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Nangokwemigangatho esiphithizelayo yonyaka ophelileyo, ibali le-SEIU Local 1000 ibalasele ngokungaqhelekanga kwayo. Enye yezona manyano zinamandla kwezopolitiko eCalifornia, emele phantse 100,000 abasebenzi bakarhulumente, babhengezwe kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba umongameli wabo wexesha elide, uYvonne Walker, wayenabo ezilahlekileyo unyulo kwisibawu esigama linguRichard Louis Brown, owabaleka kwiqonga lokuphelisa iminikelo yezopolitiko yemanyano (enkulu), nto leyo eyamenza ukuba abe ngumhlobo weendaba othanda ngoko nangoko. Ngoku, unyulo lujongene nezityholo zokungaziphathi kakuhle kunye nokuziphindezela okuyingozi, ngelixa uBrown ezibeka njengomthengisi wenyaniso ophantsi kokuhlaselwa - kodwa ikamva lomanyano alizange liqiniseke ngakumbi.
Into esiyaziyo ngokuqinisekileyo yile: UBrown, umqeshwa we-ofisi kanondyebo karhulumente owayekhe wabaleka kabini ngaphambi kokungaphumeleli kwisikhundla sobunkokeli, uphumelele i-SEIU Local. 1000 unyulo lukamongameli ngoMeyi 24 kuphela 33% ye ivoti. Walker, owayenayo umkhenkce umanyano ukususela 2008, yamkelwe 27%, kunye nabanye abaceli-mngeni abathathu bohlula abanye. Kuphela 7,880 kwaphoswa iivoti. Ke ngoko yonke indlela yomanyano kwindlela elisebenzisa ngayo igunya kumashumi amawaka amalungu inokuxhaswa malunga 500 Iivoti.
Idrama yayisaqala. UBrown, kwavela ukuba, wayenayo esidlangalaleni kunikelwa ku hlawula iintlawulo yamalungu ukuze bavote kunyulo. Nangona esithi akukho mntu wamthabathayo kuyo, isiphumo solonyulo sacelwa umngeni, kwaye isiphumo sonyulo"ikomiti yoqhanqalazoโ ngaphakathi kwimanyano iya kwenza a sigqibo phambi kokuphela kukaJuni. Ukwenziwa kwaloo komiti kulawulwa nguYvonne Walker, umntu ophulukene noBrown, kwaye oseneeveki ezimbalwa eofisini. Ngoku, onke amacala onyulo akrokrela ngaxeshanye - abanye bakholelwa ukuba uBrown uqhathile, kwaye abanye bakholelwa ukuba u-Walker namahlakani akhe benza iyelenqe lokubuyisela umva uloyiso lukaBrown. U-Walker ngokwakhe akayiyo inkokeli engenakuphikisana. An isincoko e Strikewave kwiveki ephelileyo nguYona uPawulos, ilungu lesikhundla kunye nefayile ye-SEIU 1000, ephawulwe ngoWalker njenge"umongameli ophakathi, onobuqili kwezopolitiko, kwaye onobuzwilakhe ngokupheleleyoโ umongameli owayesebenzisa ulawulo loburhulumente ukuhlanganisa amandla ezandleni zakhe kwaye akhuphele ngaphandle abo bakhuphisana nabo, nto leyo eyenzakalisa amalungu kunye nokuziphatha.
Ngokukhawuleza emva konyulo lwakhe, uBrown wafumana ingqalelo kwimithombo yeendaba xa wathi akayi kunika inkxaso yemanyano kwiRhuluneli yaseCalifornia uGavin Newsom, ojongene nomzamo wokukhumbula. Kodwa ke iqonga ukuba uBrown uceba ukuyiphumeza inika izithembiso ezoyikeka ngakumbi kwimibutho yabasebenzi besithethe. Ufunga ukuba akayi kuchitha imali kwezopolitiko zonyulo, nto leyo eya kuba sisibetho esikhulu kwi-California Democratic Party. Kwaye uthi uya kunqumla imirhumo yelungu ngesiqingatha, kwaye avumele amalungu angawahlawuliyo konke konke (ukwenziwa 2018 kwinkundla ephezulu UJanus Umthetho, owavumela abasebenzi bakarhulumente ukuba baphume kwinkxaso yemali yemibutho yabo) ukuba bavote kunyulo lweemanyano - ukumisela amandla okuhla okumangalisayo kwengeniso yombutho, kunye nokuthatyathwa kwezopolitiko ngobulungu obungaguqukiyo, obuchasene nomanyano. Sele kubhiyozelwa unyulo lukaBrown kwi Wall Street Journal, Fox News, kunye ne-anti-union exhaswa yi-Koch Isiseko senkululeko, isibonakaliso esihle sokuba sele ebanjwe ngabagcini be-conservative njengeso sidalwa esinqabileyo: Umongameli womanyano oligorha lephiko lasekunene, amaziko achasene nabasebenzi.
Kodwa uBrown, ogama lakhe likaTrumpian libandakanya i-prose egcweleyo kunye neyoyikeka imiba malunga nezitofu zokugonya, unenkxalabo yangoko nangoko engqondweni yakhe. Kudliwanondlebe ngoMvulo, wathi ngoMeyi 25, kusuku emva kokubhengezwa koloyiso lwakhe, amapolisa aseSacramento afika endlwini yakhe 5 am, emva kokuba umntu ongaziwa wababiza ngengxelo yowesifazane okhwazayo. UBrown, ohlala yedwa, uthi ukholelwa ukuba esi sehlo senzeke"ukuziphindezela kum ngokuphumelela kolu lonyulo,โ kwaye yaba sisoyikiso esinzulu kukhuseleko lwakhe.
"Ukuba bathe bandifungisa, ndiza kudlala kumabonakude wesizwe ndenze udliwano-ndlebe kuye nabani na ofuna ukwazi ubunyani ngobuqhophololo balo mbutho ndikuwo,โ utshilo.โ"Andiwuthembi kwaphela umanyano lwam. Ubomi bam ngebuhluthwe kumโฆ Ndibukhathalele ubomi bam. Yiloo nto endixhalabele ngayo ngoku.โ
Isebe lamaPolisa eSacramento liqinisekisile ukuba umnxeba wenzekile:"NgoMeyi 25, 2021 malunga 5:02 am, iSebe lamaPolisa eSacramento liphendule kwisicelo esixeliweyo senkonzo kwi 3200 ibhloko ye 43rd Isitalato. Umnxeba ongaziwayo uthe beva uphazamiseko olunokubakho ngaphakathi kwindawo yokuhlala esitratweni. Amagosa ajonga indawo yokuhlala aza afumanisa ukuba akukho siphendu kwaye umnxeba wawubonakala ungekho ngqiqweni. โ Bongeze, nangona kunjalo, ukuba umnxeba wobuxoki ubonakale uyinxalenye yepateni.โ"Isebe likwafumene iminxeba emibini ubuncinci yeemeko ezifanayo kwezinye iindawo zokuhlala kule ndawo, nakwizitalato ezahlukeneyo. Le minxeba yenzeke kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo.โ
"Uyazi uBreonna Taylor waphulukana nobomi bakhe. Kwaye ndilapha, ndinceda abantuโฆ kwaye ngendiphulukene nobomi bam ngenxa yoku,โ utshilo uBrown ngesehlo samapolisa.โ"weNgingqi 1000 kufuneka ndiyeke ukudlala nam le midlalo. Isebe lamaPolisa aseSacramento kufuneka liphande ukuba ngubani owenze loo mnxeba ngokuchasene nam. "
Isebe lamapolisa lathi"Ezi ziganeko zibhaliwe kwingxelo kwaye iSebe alikhange lichonge nawaphi na amaxhoba ekujoliswe kuwo ale minxeba ingenasiseko yenkonzo okwangoku. Isebe liza kuqhubeka liphanda naziphi na ezinye izehlo ezithe zavela ukuze liqinisekise ukuba akukho nxibelelwano phakathi kwazo.โ UYvonne Walker uthe kudliwano-ndlebe akazi nto ngesi siganeko. (Brown kunye noWalker bobabini baMnyama.)
Exoxa ngeqonga lakhe, uBrown wabiza imfuneko yokuba abahlawuli-ntlawulo kuphela bavote kunyulo, okuyinkqubo eqhelekileyo kwiimanyano ezininzi,"irhafu yokuvota,โ waza wayifanisa nemithetho eyayicinezela abavoti abaNtsundu kwixesha elidluleyo. Uthe ukhetho lwakhe luya kuba kukubona ukuphela kokumelwa okukhethekileyo - imfuno yokuba imibutho imele wonke umntu kwindawo yokusebenza nokuba bayayihlawula okanye ayihlawuli - kodwa ngaphandle koko, angathanda ukubona abangahlawuliyo bekwazi ukuvota. Umgaqo onjalo uya kuvumela iipolitiki zomanyano ukuba zilawulwe, ubuncinane ngokuyinxenye, ngabona bantu baluchasayo umanyano. UBrown uthe unayo"akukho nxibelelwanoโ kwiFreedom Foundation okanye naliphi na elinye iqela elichasene nabasebenzi.
"Umanyano, xa benokulawula ngokuzenzekelayo umvuzo wakho kunye neemeko zokusebenza, banokukhathalela kancinci malunga nendlela oziva ngayo. Kwaye oku kunjalo nge-Local 1000,โ utshilo uBrown. Amanye amalungu alo mbutho aphila ngomvuzo, kwaye angancedwa ngcono ukuba imanyano iyeka ukuchitha imali kwezopolitiko, icuthe iimali zabo, kwaye yakha ingxowa-mali yogwayimbo ukuyinceda ukuba isebenzise amandla ngokusebenzisa izoyikiso zogwayimbo endaweni yeminikelo yezopolitiko.โ"Okoko nje umanyano lwethu luchitha ngaphezulu 50 Ipesenti kwezopolitiko, kwiDemocratic Party, bayahlula isiqingatha somanyano, kwaye kungenxa yoko le nto bengenako ukuphakamisa ubulungu babo. Yiyo loo nto ndiye ndonyulwa.โ
Umgaqo-nkqubo onjalo unokuba nefuthe elikhulu kumanyano lwesizwe olusebenza kakhulu kwezopolitiko eMelika.โ"Kuya kufuneka siyiyeke inkcitho yethu kwezopolitiko, โutshilo uBrown.โ"Ngaba oko kuthetha ukuba kufuneka siphelise ukunxulumana kwethu ne-SEIU? Mhlawumbi ndingathi ewe.โ
Abachasi babona le thiyori yendlela yokufumana amandla njengokuba, eyona nto, i-naรฏve - ngakumbi imanyano yabasebenzi bakarhulumente.โ"Kubaluleke kakhulu [ukubandakanyeka kwezopolitiko], ngakumbi kubasebenzi benkonzo karhulumente. Abaphathi bethu ngoosopolitiki,โ utshilo uYvonne Walker.โ"Ukuba asinalizwi ekunyuleni abantu abanemilinganiselo efanayo neyethu, yimpazamo enkulu leyo.โ
Ngokunjalo, watsho ukuba Local 1000 angazisola nasiphi na isigqibo sokungamxhasi uGavin Newsom ngokuchasene nomzamo wokukhumbula.โ"Sikhe sahamba ngale ndlela ngaphambili. Siye sabona okwenzekayo emva kokuba uGrey Davis efumene khumbula [kwi 2003]," uthe.โ"Siye saphulukana nezinto ezithile abantu ababecinga ukuba zizenzekela nje. Kwaye babengekho. Kwaye ndingacaphukela ukusibona kule ndawo kwakhona. โ
U-Walker uthe unebhongo ngezinto aziphumezileyo ezinjengokubeka imanyano kwinqanaba elivakalayo lezemali, ukuthenga isakhiwo sekomkhulu, ukwandisa iinkqubo zoqeqesho, kunye nokukhokela imanyano emva kweziphumo zenkqubo. 2008 ukudodobala koqoqosho. Uzikhabile izigxeko eziphakanyiswe kwi I-Strikewave ibali, esithi wayengenzanga nto ngokwahlukileyo ngexesha lakhe e-ofisini ukwandisa idemokhrasi yemanyano okanye ukukhuthaza amalungu amaninzi ukuba avote kunyulo. Kwaye uvakalise ukuba unethemba lokuba nabani na ophumeleleyo uya kwenza iinzame eziqinileyo zokuvala amalungiselelo omsebenzi amatsha abanokuthi bawazame ngexesha lo bhubhani. Kodwa, uthe, akazukubakho ukukhokela ezo nzame, nokuba kwenzeka ntoni na.
Okwangoku, ikamva laphantse 100,000 amalungu emanyano ajongene nenqanaba elimangalisayo lokungacingeleki. Kusalindelwe isiphumo sophononongo lonyulo lwemanyano, ulawulo lungadlulela kuBrown, oya kukhokelela umbutho phantsi kwindlela engqongqo, okanye unyulo lunokuqhutywa kwakhona, longeza ukungaqiniseki ngakumbi malunga nokuba ikamva liya kubamba ntoni na. Isiqinisekiso kuphela kukuba nantoni na eyenzekayo, amaqela alahlekileyo aya kuziva eqhathiwe kwaye egcwele ukungathembani. Yiseti eyoyikisayo yezithako zezigqibo eziya kuchaphazela ngokunzulu amalungu, iintsapho zabo kunye nemibutho yabasebenzi ngokubanzi - singasathethi ke ngezopolitiko zonyulo zelizwe elinabantu abaninzi.
Okuphela komntu obonakala efumene inqanaba elithile loxolo nguYvonne Walker ngokwakhe, ongakholelwayo ukuba izicwangciso zikaBrown ziya kuze zifezekiswe.โ"Kulula ukwenza izibhengezo, โwatsho egxeka,"xa ungayazi indlela izinto ezisebenza ngayo.โ
Hamilton Nolan yintatheli yezabasebenzi kula MaXesha. Uchithe ishumi leminyaka edlulileyo ebhala malunga nezabasebenzi kunye nezopolitiko zeGawker, iSplinter, i-Guardian, nakwezinye iindawo. Ungamfumana [email protected].
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