Kule minyaka emihlanu edlule, inyunyana yabasebenzi bezimoto i-United Auto Workers ibizama ukuhlela imboni yakwaNissan eCanton, eMississippi, kodwa yaba nempumelelo encane. Umhlangano wakusasa (March 4) ohlanganisa uSen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt..), umongameli we-NAACP u-Cornell M. Brooks kanye nomlingisi/isishoshovu u-Danny Glover bangasiza ukuguqula isimo.
Okubizwa ngoMashi ngo-Mississippi, isenzo sakusasa sihlelwe umfelandawonye wabaholi bamalungelo abantu, ongqongqoshe kanye nezishoshovu zabasebenzi ababizwa ngeMississippi Alliance for Fairness kwaNissan. Ngemva kokuhlangana enkundleni yezemidlalo yedolobha, abasebenzi nabasekeli bazomasha amakhilomitha amabili bebheke embonini yokukhiqiza izimoto yaseJapane futhi balethe inqwaba yezincwadi mayelana nezimo zokusebenza okusolwa ukuthi aziphephile kanye nokuziphindiselela kubasebenzi abazama ukwenza inyunyana. Kubasebenzi ababalelwa ku-5,000 kulesi sikhungo, esavulwa ngo-2003, abangamaphesenti angama-80 ngabaNsundu.
NgoFebhuwari, i-US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) yathwesa lesi sikhungo ngokwephula โokubiโ ngokuphendula isigameko sangoDisemba odlule lapho isandla sikachwepheshe sabanjwa ebhandeni lokuthutha. I-Mississippi Today ibika ukuthi inkampani kufanele ifake ama-alamu nezibani ezizwakalayo ukuze zazise abasebenzi uma isithutha impahla sesizoqala ukunyakaza. I-OSHA iphinde yathi abasebenzi bebengaqeqeshwanga ngokwanele ukuvala imishini esimweni esiphuthumayo. Ngo-2015, ibhodi leNational Labour Relations (NLR) lamangalela iNissan kanye nenhlangano yesikhashana esebenzisana nayo ngokunqabela ngokungemthetho amalungelo abasebenzi okugqoka izingubo ezimele noma ezimelene nenyunyana kanye nokusabisa ngokuxosha abasebenzi noma ukuvala imboni ngenhloso yokuziphindiselela ekuhleleni izinyunyana.
Sikhulume noMashi ngothishanhloko waseMississippi uDanny Glover ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto. Kule ngxoxo ehleliwe nefinyeziwe, ukhuluma ngokuthi kungani ezibandakanyile empini yakwaNissan, umfelandawonye noBernie Sanders nokuthi kungani kudingeka โsivuthwe ukucabanga kwethuโ ngezinkinga zekilasi.
Ngiyazi ukuthi ubambe iqhaza ezintweni eziningi, eziningi empilweni yakho yonke kanye nomsebenzi wakho. Kungani eCanton, eMississippi, futhi kungani manje?
Sengineminyaka emine ngibambe iqhaza kulo mkhankaso. Ngehlela eCanton, eMississippi, ngo-2012. UCharles Evers [umfowabo womholi wamalungelo omphakathi owabulawa uMedgar Evers] wangicela ukuba ngehlele khona [ngizokwethula] umfundaze. Futhi ngangazi ngalokho okwakwenzeka ngezisebenzi zaseCanton, eMississippi. Emazwini ami ngithe, โAsisoze sasho ukuthi umuntu owashona emncane kangaka ubeyokwenzani, kodwa uMedgar Evers [wayesebenza] ngamalungelo omphakathi kanye namalungelo abasebenzi. Ngikholwa wukuthi ubezoma nabasebenzi bakwaNissan eCanton, eMississippi, belwela amalungelo abo okuhlanganisa inyunyana.โ Ngibe nokuxhumana nezinyunyana cishe impilo yami yonke. Ngakhulela emndenini wezinyunyana.
Ungakwazi yini ukukhuluma mayelana nemininingwane yomkhankaso weCanton?
I-Nissan inezitshalo ezingama-45 emhlabeni jikelele, futhi okuwukuphela kwayo okungahlanganisiwe kuseMelikaโeCanton, Mississippi, naseDecherd naseSmyrna, eTennessee.
[Ngake ngaya] ethimbeni eliya eNingizimu Afrika [no] mongameli we-United Auto Workers. Inyunyana noNissan babenobudlelwano bokuxoxisana obuthinta ukuphepha emsebenzini, ubuholi, amaholo, izinzuzo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, konke lokho. Ngiye emhlanganweni lapho abasebenzi ababalelwa ku-600 bezwa abaholi bezinyunyana zabo bekhuluma ngenkontileka abaxoxile ngayo base beyivotela. Lokho akwenzeki ngeNissan eCanton, eMississippi.
Ucabanga ukuthi kungani kunjalo?
Ngicabanga ukuthi kusobala ukuthi iNingizimu. Kuwukuqhutshekwa kwesistimu [ka-Jim Crow, eyazalelwa ebugqilini. Empeleni, wudaba lwamalungelo omphakathiโamalungelo abasebenzi ngamalungelo omphakathi. INingizimu ihlale iphikisana nenyunyana.
Enye yezinto engizifundile ukuthi inqwaba yabasebenzi bakwaNissan eCanton baqashwe nge-ejensi yabasebenzi betoho, nokuthi amaholo abo aphansi kakhulu kunabasebenzi abasebenza ngokugcwele.' Ngabe abakwaNissan bazamile ukunxenxa isimo sesikhashana ngokuthi cha ekuhlanganiseni imboni?
Okokuqala, bonke abasebenzi ekuqaleni babeyizisebenzi zesikhathi esigcwele. Ngakho izisebenzi sezineminyaka engu-13 nengu-14. Futhi babenezinzuzo, amaholo amahle kanye nobudlelwano nenkampani. Kodwa imboni yabe isiphendukela kubasebenzi betoho abenza imisebenzi efanayo neyalabo abasebenza unomphela futhi abake baba khona isikhathi esithile. Manje izisebenzi zingamaphesenti angama-40 abasebenzi betoho. Abanye abasebenzi betoho baba khona iminyaka emithathu nemine kodwa abanawo umuzwa wokuhlala unomphela futhi benza bancane kakhulu kunabasebenzi abasebenza ngokugcwele. Lezi yizinhlobo zezinto enizisebenza ngaphakathi kwenyunyana [ngokuxoxisana] ngamaqoqo.
I-March on Mississippi ibikezelwa ukuthi izoba ngeminye emikhulu esifundazweni kusukela inhlangano yamalungelo abantu. UBernie Sanders, oke waba umsekeli wakhe omkhulu, uzoba lapho. USanders ubhekane nokugxekwa kwabathile enhlanganweni yobulungiswa bobuhlanga ukuthi ukugcizelela kwakhe ekilasini kusula ubuhlanga. Ungakwazi ukuphawula ngalokho?
Ngithanda uBernie ngokusekelwe kumgomo, isimiso sokuthi ukhulume ngabantu abasebenzayo futhi wakhuluma ngomnotho ongekho emthethweni, udaba olufanayo noTrump akhuluma ngalo. โฆNgiyazi ukuthi uBernie Sanders ubesebenza enhlanganweni Yamalungelo Abantu futhi wakhulisa imali yakhe ngeminikelo emincane, hhayi ngama-PAC amakhulu.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele sikhulise ukucabanga kwethu mayelana nezindaba zangempela ezikhona lapha, uyazi? Impela akekho ophika ukuthi ubugqila buyisizinda salokhu okwakhiwe ngaleli zwe. Wonke umuntu uyakwamukela lokho futhi uyakuqonda lokho. Ngakho-ke uma singakugcizeleli umjaho enkonzweni yekilasi, senza iphutha. Kodwa uma singagcizeleli ikilasi enkonzweni yomjaho, nathi senza iphutha. Uyakuthola engikushoyo?
Yebo.
Abasebenzi baseCanton, eMississippi, ikakhulukazi abamnyama. Abantu engangisebenza nabo ngesikhathi ngisemkhankasweni nabasebenzi basehhotela kwakungabantu abamnyama, abaLatino kanye nama-Asian. Umuntu oyedwa owaqonda ukuphambana kohlanga nesigaba kwakunguDkt King ngesikhathi ehlela iMashi Yabantu Abampofu. Wayengagcini nje ngokukhuluma ngabantu abaMnyama, wayekhuluma ngabantu baseSpanishi, abaMhlophe, abase-Asia nabampofu.
Yini abantu bansuku zonke abangaphandle kwezinyunyana abangayenza ukuxhasa abasebenzi bakwaNissan eCanton?
Hhayi-ke ngicabanga ukuthi enye yezinto sifuna ukwazisa abantu ukuthi lo mkhankaso kazwelonke. Ingxenye ebalulekile yalo mkhankaso ukuthi iNissan imaketha kubantu bansuku zonke, kubantu abasha, kwabaseMelika baseMelika. Ngakho abakwaNissan banenkinga yesithombe khona lapha, njengamanje. Awukwazi ukungidayisela umkhiqizo uma ucwasa abasebenzi. Nokho lokhu akukona ukuduba imikhiqizo yakwaNissan. Ngifuna ukukucacisa lokho. Abasebenzi bayaziqhenya ngemikhiqizo abayenzayo. Kodwa [abathengi bezimoto] kufanele bacabange ngalokho okwenzeka kulaba basebenzi abenza leyo moto. Uma beya [kumthengisi wakwaNissan], kufanele babatshele ukuthi eCanton, eMississippi, abasebenzi abaphathwa ngendlela futhi abanayo inyunyana.
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