Ubani-ke lo mfana? Hhayi-ke, igama lami nginguBob "Bobbo" Simpson. Ngithathe umhlalaphansi futhi ngisebenzela umsebenzi wami wokubhala. Ngisasebenza isikhathi esithile kuWebTrax Studio enenqwaba yabantu abapholile abahlobene nayo. I-WebTrax isebenzela kakhulu izinyunyana, amaqembu angenzi nzuzo, izinhlangano ezimela umphakathi kanye nezikhungo zemfundo. Ngiphinde ngibhale izigaxa zomdwebi wekhathuni wezabasebenzi u-Estelle Carol. Sisonke sizishicilela ngenyunyana nezinye izincwadi ngaphansi kwegama elithi Carol*Simpson.Ngazalelwa eWashington DC futhi ngakhulela endaweni yaseMaryland. Ngafunda eNyuvesi yaseMaryland futhi ngakhulisa isihogo njengelungu le-Students for a Democratic Society. Ngiphinde ngaba nolwazi lwami lokuqala lwenyunyana lapho njengelungu le-AFSCME ngaphansi kobuholi obukhanyiselwe bukaGladys Jefferson.Ngathuthela endaweni yaseChicagoland ngo-1975 futhi ngihlale lapha kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Ngichithe iminyaka engu-20 ngifundisa isiNgisi nomlando e-Chicago's South Side. Ngahlangana nentsha eningi enolwazi lwesigaba sabasebenzi ubuhlakani bayo kanye nokuqonda kuzobumba lesi sizwe iminyaka eminingi ezayo.Ngaphinde ngasebenza njengevolontiya leqembu lase-US Forest Service elisiza ukwakha nokugcina imizila ezindaweni ezinhle kakhulu zaseNyakatho Melika. Ngingusocialist wakudala wezabasebenzi okungenza ngibe ne-anachronism yangempela kwi-Brave New 21st Century yethu. Yebo Ngiyazi. Iningi lamalungu ezinyunyana aliwazi ngisho namagama athi "Solidarity Forever" futhi amalungu enyunyana ayidlanzana labasebenzi baseMelika. Silwela ukubuya kwezabasebenzi naphezu kwezingqinamba nanoma yiziphi izingqinamba. Yini enye esingayenza? Siphila emnothweni wekati odla izinja futhi njengamanje inhlangano yabasebenzi iyona kuphela impucuko yangempela emi phakathi kwethu nobuqaba obuphelele. Ucabanga ukuthi ihaba lelo? Ngikholwa, ubungeke uthande ukuba khona uma inhlangano yezabasebenzi ikupakisha bese idela.Nginezingane ezimbili: eyodwa isanda kuphothula ekolishi kanti enye isesikoleni samabanga aphezulu. Bona kanye nabantu ababephila ngesikhathi sabo bafanelwe okungcono kakhulu kunokusebenzela izisebenzi eziyizigqila ukuze bathole ukuphila emhlabeni ofayo. Kodwa inhlekelele nobumnyama obanele. Ngaqala ukuba isishoshovu senhlalakahle ngeminyaka yawo-1960 futhi ngiyazi ukuthi abantu bangasukuma basukumele phezulu lapho kufanele benze kanjalo.Nakhu izwe elingcono!UBob "Bobbo" Simpson- ilungu: Inyunyana Yababhali Kazwelonke (UAW AFL-CIO)
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