Ukuthatha ithuba leekhontrakthi ezivumela amalungu ukuba ahloniphe imigca yepikethi, i-Teamsters isasazeke ngokufutshane, iqhubela phambili ugwayimbo lovelwano kumazwe alithoba kwinkampani yenkonzo yokutya yesibini ngobukhulu.
Ukutsiba kugwayimbo lokuziqhelanisa nabasebenzi olungafanelekanga kwindawo yokuxoxisana yabagcini nje ababini, ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha samalungu angama-4,000 omanyano e-US Foods ajoyine isenzo ekuqaleni kukaNovemba, i-Teamsters ithe, kwaye uqhankqalazo lovelwano lunokwenzeka.
Amalungu ombutho wokutya wase-US asebenza kumaziko angama-25 okusasaza kwilizwe liphela ezisa yonke imveliso efana nokutya, ukusuka kwiifries zaseFransi ukuya kwi-cream puffs, kwiindawo zokutyela, izibhedlele, iziseko zomkhosi kunye neentolongo. Iqela ngalinye lisebenza phantsi kwesivumelwano sasekuhlaleni esahlukileyo. Kokokuqala uqhankqalazo luqhubeka kuzwelonke.
โAbantu bayaliqonda ithuba lethu lombhobho linokuba lilandelayo,โ utshilo uJamie Young, umqhubi waseWashington owabetha iiyure ezili-12 nge-4 kaNovemba ukuxhasa aba basebenzi babini. "Ikhontrakthi yethu iza kwiminyaka emithathu, sifuna inkxaso yabo-ibonakele kude."
Umncinci uthe iziko lakhe lihlala lihambisa iimeko ezingama-30,000-35,000 zokutya ngosuku, eWashington, Oregon, nase-Idaho.
Uqhankqalazo lwaqala eStreator, e-Illinois, xa abaphathi babeyalela ilungu lekomiti yeengxoxo ukuba lize emsebenzini kunokuba lizimase uthethathethwano, emva koko bamohlwaya xa lala. Ukuphendula, iLocal 722 ibize uqhankqalazo olungenabulungisa ngomhla wama-30 kweyeDwarha, nolusaqhubayo.
Abaqhubi kunye nabasebenzi bendawo yokugcina iimpahla bakwiyunithi eyahlukileyo, ebeke imbeko kumgca wepikethi omncinci usuku, ukuvala ukuhanjiswa kwendawo.
Ilungu eliqeqeshekileyo, uMike โScrapperโ Vagasky, emva koko waya e-St. Kamva ngoNovemba woku-1, wayiphinda inkqubo eFishers, eIndiana.
Amalungu eTeamster aqale ugwayimbo lovelwano kwezinye iindawo ezisibhozo, eNew York, eMinnesota, eWashington state, eNew Jersey, eColorado, naseMaryland.
UKULANDELA IMITHETHO EKWAHLUKILEYO
Umthetho wabasebenzi wenza ukuba ugwayimbo olunjalo lube nzima. Indawo nganye ephantsi kwesivumelwano ne-US Foods yayibotshelelwe ligatya layo lokungagwayi, ngoko ke kwisixeko ngasinye udade we-Teamsters wasekuhlaleni waseka imigca yokuchola, ngokufuthi nabasebenzi bombutho.
Abahlali base-US Foods babengavumelekanga nokuba bakhuthaze amalungu abo ukuba ahloniphe loo migca-nangona babenako kwaye babazisa ngelungelo labo lokwenjenjalo, kwiiflaya ezibhalwe ngocoselelo. Isiphumo, ngokutsho kweTeamsters, yaba yipesenti ye-100 yokuthatha inxaxheba.
Iwebhusayithi yombutho kazwelonke wabasebenzi bokutya base-US iphethe ulwazi olufanayo, ichaza imiba kunye namalungelo asemthethweni abasebenzi.
Kwabanye abantu basekuhlaleni, iikontraki zazifuna isaziso seeyure ezingama-72 kubaphathi ngaphambi kokuba abasebenzi bawonge iintambo. Ngoko aba dade bahlala ubusuku nemini. Kufuphi neDenver, imanyano yathi i-Teamsters ezimbini zema ngaphandle ubusuku bonke kwiimeko zeqhwa-kwaye abasebenzi base-US Foods babetha iintsuku ezintathu.
Umncinci uthe umanyano ngaphaya kweendlela zikarhulumente "indlela, ixesha elidlulileyo." Imigangatho yekhontrakthi iye yatyibilika njengoko i-US Foods ifuna ukunciphisa imivuzo emitsha yokuqesha ngelixa inyusa imveliso.
"Silahlekelwa abafana abahlanu okanye abathandathu abalahlayo ngenxa yemigangatho yemveliso," kusho uMongameli we-Local 722 uSteve Mongan kwi-Streator. Emva koko baqesha abatsha ngexabiso eliphantsi.
"Iziko ngalinye linemilo yabo," watsho uNobhala weNgingqi we-628-uNondyebo uJohn Dagle ePhiladelphia. "Inqanaba lokuphoxeka kwabasebenzi kwinkampani ngunobangela woku."
OFF GUARD
Uqhankqalazo lubonakala lugcina abaphathi bengalindelanga, utshilo uMongan. โIphezulu nje kwaye ayisekho kwaye idluliselwe kwenye into,โ utshilo. โUyikhusela njani yonke loo nto?โ
Amagosa e-Teamster athi nakuphi na ukuphazamiseka kubangela iintloko ezibuhlungu kumthengisi wexesha nje lezinto ezitshabalalayo.
Abaphathi batyityimbisel' umnwe abemi balapha kunye nabamazwe ngamazwe ngokuthatha amanyathelo asemthethweni. E-Buffalo, igqwetha elinguRichard Furlong lathi, inkampani yatyhola abantu basekuhlaleni ngokwenza iyelenqe kunye namazwe ngamazwe kunye nabanye abantu basekuhlaleni beTeamster kwaye bafuna umonakalo kunye nomyalelo.
Imanyano yafaka isikhalazo efuna isibhengezo kubaphathi sokuba amalungu anelungelo lokuzibandeza iinkonzo zawo ukuxhasa umgca wepicket ephambili, ngokwekhontrakthi yabo.
Abaqhubi bendawo ye-722 kunye nabasebenzi be-warehouse baphinda babetha ngokufutshane ngoNovemba 7. UMogan uthe abaphathi bacinga ukuba inyunyana yayiza kubetha ngeCawa kwaye ingenise iilori eziqashisayo, kodwa amalungu alinde ngoMvulo-emva kokuba abaphathi balahle iilori.
UMogan uthe impendulo yamalungu ahlonipha imigca kwilizwe liphela "inzima kakhulu."
I-Teamsters yasebenzisa uqhankqalazo lovelwano ukwenza inzuzo enkulu yobulungu kwi-1930 kunye ne-1940s. ICongress yanqanda ukusetyenziswa kwabo kwi-1947 Taft-Hartley Act, kwaye i-Teamsters ibe yenye yemibutho embalwa yokugcina iqhinga.
EVerizon kulo nyaka, abaSebenzi boNxibelelwano ababetha icandelo lomnxeba wasekhaya bajongelwa phantsi yimeko engeyomanyano yecandelo elikhulu lamacingo. Kodwa imanyano yathatha ithuba lokuba iyunithi enye encinci yabasebenzi abangenazingcingo yayilungelelanisiwe kwaye ikugwayimbo. Oko kwanika imanyano ilungelo elisemthethweni lokwandisa iipikethi kwiivenkile ezingenazingcingo kuyo yonke indawo yenkonzo yeVerizon.
INKAMPANI EBUDLOZA
Umanyano uthi inkampani yanda ubundlobongela emva kokuthengwa kwayo ngo-2007 ngamashishini abucala e-Kohlberg Kravis Roberts kunye noClayton, iDubilier & Rice.
โUzama ukuba nobudlelwane obunemveliso kunye nabo,โ watsho uDagle, โkodwa kubonakala ngathi nakuphi na ukungenelela okufumanayo kubaphathi basekuhlaleni, baphazanyiswa ziinkampani. Ndicinga ukuba licebo lenkampani ukuqhubeka neli phulo lokuxhaphaza nokoyikisa naliphi na icandelo lemanyano.โ
Inkampani yavala indawo yokugcina izinto eBoston, yadubula i-114 Teamsters, kwaye yathumela umsebenzi kude nomanyano. Uthethathethwano eNevada lubandakanya imfuno yokonyuka kweendleko zempilo ezingenasiphelo.
"Zonke iingxoxo kunye nokutya kwase-US," utshilo uMongan, "ziphelile."
UJamie Young uthe abaphathi bahlala bejonga abasebenzi kwaye betyhala imveliso engaphezulu. Ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala kwindlela entsha, u-Young uthe, wayengazazi iindawo okanye indawo yokupaka. Kodwa abaphathi "bathumele i-tailer ukuba indibukele," utshilo u-Young. โWandibhalela ileta ngobo busuku ngenxa yokungabi namveliso.โ
ESwedesboro, eNew Jersey, abaphathi bazama ukufaka iikhamera zevidiyo kunye nevidiyo kwiilori ngaphandle kothethathethwano nomanyano.
Ukuqhuba koququzelelo lweTeamster kuye kwahlangatyezwana nokuchasana okuqatha, kubandakanya nokudutyulwa, kwaye kubangele amakhulu ezikhalazo zokuziqhelanisa nabasebenzi. Phakathi kwe-8,000 kunye ne-10,000 yabasebenzi bokutya base-US bahlala bengeyomanyano.
UDagle ubalisa ngomsebenzi owagxothwayo ebudeni bocwangciso lokuqhuba ePennsylvania. Inkampani yahlawula i-100,000 yeedola ukuze imthintele emsebenzini.
โBaza kuchitha nasiphi na isixa semali ukubetha abasebenzi babo,โ watsho, ephawula ukuba olu qhankqalazo lutsibele oonogada ababini abenza i-12.45 yeedola ngeyure. "Ukutya kwase-US kunokukhetha ukuphazamiseka kwenkonzo, ukuya esihogweni kunye nabathengi babo, nje ukubetha abasebenzi babini kunye nemanyano."
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