KuFacebook Live ngoLwesihlanu ntambama, uMongameli Wezisebenzi Zezimoto uShawn Fain ama roses aklonyeliswe ngokomfanekiso kubakhiqizi bezimoto iGeneral Motors, Stellantis, kanye neFord ngokusekelwe enqubeni etafuleni lezingxoxo, ireferensi yombukiso wangempela othi “The Bachelor.” Okuwukuphela kwento eshodayo ama-CEO acwebe izinyembezi aphefumula njengoba i-UAW ivumile ukuthi ngeke yandise isiteleka sayo kwezinye izimboni okwamanje.
I-UAW ibilungele ukucofa amalungu angu-5,000 endaweni yomhlangano kaGM e-Arlington, eTexas, njengengxenye yesiteleka sayo sakamuva sokusukuma. Laba basebenzi bebezojoyina abangu-25,000 asebevele besesitelekeni ezindaweni ezinhlanu zomhlangano nasezikhungweni zokusabalalisa izingxenye ezingu-38 ezweni lonke.
Kodwa ngehora leshumi nanye, i-GM yavuma ukufaka izindawo zokukhiqiza amabhethri ezimoto zikagesi kwinkontileka yenyunyana kazwelonke.
"Besesizovala inkampani enkulu ye-GM eyenza imali, e-Arlington Texas," kusho uFain ku-Facebook Live. “Namuhla, besongelwa ngokuwohloka okukhulu kwezezimali, bagxume ephaketheni ngoshintsho olufanele. Futhi nasi isiphetho: Isiteleka sethu siyasebenza. Kodwa asikafiki lapho.”
Izinkampani ziphikise ngokuthi inyunyana ayikwazi ukuxoxisana ngokusemthethweni ngezitshalo zebhethri le-EV, kodwa ngokusobala usongo lwesiteleka esikhulayo sashintsha ama-horizons we-GM.
Isitshalo se-GM sika-Arlington si kucatshangelwa ngabanye abahlaziyi ukuba kube isikhungo sokukhiqiza esinenzuzo kakhulu emhlabeni, yingakho inyunyana yasikhetha njengento ehlosiwe.
Ukubaluleka kwemvume ka-GM kukhulu nakakhulu uma ucabanga ukuthi imboni yase-Arlington ihlela ukunciphisa ukukhiqizwa kwama-SUV esikhungweni ukuze ivune zonke izindlela ezingasetshenziswa ugesi.
UKWALA ISIKHATHI Esengeziwe
Amalungu e-UAW Local 276 e-Arlington abekade ehlela ukwenqaba isikhathi esengeziwe sokuzithandela, ephethe amakhethini okuprakthiza adonsa abasebenzi abangu-80 kuya kwabayi-100, futhi athola izindlela ezihlakaniphile zokugwema ukwenzela inkampani noma yiziphi izinzuzo.
Isitshalo esikhulu se-Arlington sihlanganisa amahektha angama-250. Ukumboza lowo mkhathi omkhulu, ochwepheshe bezogesi be-UAW nabanye abanekhono besendleleni yokulungisa ukuphuka ngokuvamile bagibela amabhayisikili ukuze bawele phansi kwefekthri. "Manje ngisho nabasebenza ngogesi bayenqaba ukusebenzisa isikhathi esengeziwe," wathi isisebenzi sokukhiqiza u-Tiffany Martin ngesonto eledlule. “Futhi ngabona abambalwa babo bengawasebenzisi amabhayisikili abo ukuze bafike lapho kuphuka khona ulayini. Bebehamba ngaphandle kokuxhamazela.”
UNicole Adams, osebenza kulayini embonini, uthe abasebenzi bezitolo benqabile ukusebenza ngesikhathi sekhefu.
“Besikulungele emzuliswaneni wokuqala,” kusho u-Adams. Utusa uMongameli Wendawo wama-276 uKeith Crowell ngokugcina amalungu ehlanganyela nemicimbi yamasonto onke ye-Facebook Live efaniswe nokuvela kukaFain.
U-Adams uthe ozakwabo baye ezindaweni zokusabalalisa izingxenye eziseduze ukuze babe nobumbano nabanye abasebenzi. Abasebenzi basezikhungweni zezingxenye zeGM neStellantis bebetelekile kusukela ngoSepthemba 22.
“Siyawuqonda umzabalazo,” kusho u-Adams. “Lesi isiteleka sami sesibili. Umholo wami wokuqala wesiteleka wawungu-$250 ngesonto, ngakho ngiyacabanga ukuthi kucindezela kangakanani ukwenza ingxenye yesheke lakho.” I-UAW inyuse inkokhelo yesiteleka yaba ngu-$500 ngesonto ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
UMCIMBI WAROSE
Umcimbi wama rose we-UAW ukhombisa ingxenye eyodwa nje ebalulekile yawo Isu lokusukuma lokusukuma: izibuyekezo zezingxoxo zomphakathi. Ukubuyekezwa kwamavidiyo abukhoma masonto onke kanye nezinhloso eziguquguqukayo kuwukusuka okukhulu endleleni yendabuko yenyunyana, lapho abaxoxisana nabo bengadalulanga lutho ngenkathi amalungu enyunyana ehlezi eqinile futhi elindele umphumela wokugcina.
"Izingxoxo ezibucayi zenzeka etafuleni, hhayi esidlangalaleni," bekhononda Isikhulu esiphezulu kwaGM uMary Barra esitatimendeni sangoSepthemba 29. "I-UAW ixabanisa izinkampani zodwa, kodwa yisu eligcina lisiza umqhudelwano ongewona owenyunyana."
Kepha izisebenzi zezimoto ezingezona inyunyana zibonakala zithola ugqozi empini ye-UAW. "Impendulo evela kubasebenzi bezimoto ezinkampanini ezingezona izinyunyana ibe yinhle kakhulu," uFain utshele Izindaba ze-NBC. "Amakhulu abasebenzi ezweni lonke, kusukela eNtshonalanga kuya eMidwest ikakhulukazi eNingizimu, azama ukujoyina inhlangano yethu futhi ajoyine i-UAW."
Embonini yenjini yakwaToyota enezisebenzi ezingu-1,800 e-Huntsville, e-Alabama, lapho beqeda khona izinjini ezingama-V6 ne-V8 zamaloli e-Tacoma ne-Tundra nama-Sequoia SUVs, isisebenzi uGerald Bernstein (igama elingelona iqiniso) uthe ozakwabo bakhuluma ngezwi eliphansi mayelana neziteleka— futhi ikakhulukazi mayelana ne-UAW.
Isiteleka sibasiza ukuthi baqonde izinkinga zabo zasemsebenzini, njengokusheshisa, kusho uBernstein; Abasebenzi baseHuntsville kumele baqedele imisebenzi yabo yomhlangano ngemizuzwana engama-46. Enye inkinga ephezulu isikhathi esengeziwe esiyisibopho.
“Ukubona abanye abasebenzi beteleka futhi bekhuluma nge-UAW, kuqubule izingxoxo zokuthi nathi kufanele siteleke yini,” kusho uBernstein.
IMIDLALO YASEKLASI
Izinkampani ziphendule isu lenyunyana lesiteleka ngokulichitha njengemidlalo yeshashalazi nje. “Ama-CEO azama ukusibukela phansi isiteleka sethu,” kusho uFain. “Bathi yimidlalo yeshashalazi nje. Futhi yebo, sinomsindo futhi siyaziqhenya ngokulwa kwethu. Sifuna umphakathi ukuqonde ukulwa kwethu, futhi ube sohlangothini lwethu, njengoba ucwaningo olulandela ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi bayakwenza.
“Kodwa akuphathelene nezeshashalazi. Imayelana namandla. Amandla esinawo njengabantu besigaba sabasebenzi. Itiyetha ayibangeli izinkampani ukuthi zivume ukukhushulwa komholo ngamadijithi amabili. Amatiyetha awabangeli ilungelo lokuteleka ngenxa yokuvalwa kwezitshalo. Itiyetha ayiwini i-COLA. Imidlalo yeshashalazi ayiholeli ekutheni ukukhiqizwa kwamaseli ebhethri eGM kube ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sethu sikazwelonke. ”
Inyunyana ihlanganisa izimfuno zayo ezibalulekile kubo bonke abakhiqizi bezimoto abathathu - okubandakanya ukukhushulwa kwamaholo amakhulu, isonto elifushane lomsebenzi, ukuqedwa kwezigaba, ukulungiswa kwezindleko zokuphila (i-COLA) okuhlobene nokwehla kwamandla emali, ukuvikelwa ekuvalweni kwezitshalo, ukuguqulwa kwezikhathi kuya kwezimo. abasebenzi ngokugcwele, kanye nokubuyiselwa kokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwasebethathe umhlalaphansi kanye nezimpesheni ezichazwe ngemihlomulo kubo bonke abasebenzi.
AbakwaFord bavumile ukwehlisela amaholo kumaphesenti angama-23, kusukela kumaphesenti ayi-9 abawahlongoze kuqala. AbakwaFord noStellantis bavumile ukubuyisela i-COLA, ne-GM, ngokusho kukaFain, hhayi "kude emuva."
Esihlokweni sabo sakamuva, abakwaFord banciphise isikhathi esisithatha abasebenzi ukuthi bathole iholo eliphezulu sisuka eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili saya kwemithathu, uma siqhathaniswa neminyaka emine kwaGM naseStellantis. I-UAW isafuna bonke abasebenzi bathole amaholo aphezulu ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-90.
GM kanye Ford bavumile ukuqeda isigaba esisodwa kweziningi ezinkontilekeni zamanje, ukubuyisela abasebenzi ezingxenyeni ezithile zezitshalo esikalini samaholo esifanayo nesabasebenzi bomhlangano. Izinga eliphezulu labasebenzi bomhlangano we-Big 3 njengamanje lilinganiselwa ku-$32.
U-Temps uthole izihibe ezinkulu zokuholela ku-$20 ngehora kwaGM naseStellantis kanye no-$21 ngehora kwaFord. Zontathu izinkampani zenze izibopho zokuguqula izikhathi zibe yizisebenzi eziqashiwe ngokugcwele, kodwa imininingwane ayikacaci ukuthi amaholo kanye nokuguqulwa kuzongena kuphi ezingxoxweni eziqhubekayo.
Amaphuzu asemqoka okunamathelayo ahlala ekunakekelwa kwezempilo kwangemva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi kanye nezimpesheni. “Kulawo malungu angakaze ayithole impesheni noma ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, silwela ukuvikeleka kwangempela komhlalaphansi. Kodwa izinkampani zilwa njengesihogo ukugcina umhlalaphansi wethu ungaqinisekile futhi ungavikelekile,” kusho uFain.
U-Fain uphethe amazwi akhe ngokugcizelela emiphumeleni isu lesiteleka sokusukuma eseyitholile kuze kube manje. “Akuyona yonke into emayelana nokukhipha i-bazooka,” esho, egqoke isikibha senyunyana esifundeka kanje, “Yidla okucebile.” “Siyiqaphe kakhulu indlela esibhebhethekisa ngayo lesi siteleka. Siklame leli su ukuze sandise ingcindezi ezinkampanini—hhayi ukuze sizilimaze ngenxa yazo, kodwa ukuze Ukuthutha bona. Ukuze abenze bathi ‘yebo’ lapho befuna ukuthi ‘cha.’
“Namuhla kuyisibonelo esihle salokho. Siyawazi amaphuzu abo ezinhlungu. Siyabazi abenzi bemali yabo. Siyazi ukuthi izitshalo abafuni ukuzibona zishaywe. Futhi bayazi ukuthi sisenamakhadi amaningi okufanele siwadlale.”
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