Amalungu ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa e-United Auto Workers (UAW) kwezinye izindawo ezimbili zomhlangano ashiye emsebenzini emini ET namuhla, kusho umongameli we-UAW uShawn Fain esitatimendeni. I-Facebook Live ukubukeka namhlanje ekuseni. Abajoyina isiteleka imboni yakwaFord's Chicago Assembly kanye ne-General Motors' Lansing Delta Township Assembly e-Michigan.
UFain umemezele ukuthi uStellantis uzosinda kulokhu. Inyunyana bekulindeleke ukuthi izishaye zontathu izinkampani, kodwa, kusho umqondisi we-Regional 1, u-LaShawn English, kusasele imizuzu emithathu ngaphambi kokuthi i-Fain ingene ku-Facebook Live, i-UAW ithole ama-imeyili abilayo avela kwabamele inkampani.
Ngokuka-Fain, u-Stellantis wenze “inqubekelaphambili enkulu” ezindlekweni zezindleko zokuphila, ilungelo lokungaweqi umugqa wokuqopha, kanye nelungelo lokuteleka ngenxa yezibopho zomkhiqizo nokuvalwa kwezitshalo. “Sijabule ngalo mfutho eStellantis futhi sithemba ukuthi uzoqhubeka,” kusho uFain.
UFain ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi izingxoxo nazo zontathu lezi zinkampani zisaqhubeka. “Ngisenethemba elikhulu lokuthi singafinyelela esivumelwaneni esibonisa ukuzidela okumangalisayo namagalelo amalungu ethu awenzile kule minyaka eyishumi edlule,” esho kubabukeli abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisithupha kuFacebook. “Kodwa futhi ngiyazi ukuthi esikunqobayo esigcawini sezingxoxo kuncike emandleni esiwakhayo emsebenzini. Sekuyisikhathi sokusebenzisa lawo mandla.”
"Sizokubona Ngeviki Elizayo - Mhlawumbe?"
Izolo ntambama, ilungu le-UAW Local 551 u-Marcelina Pedraza uthe ozakwabo embonini yaseChicago Assembly bebelindele ngokulangazela izindaba zalokho okuhlosiwe okulandelayo.
“Wonke umuntu usemaphethelweni,” kusho uPedraza, ophinde abe yilungu lekhokhasi yezinguquko i-Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD). “Kufana nokukhetha okusalungiswa kwe-NFL. Ngabe sizobizwa ngokulandelayo? Ngabe sizokwenza isivumelwano esiphuthumayo?"
Uthe abasebenzi babheke ngabomvu ukuvuselelwa kwezingxoxo ze-Facebook zikaFain, bencoma ubuholi bezinguquko ngokubeka izinto obala kanye nokwabelana ngolwazi.
“Izinkontileka zami ezimbili zokugcina bezithi, 'izingxoxo zihamba kahle,'” kusho yena, ephinda lokho okushiwo abaphathi bangaphambilini. Bese kuthi ekugcineni, 'Nansi inkontileka embi, sifuna ukuthi uvotele yebo kuyo.'
Lapho u-Pedraza evala uLwesine, yena kanye nozakwabo abanekhono benza amahlaya nomphathi: “Sizokubona ngesonto elizayo — mhlawumbe?”
U-Pedraza kanye nozakwabo bazokwenza abasebenzi bezimoto abangu-25,000 manje olayini abaqokiwe njengengxenye "yesiteleka sokusukuma" senyunyana esikhulayo kumalungu ayi-146,000 e-UAW eBig Three.
"Laba bafana bebefuna ukuphuma kudala," kusho uCody Zaremba, oyilungu le-Local 602 embonini yakwaGM eLansing ngemuva kokuvela kwezindaba zokuthi imboni yakhe izongenela isiteleka. “Sesimi ngomumo. Wonke umuntu, ngempela, ngiyakholwa, kubo bonke ubulungu. Bamunye ngalokho okwenzekayo.”
Izinkulungwane ezinhlanu zabasebenzi ezikhungweni zokusabalalisa izingxenye ezingamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalombili ezifundazweni ezingamashumi amabili nanye bebetelekile kusukela ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, kanye nezinkulungwane eziyishumi nantathu ezindaweni zomhlangano eMichigan, Ohio, naseMissouri abaphume ngoSepthemba 15. (Bheka imephu ye zonke izinsiza ezishayiwe lapha.)
Ikhanvasa Abathengisi
I-UAW isikhona manje ukushaya kubalandeli bomphakathi ukuthi bahlele amaqembu amancane azonxenxa abathengisi abathengisa futhi balungise izimoto namaloli amaBig Three. NgoLwesibili, inyunyana ikhiphe umkhankaso ithuluzi nemiyalo, amaflaya, izindatshana, namaphuzu okukhuluma.
Ezingxoxweni neFord kanye neGM, autoworkers baye kuhlinziwe ezinye izinzuzo ezibalulekile. Phakathi kwazo kunesivumelwano sezinkampani zombili sokuqeda okungenani isigaba esisodwa kweziningi ezinkontilekeni zamanje, sibuyisele abasebenzi ezingxenyeni ezithile zezitshalo esikalini samaholo esifanayo nesabasebenzi bomhlangano. Izinga eliphezulu labasebenzi bomhlangano weBig Three njengamanje lilinganiselwa ku-$32.
IFord, GM, kanye neStellantis bonke bahlongoze ukufinyeza isikhathi esisithatha abasebenzi ukuze bathole amaholo aphezulu sisuke eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili siye kwemine. I-UAW isafuna abasebenzi bathole amaholo aphezulu ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye.
IFord yasinda ekubhebhethekeni kwangesonto eledlule, ngenxa yokuthi abahwebi bakhona basebenzile inqubekelaphambili eyengeziwe ngezinzuzo zabasebenzi.
Kepha namuhla, i-UAW iphinde yabiza abasebenzi bakwaFord kanye neGM, ibeka imisipha ngemuva kwezidingo zayo ezinesibindi - ukukhushulwa kwamaholo okukhulu, isonto elifushane lomsebenzi, ukuqedwa kwezigaba, ukulungiswa kwezindleko zokuphila okuhambisana nokwehla kwamandla emali, ukuvikelwa ekuvaleni izitshalo. , ukuguqulwa kwamazinga okushisa abe yizisebenzi eziqashwe ngokugcwele, kanye nokubuyiselwa kokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwasebethathe umhlalaphansi kanye nezimpesheni ezichazwe ngemihlomulo kubo bonke abasebenzi.
Zigcine Zicabanga
Abaphathi be-UAW bangaphambili babehlehlisile isimangalo ekuwineni - ngonyaka ka-2019, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nesithupha zabasebenzi bakwaGM bagadla izinsuku ezingamashumi amane kodwa bagcina benemali encane yamaholo ababezoyibonisa.
“Sisonke sibuyisela impi ku-UAW nakuwo wonke umbutho wabasebenzi,” kusho uFain. “Inyunyana engazimisele ngokugadla ukuze iwine ifana nomlwi oboshwe isandla esisodwa ngemuva. Ngaphandle kwesikhali sesiteleka, impi yabasebenzi iyimpi ewumshoshaphansi. Emashumini eminyaka, bekuyindaba efanayo: amandla ebhizinisi angahloliwe, namandla ezisebenzi ashabalalayo. Umphumela uba ukungalingani okukhulu emphakathini wethu wonke. Ukubuyisa amandla kumele sibuyisele isiteleka.”
Kulo nyaka, ngokokuqala ngqá emlandweni wakamuva, inyunyana idlale izinkampani ezintathu zezimoto iphikisana zodwa ngesu layo lesiteleka, ishiya isiko lenyunyana lokukhetha inkampani eyodwa eqondiwe kanye nokwenza isivumelwano kwezinye ezimbili.
Isu lokusukuma lokusukuma liyadonsa Ugqozi kusukela endleleni eyaziwa ngokuthi i-CHAOS (Dala i-Havoc Around Our System), eyaqala ukusetshenziswa ngo-1993 ngabasebenzi basendiza ye-Alaska Airlines, abamemezela ukuthi bazoshaya izindiza ezingahleliwe. Nakuba bashaye izindiza eziyisikhombisa kuphela esikhathini esiyizinyanga ezimbili, i-Alaska kwadingeka ithumele utwayi kuyo yonke indiza, uma kwenzeka. Ukungazethembi kudonse ukunaka okukhulu kwabezindaba futhi kwaqhubela abaphathi odongeni. Ngaleso sikhathi inyunyana ikwazile ukonga amandla ayo futhi yanciphisa ubungozi.
Izinkampani kubalwe kabi lapho i-UAW yayizoshaya khona kuqala, iqoqe izinjini futhi izithumele emazweni aphesheya ezindaweni ezingafanele. Abasebenzi be-Autoworkers bajabulele isiphithiphithi esizibangele bona emaqenjini e-UAW Facebook nakwezinye izinkundla zokuxhumana.
Isimilo sabangashayi emsebenzini esitezi sefekthri sesikhuphule izinga kanye namafayili ahlela ukwenqaba isikhathi esengeziwe sokuzithandela. Ngokusekelwa yi-Fain kanye nekhokhasi yezinguquko i-Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), abasebenzi baye ukukhuthaza omunye nomunye ku-“Eight and Skate,” okusho ukwenqaba umsebenzi owengeziwe nokwenqaba ukwenza noma yiziphi izinzuzo zokuphatha.
"Sithengisa zonke izinguquko ezincane abazenzayo, njengezabelo zomsebenzi noma ukunyakaza kwezingxenye," wathi U-Luigi Gjokaj, iphini likamongameli wendawo engama-51 embonini yase-Stellantis Mack. “Noma yini engajwayelekile siyahlehla. Sinaka isiyalo; ingabe banikeza isixwayiso esibhaliwe noma ikhefu lapho bebezokwenza isixwayiso ngomlomo ngaphambili? Abaphathi bethu baqaphe kakhulu. Abantu bekomiti lethu bakhuthele kakhulu.
“Abaphathi bathule impela kuleli sonto. Manje sebenamahloni kancane.”
Ukusekelwa Komphakathi Okuningi
Iningi labantu baseMelika ukweseka abagadli be-UAW, kanye neBig Three bathole i-PR kusukela kwaqala isiteleka, ngokusho kuka-a Ucwaningo olusha olwenziwa yinkampani yezobunhloli yebhizinisi iCaliber.
"Amaphesenti angu-XNUMX abaphendulile asitshele ukuthi bayasazi isiteleka," isikhulu seCaliber uShahar Silbershatz. utshele the Ngenisa. “Kuyacaca ukuthi isiteleka asigcini nje ngokuba nemiphumela yezentengiselwano, kodwa sidala isithunzi.”
Le miphumela enedumela izoba yimbi kakhulu. Abagadli abahlanu hit ngemoto ephuma esikhungweni sezingxenye ze-GM e-Swartz Creek, Michigan, ntambama ngoSepthemba 26. Massachusetts futhi California baphinde babika ngezigameko zodlame olubhekiswe kubo emigqeni yokuqopha.
GM ithunyelwe utwayi emadepho ezingxenye zalo kuleli sonto - okuyinkampani kuphela ekwenzile lokho, ngokwazi kwethu. U-Stellantis uye bakleliswe ama-scabs ukuze angene futhi agcine izingxenye zigeleza, kodwa akucaci ukuthi seziqalile yini ukusebenza ezindaweni ezihlaselwe.
Nini Amanothi Abasebenzi ifike ukuze iphawule ngosuku olwandulela utwayi olubikele emsebenzini, uGM uthe kunjalo ukuthumela abasebenzi abaholayo ukuze benze imisebenzi yabo evamile. Le nkampani ayishongo ukuthi ifake uhlu lwemisebenzi kumawebhusayithi okuqasha ekhokha u- $ 14 ngehora ukuze ama-scabs enze umsebenzi wabasebenzi bezimoto abatelekile.
Isisebenzi esisodwa seGM nonnunion sitshele Amanothi Abasebenzi ukuthi inkampani isabalalisa uhlu lwemibuzo phakathi kwabasebenzi abaholayo ukuze balungiselele ukubathumela njengotwayi ezikhungweni zokusabalalisa izingxenye. Imibuzo kubikwa ukuthi ihlanganisa, “Ungasebenza ngaphandle kwedolobha amasonto amabili/amasonto amathathu/isikhathi sokumiswa komsebenzi?,” “Ingabe uqeqeshiwe futhi unikezwe isitifiketi ku-Mobile Equipment?,” kanye “Ingabe ukhululekile ukusebenza ezindaweni eziphakeme kuze kufike 30 izinyawo?" Okungenani abanye abasebenzi abaholayo bayelulekana ngokuthi bangasichitha kanjani isicelo.
Usizo lukahulumeni noma ukuvimbela
NgoLwesibili, uMongameli uJoe Biden uhambe kulayini wokuqoka nabasebenzi bezimoto - okokuqala ngqa umongameli ohleli wase-US eshaye ujenga. Ngenkathi ukuze Amanothi Abasebenzi abafundi abangase bazwakale njengebha ephansi - ngoDisemba odlule, iBiden neCongress wangenela ukuvimba isiteleka sikaloliwe sikazwelonke - Isinqumo sakamuva sikaBiden kumele ngabe sisezingeni eliphezulu ezinkampanini.
Owayengumongameli uDonald Trump naye ubeseMichigan kuleli sonto, ekhuluma embonini yezingxenye zezimoto ezingagunyaziwe. "Ukuza eMichigan ukuzokhuluma nomqashi ongekho emthethweni nokwenza sengathi kuhlobene nempi yethu kuBig Three kuwukuhuda ngamazwi okuvela kowayengumongameli," kusho isekela likamongameli we-UAW uMike Booth.
Labo abanamandla kahulumeni bangenza noma baphule izinyunyana. Ngesikhathi sesiteleka sokuhlala phansi se-UAW sika-Flint ngo-1936-1937, umbusi waseMichigan u-Frank Murphy wenqaba ukusebenzisa i-National Guard ukuqeda ukuhlala izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nane - okwaqhubeka nokuphoqa i-GM ukuthi ibone i-UAW. Ngokuphambene, isinqumo sikaRonald Regan sokuxosha osonkontileka bezimoto zezindiza ngo-1981 saba nomthelela ongemuhle— kuqoshiwe i-“PATCO Syndrome” - kubasebenzi abahlela iziteleka phakathi nawo-1980 nawo-1990.
Isazi-mlando sabasebenzi uNelson Lichtenstein sincoma isiteleka esilokhu sikhula ngokucindezela uBiden ngaphambi kokhetho lwango-2024, ephonsela inselelo umbono ojwayelekile wokuthi ukuphazamiseka kwezenhlalo kuzolimaza amathuba okukhethwa kabusha kwamaDemocrats. “ULyndon B. Johnson [LBJ] utshele uMartin Luther King Jr ezinyangeni ezingaphambi kokhetho lwango-1964, 'Ningabe nisaba nokubhikisha. Lokho kuzoba kubi ekungenzeni ngiqokwe kabusha,’’’ kusho uLichtenstein. “Kodwa i-LBJ yayinephutha.
"Namuhla, udinga ukuboniswa kwamandla abasebenzi kanye nobumbano," kusho uLichtenstein. “Uma uBiden azi ukuthi yini emlungele, uzoqhubeka nokweseka ama-autoworkers njengoba enza ngesikhathi evakashele ulayini wabo wokuqopha. Lesi siteleka sesiphenduke inhlangano yezenhlalakahle enekhono lokuhlanganisa inqwaba yabantu besigaba sabasebenzi egameni lezinyunyana kanye nalabo bepolitiki ababonisa ubumbano lwabo ne-UAW nezinye izinyunyana.”
Abasebenzi babona abaqashi benza imali ngesandla ngesibhakela kuyilapho bona besebenza kanzima ukuze bathole amaholo abiza kancane. Lokho akugcini nje ngokuqhuba uguquko kokulindelweyo esikubonayo kodwa kudala ithuba lezimpi ezigxilile - njengalena Ezintathu Ezinkulu - ukuba zibe izinhlolovo zikazwelonke ngonxiwankulu.
“Singakwazi Ukukukhulula”
UFain akazange adonse ihlombe enkulumweni yakhe ngemuva kukaBiden, edweba ukufana komlando phakathi kwabasebenzi bezimoto abakha amabhomu e-B-24 Liberator ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II nalabo abasesitelekeni namuhla.
Eminyakeni engu-XNUMX kamuva, “wuhlobo oluhlukile lwempi esilwa nayo,” kusho uFain. “Namuhla, isitha asikude ngamakhilomitha athile. Kulapha endaweni yakithi. Kuwukuhaha kwezinkampani.
“Futhi isikhali esisikhiqizayo ukulwa naleso sitha singabakhululi - abakhululi beqiniso. Ngabantu besigaba sabasebenzi. Futhi umehluko phakathi kwabo nathi uwukuthi, njengoba nje neculo lethu elinesihloko esithi 'Solidarity Forever' lisho: 'Ngaphandle kobuchopho nemisipha yethu, akukho nelilodwa isondo ebelingaphenduka.'
“Yilokho okuhlukile ngabantu abangabasebenzi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sakha izimoto noma amaloli noma sisebenzisa izikhungo zokusabalalisa izingxenye; noma ngabe sibhala amamuvi noma senza izinhlelo ze-TV; noma ngabe senza ikhofi e-Starbucks; noma ngabe ukuhlenga abantu babuyele empilweni; noma ngabe ukufundisa abafundi, kusukela enkulisa kuye ekolishi - senza umsebenzi onzima wokuphakamisa. Senza umsebenzi wangempela. Hhayi ama-CEO, hhayi abaphathi.
“Futhi noma singazi, ayilokho amandla. Sinamandla. Umhlaba ungowethu. Umnotho ungowethu. Le mboni ingeyethu.
"Futhi njengoba sikhombisile, uma sibamba umsebenzi wethu, singakwazi ukuwenza."
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