileyo ebeka izenzo zabo ezigwenxa kumboniso wesizwe, baye ukungahoyi uxanduva lwabo lokuthwala ngokufanayo kunye nokubeka izithintelo kurhwebo phakathi kwamazwe ngendlela yokuyeka ukubonelela abathengi, okubangela inkathazo kubathengi, abahambi ngenqanawa, abahambi, kunye noqoqosho lwethu olusele luethe-ethe olusashukuma kwi-COVID-19. Ngokuqinisekileyo, oku kuphakamisa umbuzo: Ukuba umhla wokugqibela wogwayimbo okanye ukuvalwa komsebenzi wawumiselwe ngoSeptemba 16, ngaba oololiwe babesenza ntoni ngaphambi kwelo xesha lisemthethweni? Ubuncinane, kwakungakhathali nokungakhathali. Okona kubi kakhulu, yayi "ubugrogrisi beenkampani.” Baye babamba ikhonkco lokubonelela ukuze bafumane oko bakufunayo.
Ke iCongress ibisenza ntoni ngalo nto? Ngaba ayingomsebenzi weCongress ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko kunye nokusebenza kwesizwe sethu? Ngaba ayingobasebenzi kunye nabakhonzi babantu baseMelika? Ngaba basilibele isifungo abasenzayo sokukhusela uhlanga kwiintshaba zasemzini nezasekhaya? Ukuba kunjalo, ngokwenene, umntu unokujonga njani ukuziphatha kwala mashishini amakhulu kwaye angabajongi njengotshaba lwasekhaya?
Ngexesha elithile kumjikelo wobomi bayo, yonke into esiyisebenzisayo nesiyityayo ichukumisa uloliwe kwenye indawo. Ukuthi iMelika iya kukhubazeka nakukuvalwa komgaqo kaloliwe omfutshane kuya kuncipha ngokulusizi ekuchazeni intshabalalo: Ukhozo luya kubola ngaphakathi kwiikhareji zikaloliwe; ukutya okufakwe efrijini kuya konakaliswa njengoko iimoto ezibandayo ziphelelwa ngamafutha; Ipetroli kunye namanye amafutha aqhele ukusiwa emarikeni aya kunqongophala ngenxa yokuba iindawo zokucokisa ziya kuvalwa ngenxa yokungabikho kwemathiriyeli ekrwada; iinkukhu neminye imfuyo yayiza kufa yindlala okanye ibulawe; nezinye izenzo ezimanyumnyezi ezingabalekiyo zaziza kwenzeka ezandleni zaba bagqwesileyo kwiinkampani. Yaye ngaba ikho into eyenzekayo kubo? Ngaba baya kujongana nemiphumo yoko bakwenzileyo?
Ngeli xesha, ndikholelwa ukuba ugwayimbo luphantse lungenzeki lula. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba oololiwe bacinga ukuba asizukuyenza, okanye baqinisekile ukuba urhulumente akazukuyivumela. Badlala umdlalo we-Russian Roulette-yingozi ebalwayo ukuba bakholelwa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba abayi kubuya ukuze balume kwi-esile.
Ewe, i I-White House ibhengezwe izolo ekuseni ukuba isivumelwano sethutyana kufikelelwe kuso phakathi kwabathwali kunye neenkokheli zemanyano ukunqanda ukuvalwa, kodwa isivumelwano esibambekayo seso siso-esibambekayo-de amalungu akwinqanaba kunye nefayile anelizwi lawo kwaye avotele kuyo. Andazi ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni kulo mba, kodwa ndilumkisa abafundi ukuba bangaqinisekanga ukuba esi sivumelwano siya kuvunywa kwaye ugwayimbo luya kuphetshwa. Kuyafaneleka ukuba uqaphele ukuba malunga nayo yonke into echazwe ngamajelo aqhelekileyo ayichanekanga kwaye inomkhethe kakhulu. Iindlela zikaloliwe zinconywa njengamagorha kobu bugxwayiba ngelixa abasebenzi bephathwa kakubi. Kwaye iCongress iye yazixhasa ngokuqikelelwayo kumaqumrhu kuyo yonke le nto, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba akukho qela ngenene lelomntu osebenzayo. Sasinethemba lokuba indibaniselwano yesebe lezomthetho elilawulwa yiDemokhrasi kunye nesebe lesigqeba liya kuzisa utshintsho olunentsingiselo kunye nolwenyani, kodwa sasingalunganga. Kuphela USenator uBernie Sanders kwaye Ummeli uPeter DeFazio beme ecaleni kwethu kule nkqubo inzima yothethathethwano.
Njengoko sisiya sisondela ekuvalelekeni kukaloliwe kuzwelonke, kuye kwacaca kwinqanaba ngalinye lendlela oololiwe kunye namaqumrhu ngokubanzi esivavanya isigqibo sethu. Badlala umdlalo omde kunye namaqhinga abo okuphazamisa umanyano kunye nokuxhatshazwa ngokweemvakalelo ngethemba lokwaphula imimoya kunye nomqolo wabasebenzi babo. Sele beyiqhekeze imiqolo yeentsapho ezininzi kwiidolophu zikaloliwe kangangokuba bade babhadula egameni leWall Street, bengcolisa amafa kunye nembali ebhalwe kwizizukulwana ezidlulileyo ngamadoda nabasetyhini abakha isizwe sethu. Kungoku engqondweni ndibongoza abantu bam baseMelika abasokolayo ukuba bamanyane emva kwale ntshukumo, intshukumo yabasebenzi. Ukuba asenzi nto ukunqanda oku, ngubani oya kuthi?
Zange kubomi bam bobudala ndizive ndinemvo yongxamiseko malunga nekamva lethu kunangoku. Kwiinkokeli zethu, ukusuka kwinqanaba lasekhaya ukuya kuzwelonke, sibona ukungakhathali kwingxaki yethu kunye nokuziphatha kakubi okuzisebenzelayo okuphantse kube yinto engaqondakaliyo. Ilaphu lelizwe lethu elikhulu alilukwanga phambi kwamehlo ethu ngelixa i-1% ephezulu iqokelela i-99% yobutyebi. Umongameli uBiden uthe uya kuba ngoyena "Mongameli wabasebenzi owakhe waba naye." Ewe, siza kubona ukuba anjani na amagosa karhulumente “ayipro-labor” xa thina, singabasebenzi bakaloliwe, sijonga iinkcukacha zesi sivumelwano.
Okwangoku, ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kweengxolo zaseMelika, ngaphaya kwamasimi ombona aseMidwest-ntshona, iintlambo zaseMntla-mpuma, kunye neentaba ezahlula ulwandle kulwandle olukhanyayo, intshukumo ekhulayo iyanda. Ukuduma kwemisebenzi ubani anokufaniswa neendudumo ezikude, okanye ugqabhuko-dubulo olusondeleyo lwentaba-mlilo, kubonisa uqhwithela oluza kugaleleka kwabo baye bavusa isigebenga esileleyo. Akusayi kuphinda kucinezelwe abantu abangamelwanga ngokwaneleyo, abahlawulwa kancinane batshicelwe, abasebenze ngokugqithisileyo balibale, okanye umMerika osebenzayo aphoswe ecaleni kwendlela. SiseMelika, kwaye siya kuphumelela le mfazwe.
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