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I-Rallying in sync kunye ne-20 kaJulayi "Strike for Blacks Lives," ngaphezu kwe-250 yemanyano kunye namatsha ntliziyo asekuhlaleni athatha iiofisi ze-King County Executive Dow Constantine kumbindi wedolophu yaseSeattle. Bacele inyathelo elikhawulezileyo ukuphendula kwizehlo zocalucalulo kwiziseko zokuhamba zeMetro kunye nezinye iindawo zokusebenza zedolophu, kunye nokubuyiselwa umva kokudendwa kunye nokumiswa kwemivuzo okubethe kakhulu abantu bemibala, abafuduki kunye nabasetyhini.
Eli nyathelo, elibizwe yiOrganised Workers for Labour Solidarity (OWLS), labangela uloyiso kusuku olulandelayo. I-County Council ivotele 8-1 ukuba inkxaso-mali iphakamisa ezithenjisiweyo kutshanje kuxoxwe yi-Amalgamated Transit Union 587. UConstantine wayebhengeze izicwangciso zokurhoxa kwisivumelwano kwaye wacela iBhunga ukuba livotele ukunyuswa.
I-OWLS ihlanganise inkxaso ebanzi ngolu suku lwesizwe lokuthatha amanyathelo okunyusa ubushushu kwaye ifuna ukuba amagosa karhulumente "Sikhuphe Ubuhlanga eQonce naNgaphesheya!โ Imibutho emininzi yasekuhlaleni yamkelwe. Amatsha ntliziyo oMba woBomi boMnyama azibandakanye neemanyano zabasebenzi kunye nemibutho yolutsha kubasebenzi abanamandla, beentlanga ngeentlanga kunye nomanyano loluntu. Ulutsha lwaseWashington lwezoBulungisa beMozulu, olwalumatsha ngaphambili ngolu suku, lwajoyina i-OWLS picket, ludumba indibano esitratweni. Iingoma ezikhwazayo ezithi โAbasebenzi abaNtsundu baphila ubomi obubalulekileyo,โ kunye โnokutshatyalaliswa kwemanyano, oko kulisikizi,โ kwavakala ukuya kwiofisi kaConstantine.
Abasebenzi bakarhulumente bazimanya noluntu abalusebenzelayo
I-picket ye-20 kaJulayi yayiyinxalenye yephulo elikhulayo le-OWLS lokunyanzela uConstantine, owongamela igunya lezothutho, ukuba alungise iziganeko eziqhubekayo zobuhlanga, kwaye aveze izicwangciso zakhe ezichasene nomanyano zokumisa imivuzo, ukunciphisa inkonzo yebhasi, kunye nokubeka ngaphezulu kwe-400. abaqhubi beebhasi zethutyana, uninzi lwabo ngabantu bebala. Oko kucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kunciphisa iinkonzo zentlalontle, eyona ndlela yokuphila kubantu abahluphekayo.
Izenzo ze-OWLS zangaphambili zibandakanya inkomfa yeendaba ka-Epreli apho abasebenzi bezothutho baphehlelela khona uxwebhu lwezikhalazo befuna ukhuseleko lwe-Covid-19 emsebenzini, lulandelwa nguMeyi "Isibuliso kuBasebenzi be-Frontline: Iimoto eziNgxamisekileyo zamalungelo abasebenzi." NgoJuni, i-OWLS yaqhankqalaza kwisikhululo sothutho sikawonke-wonke seMetro ukuze igwebe isoyikiso sokufa esifana ne-KKK apho, inxalenye yepateni yokuxhatshazwa ngokobuhlanga kunye nocalucalulo olujoliswe ngakumbi kubasebenzi abaMnyama.
Indibano ye-20 kaJulayi yavunywa yi-Amalgamated Transit Union 587, emele abasebenzi beMetro. Amalungu athethe ngokuchasene nesicwangciso saseQonce, ukwala kwayo ukugqibezela isivumelwano sabo sengqesho, iikomiti โzeyantlukwanoโ ezingenamazinyo ezilawulwa ngabaphathi, kunye namanyathelo ayo angonelanga okhuseleko lobuqu ngokuchasene nobhubhani we-COVID-19, osube ubomi babaqhubi ababini beMetro.
Iimfuno zekhonkrithi zotshintsho
UCheryl Jones, umqhubi webhasi yeMetro kunye nomnye wabaququzeleli be-20 kaJulayi, uphendule ikhwelo ku "Yekani izoyikiso zobuhlanga kunye nokuxhatshazwa kwiindawo zokusebenza ze-County. " Uye wacinezela uConstantine, โDow, indima yakho kule nkcubeko inetyhefu kufuneka ihlolwe. Wonke umntu onoxanduva kufuneka aphendule, kuquka nawe! Ukuphiliswa akunakuqala de kwenzeke oku. โ UGil Veyna, ilungu le-American Federation of Government Employees Local 3197, uze nemibuliso evela kumongameli wombutho wakhe u-Beverly Anderson, othumele isindululo esivela kwiNdawo yabo ukuba "babuyisele ngentliziyo epheleleyo amabango" endibano.
Abanye abaxhasi babasebenzi baquka abaSebenzi bezoNxibelelwano 7800 kunye noMongameli uLoretta Gutierrez waseWashington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) Local 304, uPaula Lukaszek noSalvador Castillo, uMongameli kunye noMongameli we-WFSE 1488, kunye noKevin Allen we-Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.
UEveline Graff-Mueller, umqhubi webhasi okwethutyana osemngciphekweni wokuphulukana nomsebenzi, uthethe nomnxeba โYeka ukucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali, ukubekelwa bucala kunye nobungqongqo kwidolophu, kwingingqi nakurhulumente. " Ulumkise ngelithi ukudendwa kwi-arhente yezothutho kuzakuchaphazela uninzi lwabasetyhini abangatshatanga kunye nabancinci kakhulu.
Abasebenzi abavela kwi-Whole Foods baphathe ibhanile ukuxhasa ubulungisa bobuhlanga. Bathathe imakrofoni ukubalisa ngokuxhatshazwa kunye nokuziphindezela ngabaphathi begrosari ephethwe yiAmazon ngokuthetha kunye nokunxiba imaski yobuso bexhasa iBlack Lives Matter. Impindezelo yomqeshi, kubandakanywa nokudutyulwa, yinto eqhelekileyo kwiindawo zokusebenza kunye nemfuno ye-OWLS ekhuthazayo. "Imbuyekezo kubo bonke abafake izikhalazo ngobuhlanga ngaphandle kwesisombululo esanelisayo."
Ezinye iimfuno ziquka: "Isenzo esiqinisekisiweyo ekuqeshweni, ekuqeqesheni, ekunyuseni nasekuphelisweni kobudlelwane" kwaye "Iindawo zokusebenzela ezisempilweni kunye nezixhobo zokukhusela abasebenzi abaphambili." Izithethi ezininzi zibhekisa kubizo โYeka ukuxhaphaza umanyano kwaye uhloniphe amalungelo abasebenzi.โ
UAnna Hackman, ilungu leAmerican Federation of Teachers Local 1789, osebenza eSeattle Central College, wakuchasa โuhlaselo kubomi bethu nendlela yethu yokuphila.โ UChristina Lopez, omele iComrades of Colour Caucus yeFreedom Socialist Party kunye neRadical Women, ugxeke abaphathi besixeko nomasipala abalawulwa nguDemokhrasi, esithi โUkucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali? Lalisa ngaphandle? Sisisombululo sakho eso?โ U-Lopez, ilungu le-Teamsters 763 kunye nomsebenzi wesixeko, wadibana nemivuyo yesihlwele xa wayesithi "izisombululo zidlulela ngaphaya kwedolophu - ezi ziingxaki zenkqubo yobungxowankulu."
Abantu abaliqela bathethe kwi-mic evulekileyo, bejongana nesidingo senyathelo elingxamisekileyo, kunye nokugcina intshukumo iqhubeka. Trae Holiday of King County Equity Ngoku igxininise imfuneko yomanyano. โNantso ke into emalunga ne-'New Normal', nina madoda!"
Indibano ye-upbeat yaphela ngokudubula kweefoto zabo bonke abakhethi ababehlanganisene phantsi kweebhanile zosuku. Isigidimi sabo esiya kuConstantine: โBuncothula neengcambu Ubuhlanga eQonce naNgaphesheya!โ
USteve Beck ngummeli womanyano odla umhlala-phantsi we-American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 375. U-Linda Averill ngumsebenzi wokuthutha we-King County/Metro. Bobabini bangamalungu eOrganised Workers for Labour Solidarity. Zinokufikelelwa kwi [imeyile ikhuselwe].
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