[I-Crossposted kusukela I-Lefty yaseCanada Ezweni Elihlanziwe]
Ngisekela abasebenzi basezimayini base-USW Local 6500 abashaya i-Vale Inco. Ngiyabeseka ngezizathu eziningi, kodwa ngizokhuluma ngesinye: Ngiyabeseka ngoba sinesitha esisodwa. Ngicabanga ukuthi nawe kufanele ubeseke abagadli ngoba maningi amathuba okuthi leso sitha siyisitha sakho nawe.
Angisho ukuthi sinesitha esivamile ngoba ngisebenzela i-Vale Inco, noma iyiphi inkampani ephethwe yi-Vale Inco, nanoma iyiphi inhlangano yebhizinisi elikhulu elingabanikazi bayo. Ungalokothi, mhlawumbe ngeke.
Angisho ukuthi sinezitha ezivamile ngoba abantu abangebona abaseCanada ngibathatha njengesitha sami futhi ngithenga ulayini osetshenziswa ngabathile emphakathini ukuthi inkulu indaba yokuthi i-Inco ayisekho eCanada. Angikwenzi, neyodwa yalezo zinto. Impela, mhlawumbe kunendaba ukuthi inkampani enhle kakhulu yathengwa inkampani enkulu enamaphakethe ajulile okuzama ukuphula inyunyana. Kodwa ingabe ngokweqiniso ucabanga ukuthi abanikazi nabaphathi abazama ukwenza enye imali ngokusebenza kanzima kwakho noma okwami โโkunento yokwenza neqiniso lokuthi abanye balabo banikazi nabaphathi bahlala eBrazil? Awuzikhumbuli izinto ezimbi i-Inco eyazenza kubasebenzi bayo nasemphakathini wethu ngesikhathi iphethwe futhi iphethwe abantu baseCanada abacebile? Ingabe ucabanga ngobuqotho ukuthi amaholo amahle, izinzuzo eziqinile, ibhonasi ye-nickel, amalungelo aphezulu ajatshulelwa abavukuzi base-Sudbury anikezwa abanikazi benhliziyo enhle baseCanada kunokuba anqobe imizabalazo yezinyo nezinzipho phakathi namashumi eminyaka ngabantu abavamile abasebenzayo. ngokumelene labo abanikazi? Cha, angicabangi ukuthi ubuzwe bunomsebenzi omningi, bubodwa, ukuthi umuntu ungumngane noma uyisitha.
Cha, ngithi sinesitha esivamile ngoba izimfuno ezenziwa yi-Vale Inco kanye nesimo esivumela inkampani ukuthi yenze lezo zidingo akukona nje okungahleliwe, hhayi nje inkampani eyodwa embi, kodwa ingxenye yephethini.
Emhlabeni jikelele kusukela ngawo-1970, kodwa eCanada ikakhulukazi kusukela ngawo-1990, abacebile nabanamandla - izinkampani kanye nezigidigidi nokunye okunjalo - bebelokhu benqoba izimpi ukuze bacebe nakakhulu futhi babe namandla, ngokulahlekelwa abantu abavamile [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]. Njengoba bekwenzile lokhu, bakhulume kakhulu "ngenkululeko" sengathi baqonde wonke umuntu, kodwa kuvele ukuthi isebenza eqenjini labantu abakhethiwe, futhi iningi lethu, ikakhulukazi okubi kakhulu, ligcina liningi. kancane mahhala. Baphinde bakhuluma "ngokuchuma," njengokungathi lezi zinguquko zizoveza ukukhula komnotho okunamandla okungasisiza sonke. Kuvele ukuthi, ngisho ngokwemibandela yabo, lokhu kungamanga - kunezindawo zokukhula lapha nalaphaya, kodwa ukukhula komnotho womhlaba bekulokhu kuphansi ngokuqhubekayo kunangaphambi kokuba lokhu kuhlasela kuqale. Obekulokhu kungaguquki, ukuthi abacebile bebeceba kakhulu kuwo wonke umhlaba, abanamandla kakhulu, nabampofu, abampofu kakhulu [7].
Lokhu kuhlaselwa kwabantu abajwayelekile sekuthathe izindlela eziningi ezahlukene. Izinguquko emsebenzini ukuze imisebenzi eminingi ibe ngamaholo amancane futhi ibe sengozini. Ukuncishiswa kwezenhlalakahle, kanye nezinguquko zokulawula ukwenza uhlelo lwezenhlalakahle lube lubi kakhulu, olucindezela abantu emisebenzini engathandeki, engaphephile, ekhokhelwa kancane, engavikelekile, engeyona eyenyunyana - okungukuthi, yenza umsebenzi ushibhe. Ukuhlaselwa kwezinyunyana, okunomthelela ofanayo. Inciphisa izinhlelo zokuxhumana. Ukwenziwa kwezinkampani ezizimele, ukuze izinto ezake zenziwa ukuze kusizwe umphakathi, okungenani ngokombono, ziphathwe ukuze abantu abambalwa benze imali. Bekunokuningi okungalungile ngendlela izinto ebezisebenza ngayo ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale lokhu kuhlasela, kodwa manje sekubi kakhulu.
Izinto uVale Inco azama ukuzenza ku- izimfuno benziwe bafanelana ngokuphelele naleli phethini. Bafuna ukukhipha imali ezandleni zabasebenzi ngokwenza ibhonasi yokukhiqiza lapho inkampani yenza kahle kakhulu ukuze abasebenzi bayithole, futhi lokho bakwenze inzuzo kubanikazi nabaphathi abacebile - Inzuzo engu-$4.1 billion lokho i-Vale Inco eyenziwe kusukela e-Ontario phakathi kuka-2006 no-2008 kwakunganele, ngokusobala. Bafuna ukushintsha kakhulu indlela izimpesheni ezisebenza ngayo kubaqashi abasha. Esikhundleni sokubeka izimpilo nempilo yabo engcupheni ngokwenza umsebenzi oyingozi iminyaka engamashumi amathathu noma amane futhi bazi ukuthi bazokwazi ukujabulela abazukulu babo ngokuthula nokuvikeleka, abaqashwa abasha bazoba nezimpesheni lapho kukhokhwa khona inani lemali kodwa kuphuma malini. kuncike enhlanhleni, "ekutheni izimakethe zisebenza kanjani" - okuningi ngomvuzo omayelana nomzamo. Inkampani ifuna ukuxova izikhundla eziphezulu, okuhambisana nephethini ngoba imayelana nabaphathi abaqhubeka belawula inqubo yomsebenzi kubasebenzi egameni lokusebenza kahle kanye nokuvumelana nezimo, akusho lutho uma konakalisa izimpilo zabantu.
Le ndlela yokwenza izinto, le ndlela yokuhlela indlela umhlaba osebenza ngayo, nabacebile nabanamandla abahlomula ngayo, bahlasela abasebenzi baseVale Inco, njengoba nje behlasela abantu emhlabeni wonke. (Kungase kusize ukuyiqamba igama. Abanye abantu bayibiza ngokuthi โi-neoliberalism.โ Iqembu labalimi bomdabu eMexico elibizwa ngokuthi amaZapatista, elanquma ukuthi ngeke lisakwazi ukuliqamba, libize umzabalazo womhlaba wonke wokulwa nalesi simiso. kanye nesistimu eyenza kube nokwenzeka "impi yezwe yesine".)
Ngibona abavukuzi abatelekile njengabantu abajwayelekile njengami, njengani, njengeningi labantu engibaziyo, abenza okuwukuphela kwento eke yenze abantu nezikhungo ezenza i-neoliberalism yenzeke bahlale phansi baqaphele: basukume ndawonye bathi. "Cha!" Lapho sithola izindlela zokuma ndawonye, โโyilapho "Cha!" kuzoba njalo, futhi kuzoba ngcono amathuba ethu okuguqula isimo ukuze sifinyelele endaweni lapho abantu abavamile bethola khona izwi eliwujuqu elithi "Yebo!" empeleni kwenzeka.
Ngokusho lokhu, ngiyabona ukuthi phakathi kwenani elikhulu labantu izimpilo zabo ezihlaselwa yilezi zinguquko, abavukuzi basesimweni esihle kakhulu. Banempilo enhle abayivikelayo, okuyinto ngisho nase-Sudbury abantu abaningi abangenayo, kuvumeleke emhlabeni jikelele. Banezwi elihlangene, inyunyana yabo, abangayisebenzisa ukusukuma bathi "Cha!", okuyinto abaningi bethu abaswele. Inqubo yabantu abacebile ukwenza imali incike ngokwanele kubo ukuthi okungenani banamandla amancane okugadla (hah!) babuyele ohlelweni olubahlaselayo. Kunabantu abaningi, abaningi - ezindaweni ezigciniwe, ezindaweni ezimpofu, ebudlelwaneni obuhlukumezayo, ekugqilazweni okuphoqelelwe umbuso waseCanada okuza nokuba 'abasebenzi bokufika', emigwaqweni, njalonjalo - ebhekene nokuhlaselwa okunamandla okunezinsiza ezimbalwa zezinto ezibonakalayo kanye namathuba ambalwa okumelana. Kodwa angicabangi ukuthi lokho kusho ukuthi akufanele seseke abagadli ngamandla esiwashiyile emzabalazweni wethu wokuphila nenkululeko - kusho ukuthi kufanele silindele ukuthi i-Local 6500 izoshintsha izindlela zayo kancane futhi ibambe iqhaza kakhulu. ekusekeleni imizabalazo eholwa abanye abantu abaningi abahlaselwa yi-neoliberalism.
Akusho futhi ukuthi anginayo imibuzo. Sonke isenzo sezimayini zezimboni eSudbury sifanelwe imibuzo ebucayi. Kungani le nickel yebiwa mihla namalanga esizweni somdabu esiphethe umhlaba ngokufanelekile? Kungani i-Sudbury inothe kangaka ngezinsiza zemvelo kodwa, ngaphandle kwabavukuzi ngokwabo kanye nongqimba lochwepheshe edolobheni, indawo impofu kakhulu? Kungani lokho kuyiphethini evamile emadolobheni anezimayini kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika? Kungani iqembu lezazi zemvelo ezibucayi, ezicophelelayo zibuza inkulumo-ze elawulwa yinkampani futhi liphakamisa ukuthi ukudla okutshalwe edolobheni laseSudbury naseCopper Cliff kungase kube yingozi ngenxa yokungcoliswa kwensimbi emhlabathini, futhi kukhona, kuze kube manje okungenani, akukho okusobala esingakwenza ukuze silungise inkinga noma senze inkampani iziphendulele? Ngize ngibe nemibuzo ngobuholi bezinyunyana - imibuzo mayelana nokuthi kuyisinyathelo esihle yini ukunxenxa ubuzwe baseCanada, nokuthi inyunyana yemboni enamandla kakhulu ingahlobana kanjani neminye imizabalazo eminingi emelene nesitha sethu sonke.
Lena, ukulungisa enye inkulumo evela kumaZapatista, imibuzo okudingeka siyibuze ngenkathi sihamba. Nokho zonke ziyaphendulwa, isitha sethu esivamile sihlasela abasebenzi base-Vale Inco khona manje, futhi ngabo ihlasela iSudbury iyonke. Ngakho kubalulekile ukweseka abagadli. Futhi yingakho ngibeseka.
Nokho, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, angiqiniseki Kanjani ukubasekela, ngale kokuvela nokuba yibhodi emicimbini yomphakathi. Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi izinto eziwusizo kakhulu kufanele zibe nokwenzeka. Mhlawumbe "kanjani" ngomunye umbuzo okudingeka sikhulume ngawo ngenkathi siya phambili ndawonye.
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