Xa amalungu ezikhundla nefayile engenela isikhundla kwi- Service Employees International Union (SEIU), akukho lula ukuphumelela—okanye nokubaleka. Kwaye oko akunjalo ngengozi.
Kwi-Los Angeles Local 6434, umzekelo, amagosa afakwe nguMongameli u-Andy Stern amkele umthetho wonyulo ofunyenwe ungekho mthethweni liSebe lezaBasebenzi lase-US, kodwa uvunywe ngu-Stern. Imithetho kamasipala yayifuna abo baza kuba ngabagqatswa baqokelele amagama aphantse abe ngama-5,000 ekutyumbeni amaxwebhu ezikhalazo. “Kwindawo” yabali-160,000 6434—inkoliso yabo ingabasebenzi abasebenza emakhayeni abangazange bawabone amanye amalungu—olu yayilukhuselo olungenabudenge. Ikwayifomula yonyulo olungakhuphiswanga kunye nokusilela koxanduva lobunkokeli kwinqanaba kunye nefayile. (Akunjalo nje, i-2008 kungekudala yaba yindawo yorhwaphilizo olukhulu luka-1 olubandakanya igosa eliphezulu lendawo, uTyrone Freeman, owahlutha gwenxa malunga nesigidi esi-XNUMX seedola kwi-nondyebo wakhe.)
Nkqu SEIU “mega-locals” apho kungekho busela, ukunqongophala uxanduva kumalungu kuseyingxaki enkulu. Xa abantu basekuhlaleni ababefudula behlukanisiwe bedityaniswa ukuze kwakhiwe ezintsha ezigubungela iphondo lonke okanye ummandla welizwe—nto leyo exhaphakileyo kumanyano lweStern—isizathu esisemthethweni sesokuba olo manyano “lwakha amandla kubasebenzi.”
Kodwa uninzi lwabahlali be-SEIU abasandul’ ukuhlengahlengiswa, baqhuba ngaphandle kwenzuzo yeenkokeli ezinyuliweyo—abaye basuswa ngenxa yamagosa amiselweyo nabasebenzi—bangqineke bengasebenzi kakuhle kwaye bengathandwa ngabahlawuli-mali. Kumanxweme omabini, abasebenzi abamele i-SEIU, ngokukodwa kwicandelo likarhulumente, bathi “amandla” athatyathwe kubo, kumanyano lwabo, yaye bafuna ukuba abuyiselwe—ukuze bakwazi ukujongana ngokunempumelelo ngakumbi nabaqeshi babo.
I-Mass mega ye-makeover yendawo
Umkhwa wokubanga kwakhona abasebenzi bakarhulumente basekhaya abakhulu ukusuka kubasebenzi abangabalulekanga nabangenabuchule ngokunyukayo be-Stern yaqala ngeNtwasahlobo edlulileyo eMassachusetts. I-10,000 ye-Local 888 yamalungu yayiyimveliso yohlengahlengiso lwe-SEIU oluxuba abasebenzi bejikeleza njengamaqhekeza efenitshala iminyaka eliqela; ngokudityaniswa kwenkqubo yezizwe yolawulo lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokudityaniswa, amanye amalungu aye ahluthwa ilungelo lokuvotela amagosa asekuhlaleni kangangesithuba seminyaka emihlanu.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2009, i-Local 888 yayikwimo embi ngokwasezimalini kwaye yayihlukana ngokwenyani. Amalungu anomsindo kwamanye amacandelo awo ahlukeneyo angama-207 eengxoxo zephondo, isiphaluka, noomasipala aye afaka isicelo kwikomishoni yobudlelwane babasebenzi ukuba igunyazise umbutho. Ngo-2005, elona candelo likhulu lasekuhlaleni, elalinabasebenzi abangama-2,000 e-U-Mass, ladana kangangokuba, emva kokusokola ixesha elide, lavunyelwa ukuba lihambe lizibandakanye neMassachusetts Teachers Association/NEA).
Inkqubo yamagosa ka-888 yayikwisiphithiphithi. Ukujika kwabasebenzi abaninzi bekusoloko kuphazamisa uthethathethwano lwekhontrakthi kunye nonyanzeliso. Xa amalungu enengxaki yendawo yokusebenza, aye axelelwa ukuba aqhagamshelane “neziko lonxibelelwano” lakwa-888 elalingalungelanga ukuphendula iminxeba. Ngenxa yeengxaki zezimali zasekhaya kulo lonke ilizwe, abasebenzi bakarhulumente babesemngciphekweni wokuphulukana nemisebenzi, imivuzo, okanye izibonelelo. Kodwa loo nto ayizange imthintele uSusana Segat, ihlakani elithembekileyo lika-Andy Stern kwibhodi yesigqeba sesizwe se-SEIU (owayechongwe nguye ekuqaleni ukuba aqhube ama-888), ekubeni azinike ukonyuka komvuzo kamongameli.
Emva komkhankaso onzima, owesibini wohlobo lwayo oluchasene neSegat, i-slate ye-Change888 iphumelele ukukhupha u-Aprili wokugqibela, ngokuphindwe kabini ukuya kwelinye, kunye neepesenti ze-22 zokuvota kwamalungu. (Ukufumana iakhawunti epheleleyo, bona "Amalungu eMassachusetts SEIU Local Dislodge an Incumbent," nguBruce Boccardy.) Ngokungafaniyo noSegat, owayengazange abe lilungu elisebenzayo le-888-isiqinisekiso sobunkokeli esingaqhelekanga kodwa esihlala singenancedo kwi-SEIU-umceli-mngeni wakhe, uBruce Boccardy, wayechithe iminyaka emininzi kwiiyunithi ze-SEIU zokuxoxisana njengomsebenzi wedolophu yaseBoston. Ukususela oko wathi wathabath' iintambo kwindawo ekunye neqela labaguquleli abanengqondo efanayo, uye walwandisa uqeqesho lwamagosa nokugaya abantu.
Ummandla ngoku uzama ukugcina wonke umntu enolwazi olungcono ngeencwadana zeendaba eziqhelekileyo, iiflaya, kunye ne-e-bulletin ebizwa ngokuba yi-Spark, efikelela kumalungu angama-3,000 kwiidilesi zabo ze-imeyile zasekhaya. Intatho-nxaxheba yabasebenzi kwiingxoxo zothethathethwano, ulungiselelo, kunye nentshukumo yezopolitiko iye yakhuthazwa ngokubonakalayo kwaye ababeza kuba ngabanxaxhayo baye babongozwa ukuba banike u-SEIU elinye ithuba.
Ngokungafaniyo nomanduleli wakhe ongenamdla kunye nobubi, uBoccardy utyelela rhoqo emsebenzini. Uwunqumle owakhe umvuzo, waxhobisa isigqeba esilawulayo, kwaye wamema amalungu neentsapho zawo ukuba batyelele iofisi yomanyano. Kwakhona uzama kanzima ukulungisa 888 ubudlelwane ezonakalisiweyo kunye noluhlu olubanzi imibutho esekelwe kuluntu, kuquka Imisebenzi Ngobulungisa, umfelandawonye amalungelo abasebenzi ukuba 888 ishiywe phantsi Segat. (KuMgqibelo ophelileyo, indawo yalapha yade yabamba iseshoni yoqeqesho ye-JWJ ebizinyaswe ngamalungu ali-100 e-SEIU, IBEW, CWA, AFSCME, AFT, AFGE, kunye neminye imibutho.)
"Injongo yethu," uBoccardy wachaza kwileta evulekileyo yamva nje, "kukuguqula [i-888] ibe yimodeli yabanye abahlali be-SEIU ....Sikholelwa ukuba akukho nanye kwiinjongo zethu kunye neenjongo eziya kufezekiswa ngaphandle kobulungu obusebenzayo."
Uloyiso lokutshintsha isileyiti saseCalifornia
Njengoko kuchaziwe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ngu Amanqaku abasebenzi kunye noRandy Shaw Ngaphaya kweziKron, "I-Change888" ngoku idityaniswe yi "Change1021," intshukumo eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo kodwa ephefumlelwe ngokufanayo yabasebenzi bakarhulumente basenyakatho yeCalifornia ukuba babuyisele indawo yabo kwakhona. I-Local 1021 yenze umceli mngeni omkhulu ngakumbi kubaguquli, abatshayela izikhundla ezingama-26 kwezingama-28 apho ngoLwesihlanu odlulileyo.
Njengoko inani layo lisitsho, i-1021 yimveliso yokudityaniswa kwe-Stern enkulu ngakumbi yabemi abalishumi kwindawo enye, kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo. Ubulungu obudibeneyo-bukhulu ngokuphindwe kahlanu kuno-888-bunweba yonke indlela ukusuka kwi-Bay Area ukuya kumda we-Oregon.
Njengoko San Francisco EMT Larry Bradshaw, 1021 kaThixo osanda kukhethwa usekela-mongameli wesithathu uyachaza, Imeko yokudibanisa yamazwe ngamazwe yangaphambili yayikukuqinisa ulawulo lwekomkhulu phezu kwemicimbi yendawo-ukuze kuzuze ubulungu, kunjalo.
U-Bradshaw uthi: “U-Stern wathethelela i-ajenda yakhe yokuba 'inkulu ilingana ngamandla.'" Ummeli kunye no-lieutenant othembekileyo-kule meko, uDamita Davis-Howard-wachongwa ukuba aqhube indawo edibeneyo.
umtyunjwa akajonganga kunyulo iminyaka emithathu kwaye usebenzisa amandla kamongameli, kunye nenkxaso, ukwakha isiseko kunye nenguqu ngokungenamthungo ekubeni yinkokeli enyuliweyo. [Kodwa] Ifomula kaStern yayingasebenzi kwasekuqaleni, inezithuba ezininzi zabasebenzi kwaye kungekho mntu wongamela imiba yekhontrakthi yamawakawaka abasebenzi basezixekweni nabasezidolophini.
Emva koko kwabakho ukudodobala koqoqosho. “Ekujongeni ukusilela kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kunye nabaqeshi abanobundlongondlongo, u-Local 1021 ubonakalise ukungalungelelani njengoko iinkokeli zivuma phantse naziphi na iimfuno zabaqeshi malunga nemvumelwano,” utshilo uBradshaw. Amalungu amaninzi aqalisa ukugqiba ngelithi “ukubonakala okukhulu kuthetha ukuba kukho ulawulo olungakumbi,’ akusebenzi okanye kusabela kakuhle.
Ekupheleni kukaJanuwari, iyunithi ye-1,500 yabasebenzi be-1021 e-Marin County yenza oko kuncinci amaqela angama-888 aqala ukwenza eMassachusetts phantsi kweSegat-bacela ukuba bathathe indawo ye-SEIU kunye nombutho ozimeleyo.
I-Change1021 inethemba lokudimaza le mfuduko kunye nokuvuselela indawo yendawo, ukuzoba kwizakhono kunye namava kwiinkokeli kunye nabaxhasi bayo. Itikiti labo lenkcaso libandakanya abasebenzi besikolo abahleliweyo, abasebenzi bakamasipala, abongikazi, abasebenzi bothutho, kunye nabasebenzi abangenzi nzuzo, njengekliniki yezindlu yaseTenderloin eSan Francisco, apho umongameli omtsha uRoxanne Sanchez, owayesakuba ngumlweli wombutho we-BART, esebenza khona. Uphumelele ngesi-2 ukuya kwisi-1 somda. Ngeli xesha, umlingane wakhe obalekayo "kwi-CEO" yendawo, uSin Yee Poon, inkokeli yenqanaba kunye nefayile evela kwi-Arhente yeeNkonzo zoLuntu yaseSan Francisco, woyise uDavis-Howard ngamavoti angama-700 kuma-5,300 akhuphe ugqatso olu-4.
'Ukungathandi okungaqhelekanga'
Iqonga leTshintsho1021 liphinda lelo leTshintsho888. Ifuna ngakumbi “idemokhrasi nokuphendula,” “ukwenza izinto elubala kwezemali,” “ukwakha kwakhona ukusuka ezantsi ukuya phezulu,” “unxibelelwano olungcono nokufikelela kulwazi,” ukuchasa ukunyinyitheka kwezivumelwano, nokubuyisela ukuzingca kobulungu kumanyano.
Abahlaziyi bowe-1021 baphinda baqinisekisa ukuba “abayi kuchitha nesenti” “yezinto ezixabisekileyo zasekuhlaleni” ukuze “bagqogqe okanye bahlasele eminye imibutho.” Bayigxeka i-SEIU "ngokuchitha amashumi ezigidi zeedola zethu" kwimilo enjalo-isalathiso kwiimfazwe ezixabisa kakhulu kunye neengxabano ze-Stern kunye ne-UNITE APHA kunye ne-National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), efumana umhlaba kwi-SEIU kwimpilo yaseCalifornia. inkathalo.
Njengoko uPoon watshoyo Amanqaku abasebenzi abafundi: "Kuza kufuneka sijongane nomsebenzi omkhulu wokwakha kwakhona umanyano kwicala elitsha." "Nakumaxesha angcono oku bekunzima," uyavuma uSanchez. "Kodwa, kunye nomanyano lwethu lwasekhaya kolu hlobo lwesiphithiphithi kunye nomanyano lwethu lwezizwe ngezizwe olwahluke kakhulu kumalungu alo, iya kuba ngumngeni omkhulu."
Omnye umkhi-mkhanyo obanqwenelela okuhle kwaye eqhwabela izandla impumelelo yabo ngumseki we-NUHW yaseBay Area. Wayeyinxalenye yobunkokeli obunetalente kunye nozinikeleyo owagxothwa nguStern kunyaka ophelileyo ngexesha le-SEIU elibi lithatha i-United Healthcare Workers (UHW), ehlala kwi-trusteeship, kunye namawaka amalungu ayo alungele ukujoyina i-NUHW kwiivoti ezizayo zokuqhawula.
Lo mlweli wexesha elide wombutho, owayenqwenela ukuhlala engaziwa, wachukunyiswa "kukunganeliseki okungaqhelekanga kunye nokudilizwa kwabasebenzi" okumelwe ngu-1021, njengoko kubonakaliswe kwinani eliphantsi kakhulu labavoti.
“Kuloo nto, ngokwemigangatho yemanyano yabasebenzi, ibilunyulo olushushu, oluqhubeka embindini wobunzima bezemali ngemivuzo, izibonelelo, kunye namawaka emisebenzi emgceni, kuphela ngama-5,407 okuvota abuyiswe (ama-5,360 asebenzayo) ngaphandle kokungaphezulu. Bangama-42,000 abakulungeleyo ukuvota kunye nokubanga ubulungu be-54,000? Ngolu hlobo lomanyano lwemibutho ephangaleleyo, kuya kuthatha ixesha elingakanani, wabuza, “ngaphambi kokuba abaphathi nabezobupolitika baqonde ukuba ‘i-SEIU juggernaut’ lingwe eliphepha”—eKhalifoniya nakwezinye iindawo ezininzi kakhulu.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa ngemali kuphela ngesisa sabafundi bayo.
Nikela