Kulokho okubonakala kuyisinyathelo esicishe silinganiselwe sokukhombisa ukwedelela kwabo impilo nokuphepha kwabasebenzi, abaphathi bakwaBush izolo bahoxise imfuneko yokuthi abaqashi bagcine amarekhodi okulimala kwe-ergonomics.
Lo mthetho ubuzodinga ukuthi abaqashi bahlole ibhokisi elibhalwe ngokulimala emsebenzini kanye nelogi yokugula uma isisebenzi sithola ukulimala kwe-ergonomic. Ukulimala kwe-ergonomics kuhlanganisa ukulimala okuphindaphindiwe kokucindezeleka njenge-carpal tunnel syndrome.
Ikhishwe nguBill Clinton's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ngosuku lokugcina lokuphatha kwakhe, lo mthetho wamiswa ngokushesha ngabaphathi bakaBush.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, i-Bush OSHA iphethe ngokuthi ukuhlola ibhokisi kuningi kakhulu ukubuza kubaqashi.
"I-OSHA iphethe ngokuthi ikholomu eyengeziwe yokugcina amarekhodi ngeke ithuthukise kakhulu izibalo zokulimala zikazwelonke," kusho uMlawuli we-OSHA uJohn Henshaw, "futhi ngeke kube yinzuzo kubaqashi nabasebenzi ngoba ikholomu ngeke inikeze ulwazi olwengeziwe oluwusizo ekuhlonzeni okungenzeka kube izimbangela noma izindlela. ukuvimbela ukulimala.โ
Uyathanda lokho.
Kuwo wonke ama-1990s, kwaqubuka ingxabano eWashington mayelana nokukhishwa komthetho wokuthi abaqashi babhekane nezingozi ze-ergonomics. Enxenxelwa kakhulu futhi exhaswa ngezimali yi-UPS nabanye abaqashi abasebenzi babo abasaqhubeka nokubhekana nobhubhane lokulimala kwe-ergonomic, amaRiphabhulikhi afaka ngokuphindaphindiwe abagibeli bezabelomali ababenqabela abaphathi bakaClinton ekukhipheni umthetho onjalo. Abaphathi bakaClinton abazange balwe kanzima ukuze baqhubekisele phambili lo mthetho - noma ngabe kukhona ukuqonda okusabalele komphakathi ngobunzima nezinga lokulimala kwe-ergonomics, kanye nokulangazelela ukukuvimba.
Abaphathi bakaClinton bagcine bekhiphe umthetho wabo we-ergonomics ekupheleni kwehlandla labo lesibili, kanye nenqwaba yeminye imithetho ehlehlisiwe. Njengayo yonke leyo mithetho yomzuzu wokugcina, abaphathi bakaBush bawumisa umthetho we-ergonomics, base bewuhoxisa. Izinyathelo zokuzithandela zizokwanela, kusho abaqaphi beBush bempilo yabasebenzi.
Okwakusele kwakuyisidingo sokubika, abaphathi manje abasichithile ngesizathu sokuthi ngeke bakwenze okuningi.
Kuyiqiniso ukuthi isidingo sokubika nje ngeke sigunyaze izinguquko zendawo yokusebenza ukuze kuncishiswe izingozi ze-ergonomic, nakuba lokho kuyimpikiswano engavamile yokuphatha esuse imithetho ebingagunyaza ukuncishiswa kobungozi obunjalo.
Futhi nakuba umthelela wayo ubungaba ophansi, imfuneko yokubika ibiyosiza abaqashi ukuba baxwayise ngezimo eziyingozi zendawo yokusebenza, futhi ibiyonikeza idatha yezwe engcono kakhulu.
Abaphathi ngokusobala abafuni namunye walezi zinto, ngoba zingase zishukumise umqashi ngamunye kanye nohulumeni wobumbano.
Noma ubani oye wabhekana nobuhlungu bokulimala okuphindaphindiwe kokucindezeleka, noma owaziyo noma ubani onakho, angabonga ubuwula nonya lwale ndlela.
โNgenxa yokuthi uhulumeni ngeke afune ukuthi abaqashi balandelele lokhu kulimala, futhi ngenxa yokuthi uhulumeni ngeke asebenzise izinga lokuphepha, akusho ukuthi abasebenzi bazoyeka ukugula noma ukukhubazeka unomphela emsebenzini,โ kuphawula i-AFL. -UMongameli weCIO uJohn Sweeney ngokunengeka. U-Sweeney ubiza ubufakazi bokuhoxiswa komthetho wabaphathi bendlela "yekhanda esihlabathini" ekulimaleni kwe-ergonomic.
Unyaka ngamunye, cishe abantu abayisigidi e-United States bahlushwa izifo ze-musculoskeletal ezihlobene nomsebenzi (ikakhulukazi ukulimala kwe-ergonomics) kubi kakhulu kangangokuthi kufanele bathathe isikhathi emsebenzini, ngokusho kukaPeg Seminario, umqondisi wezokuphepha nempilo emsebenzini we-AFL-CIO. Lokho kuyiphinda kabili inombolo ebikwa ngabaqashi. Umthetho okhanseliwe we-ergonomics - hhayi imfuneko yokubika, kodwa umthetho odinga abasebenzi ukuthi behlise izingozi ze-ergonomics - bekucatshangwa ukuthi uzogwema ingxenye yalokho kulimala, usho kanje.
Eqinisweni, ukulimala kwenzeka kaningi futhi kubi kakhulu, uSeminario uthi, abaqashi abathatha izinyathelo zokukunqanda bathola imbuyiselo esheshayo ekongeni kwesinxephezelo sabasebenzi.
โIzingxabano enkundleni yezombangazwe ziphikisana ngokuphelele nesipiliyoni ezweni langempela lendawo yokusebenza,โ usho kanje. Abaqashi โbabona ukuthi ngokuthatha izinyathelo eziqondile banganciphisa kakhulu futhi kwezinye izimo baqede lokhu kulimala. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha noma unyaka, sebekhokhelwe imali abayitshalile, ngoba lokhu kulimala kubiza kakhulu. "
"Kodwa umbono kanye nokuphikiswa kwemithetho [kuye] kunamandla futhi [kuye] kweqa iqiniso lezomnotho," kusho yena.
Imfuneko yokubika eyeqiwe iwukubonakaliswa kwakamuva komkhankaso wemibono ophikisana nemithetho yokuvikela abasebenzi e-United States.
Bangaphezu kuka-5,000 abasebenzi base-US abafa minyaka yonke ngenxa yokulimala okudabukisayo, futhi abacishe babe ngu-60,000 bebulawa izifo zasemsebenzini.
Lawa mashumi ezinkulungwane afa minyaka yonke - kanye nezigidi ezihlushwa ukulimala emsebenzini minyaka yonke - ziyizisulu zodlame lwezinkampani ezingalawulwa, zisizwa futhi zisekelwa yizikhulu zikahulumeni kanye namaLungu eCongress okuthi, njengoba kusho uSweeney, akhethe indlela ekhanda esihlabathini. .
URussell Mokhiber ungumhleli we-Corporate Crime Reporter eseWashington, D.C., http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com.
U-Robert Weissman ungumhleli we-Multinational Monitor eseWashington, D.C., http://www.multinationalmonitor.org.
Bangababhali ababambisene be-Corporate Predators: The Hunt for MegaProfits kanye ne-Attack on Democracy (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press; http://www.corporatepredators.org).
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