IWEBHU KUPHELA// IZICI ยป JANUARY 14, 2013
Ubani ozongena esikhundleni sika-Hilda Solis?
UNobhala Wezabasebenzi olandelayo kufanele abe ummeli onolakaโfuthi okubaluleke nakakhulu, kufanele anikezwe inkululeko.
Ngabe unobhala uzotshelwa ukuthi ahole icala lokungalingani? Ngabe unobhala uzonikezwa umsebenzi wokulwela ukuvuselelwa kwamalungelo obulungu bezinyunyana anyathelwe kangaka emashumini ambalwa eminyaka edlule?
Ngesikhathi u-Hilda Solis emangaza abaningi abangaphakathi ememezela ngesonto eledlule ukuthi usezokwehla esikhundleni sokuba nguNobhala Wezabasebenzi, uthole ukubuyekezwa okubuhlungu kubaholi bezabasebenzi ngomsebenzi wakhe eminyakeni emine edlule.
Esitatimendeni esisesidlangalaleni, uMongameli we-AFL-CIO u-Rich Trumka udunyisweUSolis - uLatina wokuqala ukuba nesikhundla kuKhabhinethi yase-US - "ngasohlangothini lwemindeni esebenzayo" futhi wamchaza njengesikhulu seKhabhinethi "esikhuluma kanzima futhi esisebenza kanzima ekuqiniseni umthetho, ezokuphepha emsebenzini, ukwephulwa kwamaholo namahora nokunye. ezinye izinkonzo eziningi ezibalulekile.โ I-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) wathi USolis usebenze โnjengomsekeli ongantengantengi wamalungelo abasebenzi kanye โฆ nomfanekiso wohlobo lwezisebenzi zikahulumeni ezidingwa izwe lethu.โ UMongameli we-IAM Machinists uTom Buffenbarger wabingelela USolis njengomholi womphakathi โowamela ngentshiseko nangobuqotho amalungelo abasebenzi ngesikhathi sokuwohloka okubi kakhulu komnotho kusukela ngesikhathi sokuwohloka okukhulu kwezomnotho.โ
Omunye umholi wezabasebenzi, nokho, ocele ukungadalulwa, uyalandisa Kulezi zikhathi ukuthi ubuholi bakhe โbebungaqinile.โ Kodwa waze wakugcizelela ukuthi uSolis wayecindezelwe wukubekelwa eceleni umsebenzi kweWhite House. โUkusibiza ngokuthi sikhishwe inyumbazane kungaba ihaba elibiโkubi kakhulu kunalokho,โ ephefumulela phezulu.
Noma ngabe ngubani uMongameli u-Obama amqoka ukuba angene esikhundleni sikaSolis kuzodingeka afune ukwesekwa yi-White House eyayizamazama ngezinye izikhathi eyavimba eminye yemizamo ka-Solis, njenge befuna ukumisa imithetho esebenzayo yokuphepha izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-16 eziqashwe ngokusemthethweni emapulazini. Nginomfundi wase-Wall Street u-Jack Lewโobani kubonisiwe imizwa yakhe emelene nenyunyana ngenkathi eyisikhulu eNyuvesi yaseNew York futhi ubelokhuibhujiswe nguSen Bernie Sanders ngokuqhelelana kwakhe nezidingo zabantu abasebenzayo-ethatha isikhundla esibalulekile sikaNobhala Wezezimali, uNobhala Wezabasebenzi omusha angase abhekane nezithiyo ezintsha ekusebenzeni ne-White House. Ukulwa okunjalo kungaba nemiphumela emibi: Ngemuva kwehlandla lokuqala likaMengameli uClinton, umngani wakhe wesikhathi eside uNobhala Wezabasebenzi uRobert Reich wayesezolahlekelwa ukungqubuzana kwenqubomgomo mayelana namandla ebhizinisi noNobhala woMgcinimafa wezepolitiki uRobert Rubin owabumba kakhulu izinqubomgomo zezomnotho zikaClinton futhi wagcina esephelile. ehamba. (Mayelana nezisusa zikaSolis zokushiya kungazelelwe eMnyangweni Wezabasebenzi, umholi wezabasebenzi osondelene naye kule minyaka engama-25 edlule akatholakalanga. Abanye baye baqagela ukuthi uhlela ukugijimela i-LA County Board of Supervisors.)
Ozongena esikhundleni sikaSolis naye uzobhekana nezimpi ngokwandayo okwedlulele futhi okungaguquki AmaRiphabhulikhi alahla wona kanye umbono wezinyunyana zabasebenzi, ngokungafani nabaholi be-GOP abadlule njengoRonald Reagan, okwathi ngesikhathi uMongameli we-Screen Actors Guild empeleni. ukhankase ngokumelene ne-Taft-Hartley Act emelene nenyunyana.
Khonamanjalo, abantu abasebenzayo bamdinga kakhulu uNobhala Wezabasebenzi ozosebenza ngokungenamahloni njengezwi lamalungelo abasebenzi futhi abe nesibindi sokugxeka ukungalingani okwandayo, kusho uChris Townsend, umqondisi wezenzo zezombusazwe ongagunci we-United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). "NgoNobhala omusha wezabaSebenzi, thina kwezabasebenzi sidinga ukuphuma emqondweni webhizinisi njengenjwayelo, futhi sikhathazeke ngokunganiki amaRiphabhlikhi noma yini azokhononda ngayo kanye nokuphoqelela imithetho yezabasebenzi kangcono kunamaRepublican," kusho u-Townsend. Kulezi zikhathi. โOqokwayo kumele aqonde ukuthi abasebenzi bayamdinga ummeli ngoba sisuke sibambene ngezingqondo. Intshisekelo yesizwe isengcupheni. Sibona ukulahleka kwamaholo okwenza abantu baphile impilo ehloniphekile, bangafi besebancane. Izinkampani zichitha amandla okuthenga abathengi, amashumi ezigidi zabantu abasebenzayo awanakwa, futhi sibhekene nokuhlupheka nosizi uma kukhona okungenziwa. Ngokunciphisa amaholo nangokufuna ikhefu lentela, izinhlangano zidla imbewu yekusasa leMelika.โ
Ngempela, ubuchopho bezisebenzi โbayashaywaโ ezintweni eziningana ezibalulekile. Ngisho njengoba izinkampani zibika izinzuzo eziphezulu, basempini evuthayo yokwehlisa amaholo. Cishe amaphesenti angama-60 emisebenzi emisha edaliwe kusukela ngo-2010 asenayo iholo elincane elimaphakathi elingu-$7.69 kuya ku-$13.83 ngehora. Futhi U-Robert Reich uthe ukuthi amaholo anamuhla ezinga lokungena ezisebenzini ezikhiqizayo avame ukulingana nalawo asemkhakheni wesevisi. Ngo-2010, amaphesenti angama-93 ayo yonke inzuzo engenayo bakhishwe ngo-1%. I izindlela zokusabalalisa kabusha ezikhuphukayo ukuthi ama-80% aphansi aphethe amaphesenti angu-7 kuphela omcebo wezezimali wezwe (inani eliphelele elibiza ukukhishwa kwenani lekhaya lomuntu) kuyilapho abacebe kakhulu u-1% bengamaphesenti angama-42.
Khonamanjalo, abasebenzi balahlekelwa amalungelo emsebenzini. Ngo-2005, isibonelo, balinganiselwa ku-31,358 abasebenzi abaxoshwa ngokungekho emthethweni ngenxa yokuzwelana kwabo nenyunyana, ngokusho kombhali wezabasebenzi kanyeIsimo Sezinyunyana umbhali uPhilip M. Dine. Ngokuhambisana nokudutshulwa, izinhlangano zephula umthetho ngesibindi emikhankasweni ende, eqhubekayo yokusabisa kanye nezinsongo zokuthuthwa kwemisebenziโeqondiswa abeluleki abahola kakhulu abaxosha izinyunyanaโcishe njalo lapho kuvela ukumeleleka kwezinyunyana.
Kube nethemba elikhulu ekuphasisweni koMthetho Wokukhetha Kwabasebenzi, owawuzonciphisa kakhulu imikhankaso yokuhlanganisa izinyunyana ngokuvumela ukumelwa okusekelwe eningini lezisebenzi ezisayina amakhadi okugunyazwa. Kepha i-EFCA yabuna ngokushesha ngaphansi kokunxeshezelwa okungapheli yibhizinisi. (UTownsend uyatshela Kulezi zikhathi ukuthi ngasekupheleni kuka-2008, abagqugquzeli bezinkampani eWashington bahlukanisa isikhathi sabo phakathi kokufuna ukutakulwa kukahulumeni kwamafemu abo kuzozuzisa umphakathi futhi bafuna ukuthi uhulumeni ofanayo unqabele abasebenzi ilungelo lokuhlangana ngokubeka i-EFCA emashalofini).
Abasebenzi base-US abagcinanga ngokuphumelela ngaphandle kwe-EFCA yombuso, kodwa ezingeni likahulumeni, Ilungelo lidlule emthethweni โwokusebenzaโ Indiana futhi ngo Michigan ngonyaka odlule. Ngokuphambene nokuvezwa kwabezindaba okwandile, imithetho enjalo โayivikeliโ abasebenzi ekuphoqweni ukuthi bajoyine izinyunyana, into engenakwenzeka ngokomthetho. Eqinisweni, le mithetho ivimbela izinyunyana ekuqoqeni izinkokhelo zobulungu noma izinkokhelo ezifanayo kubasebenzi abahlomulayo ekumeleleni, njengoba nje nomthetho wombuso ufuna izinyunyana zimelele wonke umsebenzi ofanelekayo endaweni yokusebenzela, zibavikele ekujezisweni ngokungafanele futhi zibone ukuthi zonke zithola izinzuzo. yezingxoxo zezinyunyana ezibizayo.
UNobhala Wezabasebenzi ozayo unethuba lokusebenza njengezwi likanembeza kubo bobabili abaphathi kanye nomphakathi ngalezi zindaba. Uzoba ne-megaphone ukukhumbuza iMelika ngenselelo enkulu yokuziphatha edalwe umphakathi lapho cishe zonke izinzuzo zokuzikhandla kwabasebenzi baseMelika, ukuzidela okungapheli, nokukhiqiza okukhulayo kugelezela phezulu kuma-CEO, abatshalizimali abakhulu namanye amalungu ezomnotho. elite. UNobhala Wezabasebenzi futhi usesimweni esihle sokuphikisa inkulumo-ze โyokusebenzaโ futhi agcizelele ukuthi leyo mithetho ilibukela phansi kanjani ilungelo lokuhlela nokugcina izinyunyana ezizimele eziqukethwe kuMthetho Kazwelonke Wezobudlelwane Bezemisebenzi ka-1935. Ngokukhethekile, i-UE's Townsend iphakamisa , uNobhala Wezabasebenzi angahola i-moral crusade ukuphoqa izinkampani ukuba ukubuyisela izinhlelo zempesheni zendabuko eziqinisekisa abasebenzi ukuthi bazothatha umhlalaphansi okuphephile, esikhundleni sama-akhawunti we-shakier 401K nezinye izikimu.
Ukukhetha kuka-Obama uNobhala omusha wezabaSebenzi kuzokhuluma kakhulu ngobuqotho bakhe. Abaningi babantu abafaneleka kakhuluโnjengabanjalo Iziphakamiso zikaDavid Macaray ze UDennis Kucinich, uRandi Weingarten, uJohn Perez, uDonald Fehr, no-Alan Rosenberg-bazodinga ukuthi u-Obama asebenzise inhloko-dolobha enkulu yezepolitiki, njengoba babonwa eBeltway "njengabamelene nebhizinisi" kakhulu futhi bazimisele kakhulu ukuthi bangacatshangelwa. .
Kepha okubaluleke ngokufanayo kuzoba yisethi yemisebenzi u-Obama ayibekela unobhala. Ngabe unobhala uzotshelwa ukuthi ahole icala lokungalingani? Ngabe unobhala uzonikezwa umsebenzi wokulwela ukuvuselelwa kwamalungelo obulungu bezinyunyana anyathelwe kangaka emashumini ambalwa eminyaka edlule?
Izinkulumo zomkhankaso ka-Obama wokhetho kabusha mayelana nokungalingani kukhuthaza ithemba elithile: In inkulumo yomkhankaso kaZibandlela wezi-2011 e-Osawatomie, e-Kan., u-Obama ubize ukungalingani kwezomnotho โnjengendaba echazayo yesikhathi sethu.โ Kodwa ukubhekisisa irekhodi langempela lika-Obama kuyadabukisa. Uhlelo luka-Obama lwezomnotho lulonke lusekelwe ekuthuthukiseni โukuncintisanaโ kwe-US, ngokunganaki kangako ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kwezinyunyana kuye kwadambisa kanjani amaholo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Obama unakho kukhishwe izigxeko zakhe zango-2008 zokukhishwa kwemisebenzi kanye nalokho okubizwa ngezivumelwano โzohwebo lwamahhalaโ, ngokwanga ngokuyisisekelo the izinqubomgomo ze-pro-offshoring ukuthi wake wakulahla ngesikhathi uMitt Romney ezibeka embukisweni.
Ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi u-Obama uzonikeza uNobhala Wezabasebenzi iqoqo lamaphuzu okukhuluma akhuthaza ukuqeqeshwa komsebenzi njengento engenampikiswanoโfuthi ikakhulukazi engasebenziโisixazululo sekhwalithi ewohlokayo kanye nokushabalala ngokuphelele kwemisebenzi okwake kwasekela imikhaya yase-US. U-Obama cishe uzophinde athumele uNobhala wakhe Wezabasebenzi ukuthi aveze izinzuzo umkhuba "wokufuna imali". lokho kuhlala -ngabazayo, uma kungenjalo ngokuphelele ucabanga.
Ngempela, ukuma kukaNobhala Wezabasebenzi olandelayo mayelana nezivumelwano zokuhwebelana kwamanye amazwe kungase kunikeze isivivinyo sokuqala se-litmus sokuthi yimiphi imiyalo yokumasha ayitholile evela ku-Obama White Houseโnokuthi unobhala omusha uzizwa ebophekile yini kuleyo miyalo. Kufanele aqale ngokushumayela izinzuzo ezicatshangwayo zesitayela se-NAFTA ze-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)-okuzokwenza empeleni ukukhuthaza ukwanda kwemisebenzi yase-US emazweni ampofu, ahola kancane njengeVietnam nePeruโkhona-ke abasebenzi bangase bangakwazi ukubheka eMnyangweni Wezabasebenzi ukuze bathole ukwesekwa okukhulu kule minyaka emine ezayo.
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