Vincent Quiles, a 28Ubaba oneminyaka engu-ubudala kanye nomgqugquzeli wezinyunyana e-Philadelphia, uyingxenye yemizamo yezisebenzi entsha yokusekela imibhikisho yezinyanga emelene nokwakhiwa kwe-Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, edume ngokuthi "Iphoyisa Idolobha.โ
Ku-Quiles, lokhu futhi kusho ukukhuluma ngokumelene nomqashi wakhe wangaphambili: I-Home Depot.
Ngesikhathi exoshwa esitolo se-Home Depot enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Philadelphia ngo-February, u-Quiles wayesevele edonsa kanzima ukuze ondle indodana yakhe esacathula emholweni wayo, athi akakaze azizwe eyanele, uma kubhekwa izinzuzo ezincane. Uthi waphoqeleka ukuthi ancike ekwakhe "uhlelo lokusekela oluqine kakhulu.โ Lokhu kwenzeka naphezu komsebenzi wakhe onzima njengomphathi owamukelayo, uphawula ukuthi, ophethe imisebenzi efana nokulandelela okuthengiswayo okungenayo kanye nokwengamela ukunakekelwa kwemishini esitolo.
U-Quiles ubenenkampani cishe iminyaka eyisithupha futhi wadlala indima eholayo kumkhankaso wobumbano owawufuna amaholo angcono, abasebenzi nokuqeqeshwa. Ukushayela kwaba ephefumlelwe ngokuhlanganiswa ngempumelelo kwesikhungo sokugcwalisa i-Amazon eStaten Island. Umzamo wesitolo sakhe, uthi, uhlangatshezwe ..."umkhankaso wokubhidliza inyunyana ngonyaโ ovela kubaphathi be-Home Depot futhi wafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngokhetho lwenyunyana olungaphumelelanga ngoNovemba. UQuiles, obonakala enobungani futhi eqondile, usamile ekutheni waxoshwa cishe ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva eziphindiselela ngokuzama ukuhlela okwakuzoba yinyunyana yokuqala esitolo sakwaHome Depot. Uthe kumanje ubhekene necala lokunqamula umsebenzi ngokungeyikho nebhodi leNational Labour Relations Board.
"Inkampani izophikisana nalokhu, โkusho yena, "kodwa ngixoshelwe ukuhlela.โ I-Home Depot ayizange ibuyise izicelo zokubeka amazwana mayelana nezimangalo zika-Quiles.
Kodwa u-Quiles akakhathazeki ngesimo sakhe kuphelaโโโuphatheke kabi ngendlela izinqubomgomo zenkampani nezinto ezibalulekile ezidlala ngayo edolobheni 800 amamayela kude. Izimbuyiselo zentela show ukuthi i-Home Depot Foundation ingumxhasi we-Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), inhlangano ezimele eqhuba uhlelo oluphikiswa kakhulu lokwakha i-$90 isikhungo sokuqeqesha amaphoyisa esigidi eSouth River Forest, ababhikishi abasibiza ngegama laso iMuscogee, ihlathi iWeelaunee. I-Cop City ihlelelwe ukuthi ifake ibanga lokudubula, izifundo zokushayela, nedolobha elihlekisayo ukuze liqeqeshe amaphoyisa avela ezweni lonke ngezimpi zasemadolobheni, njengezishoshovu. yibeke, futhi izocekela phansi i-ecosystem ebalulekile kanye nosinki wekhabhoni engxenyeni enkulu-Emnyama yendawo ye-Atlanta metro.
"Ngakho i-Home Depot inemali yokubekela izinto ezifana nalezi, izinto abantu abaningi kulowo mphakathi abangazifuni ngenxa yokulimala kwemvelo,โ kusho uQuiles, "kodwa awukwazi ukukhokhela abantu okwengeziwe ngenani elilinganisekayo abaliletha enkampanini yakho?โ
Kugunyazwe uMkhandlu Wedolobha lase-Atlanta ku 2021, lolu hlelo luhlangatshezwe nokuphikiswa okuthathe izinyanga eziningi komakhelwane nababhikishi abaphathelene nokucekelwa phansi kwehlathi ngesikhathi sokuqina kokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokucwasa ngokwemvelo. Ababhikishi baphinde bethukile ngokwanda kwamaphoyisa nokuhambisana nawo udlame, futhi"I-Stop Cop Cityโ isiphenduke isikhalazo sikazwelonke sezinhlangano zobulungisa bezemvelo nezobuhlanga. Abomthetho bona, baphendule ngokuhlasela okunonya okushiye umvikeli oyedwa wehlathi ebulewe (amasosha esifunda sase-Georgia agcwele amathafa. 26-uManuel oneminyaka engu-"Tortuguitaโ Terรกn nge 57 izinhlamvu ngoJanuwari) kanye 42 icala lobuphekula basekhaya. Abahleli abathathu abane-Atlanta Solidarity Fund, isikhwama sebheyili, manje babhekene namacala okushushumbisa imali kanye nokukhwabanisa kwezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi, kulandela ukuboshwa kwe-SWAT ekupheleni kaMeyi.
Akuyena u-Quiles yedwa ozwakalisa ukukhathazeka; izwi lakhe liyingxenye yemizamo yezabasebenzi abasafufusa ekhuluma esidlangalaleni ngokumelene nokucindezelwa kwamaphoyisa "Misa i-Cop Cityโ imibhikisho. Uphahlwe yizinyunyana ezimbiliโโโUnited Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) kanye ne-International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), uhlu izishoshovu ezithemba ukuthi luzokhulaโโโfuthi ngokushesha.
UQuiles yena ungumongameli we I-Home Depot Workers United, inyunyana ezimele athi ixhumana nabasebenzi kuyo 25 izitolo ezweni lonke, ezinye zazo ezihlela kahle imikhankaso yezinyunyana. Unqabile ukudalula inombolo eqondile ngoba ekhathazekile ngokuziphindiselela kanye namaqhinga okubhidliza izinyunyana enkampanini. I-Home Depot Workers United ikhiphe a isitatimende ekuqaleni kuka-April ushayela i-Home Depot "ukuze bakhiphe ukwesekwa kwabo, kokubili kwezezimali nokunye, kuphrojekthi ye-Atlanta Cop City .โ
I-Home Depot Foundation inikeze $25,000 ku-APF 2021, $35,000 in 2020, Futhi $50,000 in 2019. Lapho ebuzwa ngalezi zinkokhelo, uTerrance Roper, umkhulumeli we-Home Depot, wathi nge-imeyili, โ"Ngingakutshela ukuthi asinikelanga esikhungweni sokuqeqesha esihlongozwayo se-Atlanta Police Foundation. Sinikele ngokukhethekile ohlelweni lwezindlu lukamakadebona lwe-Atlanta Police Foundation.โ
Kodwa uMaurice BP-Weeks, uzakwethu Ukuphazamisa Ubugebengu, uthi "Lokhu akuphumeleli ukuhlolwa kwephunga. Idola yidola, futhi amadola e-Home Depot asize ukunika amandla izinhlelo ze-APF. I-Cop City iwuhlelo lokusayina lwe-APF okwamanje.โ
Ubudlelwano bebhizinisi budlula uxhaso: Njengo-LittleSis wabonisa, uDaniel Grider, iphini likamongameli wezobuchwepheshe we-Home Depot, uhlezi kuma-APF ibhodi labaphatheli. (I-Grider nayo iku- ithimba labaholi ye-Home Depot Foundation.)
"Izinkampani ezilingana ne-Home Depot azinabo abaphathi abajoyina amabhodi anjengala ngephutha,โ kusho i-BP-Weeks. ."Bangabadlali bepolitiki abasezingeni eliphezulu, futhi uma ubona othile ebhodini, kuyisenzo esiyinkimbinkimbi. I-Home Depot ilindele okuthile okuphuma ebudlelwaneni.โ
Igridi akukona ukuphela kokuxhumana. U-Arthur Blank, umsunguli we-Home Depot, unesisekelo somndeni leso wafunga $3 million ku-"Public Safety First Campaign,โ okuyigama i-APF elisebenzisa kulo msebenzi. (Phakathi ku isitatimende kuya Kulezi zikhathi intatheli kanye nomhleli u-Joseph Bullington, i-foundation ifune ukuziqhelelanisa nephrojekthi ngokuthi ithi uxhaso luye kuphrojekthi ehlukile ye-APF.) Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Derek Bottoms, iphini likamongameli wezinqubo zokuqashwa kanye nobudlelwano obuhlobene be-Home Depot, ungumyeni we-Home Depot. Keisha Lance Bottoms, owayeyiMeya yase-Atlanta kusekelwe ukwakhiwa kwe-Cop City.
Ngikhulume nesisebenzi nomhleli we-Home Depot odlale indima ephambili ekubhaleni isitatimende se-Home Depot Workers Unitedโโโucele ukudalulwa igama ukuze azivikele ekuziphindiseleni. Umsebenzi uthe ucasulwe kakhulu ukufunda ngale minikelo eqondile. ."Izinzuzo ze-Home Depot zivela emsebenzini wami, โkusho yena, "futhi sithola ingxenye encane yalokho. Okusele bakuthola ukuze banqume ukuthi benzani. Kaningi, abakwenzayo ngaleyo mali bayazicebisa bona noma bayinikeze izinhlangano noma ezinye izinto ezingabasizi abasebenzisana nabo, futhi ezilimaza abasebenzi. โ
Abanye abaholi bezinyunyana bathi impi yokumisa i-Cop City inesandla esibalulekile enhlanganweni yabasebenzi yonke. ."Abantu abasebenzayo ngaso sonke isikhathi kufanele baqaphele noma yikuphi ukucindezelwa kwababhikishi, ngoba kunomlando ezweni lethu othi uma ususetshenziswa ngokumelene nanoma ubani ophikisana nezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni, kungaphendulwa abasebenzi enhlanganweni yabo,โ uCarl Rosen, umongameli jikelele we-UE. , kusho ocingweni ese-Erie, ePennsylvania, lapho 1,400 Amalungu e-UE asebenzela i-Wabtec Corp. kungenzeka maduze phuma esiteleka.
Lokhu kumayelana ikakhulukazi phakathi kwesasasa elikhulayo ngezinyunyana, noma ngabe ukuminyana kuhlala kuphansi. ."Ngesikhathi lapho abasebenzi ezweni lonke bezimisele ngokuteleka futhi basebenzise amanye amaqhinga ukuze bamelane nobugovu obudlangile bezinkampani, abantu abasebenzayo kufanele bahlale beqaphile futhi babumbene ngokumelene nanoma yikuphi ukuhlaselwa kwelungelo lethu lokubhikisha ngokuthula ngokumelene nokungabi nabulungisa,โ izikhulu ze-UE, kuhlanganise noRosen, ibhale ngo-June 2 isitatimende. I-UE ithi imele okungenani 30,000 izisebenzi.
Ubuholi be-IUPAT kwaba yinyunyana yokuqala enkulu ukucabangela, intuthuko ebalulekile evela kwinyunyana yabasebenzi bezokwakha ethi imele โ"phezu 100,000 abasebenzi kulo lonke elase-United States, kubandakanya nesifunda sonke sase-Atlanta. โ Ekupheleni kuka-March isitatimende evela kumongameli jikelele u-Jimmy Williams Jr. ugcizelele izindaba zobulungiswa bobuhlanga emnyombeni wendaba.
"I-IUPAT ibiziqhenya ngokuba nobumbano ngesikhathi kuqhubeka lo bhubhane nemibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter eWashington DC, โkusho isitatimende. ."Namuhla sima ebunyeni nababhikishi e-Atlanta ababhekene nodlame olubi nolungenasidingo olwenziwa amaphoyisa ase-Atlanta nabanye ngenxa nje yokungavumelani ezindabeni zenqubomgomo yomphakathi.โ
Lapho uWilliams eba umongameli ngoSepthemba 2021, ube kade ahalaliselwe njengomholi omusha oqhubekayo, ongesabi ukukhuluma ngezinkinga ezinzima ezifana nokucwasa.
Izinyunyana ezikhulume zivikela izishoshovu zimele kuphela ingxenye encane yenhlangano yabasebenzi. Kodwa i-BP-Weeks ithi, "Sisekuqaleni nje ukufinyelela, futhi ukwesekwa esinakho kuyajabulisa ngempelaโโโkuhle kubo ngokuphuma phambili.โ I-BP-Weeks iyingxenye yomzamo wokusabalalisa a incwadi yokungena ngemvume ukuze izinyunyana zibonise ubumbano lwazo.
"Izikhungo ezinkulu ngokuvamile azisuki ngokushesha, ngakho siyaqhubeka nokufinyelela kubo bonke abanye abasebenzi, futhi silindele ukusayinwa okwengeziwe esikhathini esizayo,โ kuqhuba i-BP-Weeks. ."Futhi siyabona ukuthi akuwona wonke umsebenzi osendaweni efanayo kulokho. Lesi sikhathi singaba yithuluzi lokuhlela nokwenza imfundo yezepolitiki nezinyunyana.โ
Kodwa nalapho abaholi bezinyunyanaโโโnoma ubulungu babo bonkeโโโbungakasayinanga, abanye abasebenzi namalungu enyunyana bayabandakanyeka ekuhleleni i-Stop Cop City. Phakathi kwabo kukhona u-Bill Aiman, umsebenzi wetoho we-United Parcel Service (UPS) oyilungu lama-Teamsters futhi obambe iqhaza kuma-Teamsters yeDemocratic Union, inhlangano yezinga nefayela yentando yeningi ethuthukisiwe kanye nezempi. Uzinze endaweni kamasipala we-Atlanta futhi usho ngocingo ukuthi "bebehambele imibhikisho, futhi bezama ukuhlela lapho kungenzeka khona.โ
"Uma ngikhuluma nozakwethu,โ usho kanje, "iphrojekthi ye-Cop City ayithandwa kakhulu.โ
"Amaphoyisa awumkhakha wokuqala wokuvikela abanikazi bamabhizinisi nabaqashi, ngakho ngicabanga ukuthi kunengqondo ukuthi abasebenzi bamelene ne-Cop City,โ usho kanje. ."Lawa maphoyisa aqeqeshwa eCop City futhi azosebenzisa amaqhinga awafunde ukuchoboza isiteleka sethu uma siphuma.โ Inkontileka ye-UPS izophela ngoJulayi 31, futhi nxazonke 350,000 Amaqembu angaya esitelekeni.
Abanye abaholi bezinyunyana bathi, ngaphezu kwezidingo zabasebenzi ngokushesha, kunemigomo emikhulu esengozini. Esitatimendeni sabo, izikhulu ze-UE ziphawule ukuthi, "Embusweni wentando yeningi, izinqumo mayelana nokusetshenziswa komhlaba ophethwe umphakathi kanye nezimali zomphakathi kufanele ziqhutshwe yinkulumompikiswano yomphakathi eqinile, okuhlanganisa nelungelo lamalungu omphakathi lokubhikisha ngokuthula. Kunalokho, i-Atlanta ikhethe ukucindezelwa.โ
Ekuqaleni kukaLwesibili, umkhandlu wedolobha lase-Atlanta ugunyaze ukunikezwa kwe-$67 esigidini sezimali zomphakathi zephrojekthi: cishe ama-$31 izigidi zemali yomphakathi ukuze kwakhiwe iCop City, kanye ne-$1.2 million ngonyaka phezu 30 iminyaka yokusebenzisa lesi sikhungo. Lokhu kwagunyazwa naphezu kokusakazeka kokuphikiswa komphakathi okunonya. Okunye uxhaso kuzoqoqwa ngasese. Ibhodi le-APF ligcwele inqwaba yabaholi bezinkampani base-Georgia-headquate, kusukela ku-Delta Air Lines kuya e-Waffle House kuya e-UPS. Ababhikishi bathi abalandeli be-Cop Cityโโโkuhulumeni, emhlabeni wezinkampani, kanye nezinhlangano ezingenzi-nzuzo ezihambisana namaphoyisaโโโbagqolozela kulo msebenzi ngaphandle kokufakwa kwedemokhrasi okuphusile. I-Emory University yenze inhlolovo ngoMashi okutholiwe ukuthi ubuningi bezakhamuzi zase-Black Atlanta ziphikisana ne-Cop City. Ababhikishi abaningi bathi izimali kufanele zitshalwe ezinhlelweni zomphakathi ezithuthukisa inhlalakahle yabantu kanye nemvelo.
U-Kerry Cannon, iphini likamongameli wesikhashana we-Home Depot Workers United, uthi, "I-Home Depot ineqoqo lezindinganiso eziyinhloko abathanda ukusho ukuthi baphila ngazo, futhi ukwesekwa kwabo ngokwezimali nokunye kwe-Cop City kungqubuzana ngokuphelele nezindinganiso zabo, kusukela ekucekeleni phansi ihlathi kuye ekushalazeleni intando yabantu baleyo ndawo.โ Inkampani ikhangisa isondo le "amanani abalulekileโ kuwebhusayithi yayoโโโlokhu kuhlanganisa โ"inhlonipho ngabo bonke abantuโ futhi "ukunakekela abantu bakithi.โ
I-Cop City akukhona okokuqala i-Home Depot igxekwa ngamavelu angempela ayikhuthazayo. Omunye umsunguli, usozigidi uBernie Marcus, unawo ezanikelwa emikhankasweni yosopolitiki abakude kwesokudla, okuhlanganisa nowayenguMongameli uDonald Trump kanye noMbusi waseFlorida uRon DeSantis. Ku 2021, umfelandawonye wabaholi benkolo yabaNsundu kubizwe ukuduba inkampani, ekomkhulu e-Georgia, "ukungabi nandabaโ nomthetho oshanelayo wokunqanda amalungelo okuvota, njengoba nje ezinye izinkampani zikhuluma. Inqwaba yabasebenzi baseHome Depot nabo banayo wakhuluma mayelana nenqwaba yezimo zokusebenza ezibuhlungu, kusukela ekuhlukunyezweni ngokobulili kuya kumakhefu abekelwe isikhathi okugeza.
Ngemva kokuphelelwa umsebenzi, uQuiles uhlelela i-Home Depot Workers United ngesikhundla sokuzithandela, futhi uthi kufanele "nciphisa izindleko ekhayaโ futhi "ukuyibeka eduze kakhulu." I "isiko lamanje lebhizinisi ezweniโ yikho okumkhuthazayo ukuthi aqhubeke nokuhlela, uthi, futhi ukukhuluma ngezixhumanisi ze-Home Depot ku-Cop City kuyingxenye ebalulekile yalokho.
"Iphuzu lokuhlela abasebenzi, โkusho yena, "ukuthuthukisa umphakathi wonke.โ
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