NgoMashi 18, uGeneral Postmaster waseMelika uPatrick Donahoe wakhuluma eNgqungqutheleni Yeposi Kazwelonke eSan Francisco, egqugquzela ukuqokwa kwabasebenzi baseposini nabasekeli babo. Ababhikishi baphikisana nokwesekwa kukaDonahoe ukuvalwa kwamahhovisi kanye nokudilizwa kwabasebenzi base-USPS. Lo mbhikisho ubuyingxenye yesonto lezenzo ezinxuswe i-Communities and Posts Workers United (CPWU) ukuthi ikhumbule iminyaka engu-1970 yesiteleka se-wildcat postal esathatha ngempumelelo uhulumeni wase-US mayelana nezindaba zamaholo futhi yanqoba. Ipikikithi yangoMashi 18 yahlelwa ngokuqondile yiqembu le-Bay Area elithi Save the People's Post Office, ngokubambisana ne-SF Labor Council, SF Gray Panthers, nezinye izinhlangano zasendaweni.
Umbhikishi u-Anna Villalobos wase-Oakland uthe u-Donahoe “ufana nonodoli, kufanele enze okushiwo yiBhodi Lababusi.” UVillalobos waphawula ukuthi Ibhodi Labaphathi Be-USPS lonke lisebenza ngokuyimfihlo futhi waqhubeka wathi, "[UDonahoe] ukhuphukile kodwa akafaneleki, futhi ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe."
Abagqugquzeli bokuqhubeka nenkonzo yeposi yezinsuku eziyisithupha, uma kuqhathaniswa nokuncishiswa kwenkonzo yangoMgqibelo, bathi inkinga yezimali okusolwa ukuthi ibhekene nenkonzo yeposi iwumsunguli wokusungulwa kwezinhloso zebhizinisi eziphuma amathe ngenxa yenzuzo yokwenza inzuzo ehlobene nokuthengiswa kwezinkampani ezizimele. Njengoba isizindalwazi i-www.savethepostoffice.com sisanda kubika ngelinye lalawo mabhizinisi, “uPitney Bowes umele ukwenza izigidi uma kungezona izigidigidi zokukhishwa kwangasese kohlelo lokucubungula iposi.”
I-athikili enhle kakhulu ka-Jack A. Smith ku-CounterPunch ichaza umthetho weposi "wokuguqulwa" wango-2006 odinga uxhaso lwangaphambili lwezinzuzo zezempilo zesikhathi esizayo ze-USPS zenani leminyaka engu-75. Ayikho enye i-ejensi yombuso noma ibhizinisi elizimele eliphoqeleka ukuthi lixhase kusengaphambili izinzuzo ezifanayo. Lesi sidingo sezomnotho senziwe sibe sibi nakakhulu isimemezelo sokuthi Inkonzo Yeposi ihlangabezana nalo mgomo eminyakeni eyi-10.
Ekhuluma ngaphambi kwamakhamera ezindaba endawo embukisweni wangoMashi 18, uMqondisi Omkhulu woMkhandlu Wezabasebenzi waseSan Francisco uTim Paulson waphawula ukuthi ngesikhathi sokuntuleka kwemisebenzi okukhulu, "ukuphakamisa ukudilizwa akulula ... sidinga imisebenzi." U-Paulson waphikisa ngokuthi lokho u-Donahoe "akuhlongozayo kuphambene kakhulu" nalokho okudingwa ngabasebenzi.
Njengoba umbhikishi ephethe uphawu ezimotweni ezidlulayo ezisekela kakhulu ezithi “Mnu. Donahoe, Landela Isibonelo SikaPapa bese Wehlela Phansi,” u-Chuck Locke we-American Postal Workers Union uthe “Simele abasebenzi, simela umndeni,” futhi wagxeka u-Donahoe ngokweseka ukuncipha ngesikhathi ekhuluma emhlanganweni obiza cishe u-$500,000.
Umakadebona wesishoshovu sophiko lwesokunxele uRichard Becker ugcizelele isidingo sokubeka phambili izinhlelo zemisebenzi esikhathini sokuntuleka kwemisebenzi kwabantu abaningi. U-Becker uveze ukuthi izinsolo zokushoda kwesabelomali se-USPS ziphaphathekile uma kuqhathaniswa nemali eyasetshenziswa empini yase-Iraq, eyabiza ama- $3 trillion. U-Becker waphikisa ngokuthi ukuhlehliswa kwenkonzo yeposi nokudayiswa kwamahhovisi “kwenzelwe ukusiza izicebi ezinkulu, yilokho okushiwo ukwenziwa kwangasese.”
Isishoshovu uMargot Smith sithathe umbhobho sathi “iposi aliqoqiwe, babulawa indlala ukuze bazimele. Akuwenzi umqondo wezezimali.” Uqhube wathi, “kuwukuphela kwendlela abantu abaxhumana ngayo nezwe langaphandle kwezinye zezindawo zethu ezikude.”
Impela, i-inthanethi ye-broadband ayifinyeleli kumaphesenti angama-50 abahlali basemaphandleni kanye namaphesenti angama-35 abo bonke abantu baseMelika.
Mhlawumbe izwi lokugcina mayelana nezinselelo zezezimali ezibhekene ne-USPS ezibhekene ne-USPS livela ku-ace agitator uJim Hightower, okwathi encwadini yakhe yezindaba waphawula ngokukhala "ngokungenzi nzuzo": "Manje-ke? I-Pentagon yenze nini inzuzo? Ne-FBI, iCenters for Disease Control, i-FDA, i-State Department, i-FEMA, i-Park Service, njll. Ukukhiqiza inzuzo akuyona injongo kahulumeni—inhloso yayo isevisi.”
I-Postal Service ingumqashi omkhulu e-US ngemva kwe-Walmart, futhi inabasebenzi abaningi bezwe abahlanganiswe yizinyunyana. I-USPS iphinde ibe ngomunye wabaqashi abahamba phambili kwabancane nabesifazane. Kusukela ngo-2010, idlanzana lalinamaphesenti angama-39 kanti abesifazane babengamaphesenti angama-40 abasebenzi. Abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika benza amaphesenti angu-21 abasebenzi base-USPS, ngamaphesenti angu-8 aseLatino namaphesenti angu-8 ase-Asian-American/Pacific Islander.
Ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngemva kwepikethi yase-San Francisco, amalungu angamakhulu ambalwa e-National Association of Letter Carriers axhase Usuku Lukazwelonke Lokusebenza Lokugcina Ukulethwa NgoMgqibelo Nokugcina Iposi. Ubanjelwe emadolobheni kulo lonke elase-United States, umbuthano we-Bay Area wenzeke ngosuku oluhle e-Washington Square Park eduze neposi lase-San Francisco eliseNorth Beach.
Omunye obehambele umcimbi ubeyisisebenzi saseposini eselathatha umhlalaphansi uJoe McHale, osekuyiminyaka elandela umthetho ophathelene neNkonzo Yeposi. Uthe ezingeni lokwenziwa kwenqubomgomo, ukwehlisa isevisi kube yizinsuku ezinhlanu “kuneminyaka engu-2-3” kodwa abasebenzi beposi bebengalindele ukuthi izoqhamuka ngokushesha okungaka. UMcHale uthe "abasebenzi bezomthetho base-US Postmaster bacabanga ukuthi bangenza noma yini abayifunayo," futhi wachaza umkhankaso wokuvala wangoMgqibelo ngokuthi "phezulu phansi".
Uqhube wathi, “kunjengokungathi bathi ‘asinandaba noma siqinisile ngempela, sizokwenza esikufunayo, manje wena yenza okufanele ukwenze. UMcHale uthe uSuku Lukazwelonke Lwesenzo lwaluyizinga nefayela "impendulo enkundleni ye-PR."
Umongameli Wesifunda SaseCalifornia Wenhlangano Kazwelonke Yabathwali Bezincwadi uJohn Beaumont uthe noma yimuphi umthetho oqhubekayo osekela abasebenzi baseposini uvinjwe nakanjani abalandeli bezinkampani ezizimele kuCongress, ikakhulukazi uSihlalo weKomidi Lokubheka Izindlu uDarrell Issa (R-CA). UBeaumont uphendule amacala athi ukuncintisana kokuhweba nge-inthanethi kuzokhipha i-USPS ebhizinisini ngokuveza ukuthi i-e-commerce iyisize ngempela iposi ngokunikeza ama-oda anjalo, njengoba ukulethwa kwamaphasela kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-20 kusukela ngonyaka odlule. Uthe yize ngesikhathi esifushane sokuvala inkonzo yangoMgqibelo ingonga cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi lokhu kusikeka kuzodla imali enkulu ye-USPS ngenkonzo elahlekile.
Okunye obekuxaka isixuku ebesijabule bekukhona ophethe izincwadi osethathe umhlalaphansi kanye nesishoshovu sesikhathi esigcwele uDave Welsh owacula izindumiso ze-CPWU, imvunulo yezinga nefayela eyenza umsebenzi oqondile nomsebenzi wobumbano ngaphandle kwenkundla yezomthetho, futhi iwebhusayithi yayo ithi, "bathi. nciphisa, sithi buyela emuva.”
UWelsh waphawula, “Ngenxa yezinhlelo eziningi zempesheni ezizimele, inkampani iyaphelelwa yibhizinisi futhi kungazelelwe impesheni isingasebenzi. Manje bafuna ukwenza into efanayo nezinkampani zikahulumeni.” U-Welsh uthe, "Ngicabanga ukuthi singakha umbutho oqinile uma sesihlanganise abasebenzi bezinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele kanye nemiphakathi yethu."
U-Welsh waphikisa ngokuthi isiteleka seposi se-wildcat esaduma manje sango-1970 “sabonisa amandla esigaba sabasebenzi ukuvala okuthile.” Uchaze isimo samanje njengesibandakanya “amandla amakhulu esingakawasebenzisi… uma abasebenzi beposi namakhasimende abo behlangana singashintsha zonke izinhlobo zezinto. Abantu bacabanga ukuthi ukuhlehliswa emuva akunakugwenywa. Azinakugwenywa. Uma sibumbana singabavimba.”
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UBen Terrall ungumbhali ozisebenzelayo ohlala eSan Francisco.