Nge-Massey Energy Execs Cutting Deals, Ingabe I-Don Yezwe Lamalahle Ekugcineni Izobhekana Nesikhathi?
UDon Blankenship, owayeyi-CEO yeMassey Energy owaduma kakhulu ngokufuna inzuzo elimaza abasebenzi, kuze kube manje akakajeziswa ngesenzo sakhe esikhulu. โukubulawa kwezimboni," njengoba i-United Mine Workers of America ichaze ukuqhuma kwangomhla zi-5 kuMbasa, 2010 emayini ye-Upper Big Branch ephethwe yi-Massey e-Montcoal, W. Va. okwabulala abavukuzi abangu-29.
U-Blankenship uphoqeleke ukuthi ehle esikhundleni ngemuva kwenhlekelele kodwa wahamba no-a โparachute yegolideโ kanokusho okuhlanganisa u-$2.7 million ngesikhathi ethatha umhlalaphansi, enye i-$10 million eyakhokhwa ngo-2011, izigidi ezengeziwe yisinxephezelo esihlehlisiwe, indlu yamahhala yokuphila, ukuhlinzekwa komshwalense wezempilo, unobhala nezinye izinzuzo.
U-Blankenship nezinye izikhulu eziphezulu zaseMassey benqabile ukufakaza phambi kwamakomiti kahulumeni nawezifundazwe aphenya ngale nhlekelele, mhlawumbe bekholelwa ukuthi bangakwazi ngempumelelo abaphenyi bodonga lwamatshe ngokwenza ikhodi yokuthula ye-Mafia eyaziwa ngokuthi โi-omerta.โ Ivikelwe futhi ukunqunywa okuqinile โkobadali bemisebenziโ njengo-Blankenship kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamadimoni kwemithetho evikela izimpilo zabasebenzi โnjengemithetho eyeqile,โ i-CEO yaseMasseyโngokuzethemba kwe-mafioso yaseSicilian yakudalaโngokudelela. kusho, โNgicabanga kahle ukuthi ngikwazi okwenzekile nokuthi umphumela uzoba yini, ngakho angisenandaba nophenyo. Ngicabanga ukuthi ingemuva kwethu kakhulu.โ
Kodwa-ke, ukugwetshwa ngoLwesine olwedlule kwesikhulu saseMassey uGary May-owavuma ukusebenzisana neziphathimandla ukuze athole isigwebo sakhe esincane-kungase kubangele uBlankenship akhathazeke kakhulu. Ukulahlwa yicala kungaba yisinyathelo sokuqala emzileni oholela ngqo ku-Blankenship.
UMay, owayengaphansi kweBlankenship, ugwetshiwe ukuze 21 izinyanga ejele kanye nenhlawulo engu-$20,000 ngokwakha uzungu. Uvumile ukuthi wayala inkampani esebenza ngogesi ukuthi ivale i-methane monitor emshinini wokumba ukuze iqhubeke nokusika amalahle ngaphandle kokucisha okuzenzakalelayo. I-NPR imibiko ukuthi uMay "waphinde wavuma icala lokukhohlisa abahloli bezokuphepha ezimayini zikahulumeni kanye nokufihla ukwephulwa kwezokuphepha."
Njengoba i-monitor ye-methane ivaliwe, ukunqwabelana kwentuthu ye-methane eguquguqukayo evela othulini lwamalahle ekugcineni kuholele ekuqhumeni okunamandla eGatsheni Eliphezulu Kangangoba kwahamba amakhilomitha ayisikhombisa ngaphansi komhlaba futhi kwabulala izisebenzi ezingama-29.
Kodwa mancane amathuba okuthi uMay ubezenzela uma evala imigudu yezokuphepha. U-Don Blankenship "wayeyi-CEO ebhalwe kahle ukuphathwa kwayo okuncane," njengoVicki Smith.kubika kwe-Associated Press. "Egatsheni Eliphezulu Elikhulu, ngokwesibonelo, i-Blankenship ifuna imibiko yokukhiqiza njalo ngemizuzu engama-30."
Owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu saseMassey, uDavid Hughart, okungenzeka ukuthi ubhekene namacala anzima ngeqhaza lakhe ekwandeni kwezingozi zokuphepha ezimayini zaseMassey, naye uvumile ukubambisana. Ubufakazi buka-Hughart bungase bube bucayi ekugcineni i-Blankenship ibambe iqhaza, kuphawula uPhil Smith, umqondisi wezokuxhumana we-United Mine Workers of America, kokuthi Working In These Times. โUmthwalo wobufakazi ukuthi [abashushisi bomfelandawonye] badinga ukufakazela isiqondiso sikaBlankenship kanye noma ulwazi lwemizamo kaMassey yokubalekela umthetho. NginoHughart, kungokokuqala ukuthi noma ngubani abheke ezingeni lemayini futhi abheke izinga lebhizinisi.โ
Ubufakazi bukaHughart bungase bube buhlungu kuBlankenship. Ngokuvumelana ne i-AP:
UHughart uzimisele ngokuwavuma amacala amabili okwakha uzungu angadonsa iminyaka eyisithupha ejele. โฆ Abashushisi bathi u-Hughart usebenze nabasebenzisana nabo abangadalulwanga ngamagama ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abavukuzi e-White Buck kanye nezinye, imisebenzi ephethwe yi-Massey engaziwa bathola isexwayiso kusengaphambili mayelana nokuhlolwa okumangazayo kombuso izikhathi eziningi phakathi kuka-2000 no-March 2010. Lezo zixwayiso ezingekho emthethweni zanikeza abasebenzi isikhathi sokufihla ukuphila kwabo engozini. ukwephulwa komthetho obekungaholela ekukhohliseni, izinhlawulo kanye nokuvalwa okumba eqolo, kusho iziphathimandla.
Imizamo enjalo yokugwema imithetho yezokuphepha yezwe neyenhlangano yayigcwele eMassey. Uphenyo olusemthethweni lwesifunda saseWest Virginia olwenziwa ngu-J. Davitt McAteer, owayengumqondisi we-Federal Mine Health and Safety Administration, lwaphetha ngokuthi:
Inhlekelele yase-Upper Big Branch idalwe umuntu futhi ibingavinjelwa ukuba i-Massey Energy ilandele izinqubo zokuphepha eziyisisekelo, ezihlolwe kahle futhi ezifakazelwe ngokomlandoโฆ.UMassey ubonise isimo sengqondo senkampani esibeke umfutho wokukhiqiza amalahle ngaphezu kokuphepha kwezisebenzi.
Ukuthatheka ngenzuzo nokukhiqiza kwaboniswa imemo ye-Blankenship eyakhuthaza abasebenzi ukuthi bangazinaki izivikelo zokuphepha ezidla isikhathi futhi esikhundleni salokho bagxile โekuqhubeni amalahleโ: โLe memo iyadingeka kuphela ngoba sibonakala singaqondi ukuthi amalahle akhokha izikweletu. โ
Lo mqondo, uMcAteer unqume embikweni wakhe, ukufakwa lokho akubiza ngokuthi โi-normalization of devianceโ:
Iningi lezingqapheli ezihlosiwe lingathola kungamukelekile ukuthi abasebenzi bangene emanzini afika entanyeni noma bahlale belokhu becijwa ngohlelo lokungena komoya - wona kanye umzila wabo wokuphila emayini engaphansi komhlaba.
Imikhuba efana nalena ingaba khona kuphela endaweni yokusebenza lapho okuphambukile sekujwayelekile, futhi ubufakazi buphakamisa ukuthi inani elikhulu lemikhuba ephambukayo yaba ngokwejwayelekile emayini ye-Upper Big Branch.
Lokhu kulungiswa okuhlanekezelwe kwenzuzo ngenani lokuphila komuntu kwaholela ekuphepheni okubi kanye nerekhodi lemvelo leMassey Energy ngokujwayelekile kanye nemayini ye-Upper Big Branch ikakhulukazi, njenge-New York Times. kubika:
Amarekhodi kahulumeni akhombisa ukuthi imayini ye-Upper Big Branch iqophe izinga lokulimala elibi kunesilinganiso sikazwelonke semisebenzi efanayo okungenani iminyaka eyisithupha ye-10 edlule. Amarekhodi aphinde akhombise ukuthi imayini yaba nokwephulwa kwemithetho engama-458 ngo-2009, kanye nesamba esingu-$897,325 sezijeziso zokuphepha ezahlolwa ngokumelene nayo ngonyaka odlule. Ikhokhe u- $168,393 ezijezisweni zokuphepha......
Izinhlawulo ezinjalo, eziklanyelwe ukuqondisa ukuziphatha kukaMassey, zazilingana namathikithi okupaka enkampani enkulu yamalahle. Ukuze avimbe abaphikisi bakhe, u-Blankenship waphishekela isu elinonya nelingapheli lokunikeza uMassey Coal amandla aphelele emsebenzini, embonini yamalahle nakwezombusazwe zesifunda. ''Kusukela ngosuku lokuqala akwazi ngalo, u-Don waqala ukuxosha izinyunyana,'' kusho uMongameli we-United Mine Workers uCecil Roberts. "Ubesebenza kahle kulokho, ngakho manje uDon uzama ukwelula ukufinyelela kwakhe ezweni lonke kwezepolitiki."
Ithonya le-Blankenship esifundeni kungaba nzima ukulibeka ihaba. I-New York Timesimibiko ukuthi abaholi bezabasebenzi bayamtusa ngokunciphisa ukuhlangana kwezinyunyana kubavukuzi bamalahle kusuka kumaphesenti angama-95 kuya ngaphansi kwamaphesenti angama-25. Ngendlela efanayo, izazi zezemvelo zithi ungamandla abalulekile ekusakazekeni kwenqubo yezimayini โyokususwa kwezintabaโ, eshiya ngemuva indawo ewugwadule nemifudlana engcolile. Ngokombono wamaRiphabhulikhi endawo, nokho, i-Blankenship iyingcweti, ingosomaqhinga efana no-Karl Rove futhi ingumxhasi wezimali obaluleke kakhulu we-GOP yase-West Virginia.
Ngakho-ke, ubucwebe buye baphatha amandla e-feudal baron phezu kwezwe lamalahle. Njengoba uPhil Smith we-United Mineworkers akubeka, โWayegijima eningizimu yeWest Virginia nasempumalanga yeKentucky.โ Ummeli wase-US u-Nick J. Rahall II, i-Democrat isifunda sayo sase-West Virginia esihlanganisa iningi lezimayini zamalahle zase-Massey, kuchazwe ithonya le-CEO ye-Massey ngale mibandela: ''UDon Blankenship ungaba njalo amandla amancane uma ebesesikhundleni esikhethiwe. Ubezophendula ngokuphindwe kabili futhi ingxenye yesatshwayo.''
Kodwa manje u-Blankenship usebhekene nethuba lokuthi ubufakazi balowo owayekade enguyebo uGary May noHughart bungase buveze umhume wokuthatha umhlalaphansi kwakhe okunethezeka.
Nakuba umshushisi wombuso u-Booth Goodwin elakha ngekhono nangesineke icala lakhe ngokumelene no-Blankenship, nokho, ukuphatha kwakamuva kukahulumeni abenzi bobubi ezinkampanini kuqinisa umbono wokuthi babhekene nezinga elihlukile lobulungisa elikhona kunelezingane zasedolobheni ezisebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingama-$50 noma i-100. izivumelwano ezakha ingxenye enkulu yamajele ase-US ayizigidi ezingu-2.2.
Endabeni yokufa kwe-29 Upper Big Branch, i-Massey Energy, eyathengwa ku-2011 yi-Alpha Natural Resources ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8.5, uMassey wakhokhela u-$ 10.9 wezigidi zezinhlawulo ku-Mine Safety and Health Administration-izindleko eziphansi kakhulu ngokuphathelene nokuthengwa kukaMassey. intengo. Kodwa lokho kuyaphambana uma kuqhathaniswa nesivumelwano sika-2008 uMassey asithola kummeli-jikelele. Njengoba i-Sourcewatch ibike:
Ummeli wase-US uCharles Miller wabe esexazulula izindaba zomphakathi nezobugebengu eziphathelene noJanuwari 2006 Ingozi ye-Aracoma Alma Mine ngokufaka isithembiso esingajwayelekile sokungashushisi noma yiziphi izikhulu noma abasebenzi benkampani engumzali yaseMassey.
"Kukhulu kakhulu ukwehluleka" kwasebenza njengezaba, okokuqala ngaphansi kukaGeorge W. Bush bese kuba ngaphansi kuka-Barack Obama, ngokutakulwa kwamabhange e-Wall Street ngenkathi benganikezi usizo olusheshayo kubanikazi bezindlu abaphelelwe ithemba. Leso sizathu manje sesishintshile โLikhulu kakhulu ejele,โ nabashushisi benhlangano besonga izandla becabanga ukuthi ukujezisa abaphathi kuzoholela ekungamukeleki"imiphumela yesibambiso" ebiza amashumi ezinkulungwane zemisebenziโnjengokungathi lezi zikhulu zezigebengu azinakushintshwa. Ngakho-ke naphezu kwabo bonke ubufakazi obubi obumelene noDon Blankenship, lokhu kunqikaza okugcwele koMnyango Wezobulungiswa ngaphansi koMmeli Jikelele. U-Eric Holder ukujezisa ngokugcwele izindlela ezinamandla zokuthi mhlawumbe, ngemva kwakho konke, i-don of Appalachia ayinakho lokho okukhathazeka ngakho.
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