Uma inhlangano yabasebenzi ingenalo ukhetho oluqondile lwezikhulu zayo zikazwelonke, ingakaze ibe nevoti lengqungquthela eliqhudelanayo likamongameli wezinyunyana kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1950, futhi ingakaze ibe nenkulumo-mpikiswano kamongameli, amalungu kufanele aphendule kanjani ethubeni eliyivelakancane lokuhlola abantu abazongenela ukhetho. ihhovisi eliphezulu lenyunyana futhi libenze balandise nganoma yikuphi ukungaziphathi kahle komuntu siqu?
Abaholi bezinyunyana zendawo, njengoKieran Knutson, umongameli weCommunications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7250 eMinneapolis, babe nokukhetha okubili. Babekwazi ukwelapha i-t yamanjeumjaho we-hree way esikhundleni sikamongameli we-CWA njengento ekhathazayo kuphela izithunywa zomhlangano eziyi-1,000 ezivota mathupha emhlanganweni kaJulayi 10-12 eSt. Noma bangathola izindlela zokwenza inkulumompikiswano ebanzi mayelana nekusasa le-CWA phakathi kwamalungu angu-360,000 akhokha izikweletu angenazwi eliqondile ekukhetheni umholi wabo kazwelonke omusha.
"Lolu khetho kufanele lube ngemibono, izinhlelo, nohlelo-hhayi abantu," kusho u-Knutson esikhalazweni sikaMashi kwesinye izikhulu zenyunyana. โKuyithuba elibalulekile kuwo wonke amalungu e-CWA ukuthi azihlole ukuthi sikuphi nokuthi kufanele siye kuphi.โ
NgoMeyi nangoJuni, esebenzisana namaqembu amabili ahlukene ezishoshovu ze-CWA, u-Knutson waqhubeka nokudlala indima ebalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi lokho kuyenzeka. Nakuba umongameli wendawo encane ye-AT&T enamalungu angu-400 kuphela, u-Knutson waqala wahola ekuhleleni inkulumompikiswano engajwayelekile phakathi kwezikhulu ezintathu zenyunyana yamazwe ngamazwe ezibanga umsebenzi ophezulu.
Lesi sithangami samakhandidethi sokuqala ngqa sabanjwa ngoMeyi 31, sinamalungu angamakhulu, abamba iqhaza nge-Zoom kanye ne-Livestream. Bezwaโfuthi kwezinye izimo babuzwa ngokuqondileโ Unobhala-Mgcinimafa we-CWA uSara Steffens, odabuka kweyami i-NewsGuild/CWA yendawo eCalifornia; UClaude Cummings, iPhini Likamongameli we-CWA kanye nomholi wamalungelo omphakathi waseTexas, osebenzelana njalo ne-AT&T, umqashi omkhulu wezokuxhumana wenyunyana; kanye no-VP Ed Mooney, umkhulumeli wenkontileka we-Verizon osenesikhathi eside omele izifundazwe ezimaphakathi ne-Atlantic ebhodini eliphezulu le-CWA.
Ukuhloniphana?
Njengengxenye yekomidi le-Emergency Mutual Respect Committee (EMRC) elinamalungu ayisishiyagalolunyeโelihlanganiswe abaholi bendawo abakhuthele noma asebethathe umhlalaphansi abanamalungu angaphezu kuka-30,000โu-Knutson uphinde wangenela umbango futhi kule nyanga lapho i-EMRC iphikisana nokuqokwa kukaMooney ngenxa yokhetho lwakhe. โisibonelo sesikhathi eside sokuxhashazwa, ubandlululo, ukuxhashazwa, ukucwasa, izinsongo zobudlova nokuhlukunyezwa.โ I-EMRC isekelwe kulokhu okutholakele ebufakazini obuqondile, izitatimende ezibhaliwe, kanye nemibhalo ehlobene enikezwe ofakazi abayisikhombisa bokuziphatha kabi komuntu, iqembu eliphikisayo, eliphula kokubili oneminyaka engu-20 ubudala "Inqubomgomo ye-CWA Yokuhloniphanaโ kanye nomthethosisekelo wenyunyana.
Ummangaleli owaziwa kakhulu kaMooney nguShane Larson, owayengumongameli we-PRIDE at Work, AFL-CIO. Uke waba ngumqondisi wezindaba zikahulumeni we-Association of Flight Attendants esebenzisana ne-CWA, wasebenza njengomqondisi wezomthetho we-CWA iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye, futhi manje usengumsizi kaMongameli wenyunyana kazwelonke uChris Shelton. UShelton uhole isiteleka se-CWA sika-2016 ngokumelene ne-Verizon (VZ), umzabalazo wokulwa nemvumelwano. kushayelwe ihlombe kakhulu kwesokunxele. NgoFebhuwari, umemezele ukuthi uzothatha umhlalaphansi futhi ugunyaze kakhulu uSteffens njengozakwethu, kule minyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule, โemikhankasweni yansuku zonke yokuqhuba iNyunyana yethu enkulu kanye nempi yethu yokuqeda ukucwasa kanye nazo zonke izinhlobo zokucwasa kuyo yonke i-CWA.โ
Encwadini yangomhla zili-16 kuJuni, 2023 ayibhalela izikhulu zendawo ze-CWA, uShelton wabika ukuthi uye wamyala yena uMoney izikhathi ezimbalwa ezedlule ngokuthi akhulume โizinkulumo ezinobuxhwanguxhwanguโ kumalungu akanye nawo, okuhlanganisa nalawo โayenobuhlanga ngokwemvelo.โ Ngemuva kwesigameko sakamuva sango-2021, uMooney wavuma โukuhambela ukuqeqeshwa kokuzwelaโ okwenziwa yi-CWA's Employee Assistance Programme. Kulokhu, uShelton uthe, ubucayi kanye nezinga lezinsolo ze-EMRC zidinga uphenyo olusheshayo olusizwa "ngabantu ababili abangeke babe amalungu noma abahola i-CWA." Uphenyo luzoholwa ngowayenguNobhala-Mgcinimafa we-CWA uJeff Rechenbach, umuntu ohlonishwa kakhulu kule nyunyana ozobe ebika lokho akutholile ngaphambi kwevoti likamongameli ngenyanga ezayo.
UMooney usole i-EMRC ngokukhipha โumbiko ohlangene nohlangothi olulodwaโฆ ngomzamo wokuba nomthelela emiphumeleni yokhetho.โ Kodwa uthe "uyakwamukela ukuphenywa okuphelele nokungachemi kwalezi zinsolo" futhi weseka isiphakamiso seBhodi Eliphethe ukuthi likugunyaze.
Ukuphikisana Ngezindaba
Ngenkathi izingxabano zamakhandidethiโfuthi manje izikhathi ezithi โNami Namiโโ ziyisici esivamile semikhankaso yezepolitiki yase-U.S., aziyona ingxenye yesiko lokungenela ukhetho lwenyunyana. Ku-CWA, labo abafuna ukuba nguSekela-Mongameli Omkhulu (isikhundla esachithwa kamuva) noma uNobhala-Mgcinimafa ngo-1998, 2011, nango-2015 abakaze baxoxisane nabaphikisana nabo, ngaphambi noma ngemva kwezingqungquthela lapho kwanqunywa khona lezo zinhlanga ezibangwayo. Ukucela abazongenela ukhetho ukuthi bagcwalise uhlu lwemibuzo ukuze banqume kangcono izikhundla zabo ezindabeni nakho akuvamile ukwenziwa.
Ngisho nasenyunyaneni enentando yeningi, iningi lepolitiki langaphakathi lisekelwe ebudlelwaneni bomuntu siqu, ukwethembeka kwezizwe, kanye namanethiwekhi okusekela izinyunyana. Izithunywa zixoxisana ngasese futhi, ku-CWA, zivame ukuba ngaphansi kwengcindezi yokulandela izikhulu zesifunda nezikazwelonke, ezizibona njengabo bangempela bamandla. Ngakho-ke, uhlelo oluqinile lwe-Local 7250 lwenkulumompikiswano kamongameli we-CWA yokuqala ngqa kwaba ikhefu elikhulu โnebhizinisi njengenjwayelo.โ
Umbono wokubamba inkulumo-mpikiswano wenqatshwa ngokushesha nguMkhandlu Wesifunda waseMinnesota we-CWA, ngesilinganiso esi-5 kuye ku-4. Kepha abantu abane bendawo, okuhlanganisa nabakwaKnutson abasebandleni elincane loMkhandlu, bathola ezinye izinhlaka ezine ze-CWA ukuxhasa lo mzamo. Baphinde babhalisela i-CWA Telecommunications and Technologies National Mobilization Committee, okuyiqembu lezinga namafayela, ukuthi isingathe inguqulo ye-Live Stream kuwebhusayithi yayo.
Umcimbi obukhoma ngoMeyi 31 nawo ungafinyelelwa nge-Zoom. Inganyelwe yi-Knutson futhi yaheha ababambiqhaza abangama-270, okungaphezulu kakhulu kwalokho obekulindelwe. Abamele izisebenzi ze-telecom kanye nezabakhiqizi e-Minnesota, izisebenzi ezingenazintambo kanye nezingcingo e-Arizona, New Mexico, Iowa, naseNyakatho naseNingizimu Dakota, kanye nophiko lwe-NewsGuild/CWA Freelancers eCalifornia bathole ukukhala ngokubuza labo ababezongenela ukhetho. Amanye amalungu athumele eyawo imibuzo namazwana esigabeni sokuxoxa se-Zoom. Kusukela ngomhlaka-31 Meyi, abaningi abengeziwe bezinga namafayela ezweni lonke babuke ukushintshana kwemizuzu engama-90 kule YouTube. ividiyo version.
USteffens, uCummings, noMooney bonke baqale ngezethulo ezimfushane zabo, inkulumo ende yesiphunzi, namazwi okuvala. Engxenyeni ye-Q & A yenkulumo-mpikiswano, izindaba eziqokonyiswa kuhlu lwemibuzo lwamakhandidethi e-Local 7250 (okwaqedwa u-Steffens no-Cummings kuphela) zazivame ukuphakanyiswa. Abangenele ukhetho babuzwa ngemibono yabo ngokuxoxisana okuvulelekile, ukuhlelwa okunwetshiwe kwabaqhudelana nenyunyana, ukubhekana nezikhalo nokusalela emuva, ukuxhumanisa kangcono umsebenzi wesiteleka sezingcingo, ukukhankasela i-Medicare for All, kanye nokusekela ukugunyazwa kukamongameli we-CWA ngo-2024 okhethweni lobulungu olubophayo.
Ngemuva kwalokho, uSteffens wamema izimbangi zakhe ezimbili ukuthi zibambe iqhaza engxoxweni yesibili, kungaba ngaphambi noma emhlanganweni we-CWA. Lapho futhi uma abaqokelwe isikhundla sobumongameli behlangana futhi ukuze bashintshisane nge-inthanethi noma mathupha, ukungabaza mayelana nokufaneleka kukaMooney emsebenzini kuzokhula kakhulu engxoxweni.
Isikhathi se-CWA sika-โMe-Tooโ
NgoJuni 15, usuku lapho isigungu esiphezulu se-CWA saxoxa ngaso umbiko weMutual Respect Committee, uClaude Cummings wathi "wayengenalo ulwazi ngalezi zinsolo" ngokumelene nomphikisi wakhe. Uhlele ukubuza imibuzo, athole izimpendulo emhlanganweni webhodi futhi akhulume nalolu daba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ngaleso sikhathi, uSteffens akazange adonse izibhakela. "I-CWA idinga ukuphatha ubuxhwanguxhwangu kanye nokucwasa enhlanganweni yethu ngendlela ebucayi njengalapho ilungu lihlukunyezwa emsebenzini," esho esitatimendeni somkhankaso. โSakha izinqubomgomo nezinqubo ezicacile zokuthi iNqubomgomo yethu Yokuhloniphana isebenza kanjani ebuholini obukhethiwe, okuhlanganisa nathi esisigungwini esiphezulu. Umthwalo wokuphendula kanye nokubhekana nawo akufanele wehlele kuphela ezihlosweni zokuziphatha okungamukeleki. Kumele siguqule isiko lethu ndawonyeโฆโ
Ngalo lolo suku, emhlanganweni wangaphambi komhlangano wezithunywa ze-CWA ezivela enyakatho-mpumalanga, iPhini likaMongameli we-CWA u-Dennis Trainor wawushaya indiva umbiko we-EMRC kanye nokugunyazwa kuka-Shelton kuka-Steffens. Umqeqeshi uthathe izintambo kuShelton ngo-2015, njengomholi wesifunda esikhulu kunazo zonke senyunyana, esihlanganisa amalungu angu-116,000 kwezokuxhumana, ezokukhiqiza, ezempilo, imfundo ephakeme kanye nemisebenzi kahulumeni. Ngomhlaka-15 Juni, lo wesifazane oneminyaka engu-76 ubudala owayesebenza ngocingo wazama ukwenza izikhulu zendawo ukuthi zisekele uMooney, ngesikhathi ephinde wahlela nokwesekwa ekugijimeni kwakhe enye iminyaka emine engaphikiswa.
Lesi sinyathelo sisekelwe omakadebona besiteleka se-Verizon like Al Russo, IPhini likaMongameli we-Local 1101 eManhattan, owangitshela, emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ukuthi "abantu abaningi bezingcingo bayabuza, 'Ngeke simeseke kanjani lo mfana obelokhu evaleleke nathi ezingxoxweni ze-Verizon?" Nokho umzamo kaTrainor owawunesikhathi esibi esikhundleni sikaMooney waphikiswa kakhulu ngamalungu e-EMRC noma abalandeli abanjengo-Ken McNamara, isisebenzi sakhe sesifunda sase-NJ esikhulu kunazo zonke ku-District One. Ekupheleni komhlangano, u-Trainor waliphonsa ithawula futhi watshela izithunywa ze-D-1 ukuthi zingakwazi ukweseka noma ubani ezimfunayo kumongameli we-CWA (into ababekhululekile ukuyenza sonke lesi sikhathi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyagunyaza noma cha).
Ukuphi i-AFA-CWA?
Esinye isigatshana se-CWA esithumela izithunywa e-St. Louis ngenyanga ezayo i-Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) enamalungu angu-48,000, eholwa nguSara Nelson. Ngokwazi kwabezindaba futhi ekhuluma ngokungagwegwesi ezihlokweni eziningi zezabasebenzi, uNelson ujoyine ivoti lesigungu esiphezulu sangoJuni 15 ukuze aphenye amacala abekwe uMoney. Kepha akakayikhulumi nhlobo indaba yokuthi ubani okufanele aphumelele uShelton.
Umbangi kazwelonke ohlonishwa kakhulu ngenqubekela phambili Umongameli we-AFL-CIO futhi, muva nje, i-US Unobhala Wezabasebenzi, UNelson akakhethwanga noma aqokelwe kunoma yisiphi isikhundla. Manje njengoba inyunyana yakhe isinethuba lokuqopha umlando ngokuqoka umongameli wayo wokuqala wesifazane noma wase-Afrika-waseMelika, iningi labalandeli bakaNelson, ngaphandle kwe-CWA, lingase licabange ukuthi lizobe lisekela oyedwa noma omunye. Esikhundleni salokho, abangaphakathi be-CWA babika ukuthi, uNelson empeleni ukhuthaze uMooney ukuthi angenele, nakuba kunguyena obambe iqhaza elikhulu kwezombusazwe kulo msebenzi. Futhi manje usolwa ngowayeyisisebenzi se-AFA esesikhundleni esiphezulu ngokubandakanyeka โekuqineni, ukululaza nokuhlambalaza nokuhlasela isikhathi esingaphezu kweshumi leminyaka.โ
Empendulweni ephuzile yemibuzo eminingi ye-imeyili nefoni ngaphambi kokukhishwa kombiko we-Mutual Respect, uNelson ubengeke aqinisekise noma aphike ukuthi uvuna uMoney. Emlayezweni we-imeyili wangoJuni 16, uMqondisi Wezokuxhumana we-AFA u-Taylor Garland naye wenqabile ukunikeza "noma yikuphi ukuphawula mayelana nokhetho," kodwa wabika ukuthi abaholi be-AFA namalungu "basenezingxoxo zangaphakathi futhi bekala abantu abazongenela ukhetho ngaphakathi."
Ngethemba, amalungu e-AFA maduze azothola ithuba lawo lokukala ukukhetha okuphambi kwawo, ngemuva kokuhlolisisa amarekhodi abo bobathathu abazongenela ukhetho nokubabuza imibuzo enzima, esithangamini somphakathi hhayi nje ingxoxo evaliwe. Njengoba inkulumompikiswano yokuqala kamongameli ye-CWA yakhombisa ngenyanga edlule kanye neKomidi Lokuhloniphana Lokuhloniphana kule nyanga, izinkinga nezinxushunxushu zezinyunyana zivame ukuxazululwa kangcono ngezinhlelo ezisuka phezulu. Ukulinda abaholi bathathe isinyatheloโnoma benze izinqumo amalungu ngokwawo okufanele azithatheโakuyona indlela engcono kakhulu yokuya phambili kunoma iyiphi inyunyana, ingasaphathwa efana ne-CWA ezigqaja ngokuba nentando yeningi, inqubekela phambili, ebandakanya wonke umuntu, futhi engahlukumezi.
[ U-Steve Early ubambe iqhaza ku-Communications Workers of America kusukela ngo-1980. Uke waba ngummeli wamazwe ngamazwe we-CWA eNew England futhi wasebenza njengomsizi wokuphatha kusekela-mongameli we-CWA District 1, isifunda esikhulu senyunyana. Njengamanje uyilungu le-NewsGuild/CWA endaweni yase-Bay futhi ungumsekeli okhuthele womkhankaso kaSara Steffens wokuba umongameli. Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe].]
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