Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa u-Austin Locke uzobuyela eQueens, eNew York, esitolo se-Starbucks axoshwa kuso ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa ezedlule. Uzothola nendathane yeholo elibuyayo, kanye nemali yezijeziso zomphakathi.
U-Locke wayenenhloso emhlane wakhe ngenxa yokuthi wayebambe iqhaza ekugqugquzeleni izinyunyana esitolo, kodwa ukubuyiselwa kwakhe kwakungaveli eBhodini Likazwelonke Lezabasebenzi. Esikhundleni salokho, udaba lwakhe lwangenelwa nguMnyango Wezabathengi Nokuvikelwa Kwabasebenzi baseDolobheni laseNew York (DCWP), ngaphansi komthetho wedolobha. waphasiswa ngo-2021 okwenza ukudubula okungekho emthethweni ekudleni okusheshayo kube semthethweni.
Imithetho emibili yakamuva yedolobha evikela abasebenzi bokudla okusheshayo, i-Fair Workweek Law ka-2017 kanye nomthetho we-Just Cause ka-2021, iholele ophenyweni oluyi-230, okuholele emalini ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingama-27.1 ezinhlawulweni ezihlanganisiwe kanye nokubuyiselwa kwabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-20,100, ngokusho kukaMichael Lanza we-DCWP. . IChipotle ikhokhele u-$20 million ngoSepthemba.
Manje umkhandlu wedolobha usucabanga ukwelula lesi sivikelo kubo bonke abantu baseNew York ngokusebenzisa Umthetho Wemisebenzi Evikelekile.
E-Illinois, umfelandawonye wezinyunyana nezikhungo zabasebenzi zinxenxa umthetho ofanayo ezweni lonke. Imithetho ehlongozwayo iphinde ihlinzekele ngenkokhelo yokudilizwa emsebenzini.
Iningi labasebenzi baseMelika abangafakwanga yizinkontileka zezinyunyana bathathwa โnjengabasebenzi abazimisele,โ okusho ukuthi bangaxoshwa cishe nganoma yisiphi isizathu.
Kukhona okuhlukile okubalulekile: Sekuvele akukho emthethweni ukuxosha umuntu ngezizathu zokucwasa, ubulili, noma zokukhetha iminyaka. Umthetho wezabasebenzi ubuye uvimbele abaqashi ukuthi baxoshe abasebenzi ngenxa yokwenza โumsebenzi obumbene,โ okusho ukuhlangana nozakwabo ukuze kuthuthukiswe izimo zokusebenza. Kodwa kunzima ukufakazela inhloso uma umphathi ekwazi Ngokomthetho akuxoshe ngoba akakuthandi izinwele zakho noma isimo sakho sengqondo.
Ngemithetho yezizathu ezifanele, edinga inqubo efanele yokunqanyulwa, โi-US izobe ibamba umhlaba wonke,โ kusho uPaul Sonn weNational Employment Law Project. "Ezifundazweni eziningi zaseCanada, e-UK, eMexico, eColombia, kunezinhlelo lapho udinga ukunikezwa khona isizathu esihle nesaziso kusenesikhathi, kanye nenkokhelo eqinisekisiwe yokuyekwa."
In izinhlolovo ezenziwe yi-NELP, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu baseMelika zicabanga ukuthi kufanele kube nemithetho efanayo evikela abasebenzi.
Uma kuphoqelelwa ngendlela efanele, ukuvikela okuyisizathu nje kunganikeza bonke abasebenzi ukuvikeleka okwengeziwe ukuze bakwazi ukumelana nezimo zokusebenza eziyingozi, ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, ubuxhwanguxhwangu, ukusheshisa, kanye nokwebiwa kwamaholo.
Kepha umthetho weDolobha laseNew York ukhombisa ukuthi ungasiza nabasebenzi abafuna inyunyana. โKuyasiza,โ kusho u-Locke. "Kuzomele usebenzise yonke inhlobo yezindlela ongazisebenzisa ukulwa nalezi zinkampani."
U-Locke uxoshwe ngenxa yokuqamba amanga udlame lwasemsebenzini kanye nokushoda kwengxenye yephrothokholi yokuhlola i-Covid. I-video yamqinisekisa ngecala lokuqala kanti elesibili laphulwa njalo ngaphandle kwemiphumela ngaphandle kwecala lakhe.
Inqubo yesikhalazo yayilula. Uthe wafaka amaphepha idolobha lakwenza okusele. I-Starbucks yagcina izinzile, kodwa hhayi ngaphambi kokuzama ukubeka u-Locke kwesinye isitolo. Wenqaba. Icala le-NLRB eliphikisa ukuxoshwa kwakhe lahoxiswa njengengxenye yesixazululo.
ISU LOKUDLA
Abaphathi be-Starbucks baxoshe abasebenzi abangama-200 phakathi negagasi lokuhlela elaqala eBuffalo, eNew York, ngoDisemba 2021. Kuze kube manje abasebenzi bafake izicelo zokuqashelwa kwenyunyana ezitolo ezingama-360 futhi bawina ngo-285.
I-Starbucks ayizange iqale ukuxosha abasebenzi ngaso leso sikhathi, ngokusho kukaCasey Moore, i-barista yaseBuffalo manje esebenzela i-Workers United, uphiko lwe-Service Employees (SEIU) esekela lo mkhankaso.
Kodwa ezinyangeni ezintathu kuqale inyunyana, wathi, abaphathi bezinkampani babona, โ'Oh, crap, sinenkinga enkulu lapha,' futhi benza izibalo lapho bathi, 'Hhayi-ke, sizozixosha lezi zisebenzi. Singase sibhekane nemiphumela yezomthetho, kodwa lokho akukubi njengenzuzo yokwethusa abasebenzi.โโ
NgoFebhuwari 8, 2022 abaphathi be-Starbucks eMemphis, eTennessee, babizela abasebenzi abayisikhombisa emihlanganweni ngayinye babaxosha bonke ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene, enye yazo okwakuwukuthi babenomhlangano nabezindaba esitolo.
UBeto Sanchez, ongomunye wabangu-7, uthe waphinde watshelwa ukuthi uyaxoshwa ngokwehluleka ukugqoka imaskhi ngesikhathi esemsebenzini - yize umthetho abawushoyo udinga imaski kuphela ngenkathi usebenza.
Abasebenzi baseMemphis babephumele obala ngomkhankaso wabo wenyunyana emasontweni amathathu edlule, ngoMartin Luther King Day. Ukudubula bekuklanyelwe ukumisa umkhankaso ngokususa iningi lekomidi elihlelayo.
Kodwa akuzange kusebenze. Yize iStarbucks iqashe inqwaba yabantu abasha, basavotela inyunyana, ephumelele kakhulu.
"Kwababuyisela emuva ngokuphelele," kusho uSanchez, umphathi weshifu. "I-Starbucks ibinethemba lokusebenzisa ukudubula kwethu njengendlela yokuqeda umlilo, ukwesabisa abantu ekuhleleni, kodwa esikhundleni salokho yaxosha abantu ukuthi bahlele nakakhulu."
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba abangu-7 benqanyuliwe, kusho uSanchez, babone izithombe zabasebenzi ezitolo ezikude bemasha bebhekise kubasi noma bephuma esitelekeni bephethe izimpawu ezithi โBuyisela iMemphis 7โ.
Okunye ukudubula kwenzeke ngemuva kwamavoti enyunyana, ukuthi ngabe inyunyana iwinile noma cha. UVictoria Conklin, obengumphathi weshifu esitolo i-East Robinson eBuffalo, waxoshwa ngoJuni 22, isonto ngemuva kokuba isitolo sakhe sivotele ukuthi sibumbane. Wahola uhambo lokuhamba ngolunye usuku ekuseni lapho asebenza nabo abayisithupha bememeza ngenxa ye-Covid. Ekuqaleni umphathi wakhe wayebavumele ukuthi bavale isitolo, kodwa wabe esehlehla wafuna ukuthi bagcwalise ama-oda eselula.
Abaphathi bathi u-Conklin uxoshwe ngokuba semuva kwemizuzu engama-30, kanye, emasontweni edlule. Uthe ubephuzile ngoba ubekhathele wukusebenza amashifu amaningi ekuseni kanye nama-clopens (avale ebusuku bese evula ekuseni). Wayecele kaningi uhlelo oluhlukile futhi enqatshelwa.
U-Conklin ulindele ukulalelwa kwe-NLRB maphakathi no-Ephreli, izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ngemuva kokudutshulwa kwakhe. Ukubambezeleka kungenxa yokuthi i-Starbucks "ilwa nathi ngaso sonke isikhathi," kusho uMoore.
UKUPHUMA IMILA ELILODWA
UJoselyn Chuquillanqui usalinde ubulungiswa, naye. Uxoshwe ngoJulayi 27, emasontweni amathathu ngemuva kukaLocke, ngenxa yokuthi ubengumholi emzamweni wokuhlela esitolo sakhe se-Starbucks eGreat Neck, ngaphandle nje kweNew York City. โNgisho nokungena imayela elilodwa ngaphezulu, ngabe nginesizathu sokungivikela,โ ephawula.
Isitolo sonke iGreat Neck sasayina amakhadi enyunyana futhi aphuma esidlangalaleni ngoFebhuwari 2022. Kodwa ngemva kokuba abaphathi benze umkhankaso ononya wokulwa nenyunyana, inyunyana yalahlekelwa ivoti elilodwa. Ngemuva kwalokho, โBengazi ukuthi [umphathi wami] ubezama ukungixosha futhi ubelindele ithuba,โ kusho uChuquillanqui. Ekugcineni waxoshwa ngenxa yokulahlekelwa ukhiye wakhe (wawubika futhi walandela umthetho olandelwayo) kanye nokuba semuva kwemizuzu embalwa.
Inqubo ye-NLRB inzima futhi isebenza kuphela uma abasebenzi bengafakazela ukuthi baxoshiwe ngokuthatha izinyathelo ezihlangene. Kuphinde kuncike emajajini angase ahlobane nabaphathi. Futhi ngokungafani nomthetho weDolobha laseNew York, akukho ukuhlinzekwa komonakalo wokujezisa abaqashi abangekho emthethweni, inkokhelo kuphela.
I-Starbucks iphinde ihlale iphikisana nezicelo zabasebenzi abaxoshwayo. UChuquillanqui kwadingeka alwe ukuze athole amasheke akhe okungasebenzi. "I-Starbucks izamile ukukhalaza kabili," kusho yena. "Babezama nje ukungiqeda ngezinsiza zami." Ekugcineni wasinqoba isicelo sakhe.
U-Conklin udlulise isinqumo esibi sokuntuleka kwemisebenzi futhi wagcina ephumelele, naye. Kepha uSanchez uthe iStarbucks ivimbe iMemphis 7 ukuthi ithole isinxephezelo sokungasebenzi.
IMVELAPHI EKULWENI NGO-$15
Umthetho we-Just Cause eNew York waqhutshwa yi-SEIU futhi walandelwa ngokunengqondo kusukela ku-Fight ngo-$15. Izinkampani zokudla okusheshayo eDolobheni laseNew York manje kudingeka zikhokhe u-$15 ngehora, kodwa zisafaka amashejuli angazinzile ezisebenzini zazo, zinganaki izinzuzo zeholo eliphezulu.
Ukuze kunqandwe ukuhlukumeza, i-SEIU mega-local 32BJ yasebenza nabasebenzi bokudla okusheshayo ukuze kuphase uMthetho Wesonto Lomsebenzi Wedolobha ngo-2017, odinga isaziso sangaphambi kwesikhathi samasonto amabili sezinguquko zeshejuli kanye nenkokhelo yeprimiyamu uma kukhona ukwephulwa komthetho. Imithetho efanayo iyasebenza eSan Francisco naseSeattle.
Iviki Lokusebenza Elilungile amaphosta ayadingeka kuwo wonke amajoyinti okudla okusheshayo. U-Locke uthe abaphathi bakhe "banethemba lokuthi akekho ozofunda iphosta." Ubalule asebenza nabo, kodwa noma uhlelo lwamaholo lubhalwe ngombala omnyama nomhlophe, bekungenye indaba ukuthi abaphathi bakhokhe.
Imali ibalulekile. Isibonelo, umthetho uhlinzeka ngo-$45 uma unikezwe ngaphansi kwesaziso seviki samahora ancishisiwe. Kukhona i-premium engu-$100 yokuvala, futhi ungakwazi ukwenqaba ukushintshwa. NgoSepthemba, uChipotle wavuma ukukhokha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-20 kuya ku-13,000 abasebenzi baseChipotle baseNew York City ngokwephula umthetho wamasonto onke. Abasebenzi kulolu chungechunge bahlela ngosizo oluvela ku-32BJ.
Umthetho we-Fast Food Just Cause owaphasiswa ngo-2021 wawuhloselwe ukunikeza abasebenzi isipele lapho befuna amalungelo abo okuhlela kanye nenkokhelo yeprimiyamu. Umthethosivivinywa futhi uhlinzeka ngezinhlawulo zokusikeka ngokuzenzakalelayo emahoreniโigebe kumthetho we-Fair Workweek.
Umthetho we-Just Cause uthi ngemva kokudlula isikhathi sakho sokuhlolwa kwezinsuku ezingu-30, ungaxoshwa kuphela ngemva kokuthola izexwayiso, ithuba lokuthuthuka, kanye nokuqeqeshwa kabusha. (Kukhona okuhlukile ezimeni lapho isisebenzi sibeka engozini ozakwabo noma umphakathi.) Futhi uma ukudubula kwakho kwakungalungile, ungabuyiselwa emsebenzini wakho ngenkokhelo eyimbuyiselo.
"Ukubuyiselwa kuyisihluthulelo sokwenza le mithetho ibe wusizo ekuhleleni," kusho uRand Wilson, ummeli osenesikhathi eside esebenzela iTeamsters yeDemocratic Union.
I-Montana yisona sifundazwe sase-US esinomthetho wesizathu. Abasebenzi abaxoshwe ngokungafanele lapho bangazuza iminyaka emine yokuhola futhi bathole izimali zomthetho, kodwa "abakaze babuyiselwe emsebenzini, ngakho isizathu sabo asisihle kangako," kusho uWilson. โUma ungamasha umuntu abuyele emsebenzini esexoshiwe, uzozizwa ehluke kakhulu ngenyunyana.โ
AMANDLA OKUBUYISWA
Lawo mandla abonakala ngesikhathi iMemphis 7 iwina ukubuyiselwa ngoSepthemba. Izenzo zeStarbucks bezimbi kangangokuthi i-NRLB yacela ijaji ukuthi likhiphe umyalelo wokuthi baphinde baqashwe kuyilapho ezinye izici zecala ziqhubeka ezinkantolo.
"Kuyajabulisa ukwazi ukuthi bakuthatha ngokungathi sรญna, futhi abalaleli ukukhala kwe-Starbucks," kusho uSanchez. Icala labo lokuhola emuva lisalindile.
Lapho bebuyiselwa, kusho uSanchez, kwaba nokugcwala kwefayela kwezinye izitolo, "ngoba abantu babonile, heyi, laba bantu babuyile imisebenzi."
U-Sanchez waphawula ukuthi i-NLRB ayinabasebenzi abambalwa, njengezitolo ze-Starbucks, futhi lokho kuholele ekubambezelekeni. Noma kunjalo, amacala aqhubekela phambili. โSiyawathola kancane kancane. Ngamunye wabo unezinsuku zakhe zasenkantolo. Sibalungele kakhulu ukuthi bonke babuyiselwe imisebenzi yabo.โ
E-Buffalo, u-Conklin uthe uma isinqumo sakhe se-NLRB sisivuna futhi unikezwa ukubuyiselwa emsebenzini, โNgingabuyela nakanjani. Ngifuna ukubabheka emehlweni: Angihambi, futhi akukho ongakwenza ngakho.โ
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