Ukutshintsha ubunkokeli, ulwakhiwo, okanye ukusebenza kwawo nawuphi na umbutho wabasebenzi wase-US akukho lula. Amatsha ntliziyo kunye neengcali kudala bexoxa malunga nokuba imanyano engasebenzi kakuhle ilungelelaniswe ngcono ukusuka phezulu ukuya phezulu, ukuya phezulu, okanye ukuxubana kwezi ndlela zimbini.
Kule minyaka ingama-65 idlulileyo, eyona ndawo iphambili yedemokhrasi yomanyano kunye nemizabalazo yohlaziyo e-US ibiyimibutho yasekuhlaleni, ebamba unyulo lobunkokeli rhoqo emva kweminyaka emithathu kwaye ikufutshane kubulungu. Amawakawaka abasebenzi bezikhundla baye bakhankasela umanyano lwamajoni ngakumbi ngokulwela nokuphumelela iiofisi zasekhaya.
Abanye baye bafumana inkxaso yothungelwano lukazwelonke lwabaphikisana nabo, kuquka i-Teamsters yeDemocratic Union (TDU) kunye ne-Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), i-TDU-ephefumlelweyo yokuguqulwa kwengqungquthela ngaphakathi kwe-United Auto Workers. Kwaye, kwiminyaka yakutshanje, abaxhasi be-TDU kunye ne-UAWD bade bawagxotha amagosa ekomkhulu lesizwe eWashington naseDetroit, umphumo waba kukhankaso lwekhontrakthi esebenzayo kunye / okanye umsebenzi wogwayimbo kubaqeshi abakhulu kwimizi-mveliso yeelori kunye ne-auto.
Bambalwa kakhulu abahlaziyi bale mihla abaye bafaka ucelomngeni olufanayo kwimeko yangoku kwimibutho yezemisebenzi yesixeko okanye karhulumente eqeshwe yiAFL-CIO yesizwe. Ukumela abasebenzi abasuka kumaqumrhu ahlukeneyo e-AFL-CIO, la mabhunga emisebenzi asembindini (CLCs) asenokuba ngoorhulumente okanye angasebenzi njengemibutho yawo. Kodwa, ngokwesakhiwo, uninzi lukude kakhulu kwimizabalazo yasemsebenzini ukuvelisa imingeni emininzi yolonyulo kumagosa akwi-AFL-CIO abambeleyo, kwinqanaba lengingqi, lengingqi, okanye likarhulumente.
Ngenxa yoko, kuye kwakho unyulo olumbalwa olukhuphisiweyo, njengakwi-Teamsters kunye ne-UAW, kunye nezileyiti ezichasayo ezibonelela ngeenkqubo ezizezinye zokuvuselela umanyano. Kwiivoti zobunkokeli ze-AFL-CIO, amagosa kunye namalungu ebhodi yesigqeba akhethwa ngabathunywa bengqungquthela okanye bebhunga, indlela efanayo esetyenziswa luninzi lweemanyano zelizwe. Inqanaba-kunye-ifayile inento encinci okanye ayinanto yakuthetha malunga nokuba ngubani oqhuba imizimba ye-AFL-CIO.
Uvukelo lwabaSebenzi oluQhelekileyo
Enye into engaphandle ephawulekayo liBhunga lezaBasebenzi laseVermont, elimele abasebenzi abangama-20,000 becandelo likarhulumente nelabucala. Kwi-Green Mountain State, ngenxa yesikali sayo esincinci, uninzi lwabathunywa bendibano ye-AFL-CIO ngamalungu asebenzayo okanye abadla umhlala-phantsi, hayi amagosa asisigxina. Ukusukela ngo-2019, bavote kunyulo olushushu oluthe lwakhokelela kumyalelo wotshintsho.
Kutshanje, ngoSeptemba ophelileyo, banyule iqela lobunkokheli labasetyhini kwizikhundla ezintathu eziphezulu zegosa kwaye lenziwe Katie Maurice umongameli omncinci we-AFL-CIO kweli lizwe kwaye nguye yedwa weDemocratic Socialists of America (DSA).
UMaurice uthathe indawo yokugqibela yokuwa kuDavid Van Deusen, ilungu le-American Federation of State, County, kunye naBasebenzi bakaMasipala (AFSCME). Kwincwadi entsha evela ku-PM Press ebizwa Umsebenzi wabavukeli, uVan Deusen uchaza indlela iqela lamagosa ombutho wasekuhlaleni kunye nabasebenzi abadale iqela lohlaziyo elibizwa ngokuba yi "Vermont AFL-CIO United!" kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo. Aba bavukeli bezikhundla baye baphoxeka ngenxa yebhunga labo lezabasebenzi lokungakwazi ukulwa nobuchule, kunye nokungakwazi kwalo ukunceda uququzelelo olutsha, amaphulo ekhontrakthi, okanye ugwayimbo.
Abagqatswa abalishumi elinesine baManyano banyulwa ngo-2019-bathatha yonke imisebenzi yamagosa aphezulu, benza isininzi kwibhodi yesigqeba, kwaye baphumelela ulonyulo lwesizwe oluyalelwe yi-AF-CIO. Injongo yabo yayikukuvuselela umbutho we-moribund ngokusebenzisa imfundo yobulungu, ukuhlanganiswa, kunye nesenzo esithe ngqo. Bathanda idemokhrasi enkulu yangaphakathi kunye nokungafihlisi, isenzo esizimeleyo sezopolitiko kunye nenkxaso yabasebenzi kubulungisa bentlalo kunye nokusingqongileyo.
Kodwa, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweVermont, loo ajenda yenkqubela phambili yabonakala iphikisana ngokumangalisayo. Endaweni yokwamkela nokuqhwabela izandla iziphumo zolonyulo, i-AFL-CIO kazwelonkeโngoko eyayikhokelwa ngongasekhoyo uRichard Trumkaโyagrogrisa ngokususa abahlaziyi kwiofisi yaze yabeka ibhunga labo phantsi kolawulo lwabasebenzi abanyuliweyo baseWashington.
Njengoko uVan Deusen ebalisa kwincwadi yakhe, oku ubuthenjwa yathintelwa kwaye amatshantliziyo emanyano eVermont aqhubekile nokwenza ibhunga labo lezabasebenzi likarhulumente libe ngumzekelo wesizwe siphela. Kwikwindla yokugqibela, iManyano yesibini! isileyiti kwakhona saphumelela uninzi lwezihlalo kwibhodi yesigqeba sebhunga lezabasebenzi. Umlandeli kaVan Deusen, uKatie Maurice oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala uncome iziphumo โnjengobungqina bomnqweno wethu wokuqhubeka nokugxila kuluhlu kunye nolungiselelo lwefayile kwilizwe laseVermont malunga nokuphembelela kwezopolitiko.โ
Ulungelelwaniso olutsha, kunye nobudlelwane obuphambili kunye noMbutho waBasebenzi we-Vermont State ozimeleyo, uphantse waphinda kabini ubulungu obuhlawulelwa ngurhulumente ukusukela ngo-2019 (nangona i-VSEA ingazange iyixhase i-United! ).
Ingxelo yokufezekiswa
Yeyiphi enye into ephunyezwe yiVermonters kule minyaka mine idlulileyo- ukongeza ekomelezeni ukuthathwa kwe-Inside-the-Beltway? Njengoko uVan Deusen enika ingxelo Umsebenzi wabavukeli, iintlanganiso zebhunga labasebenzi bakarhulumente zavulelwa onke amalungu emibutho yabasebenzi, kungekhona nje abathunywa abanyuliweyo, zaza zaqalisa ukutsala abona bantu baninzi babezile.
Abahlaziyi basebenze nokwakha iimanyano zabasebenzi ukuze baphumelele oko kubizwa ngokuba "yimimiselo yekontraka enoxanduva" efuna imivuzo ekhoyo kwiiprojekthi ezinkulu zolwakhiwo lukawonke-wonke kwizixeko needolophu ezininzi zaseVermont.
IVermont yaba limanyano lokuqala labasebenzi bakarhulumente kummandla obandakanyekayo โkuManyano lweNew England.โ Olu manyano lwamazwe amathandathu "lweSivumelwano esitsha esiHlaza" lukhankasela ukuyilwa kwamawaka emisebenzi elungileyo yomanyano-yabasebenzi abakha izindlu ezifikelelekayo, bafakele iipaneli zelanga eluphahleni, ukucoca ungcoliseko, kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni enoxanduva lokutshintsha kwemozulu.
Ukusetyenziswa kobuchule obutsha bobunkokeli obutsha kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, iinkqubo zikanomathotholo, kunye nembonakalo yeTV yasekhaya yenze ukuba abasebenzi abalungelelanisiweyo bafikelele kubaphulaphuli abakhulu abangengabo abasebenzi-kwaye kwakhiwe ubudlelwane obuluqilima kunye namahlakani asekuhlaleni. Ngaphakathi kwentshukumo yabasebenzi baseVermont ngokubanzi, uVan Deusen uncedise isikhundla-kunye-neefayile kwimibutho engeyiyo ye-AFL-CIO ngexesha lomlo wabo wokulwa nomhlalaphantsi wabasebenzi bakarhulumente osikelwe yirhuluneli yeRiphabhlikhi uPhil Scott kunye neenkokheli zowiso-mthetho lwelizwe elilawulwa yiDemocrat. Abaququzeleli bebhunga lezabasebenzi basebenzisa i-rally ye-May Day yase-Vermont yonyaka e-Montpelier ukwakha inkxaso kubasebenzi baseburhulumenteni abasuka kwamanye amazwe, ubukhulu becala baseLatinos abaqeshwe kwiifama zobisi.
Urhulumente omtsha kunye nophuculweyo we-AFL-CIO unike i-Vermont Democrats i-dope efunekayo kakhulu ngokuvuma abaviwa abaninzi beqela lesithathu kwiofisi yaseburhulumenteni kunye neyengingqi. Njengoko uMaurice echaza, โukususela ngo-2019, siye saqinisa ubudlelwane bethu kunye umbutho weVermont Progressive Party, engakhange igxininise kumalungelo abasebenzi kuphela kodwa ikwathethelele izizathu ezibanzi zobulungisa bentlalo, kwimeko yezopolitiko edla ngokulawulwa yiminqweno enamandla yequmrhu. โ
Ngokuka-Maurice, โIndima yeVPP njengeqela labasebenzi ayithethi nje ngeentetha; imalunga nezenzo ezibambekayo. Imalunga nokuxhasa umthetho ofana noMthetho we-VT PRO oza kukhusela ilungelo lokuququzelela, malunga nokuma ngokuchasene namaqhinga okuphelisa umanyano, kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba amalungu emanyano yabasebenzi anezihlalo kwitafile yokwenza umgaqo-nkqubo eMontpelier.โ
Ukungaziphathi kakuhle okanye ukuziphatha okungumzekelo?
Phambi kokubhubha kwakhe ngo-Agasti, ngo-2021, u-Rich Trumka wayenethuba lokuxhasa inyathelo elingumzekelo le-CLC, enika ingqwalasela kwisoyikiso esisazayo sobuzwe e-US. abathunywa bakhuphe ikhwelo elinesibindi "logwayimbo oluqhelekileyo lwabo bonke abantu abasebenzayo kwilizwe lethu" ukuba bekukho i-right-wing coup ejolise ekugcineni i-Trump kwiofisi.
Ikomkhulu le-AFL-CIO lizamile ukuvimba nayiphi na ingxoxo yesicwangciso esinjalo esingalindelekanga ekuphenduleni ingxaki yomgaqo-siseko enokwenzeka (yohlobo oluye lwenzeka, kungekudala emva koko, ngoJanuwari 6, 2021). Emva kokuba iinkokeli zabasebenzi baseVermont zixoxe ngalo mba, uTrumka wayalela ukuba kuphandwe ngokusemthethweni ngesityholo sokungathobeli imithetho ye-AFL-CIO yesizwe esebenza kumaqumrhu asekuhlaleni.
Ukuphendula, ngoko umongameli owondliwe ngurhulumente uVan Deusen wabongoza ikomkhulu le-AFL-CIO ukuba liphande โukuba umzekelo esiwumiselayo kwi-Green Mountain State ungasebenza njani njengomzekelo wento ebandakanyekayo, eqhutywa ngamalungu ngakumbi, idemokhrasi ngakumbi, echasa ngakumbi. ubuhlanga, ukuxhasa abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe kunye nombutho wabasebenzi olungelelanisiweyoโฆ
Njengabafundi be Umsebenzi wabavukeli uya kufumanisa, lo mlo wokutsalwa kwemfazwe ube nesiphelo esimnandi, okwethutyana. Abahlaziyi bezabasebenzi baseVermont bafumana โisilumkiso sokugqibelaโ kuTrumka ngaphambi nje kokubhubha kwakhe, kodwa akukho namnye owasuswayo kwathatyathelwโ indawo ngabantu ababeqeshwe eWashington, DC Ngaphantsi kwelandela likaTrumka, u-Liz Shuler, uncediso-mali oluququzelelayo lwaphinda lwaqaliswa kwaye ubudlelwane ne-AFL-CIO yesizwe yathatha wamkelekile ukuba ubengcono-kude kube sekupheleni kukaJanuwari.
Kwileta kaJan. 22, uMongameli Shuler wazisa amagosa amatsha ebhunga kunye nebhodi ye-imeyile ukuba wayephanda โinkqubo yonyuloโ yokwindla yokugqibela esekwe โkwisibheno soqhankqalazoโ esifakwe ngumbutho omanyeneyo. Ukwabayalele ukuba "bayeke nayiphi na ingxoxo yophando ... kunye noluntu ngokubanzi okanye amaqumrhu kunye nabantu abanganxulumananga neBhunga lezaBasebenzi."
Lo myalelo wokuzama i-gag ujoliswe kwi-United! abaxhasi abathe, kwiingxabano zangaphakathi ezidlulileyo, bazama ukubhalisa amahlakani kwibhodi yesigqeba se-AFL-CIO okanye ukugcina amaziko eendaba zabasebenzi unolwazi malunga nokuphazamiseka okuvela eWashington. Ingxelo yabo echukumisayo yedemokhrasi yangaphakathi kunye nokuzibandakanya kwabasebenzi kufuneka ibe ngumthombo wenkuthazo kwiimanyano zabasebenzi kwezinye iindawo, hayi ukuxhatshazwa kunye nokugxuphuleka kwikomkhulu.
Ukanti le mpikiswano intsha iyanceda ukukhulisa Abavukeli babasebenzi umyalezo ongundoqo: ukukwazi ukwenza utshintsho lokwenyani kulele ezandleni zamatsha ntliziyo asezantsi. Ukuhlangabezana nemingeni ejongene nabasebenzi baseVermont, uVan Deusen kunye necaucus yakhe yohlaziyo yakhelwe kweyona misebenzi ilungelelanisiweyo, kwinqanaba lendawo kunye nakurhulumente. Abazange balinde izisombululo eziphezulu-ezantsi okanye imiyalelo evela kwi-AFL-CIO yesizwe, engazange, ngokuqhubekayo, ingabi ngumhlobo wenguqu esezantsi eVermont.
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