Izingcweti Zesizinda Esivelele? I-Union, IMisa Elizabalazayo. I-Town Take on Aerospace Giant
-Nov 19, 2010
3: 20 pm
By Roger Bybee
Isichibiyelo Sesihlanu sivumela ohulumeni basekhaya ukuthi balawule umhlaba wangasese ukuze "usetshenziswe umphakathi." Kodwa kaningi "inhloso yomphakathi" -njengoba ibonwa yi- INkantolo Ephakeme yase-United States-kuvele kube yinzuzo yangasese ethuthukisiwe. Isibonelo esivelele ukucekelwa phansi kweDetroit kwendawo yase-"Poletown" ngeminyaka yawo-1980 ukuze kuvuleke indawo yemboni yeGM exhaswe ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-350 emalini yomphakathi.
Kuze kube manje, izishoshovu zezabasebenzi ziye zafuna ukusebenzisa isizinda esivelele, kodwa zithole amathuba ambalwa amahle. Kepha ngesonto eledlule uMkhandlu Wedolobha waseTaunton, eMisa., I-United Electrical and Machinery Workers union, yasondela ekusebenziseni isizinda esivelele ngenjongo yangempela yomphakathi: uku yonga imisebenzi yokondla imindeni edolobheni lezimboni elidonsa kanzima labantu abangu-54,000. Emhlanganweni wawo owawungomhla ziyisi-9 kuLwezi, iningi lamalungu oMkhandlu azwakalise ukuseseka lesi sinyathelo, kodwa alibambezela ivoti elisemthethweni kwaze kwaba yisonto elizayo ukuze bathole umbono wezomthetho ngalolu daba.
I-UE ifakazela ukuthi isizinda esivelele siyithuluzi elingase lisetshenziswe abasebenzi nemiphakathi ngokumelene nokuhaha kwebhizinisi. Inyunyana ilwela ukusindisa imisebenzi eyi-100 emsebenzini i-aerospace kanye ne-defection giant Esterline technologies efuna ukucekela phansi, njengoba nami kubika ngo-September.
U-Esterline akanelisekile ukuvele avale isitshalo. Futhi ihlose ukuvimbela abasebenzi abanamakhono aphezulu ekuthengeni nasekusebenziseni imboni ngokwabo noma njengenkampani engaphansi yenye inkampani. I-Esterline imemezele ukuthi ayisazizwa ibophekile ezithembisweni zayo zangaphambili zokuvumela abasebenzi ilungelo lokuqala lokwenqaba ukuthenga imishini yalesi sikhungo.
Ephendula, amalungu e-UE Local 204 kanye nabalingani bawo banxenxe uMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseTaunton ukuthi ucele imfundiso yesizinda esivelele ukuze uvimbele u-Esterline ekuthengiseni amathuluzi ale mboni. I-Esterline ibeke indali ngoDisemba 14 ukuze kukhishwe yonke imishini engayifuni.
I-DOMAIN EMINENT NJENGOKUGCINA, AKUTHATHI
"Isizinda esivelele sivame ukubandakanya 'ukuthatha,' kodwa lokhu 'ukugcina,'" kusho uMongameli we-UE Eastern Region uPeter Knowlton ngemuva kwevoti loMkhandlu Wedolobha laseTaunton. "Sizama ukugcina umsebenzi osebenzayo usebenza futhi sihlinzeka ngemisebenzi."
"Sifake ulayini owayengumphathi wemboni ukuthi angenelele, futhi ungomunye wochwepheshe abaphambili kunabo bonke embonini," kusho u-Knowlton ngesikhathi ephawula imizamo yabasebenzi yokugcina imboni isebenza. "Sineqembu labasebenzi abanamava nabanekhono abafuna ukonga imisebenzi yabo. Yingakho sidinga isizinda esisezingeni eliphezulu ukuze sigweme ukuthengiswa kwezinto zokusebenza ngaphansi kwethu."
Lesi sitshalo, esenza izigxivizo ezikhethekile ze-silicone-rubber kanye nama-gaskets ezindiza zempi kanye nemboni yezindiza, besilokhu sinenzuzo ngokuqhubekayo, kodwa u-Esterline ufuna ukuhambisa imisebenzi ezitshalweni ezingezona inyunyana eMexico naseCalifornia.
U-Esterline, ozinze e-Bellevue, e-Wash., wathukuthela ngesikhathi inyunyana igcizelela ukuthi le nhlangano ithobela umthetho waseMassachusetts futhi inikeze uxhaso lwezinyanga ezintathu zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ngemuva kokudilizwa kwabasebenzi. Ekugcineni eqaphela ukuthi yayingeke ikwazi ukubalekela umthetho, ngemva kokuba leli phuzu liqhutshwe ekhaya nguSen. Marc Pacheco (D-Taunton) kanye nomlamuli wenhlangano, u-Esterline wayesayithola indlela yokuhlehla e-UE.
Ukuvala izindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo okugunyazwe ngokusemthethweni, u-Esterline uthe uzokwehlisa isamba sokuyekiswa kwezisebenzi - osekuvunyelwene ngakho ngaphambili - ngamaRandi ayi-143,000. "Bagcine bevumelene ngokulandela umthetho, kodwa base benciphisa isiphakamiso sabo sokuxoshwa," kusho uKnowlton ongakholwa. "Lokho akukho emthethweni ngoba kuyizingxoxo ezihlehlayo, ngakho sivula amacala [neNational Labour Relations Board.]
U-Esterline uphinde wabikela inyunyana ukuthi ayisenalo ilungelo lokuqala lokuthenga izinto zokusebenza zalesi sikhungo, ngoba le nkampani idinga ukubuyisela izindleko zokuyekwa ngokudayisa imishini kulowo othengwe kakhulu. "Empeleni, u-Esterline weba umsebenzi wabasebenzi abamelwe emshinini asebesebenze kuwo iminyaka," kusho u-Knowlton.
CISHE YIzigidi eziyi-120 zamaRandi EZINZUZO NGO-2009
I-UE ithola isidingo senkampani sale ndali sinengqondo njengoba i-Pentagon idinga ukubamba indali yokubhaka ukuze ixhase ukuhlasela okusha. U-Esterline akanakho ukushoda kwezimali, njengoba kuboniswa inkokhelo ye-CEO uRobert Cremin kanye nenzuzo ecishe ibe yizigidi eziyi-120 ngonyaka odlule.
Ngokusho kuka-CEO u-Paywatch, "Ngo-2009, [u-Esterline CEO] u-Robert W. Cremin wathola isinxephezelo esingu-$6,731,506 isiyonke. Uma kuqhathaniswa, isilinganiso sesisebenzi [sase-US] senza u-$32,048 ngo-2009. U-Robert W. Cremin wenze izikhathi ezingu-210 iholo elijwayelekile lomsebenzi."
Nakuba ezinye izinkampani eziningi zahlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho ngo-2009, u-Esterline wajabulela inzuzo yezigidi ezingu-119.8 zamaRandi ngo-$1.42 billion ekuthengisweni. Kodwa ngisho nenzuzo engaka akwanele; Umbiko wawo wonyaka uveza ukubaluleka kokunciphisa izindleko embonini yayo entsha eMexico: โAbaphathi bathathe izinyathelo zokunciphisa izindleko ezihlanganisa kodwa ezingagcini nje ngo ukusetha imisebenzi eMexico."
'KANI OKUNGABI NGALESI SITHOMBE?'
U-Esterline uphendule ukwesekwa nguMkhandlu weDolobha ngokusebenzisa isizinda esidumile ngokusabisa ngokuthi uzogodla iholo lokudilizwa kwabasebenzi, abanqanyulwa ngo-Okthoba 26.
Kodwa lokhu kusongela kubukeka sengathi kumelela elinye icala lika-Esterline lokuhoxisa imihlomulo eyayivele ivumelene ngayo, futhi ngokwephula umthetho wezabasebenzi.
Uma u-Esterline eqhubekela phambili nokuzama ukubamba indali, inyunyana ikholelwa ukuthi isimemezelo sesizinda esivelele soMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseTaunton sizoyivumela ukuthi iwine umyalelo oyisibopho ovimbela ukuthengiswa kwemishini, kusho u-Knowlton.
Kunyunyana kanye namalungu ayo, umzabalazo omelene ne-Esterline umayelana nokuvimbela ukucekelwa phansi okungenangqondo, okungenanjongo kokusebenza okusebenzayo-futhi ngakho, imisebenzi yokweseka imindeni eyanda eyanda.
"Ukonga imisebenzi kubonakala kuwumsebenzi kithi," kusho u-Knowlton. "Yini engalungile ngalesi sithombe lapho u-Esterline ehlose ukucekela phansi imisebenzi? Konakelephi ezweni lethu?"
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