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Amawakawaka abasebenzi bendawo yokugcina iimpahla kwisityalo saseAmazon eBessemer, Alabama, basembindini wevoti yemanyano enokuthi itshintshe umdlalo eyenzekayo ngoku. Ngomhla we-8 kaFebruwari, abasebenzi bendawo yokugcina iimpahla bathunyelwa iivoti ngeposi ukuze bathathe isigqibo kwiiveki ezisixhenxe ezizayo ukuba bafuna ukujoyina. Ukuthengisa, iWholeliseli kunye neManyano yeVenkile yeSebe (RWDSU). Ukufika nje kweli nqanaba yayiluloyiso olukhulu kuthathelwa ingqalelo umanyano olunobundlongondlongo lokudutyulwa ngoyena mthengisi mkhulu wehlabathi kunye nento yokuba abasebenzi basebenza ngexesha lobhubhani. Ukuba abasebenzi bavota ngokuqinisekileyo, baya kuba nendawo yokuqala yokusebenzela yaseAmazon eUnited States.
Stuart Appelbaum, umongameli we-RWDSU, uchaze kum kwi udliwanondlebe iinkcukacha ezothusayo zento ayibiza ngokuba โyeyona nzame ndlongondlongo yokuchasa umanyano endakha ndayibona,โ ejoliswe kubasebenzi abangama-5,800. โBenza yonke into abanokuyenza,โ utshilo. Inkampani "iqhumisa abantu ngepropaganda kuyo yonke indawo yokugcina impahla. Kukho imiqondiso kunye neebhanile kunye neepowusta kuyo yonke indawo, nakwiindawo zokuhlambela.
Ngokutsho kwe-Appelbaum, inkampani ikwathumela imiyalezo kubasebenzi bayo yonke imihla ibongoza ukuba kuvotwe โhayiโ kwaye itsalele abantu kwiintlanganiso โzabaphulaphuliโ. Ngokungamangalisiyo, iAmazon ibhenela kowona buxoki buxhaphakileyo obuthethwayo malunga neemanyano: ukuba kuya kubiza abasebenzi imali eninzi ukuba kumanyano kunokuba kungenjalo. Nye i powusta yancamatheliswa kudonga lwendawo yokugcina amabango, โuyazi kakade ukuba umbutho wabasebenzi ungakuhlawulisa phantse iidola ezingama-500 ngonyaka.โ Kodwa i-Alabama yindawo โyokusebenzaโ apho abasebenzi bengenako ukunyanzelwa ukuba bajoyine imanyano ukuba baqeshwe kwivenkile yomanyano, kwaye abanakufunwa ukuba bahlawule.
Ukuzalisekisa iinzame zayo ezinzima-mntu kumanyano-busting a gungqa iwebhusayithi eyenziwe yinkampani, DoItWithoutDues.com, apho iifoto zabasebenzi abonwabileyo banika iimpawu zesithupha zenza ulwaneliseko kwinkampani. Kwindawo yayo, iAmazon inikezela ngokungenatyala ngoguqulelo lwayo โlweenyaniโ malunga nomanyano olubandakanya izikhumbuzo ezothusayo zokuba ukujoyina umanyano akunakunika siqinisekiso sokhuseleko lomsebenzi okanye umvuzo ongcono kunye neenzuzo-ngaphandle kokukhankanywa kwendlela iAmazon engaqinisekanga ngayo. ezo zinto nazo.
Kwi uluhlu lwenkampani ngokwayo I-Amazon ithi, โImigaqo Yehlabathi Lonke Yamalungelo Oluntu,โ iAmazon ithi, โSiyayihlonela inkululeko yokunxulumana kunye nelungelo labasebenzi bethu lokujoyina, ukuseka, okanye ukungazibandakanyi nombutho wabasebenzi okanye omnye umbutho osemthethweni abazikhethele ngokwabo, ngaphandle koloyiko lokuphindezelwa, ukoyikiswa, okanye ukuxhatshazwa.โ
Kodwa kwiphepha eliphumayo uDonald Trump kunye nencwadi yokudlala yamaRiphabhlikhi, i inkampani yazama ukunyanzelisa nokuba naphakathi kwesibetho esibulalayo, ivoti yomanyano kufuneka "iqhutywe ngesandla, buqu, yenze kube lula kumaqabane ukuba aqinisekise kwaye avote kufutshane nendawo abasebenza kuyo." IBhodi yeSizwe yoBudlelwane bezaBasebenzi yasikhaba isibheno saseAmazon sonyulo lomzimba losuku olunye.
Uvoto lwathunyelwa ngeposi kubasebenzi nge-8 kaFebruwari, kwaye imanyano kunye nabameli bayo ngobuchule basebenzisa ixesha lokuvota elithatha iiveki ezisixhenxe ukukhankasela nokukhuthaza abasebenzi ukuba bavote "ewe." Kodwa iAmazon iyaqhubeka neenzame zayo zokubala i-RWDSU. Abaququzeleli baseBessemer baye babandakanya abasebenzi ngelixa babemise isibane esibomvu xa bephuma kwindawo yokugcina izinto eAmazon. Kodwa inkampani, ngokuka-Appelbaum, "isixeko sitshintshe isibane ukuze abaququzeleli bethu bangakwazi ukuthetha nabo." (Ingxelo evela kwisixeko saseBessemer khanyela ibango.)
Amaqhinga achasene nomanyano eAmazon kangangokuba amalungu angama-50 eCongress athumele inkampani isilumkiso. ileta esithi, "Sicela ukuba uyeke la maqhinga engalo eyomeleleyo ngokukhawuleza kwaye uvumele abasebenzi bakho ukuba basebenzise ilungelo labo lokuququzelela umanyano." Nabatyali-zimali bale nkampani bothukile ngenxa yala maqhinga kangangokuba abangaphezu kwama-70 kubo batyikitye ileta ukubongoza iAmazon ukuba ihlale "ingathathi hlangothi" kwivoti.
Indlela eya kule voti yomanyano yalungiswa kukungalingani okumangalisayo okuye kwanda kakhulu ngexesha lo bhubhani njengoko abasebenzi babehluthwa ubuphantsi babo. ingozi-ibhonasi ye $2 ngeyure ngelixa inkampani bavune iinzuzo ezinkulu kulo nyaka uphelileyo. I-CEO kwaye kungekudala iza kuba "Usihlalo oLawulayoโ waseAmazon, uJeff Bezos yindoda yesibini ngobutyebi emhlabeni. Ngoku ufanelekile ukuba axakeke ingqondo $ 188 billion kwaye wabona ubutyebi bakhe bukhula nge-75 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, kulo nyaka uphelileyo kuphela-ixesha elifanayo malunga Ngama-20,000 abasebenzi bakhe kuvavanywa ukuba unayo i-coronavirus.
Isibhengezo sikaBezos sokuba wayengena kwindima entsha kwinkampani yeza kwangolo suku i-Federal Trade Commission yabhengeza ukuba iAmazon ibibile phantse. I-62 yezigidi zeedola kwiingcebiso ukusuka kubaqhubi abasebenza inkqubo yayo "Flex". U-Appelbaum uqikelele ukuba "into ebezama ukuyenza uBezos kukudala isiphazamiso njengoko uTrump ebeya kwenza," kwaye "endaweni yokugxila kwi-62 yezigidi zeedola abazibile kubaqhubi babo, abantu baya kuthetha ngento yokuba uBezos wayefumana into entsha. isihloko.โ
I-Appelbaum ibona ivoti yomanyano yembali eBessemer njengento engaphezulu nje komzabalazo wabasebenzi. โAmashumi asibhozo anesihlanu eepesenti abantu abasebenza kweli ziko ngama-African American. Sibona oku njengomzabalazo wamalungelo oluntu njengomzabalazo wabasebenzi,โ utshilo. Eneneni, iimeko kwindawo yogcino-mpahla ziyothusa kangangokuba zivakala ngathi bubukhoboka bale mihla, obuxhaswe ngobugcisa. โAbantu bebejongelwa phantsi kwaye bephethwe kakubi yiAmazon,โ utshilo umongameli womanyano. Ucacisile, โabantu bafumana izabelo zabo kwirobhothi, bohlwaywa yiapp kwifowuni yabo, kwaye bayagxothwa yimiyalezo. Zonke iintshukumo abazenzayo ziyajongwa.โ
Abameli beManyano bajongana neenzame zokulwa nemanyano yaseAmazon ngemfazwe yabo yolwazi. Ukongeza kubaququzeleli abathetha nabasebenzi bendawo yokugcina izinto eBessemer ngalo lonke ithuba abalifumanayo, iwebhusayithi yolwazi Bamazonunion.org ukwabelana ngedatha evela kwizifundo ezahlukeneyo malunga neemeko zokusebenza ezinobungozi kwiindawo zase-Amazon. Esi siza sikhumbuza abasebenzi ukuba iimanyano zabasebenzi ziyakwazi ukuphumelela iikhontrakthi apho abasebenzi banokugxothwa kuphela โngesizathu esibambekayoโ hayi ngokuthanda kwabaphathi; ukuba izikhalazo ezichasene nenkampani zinokufakwa kusetyenziswa izikhalazo ezisemthethweni; kwaye imivuzo kunye neenzuzo kuthethwathethwana ngazo ngokudibeneyo.
Njengelungu lomanyano elinebhongo le ISAG-AFTRA, oogxa bam kunye nam kwi-KPFK Pacifica Radio siye saxhamla rhoqo kukhuseleko olunjalo nkqu nakwisikhululo sikanomathotholo esincinci esingenzi ngeniso esisokolayo ukufumana imali. Xa ujongene nequmrhu elingenalusini lokwenza inzuzo elakhe ubukhosi balo kumqolo wabasebenzi abangabandakanywanga, abasebenzi baseAmazon baphambi kwabo baludinga kakhulu ukhuseleko olunokunikezelwa ngumbutho.
โOlu lonyulo lolona nyulo lomanyano lubaluleke kakhulu kwiminyaka emininzi, kuba ayipheleli nje malunga nale ndawo inye yaseAmazon eAlabama,โ utshilo uAppelbaum. โOlu lonyulo ngenene lumalunga nekamva lomsebenzi, ukuba ilizwe liza kujongeka njani xa sisiya phambili. IAmazon iguqula ishishini emva komzi mveliso, kwaye bayayiguqula imeko yomsebenzi, โutshilo. Ewe, inqanaba apho iAmazon ilwele khona ngokuchasene nomanyano kwindawo enye yokugcina izinto e-Alabama luphawu lwendlela ekubaluleke ngayo kwinkampani ukuba abasebenzi bayo bahlale bengenamandla.
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