Izinkulungwane zabasebenzi bokudla okusheshayo bashiye imisebenzi emadolobheni angama-58 aseMelika izolo, okuyicala lomnotho okhiqiza kancane kuneMcJobs. Abanye olayini bokuqothuka baphenduke imisebenzi yesikhashana, futhi izitolo ezimbalwa zavalwa.
Kusukela kwaMcDonald's e-Peoria, e-Illinois, kuya ku-Burger King e-Durham, eNyakatho ne-Carolina, iziteleka zosuku olulodwa zihlasele amabhizinisi emadolobheni amaningi namadolobhana amasha. Abahleli balinganiselwa kunkulungwane izindawo zokudlela ezithintekile.
Kube ukukhuphuka okukhulu: iziteleka zokudla okusheshayo zangaphambilini lase lishaye amadolobha ayisishiyagalombili.
Iziteleka zivale ezinye izindawo zokudlela. Kwabanye bambalwa abasebenzi abashiya umsebenzi, bashiya abaphathi bejahe ukugcwalisa amashifu. Isitolo samasemishi ka-Jimmy John e-Seattle besinabasebenzi ngokuphelele abaphathi futhi kudingeke ukuthi bamise ukudiliva, kuyilapho i-Burger King e-Houston ivale ukudla kwasemini lapho iningi leshifti lijoyina ulayini wokuqopha.
EMemphis, abasebenzi nabasekeli abangu-50 bakhethe iMcDonald's njengoba izimoto zihayiza nabahamba ngezinyawo bememeza bemeseka. "I-McDonald's yenza u-$5 billion ngonyaka," kusho u-Anthony Cathey, umgadli wasesitolo. โBasiphatha njengezigqila. Ngeke sikwazi ukuziphilisa.โ
Omunye umgadli, uLatoya Jones, uthe, โSekuphele unyaka ngilapha; $7.25 akuyona iholo ophilayo. Ngingumama ongayedwana onezingane ezintathu. Ngiphila ngemali yokuhola.โ
E-New York, abasebenzi ababekhetha indawo emaphakathi nedolobha iMcDonald's bajoyinwa osopolitiki nabefundisi abanozwela.
โAbavumeli abasebenzi abakade belapho ukuthi bathole amahora anele,โ isisebenzi saseBronx esitelekile, u-Bianka Ramirez, sitshele isixuku sabantu abangu-300. ngicela u-$15 kanye nenyunyana.โ
Isixuku sahlala isikhashana endaweni yokudlela, sabe sesimasha edolobheni siyocosha enye. Ababhikishi abavela kulo lonke idolobha babuthene embuthanweni wantambama e-Union Square lapho amakhulu abantu abasebenza ngokudla okusheshayo bekhulunywe ngosopolitiki nabaholi bezinyunyana.
Akuwona wonke amadolobha amakhulu abe neziteleka ezinkulu. E-Los Angeles, isixuku samalungu ezinyunyana nabalandeli abangu-300 babuthana ngaphandle kwaseMcDonald's, kodwa abambalwa kuphela abebetelekile. Bamasha baya ku-Subway futhi bahlala kuyo kafushane; abaphathi nabasebenzi bacashe ngemuva.
E-Seattle, ngokuphambene, abasebenzi bahlasele izindawo ezingaba ngu-30, kuhlanganise neJimmy John's, Subway, kanye ne-Specialty's Cafรฉ and Bakery. I-Qdoba Mexican Grill yavalwa ngokuphelele ngesikhathi isixuku singena esitolo. I-Subway ayikwazanga ukuhlala ivuliwe ngenxa yesixuku esikhulu ngaphambili.
Abasebenzi baseSeattle abatelekile baqale ekuseni bephuma beya ezindaweni zokudlela bezama ukukholisa abanye abasebenza nabo ukuthi baphume. Bebevame ukuphumelela uma sebexoxile ngesiteleka. Bambalwa noyedwa abaphuma ngaphandle kokuxoxa ngaphambili.
Ayiyi ndawo
Abasebenzi abatelekile bayayinqoba impi ye-PR. Bakhanyisela ithuluzi lebhajethi elihlakwa kakhulu likaMcDonaldโumugqa wesibili owawuthatha ngokuthi isisebenzi โabasisizayoโ ngesabelomali sabo sasinomsebenzi wesibili.
Lapho ibhekene namaholo ayo aphansi, abakwaMcDonald's basola abanikazi bama-franchise. Kepha lapho ebuzwa cishe ngamaphesenti angama-20 ezitolo ezisebenza ngokuqondile, ama-flack ezinkampani avuma ukuthi abasebenzi bakhona nabo baqala emholweni omncane.
Izinkampani zokudla okusheshayo ziphinde zathi izitolo zinikeza iladi emisebenzini yokuphatha noma ubunikazi bama-franchise - kodwa abasebenzi bathi izithembiso zentuthuko ziwuntuthu omningi.
UJohn Valdez, owaphuma kwaMcDonald's maphakathi nedolobha iManhattan, uthe manje usesebenzele izindawo ezintathu zakwaMcDonald's eminyakeni emine, futhi uyayazi yonke imisebenzi. Wakhuphuka esuka ku-$7.25 waya ku-$7.55 ngehoraโkodwa lapho eshintsha izitolo, zamphindisela ku-$7.25 futhi. โAkulungile, yingakho wonke umuntu ekhona namuhla,โ esho.
Futhi cishe akukho ndawo phezulu esitebhisini. Amaphesenti angu-2.2 kuphela emisebenzi etholakala ekudleni okusheshayo engochwepheshe noma abaphathi, kusho umbiko wakamuva weNational Employment Law Project, โAngiyi ndawo ngokushesha.โ Imisebenzi yangaphambili efana nabapheki, abakheshi, nabashayeli bokulethwa kwezidingo yenza amaphesenti angama-89.1 emisebenzi yokudla okusheshayo, ngomholo omaphakathi ngehora ongu-$8.94. Abaphathi babo benza u-$13.06 ngehora, kodwa bahlanganisa amaphesenti angu-8.7 kuphela emisebenzi yokudla okusheshayo. Futhi abanikazi bama-franchise kufanele bafakazele amafa engxenye yesithathu yesigidi samadola ezimeni eziningi, kusho umbiko-ngakho ukusebenza ngendlela yakho ufinyelela ubunikazi, ngeholo elincane, akuzwakali kungokoqobo.
Umgadli weBurger King, uTamara Green, oseminyakeni yawo-30, uthe usezoqeda iziqu zakhe zasekolishiโkodwa uyazi, njengoba kucekelwa phansi imisebenzi emihle, iziqu azilona ithikithi elaliyiyo. "Nginabafundi basekolishi abami eduze kwami โโbenza ibhega," etshela isixuku saseNew York.
Ukusekelwa Kwenyunyana
Abasebenzi Benkonzo bebesekela lo mzamo, baqala ngabahleli abangama-40 eNew York, idolobha lokuqala ukubamba iziteleka zokudla okusheshayo, ngoJulayi odlule.
Inyunyana ekuqaleni yayigcina iphrofayili ephansi, kodwa emasontweni asanda kwedlula, njengoba isithakazelo sisabalala kuzwelonke, izikhulu zezinyunyana zaqala ukutusa ngalo mzamo. Kunezimpawu zokuthi i-SEIU ibeka izinsiza ezinkulu, nabahleli besikhathi esigcwele abangafika kwabayi-10 emadolobheni amaningana, futhi basanda kumemezela ukuthi baqasha abacwaningi kulo mkhankaso.
EMemphis inyunyana yaqasha abasebenzi bokudla okusheshayo ngomkhankaso wesikhangiso wenkundla yezokuxhumana, ilandela umhleli obukhoma, okuholele ekubambeni iqhaza kokuqala ezitelekeni zokudla okusheshayo lapho.
Idolobha liyisakhiwo sodumo ngesiteleka sabasebenzi bezokuthuthwa kwendle esadonsa uDkt Martin Luther King, Omncane, wesekwa ngaphambi nje kokubulawa kwakhe. Umlando wezabasebenzi uyaphila futhi udalwa kabusha ngoLwesine. Ezinye izisebenzi zaseMemphis zaziphethe izimpawu ezibhalwe ukuthi โNgiyindoda.โ
Abatelekile baqede imashi yabo esikhungweni samagugu omphakathi, endaweni yeLorraine Motel lapho kwabulawelwa khona uNkosi. Ukuze bafike lapho, bamasha bekhuphuka ngo-Beale Street, belandela umzila ofanayo nezisebenzi zokukhucululwa kwendle ezazivame ukumasha ngo-1968.
Imigomo?
Iziteleka ezimfishane akubonakali kuhloswe ngazo ukumisa ukukhiqiza futhi kulahlekisele izinkampani imali, nakuba zikwenzile lokho kwezinye izitolo. Kunalokho, okuhlosiwe okuyinhloko amabhrendi aphezulu kanye imithetho ephansi yamaholo.
Kubonakala sengathi bayivuselele kabusha ingxoxo yamaholo aphansi nenzuzo ephezulu yezinkampani, okusikhumbuza inkulumo eyagqugquzelwa i-Occupy Wall Street.
Indlela eya phambili ayicacile. Ukukhipha okuningi kubanikazi bama-franchise akunangqondo lapho abakwaMcDonald's, ngokwesibonelo, bethola inzuzo yabo enkulu ngezinkokhelo nokuthengisa okuyisibopho kwabahwebi.
Imodeli engaba khona ivela ekuhleleni kwabasebenzi basemapulazini. Kokubili iKomidi Elihlela Umsebenzi Wasemapulazini kanye neNhlangano Yabasebenzi bakwa-Immokalee benze imikhankaso yeminyaka eminingi ukuze ekugcineni bazuze izivumelwano zamaqembu amathathu phakathi kwabasebenzi basemapulazini, abalimi, kanye nabathengi bemikhiqizo. I-CIW, ikakhulukazi, inakho ekhiphe imali yabacosha utamatisi ezinkampanini zokudla okusheshayo njengeYum Brands, engumnikazi weTaco Bell. Bakwenza ngokugxekwa komphakathi kanye nokuduba amagama ebhrendi okudla okusheshayo atshalwe ngokucophelela, okuhlanganisa iMcDonald's, Burger King, Subway kanye neChipotle.
I-SEIU ibonakala igxile kakhulu enkundleni yezombangazwe. Emhlanganweni wokuhlelela isiteleka eSeattle, okuwukuphela kwento ekhalendeni ngemuva kwesiteleka bekuwukhetho lomeya wedolobha.
EDolobheni laseNew York, abangenele ukhetho lobumeya uChristine Quinn (ogunyazwe yi-SEIU 32BJ) kanye noBill DeBlasio (ogunyazwe yi-SEIU 1199) bakhulume emibuthanweni ehlukene yokudla okusheshayo.
UQuinn uthe uzokwethula umthetho womkhandlu wedolobha wokuphoqa izinkampani zokudla okusheshayo ukuthi zinikeze abasebenzi amashejuli amisiwe kanye nesaziso soshintsho okungenani kusasele isonto. Abasebenzi bathi abakwazi ukuya esikoleni, ukuhlela ukunakekelwa kwezingane, noma ukuhlela impilo yabo ngenxa yokuthi abanawo amashifu abekiwe. โIsonto ngalinye isimiso sami siyashintsha,โ kusho uValdez. Uvame ukuthunyelwa ekhaya kusenesikhathi, esho, noma ashayelwe ucingo uma abasebenzi bemfushane.
Kodwa irekhodi likaQuinn, ukuvimba nokuchelela phansi umthetho wamaholo okuphila eNew York City libonisa ukuthi izithembiso ezinjalo zesikhathi sokhetho zizoshabalala ngokushesha.
Kuzwelonke, uMongameli we-SEIU uMary Kay Henry ubonakale egxile ekwakhiweni komfutho weholo eliphansi likahulumeni eliphakeme. Watshela I-New York Times ukuthi isidingo โsishukumisela abantu ukuba baqonde ukuthi amaRandi angu-15 aya ngokuya eba nengqondo.โ UMengameli uBarack Obama wenze isiphakamiso sokuthi kube nenani eliphansi likahulumeni elizokhuphuka kancane kancane libe ngu-$9 ngehora, kodwa iCongress ayizange iqhubekele phambili.
โU-$7.25 awanele, ngingakuthembisa lokho,โ kusho u-Shakira Campbell, isisebenzi saseNew York McDonald. โNgidinga imali yami. Iphi imali yami?โ
Ngokubika okuvela kuSteven Payne eMemphis, uJosh Sturman eSeattle, noSlobodan Dimitrov eLos Angeles.
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