NGOMSOMBULUKO NOV 25, 2013 7:00 AM
I-Boeing Ibambe Imisebenzi Empini Ekabili Nohulumeni Wezwe kanye NamaMachinists
BY ROGER BYBEE
I-Boeing isabise ngokususa ukukhiqizwa kwendiza engu-777X, okuhlukile okulindeleke kakhulu kwe-777, iphume esifundazweni sase-Washington. (Boeing Dreamscape / Wikimedia Commons)
Eminyakeni eminingi edlule, i-Boeing ibilokhu indiza. Ngo-2012, inkampani ekhiqiza izindiza yathola imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.9 zamaRandi; kulindeleke ukuthi izuze okungenani u-$4.2 billion kulo nyaka. Futhi sibonga ama- $ 95 wezigidigidi zama-oda kusengaphambili wendiza yayo entsha engu-777X, amasheya akhuphukele phezulu ngendlela emangalisayo.
Yize kunjalo naphezu kwakho konke lokhu kuchuma, u-Boeing wanquma ukuphambukela odabeni lwezinja olunezinhlangothi ezimbili nesifundazwe saseWashington kanye ne-International Association of Machinists (IAM), esebenzisa izinkulungwane zemisebenzi yamaBoeing endaweni yaseSeattle's Puget Sound njengenzuzo yokuzama ukuthola intela eshibhile. amakhefu kanye nezimvume zenkontileka ezinkulu, ngokulandelana. Uma umbuso nenyunyana bengazinikezanga izicelo zenkampani, inkampani ithe, kuzofanele ihambise ingxenye enkulu yokusebenza kwayo okusha kwe-777X kwenye indawo.
"Sikhethe ukuzibandakanya nePuget Sound kuqala, kodwa ngaphandle kokwamukelwa ngokugcwele yinyunyana nesishayamthetho, sizosala singenakho ukwenza ngaphandle kokuvula lolu hlelo ngokuncintisana futhi siphishekele ezinye izindlela zokuthola umsebenzi we-777X," okhulumela U-Boeing uchaze esitatimendeni.
Njengoba isiphetho semisebenzi efinyelela ku-56,000 ukukhiqiza i-777X endaweni yasePuget Sound esengozini, izikhulu zezwe laseWashington zagingqika ngokushesha. Ngomhla ziyisi-9 kuNovemba, uGov. Jay Inslee kanye nesishayamthetho sezwe bavuma ku-Boeing esimisweni esikhethekile sangoMgqibelo, benza izivumelwano ezinkulu zentela ezincike emisebenzini esele eWashington. Kodwa usayizi wekhefu lentela wawumangalisa: amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8.7 kule minyaka engu-16 elandelayo, i enkulu kunazo zonke ezingeni likahulumeni uxhaso lwentela olwake lwanikezwa e-United States. Esizweni lapho izinkampani sezivele zikhipha isilinganiso $ 80 billion njalo ngonyaka kusukela ezifundeni ezingu-50, umehluko onjalo awusho lutho.
Khonamanjalo, i-Boeing iphinde yafuna ukuthi i-Machinists yendawo, i-IAM District Lodge 751, unikezwe inkontileka yeminyaka eyisishiyagalombili okuhlanganisa ukukhushulwa kwamaholo ajwayelekile kancane kancane, ngephesenti elilodwa njalo ngonyaka, ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zokunakekelwa kwempilo kanye nokwehliswa kwempesheni. Yize inkontileka ka-Boeing nabakwaMachinists ingaphelelwa yisikhathi kuze kube ngu-1, inkampani iphokophele ukuthi kuxoxwe kabusha kusenesikhathi. Futhi, njengasekulweni kwayo nesifundazwe saseWashington, iBoeing yasabisa ngokuthuthela ukukhiqizwa kwe-2016X kwenye indawo uma i-District 777 yenqaba isivumelwano.
Ngokusho kokhulumela i-District 751 uBryan Corliss, u-Boeing uveze ukuthi kungenzeka kushintshwe umsebenzi we-777X uye kwezinye izingosi ezahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa iNorth Charleston, SC; eSan Antonio, eTexas; Huntsville, Ala. (lapho isebenza khona indawo yokuhlola rocket); Long Beach, Calif; nase-Ogden, e-Utah. Ezinye zalezo zitshalo azihlanganisiwe, nakuba abasebenzi basembonini e-Long Beach bamelwe yi- I-United Auto Workers.
Abaholi besifunda abangama-751 abenzanga siphakamiso esisemthethweni ngalesi siphakamiso, kusho uCorliss. Kepha imininingwane yezidingo ze-Boeing idale ukuphikiswa okushubile phakathi kwamalungu asezingeni nefayela. Usongo lwe-Boeing lokuthuthaโfuthi ngokunokwenzeka nokusikaโamashumi ezinkulungwane zemisebenzi eholela kahle kwandisa kuphela lokho kushuba. Emhlanganweni ngaphambi kokuvota, uMongameli we-751 uTom Wroblewski waze wafika klebhula ikhophi yesiphakamiso phambi kwamakhulu amalungu esiFunda 751. Ekugcineni, amalungu asivotele phansi isiphakamiso seBoeing ngo 2-1.
โNgaphandle kwemigomo yalesi sinwele senkontileka, asisekho esingakwenza ngaphandle kokuvula uhlelo ngokuncintisana futhi siphishekele zonke izinketho ze-777X,โ uRay Conner, isikhulu esiphezulu sophiko lwendiza yezohwebo yakwaBoeing, waxwayiswa ngokushesha ngemva kokuba amalungu angu-31,000 eSifunda 751 enqabe uhlelo lwenkampani. UConner uqhube wathi, โInhloso yethu [ngokuguqulwa kwenkontileka] ibikabili: ukunika amandla i-777X kanye nophiko lwayo olusha oluyinhlanganisela ukuze kukhiqizwe i-Puget Sound nokudala uhlaka oluqhudelanayo lokuqinisekisa ukuthi siyaqhubeka nokuhola okuhamba phambili emakethe, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nezinzuzo zomhlalaphansi. ngenkathi silondoloza imisebenzi kanye nezizinda zethu zezimboni lapha esifundeni. "
UJake Rosenfeld, uchwepheshe wezabasebenzi eNyuvesi yaseWashington, uhumusha lesi sitatimende ngokuthi: โInto efunwa yinkampani ngokusobala izindinganiso zezabasebenzi zaseNingizimu Carolina ezinamakhono ochwepheshe abasebenzi baseBoeing baseWashington abanayo.โ Abasebenzi baseNingizimu Carolina bavame ukuhola kancane futhi bafunde kancane kunozakwabo baseWashington; Isimo sombuso โselungelo lokusebenzaโ sivumela abaqashi ukuthi baqashe futhi baxoshe abasebenzi kakhulu noma kancane ngokuthanda kwabo.
Lapho bebhekene nokwenqaba kwabasebenzi inkontileka, abanye abasebenzi nezikhulu zikahulumeni bayaqhubeka nokukhathazeka ngokuthi i-Boeing izokwenza kahle ekusongeleni kwayo ukususa umkhiqizo kude nePacific Northwest. Phela inkampani isike yayenza into enjalo phambilini. Ngo-2009, emzamweni osolwayo wokuziphindiselela ku-IAM ngeziteleka, i-Boeing ithuthe okungenani imisebenzi engu-2,000 ikhiqiza i-787 Dreamliner isuka eWashington yayisa eNyakatho Charleston, SC I-IAM yabe isifaka isikhalazo ku-National Labor Relations Board, eyanquma ukuthi Isenzo sikaBoeing besingekho emthethweni. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, ingxabano yagcina ixazululiwe โngokwandiswa kwenkontileka yeminyaka emine lokho โkuhlanganise a ukuzibophezela kwe-Boeing ukwakha i-737 MAX e-Renton, Wash., kanye nesethembiso senyunyana sokucela i- [NLRB] ukuthi ihoxise icala layo elibhekene nenkampani.โ
Yize i-Boeing isebenza ezindaweni eziningi, ukusongela kwayo ukuhambisa ukukhiqizwa kwayo kwe-777X kungase kube nezithiyo ezifanayo endleleni yeNorth Charleston. Ngaphezu kwaleli cala, imibhalo yezinkampani zangaphakathi iveze lokho I-Boeing ibizilindele izinkinga eNingizimu Carolina njengezindleko ezikhuphuke kakhulu, ukubambezeleka kokukhiqiza, ubunkimbinkimbi bochungechunge lokuhlinzeka kanye nabaphathi abangenalwazi kanye nabasebenzi. Idokhumenti eyodwa ngisho wavuma ngokuphelele, โokuwukuphela kwenzuzo engaguquki okuthiwa i-Charleston yayiyikhono 'lokukhulisa' isinqumo sokubekwa kwesayithi 'sokulinganisa kabusha ubudlelwano obungalingani nobungaqhudelani babasebenzi.'โ
Ngaphezu kwalokho, isiphetho sika-Boeing esimbozwe kancane singamelela ukwephulwa komthetho wezabasebenzi, ngokusho kukaprofesa wezabasebenzi waseCornell University uKate Bronfenbrenner, umbhali wencwadi. Akukho Okubambekayo Okuvinjiwe: Ukuqiniswa Kokuphikisa Umqashi Ekuhleleni. โI-Boeing yenza into efanayo naleyo abajeziswa ngayo eminyakeni emibili edlule [eNingizimu Carolina],โ uyachaza. "Ukwesabisa ukuthutha ukuze uthole imvume kuwukuxoxisana ngokungethembeki ngaphansi kwe-National Labour Relations Act."
Okwamanje, akucaci ukuthi i-IAM izovula yini amacala ku-NLRB ngokumelene ne-Boeing njengoba yenza eminyakeni emibili edlule. Nokho, nakuba uCorliss enqabile ukuphawula mayelana nokuthi inyunyana ihlela ukuthatha izinyathelo zomthetho, akakhathazeki noma ngayiphi indlela. Ucabanga ukuthi naphezu kokuphazamiseka kwayo, i-Boeing inezinketho ezimbalwa ezisebenzayo zokuthutha. "Sikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi indawo ye-Puget Sound iyindawo engcono kakhulu yokwakha i-777X," usho kanje. โSinabasebenzi abasezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu abakhiqiza i-aerospace eNyakatho Melika, uma kungenjalo emhlabeni. Yonke ingqalasizinda isivele ikhona lapha, inethiwekhi yabahlinzeki, i-supply chain. "
Uyaqhubeka, โI-Boeing iletha izingxenye eziningi ezivela eJapane ngomkhumbi, ngakho indawo engcono kakhulu, abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi, kufanele ibe sechwebeniโngoba ukuhambisa izingxenye zendiza ngendiza akuzange kusebenze kahle.โ Futhi, njengoba ebonisa, "iWashington inohlelo oluqinile lokuqeqesha abasebenzi basemkhathini."
Futhi ikhefu lentela lika-Boeing elisanda kuwina kuhulumeni alilimazi. โEmehlweni ethu,โ kuphetha uCorliss, โIndawo engcono kakhulu yokwakha i-777X isingcono kakhulu.โ
Ukudalulwa okuphelele: I-United Auto Workers ingumxhasi wewebhusayithi we Kulezi Zikhathi.
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