Namuhla, abasebenzi basembonini yokuhlanganisa yakwaVolkswagen eChattanooga, eTennessee, bamemezele isicelo sabo sesithathu sokuhlanganisa imboni yonke ne-United Auto Workers (UAW).
Njengoba igibele umfutho wesiteleka sayo sezinkampani ezikhiqiza izimoto eziNtathu, i-UAW manje ifuna ukuphinda kabili isibalo sayo embonini yezimoto ngokwengeza abasebenzi abangu-150,000 ezinkampanini osekunesikhathi eside zigwema ukuhlanganiswa kwezinyunyana. Abakhiqizi bezimoto abayishumi nantathu abangekho emthethweni bayaziswa: iHonda, iToyota, iHyundai, iNissan, iSubaru, iMazda, iMercedes, iVolvo, iBMW, iVolkswagen (VW), kanye nabakhiqizi bezimoto zikagesi uRivian, Tesla, noLucid.
Le nyunyana ithi igcwele izingcingo kanye nokubhaliswa nge-inthanethi ngabasebenzi balezi zinkampani. Ukushayela iVolkswagen ngolokuqala ukuphumela obala, ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzi abayinkulungwane basayine amakhadi enyunyana.
Imizamo emibili yangaphambilini ye-UAW yokuhlela imboni egcwele yase-Chattanooga iye yaba yimfushane. Ngo-2014, abasebenzi ihlulwe ngamavoti angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesithupha. Ngo-2019, inyunyana yasondela nakakhulu, yalahlekelwa ngamavoti angamashumi amahlanu nesikhombisa nje ngamaphesenti angama-93 abantu abaphumelele. Kwakukhona abasebenzi abangu-1,700 embonini ngaleso sikhathi. Izisebenzi ezingaba ngu-3,800 namuhla zakha ama-Atlas nama-Cross Sport SUV, kanye ne-ID kagesi.4.
Ngo-2015, iqembu elincane labasebenzi bezohwebo abanamakhono Won ukhetho lwabo ngevoti 108 kuya ku-44, bejoyina i-UAW Local 42, kwakhiwe njengenyunyana eyidlanzana elandela ukulahlekelwa kwango-2014. Kodwa inkampani yenqaba ukuxoxisana nophiko oluncane, ibambezeleka ezinkantolo. I-UAW yafaka umzamo buthule, yafaka iyunithi ephelele ngo-2019.
Ngemuva kokwehlulwa kwango-2019, abasebenzi bagcina ilangabi lokuhlela liphila, behlangana njalo futhi befaka isicelo selungelo lokusebenzisa isikhathi sabo sokuphumula esikhokhelwayo ngaphandle kokuvalwa kwenkampani yesondlo isonto lonke.
Kungani Manje?
“Ungaqhubeka uphusha noma ufe,” uSteve Cochran, isisebenzi esinekhono emnyangweni wokulungisa amabhethri, utshele I-NPR ngo-Okthoba. U-Cochran wayengumongameli wenyunyana yabancane, i-UAW Local 42.
Imikhankaso yangaphambilini yakwa-VW yeza ngenkathi i-UAW isazivikela futhi ivame ukuhlaselwa esidlangalaleni. U-Cochran utshele i-NPR ukuthi amaqembu angaphandle kwezinyunyana azama kanjani ukuhlambalaza umkhankaso wezinyunyana ngo-2019 ngokuhlanganisa umhlangano we-FBI wokuhlasela umuzi kaMongameli we-UAW uGary Jones, kamuva owalahlwa yicala lokuxhaphaza izimali zezinyunyana kanye nokugwema intela.
Lokhu kulahlekelwa kwenzeke ngesikhathi inyunyana ingaphansi kwe-Administration Caucus, amalungu agcine evotele ukuphuma ezikhundleni ngoMashi odlule. I abaholi abasha, owagijima epulatifomu “engenazimvume, inkohlakalo, nezigaba,” wathembisa ifilosofi nezinqubo zokuhlela ezihluke ngokuphelele. Banqobile.
Ngaphansi kukaMongameli uShawn Fain, inyunyana isecala, njengoba iwine izinkontileka zayo ezihamba phambili emashumini eminyaka kuBig Three. Abaholi abasha bamukele amaqhinga okudala, impi, kanye nezimpi zomphakathi nezinkampani ezinkulu zezimoto, ngesikhathi lapho abakhiqizi bezimoto benza inzuzo.
"Sizohlela ngendlela esingakaze sihlele ngayo phambilini," kusho uFain esigcawini seSenate sikaNovemba esiholwa nguSenator Bernie Sanders, "ngoba isiteleka sethu sikhombise umsebenzi wakwaNissan e-Alabama, isisebenzi sakwaVolkswagen eTennessee, kanye nesisebenzi sakwaToyota. eKentucky, kanye nesisebenzi sikaTesla eCalifornia ukuthi uma amalungu enyunyana ewina, sonke isigaba sabasebenzi siyawina.”
Qopha Izinzuzo, Azikho Izinkontileka
Ingxoxo enkulu phakathi nesiteleka sakamuva kube yinzuzo yama-quarter-trillion yamadola enziwe yi-Big Three kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Manje i-UAW isiqhakambisa inzuzo yezinkampani ezingezona izinyunyana njengeVolkswagen, eyenze amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-184 kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, ngokusho kwe-UAW.
Ukuhlaselwa okusha okuhleliwe kuza njengoba izinkampani zezimoto zivula izimboni ezintsha zezimoto zikagesi namabhethri, zifuna ukusizakala ngoxhaso lukahulumeni wobumbano futhi zithole isikhundla esiqinile kulolu shintsho. Ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kuphansi, okwenza abasebenzi babe nokuzethemba, kuyilapho ukwehla kwamandla emali kuqede amaholo.
Inyunyana ithi izinkulungwane zabasebenzi ezinkampanini ezikhiqiza izimoto ezingezona inyunyana ziyafinyelela, zigqugquzelwe ukuwina kweBig Three. Abaholi bathemba ukuthi i-UAW ingasebenzisa lo mfutho ukuze inqobe izithiyo ebeziyivimbile amashumi eminyaka ekuhleleni indawo yokuhlanganisa eyodwa okungeyona eyeBig Three.
Abasebenzi bezimoto nabo bayakuqaphela ukukhula okuhlela abasebenzi ezweni lonke. "Babona okwenzeka e-Starbucks nase-Amazon," kusho uCochran esitatimendeni sabezindaba. “Bayazi ukuthi ukusukuma ujoyine inyunyana yindlela ozuza ngayo impatho enobulungiswa, iholo elifanelekile, nempilo engcono.”
UBilly Quigg, ilungu lethimba labadidiyeli emhlanganweni embonini yaseChattanooga, naye ubebambe iqhaza enhlanganweni yabantu abambalwa. Phakathi kwezizathu zakhe eziphezulu zokweseka ukuphusha kwenyunyana wukuphoqwa isikhathi esengeziwe ngeMigqibelo kanye nokushoda kwekhefu. Ubengomunye wabasebenzi abangamakhulu ayisikhombisa bakwaVolkswagen abasayine incwadi yezikhalazo yangoJuni 2022 befuna inkampani "yenze kangcono ezinkingeni zempilo ezihambisana nezinhlelo zethu."
Ezenzisa Ukubamba
Ngemuva kwesiteleka seBig Three, kwaVW bamemezele ngoNovemba 22 ukuthi bazonyusa amaholo ngo-11%.
Iholo lokuqala kwaVolkswagen manje selingama- $23.42 ngemuva kokunyuka, kanti iholo eliphezulu likhuphukela ku-$32.40. Le nkampani ithe izofinyeza ukunyuselwa komholo ophezulu ukusuka eminyakeni eyisikhombisa iye kwemine (ukuqhubekela phambili kwe-UAW kumaBig Three manje sekuyiminyaka emithathu). KwaToyota, Honda, Hyundai, Subaru, Nissan, Volvo nabo bakhuphule amaholo. AbakwaToyota baqhubekile nokuya phambili, bafinyeza ukuqhubekela phambili kwabo ukuze bahole kakhulu.
UMongameli uShawn Fain wayibiza ngokuthi “iqhubu le-UAW,” futhi wahlekisa ngokuthi amagama okuqala enyunyana amele “u-U. Ingabe. Siyakwamukela.”
"Ngabasebenzi bezimoto yonke indawo ngokumelene nokuhaha kwezinkampani," yena wathi ngo-Okthoba, ephendula ikhwelo likasihlalo omkhulu wakwa-Ford uBill Ford lokuthi izisebenzi zezimoto ze-Big Three zihlangane nabaphathi ukuze ziqhudelane nezimboni zezimoto ezingezona eziyishumi. "Abasebenzi bakwaTesla, Toyota, Honda, nabanye abazona izitha - bangamalungu e-UAW akusasa."
I-VW iphinde yenze izivumelwano kubasebenzi ukuze bashaye phansi izimoto zangaphambili. Ngo-2019, yaqala ukupholisa isitshalo ekuqaleni kwesonto, yashintsha inqubomgomo yezingubo zokugqoka ukuze ivumele izikhindi, yalungisa uhlelo lokushintshwa kusukela ezinsukwini ezinhlanu zamahora ayisishiyagalombili kuya ezinsukwini ezine zamahora ayishumi, futhi yaxosha abaphathi abahlukumezayo.
Okokuqala Kwezinyathelo Ezintathu
Abasebenzi bakwaVolkswagen bahlangabezane nezinyathelo zokuqala ezintathu ezinhlelweni zokuhlela ze-UAW: amaphesenti angama-30 asayine amakhadi enyunyana. Uma sebefinyelele kumaphesenti angama-50, abaholi bezinyunyana, ababambisene nomphakathi, namalungu omndeni bazohlangana nabasebenzi bakhombise esidlangalaleni amandla ekomiti nokwesekwa komphakathi.
Ngamaphesenti angama-70, futhi ngemva kokwakha ikomidi labo lokuhlela ukuze lifake abasebenzi bawo wonke amashifu kanye nezigaba zemisebenzi, abasebenzi bazonikeza inkampani ithuba lokuzikhethela: bavume ngokuzithandela inyunyana, noma abasebenzi bazofaka isicelo sokhetho lokugunyazwa yinyunyana oluqondiswa Ibhodi Likazwelonke Lezobudlelwano Bezabasebenzi.
"Izikhathi zishintshile futhi isikhathi sethu manje," i-UAW's ividiyo entsha etshela abasebenzi, ememezela umkhankaso wenyunyana. “Umbuzo awukona ukuthi, 'Kungani abasebenzi bakwaGM eSpring Hill noma abasebenzi bakwaFord eLouisville bathola impilo engcono?' Umbuzo uwukuthi, ‘Kungani singakwenzi?’”
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