Ngo-August 9, izisebenzi ze-paratransit ze-MetroAccess zagcwalisa igumbi lokuhlangana endlunkulu ye-Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 e-Forestville, eMaryland. Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwetafula lezingxoxo bekuhlezi abameli ababili abamele inkampani yezokuthutha umphakathi iTransdev.
Bekuyisithombe esibonakalayo: a ulwandle lwabasebenzi, abanye babo ababelethe izingane zabo kulolu suku lokuqala lwezingxoxo zenkontileka, bebhekene ngqo nabaqashi babo bezinkampani ukuze bathole izimo zokusebenza ezingcono. Bebetelekile izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili ezigcwele.
Ngemva kosuku, ngemva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye kulayini wepiki, izisebenzi zahamba zinqobile, zathola a isivumelwano senkontileka esimisiwe okuhlanganisa ukukhushulwa kwamaholo kanye nomshwalense wamazinyo nombono.
I-MetroAccess iwuhlelo lwe-Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) oluhlinzeka ngenkonzo yezokuthutha yendlu ngendlu ngokuyinhloko esetshenziswa abantu abadala kanye nezakhamuzi ezikhubazekile endaweni yase-Washington, DC,. Inkonzo i kubalulekile ukusiza abagibeli ukuthi baye emsebenzini kanye nama-aphoyintimenti futhi inikeza inkululeko evamile kanye nokunyakaza kwalabo abangekho etafuleni ukuze bathathe izinto zokuhamba zomphakathi.
Ngo-2018, i-WMATA yaklomelisa abakwaTransdev inkontileka ebizayo $ 242 million ukugijima 35 amaphesenti ukusebenza kwayo kwe-paratransit. I-Transdev iyinkampani yamazwe ngamazwe ezinze e-France $ 1.1 billion. Le nkampani iqashe abathumeli bomgwaqo abangaphezu kwamakhulu amabili, abasebenzi bezokulungisa, abashayeli bamapharamitha, nabaphathi bemigwaqo abasebenza ngaphandle kwesikhungo i-Hubbard Road MetroAccess eLandover, eMaryland.
Inyunyana yabasebenzi, i-ATU Local 689, izinsolo ukuthi iTransdev ibeke phambili izinhlinzeko zenkontileka ezazikhona ayemukeleki, โ[iphindaphinda] phansi ekuxoxisaneni ngokholo olubi kanye nemikhuba yabasebenzi engalungile eyenza inkontileka enobulungisa ingenzeki.โ NgoJulayi amalungu enyunyana avotele ngamaphesenti angama-96 ekugunyazeni isiteleka esaqala ngo-Agasti 1.
Abasebenzi bathi amaholo aphansi, acindezelwa kakhulu ukwehla kwamandla emali, kanye namahora amade yikona okuyizisusa ezibalulekile ekugunyazeni isiteleka. U-Nicolette Clyburn, umshayeli we-paratransit osesebenze kwa-MetroAccess iminyaka eyishumi nesithupha, uchaza umsebenzi njengonzima. "Sisebenza amahora ayishumi nambili, futhi wenza lokho izinsuku ezine kuya kwezinhlanu ngesonto," kusho uClyburn. Jacobin. โUkhathele nje. Awunaso isikhathi somndeni wakho.โ
Naphezu kokuba esenenkampani cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili, uClyburn wenza imali engaphansi kuka-$25 ngehora, futhi ngaphansi kwenkontileka endala yena nozakwabo abazange banikezwe ukunakekelwa kwamazinyo noma ukubona. Abasebenzi banikezwa izinsuku ezimbili zelivu ekhokhelwayo kuphela ngonyaka. Amaholo esiteshini sikaHubbard Road lapho uClyburn esebenza khona angaphansi kwamaholo abasebenzi beMetroAccess eBaltimore engumakhelwane - okunye okubambekayo ngesikhathi sezingxoxo.
โUyazi ukuthi izindleko zokuphila zinyukile - igilosa, igesi, yonke into. Futhi imali yakho ayihambisani nezindleko zokuphila.โ Kuholela esitelekeni โbeziningi izingxoxo ebeziqhubeka,โ kusho uClyburn. AbakwaTransdev abazange baphendule Jacobinisicelo sokuphawula.
Solidarity From Disabled Riders
Izishoshovu zokukhubazeka, okuhlanganisa nalabo abathembele ngokwabo kusevisi ye-MetroAccess ye-paratransit, uzwakalise ubumbano nalabo abatelekile. U-Heidi Case, umgibeli we-paratransit kanye nommeli wokukhubazeka, uchaza i-paratransit njengesisetshenziswa esibalulekile sabantu abakhubazekile abahlala endaweni yase-Washington, DC. "Empeleni ngathuthela endaweni yakwa-DC ngenxa yesevisi ye-MetroAccess," kusho uCase, osebenzisa isihlalo esinamasondo. Jacobin. Ukuhlala endaweni yasemakhaya ngaphandle kwe-paratransit akuzange kumnikeze inkululeko efanayo kanye nezinga lempilo.
Abasebenzi baphinde bathola ukwesekwa nguCarol Tyson, umxhumanisi wezindaba zikahulumeni kuDisability Rights Education & Defense Fund, isikhungo samalungelo omphakathi kanye nenqubomgomo emele umphakathi okhubazekile. UTyson uhambele umhlangano owawubanjwe ngaphambi kwezingxoxo zenkontileka futhi wakhuphula isiteleka social media.
"Abasebenzi abahlinzeka ngemisebenzi yomphakathi kubantu abakhubazekile (isb., izisebenzi ze-paratransit, izinakekeli zomuntu siqu, nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo eziqondile) bavame ukukhokhelwa kancane, ngezinzuzo ezimbalwa noma ezingekho, futhi ngokuvamile yi-BIPOC," kusho uTyson. Jacobin. Bangeze bathi, "Ngeke silindele ukuthi abantu banikeze usizo oluseqophelweni eliphezulu kwabanye kuyilapho bengenazo izinsiza zokuhlangabezana nezidingo zabo eziyisisekelo."
Ukungathandi kweTransdev ukuxoxisana kanye nesiteleka esalandela kube nomthelela emsebenzini we-MetroAccess. UKevin Hallman, oyi-shop steward kanye nomshayeli we-paratransit, uthi abashayeli abangatelekile bathathe ukugibela okwengeziwe, okuholele ekubambezelekeni. Abashayeli bawulungele umsebenzi owengeziwe ngokulayisha abagibeli abengeziwe emotweni eyodwa kunokuvamile. Noma kunjalo, "abaningi [amakhasimende] abakwazanga ukuya ku-dialysis noma kodokotela noma ukwenza izinto zabo," kusho uHallman. Jacobin.
Yize isiteleka sesiphazamise impilo yabagibeli abathembele kuMetroAccess, baningi abasaweseka umzabalazo wabasebenzi. โBafuna sibe nenkontileka enhle,โ kusho uClyburn. Umongameli wamazwe ngamazwe we-ATU uJohn Costa ukuqinisekisile ukuthi abameli bokukhubazeka baseseke isiteleka ngokubiza iWMATA, Transdev, kanye nosopolitiki bendawo ngalolu daba.
Udaba ungusihlalo wamakomiti amabili aluleka idolobha ngezindaba zokufinyeleleka. Emhlanganweni wekomidi wakamuva, nakuba ubungaqondene ngqo ne-MetroAccess, uCase ukwazile ukukhuluma nezikhulu ze-WMATA mayelana nesiteleka se-paratransit futhi wanikeza ukusekelwa kwezimfuno zabo. I-WMATA ayizange iphendule isicelo sokuphawula ngosuku lokushicilela.
Izinsizakalo Zikahulumeni Ngaphansi Kokuphathwa Kwangasese
Ngenkontileka entsha, abasebenzi bathole amaholo anyusiwe - iholo manje selingu-$20.75 ngehora kanti usilingi manje sewu-$33.05 ngehora, kanti ngaphansi kwezisebenzi zenkontileka endala iphansi bekungu-$17 ngehora kanti usilingi bekungu-$24 ngehora. Ngaphansi kwenkontileka entsha, abasebenzi bazoba nomshwalense wamazinyo nombono kanye nomnikelo ophansi womqashi ohlelweni lwama-401(k). Labo abasesikhungweni se-Hubbard Road nabo bazokhokhelwa imali efanayo nozakwabo abasebenza e-Baltimore.
Isivumelwano esisha siyintuthuko, kodwa abaningi bebesadumele ngemibandela. Ngokusho kukaHallman, abanye abasebenzi bebehlose ukuthi baqhubeke nokuthola okwengeziwe, kodwa baphume ngevoti. Ikakhulukazi, bekunokunganeliseki mayelana nokubekwa kwamaholo - ngaphansi kwenkontileka entsha abasebenzi bazokwengeza umholo wabo ngemuva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Labo asebesebenze isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, njengoHallman, ngeke babone amaholo abo ekhula ukuze ahambisane nesikhundla sabo esiphakeme.
Uma kuziwa ezinhlinzekweni zezinzuzo zenkontileka, iTransdev izonikela kuphela iphesenti elingu-1 ohlelweni lwabasebenzi luka-401(k). I isilinganiso 401 (k) ukufana ngabaqashi kungaphezu kwamaphesenti amane.
Le nkontileka entsha futhi ayikhulumi ngenyunyana kanye nokukhathazeka okubanzi kwabasebenzi kokuthi iMetroAccess akufanele iphathwe inkampani ezimele. "I-Local 689 ikholelwa ukuthi lesi ngesinye nje isibonelo sokusungulwa kwezinkampani ezizimele njengemodeli ehlulekile yezinsizakalo zikahulumeni," inyunyana ibhale esitatimendeni sabezindaba ngesikhathi imemezela isiteleka. "I-Transdev izame kaningi ukwenza inzuzo ngomsebenzi wamalungu ethu, amadola abakhokhintela omphakathi, kanye nezinkokhelo ezivela emphakathini ogibele."
Ngo-2019, abashayeli be-MetroBus ababemelwe i-Local 689 e-Cinder Bed Road Bus Garage, ngaleso sikhathi eyayiphethwe yiTransdev, bangenela isiteleka izinsuku ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nane befuna amaholo angcono nezimo zokusebenza. Inyunyana ikwazile ukuxoxisana entsha isivumelwano lokho kwaqeda ukwenziwa ngasese kwegaraji lamabhasi eCinder Bed Road.
UCosta uthe ukwenza okuyimfihlo kuholela ekutheni abasebenzi bancishwe usonkontileka olethwe ukuthi aqhube lo msebenzi. โInzuzo yabo ivela kubasebenzi; banqamule amaholo, babaphuca imihlomulo,โ usho kanje. "I-WMATA idinga ukuyibuyisela endlini futhi isebenze ngezinga elikhona endaweni."
Impi yokuqeda ukwenziwa kwezinkampani ezizimele kuzomele ilinde olunye usuku.
Noma abasebenzi bebengakwazi ukuvikela yonke into abayifunayo, u-Hallman usaziqhenya ngesandulela yena nozakwabo abakwazile ukusibeka. Ubheka inkontileka iqinile futhi uthemba ukuthi abanye abasebenzi be-paratransit bangayisebenzisa njengenzuzo ekuxoxisaneni nabaqashi babo.
"Kuzodingeka ukuthi bahambisane nalokho abakunike iTransdev, noma kuzofanele benze kangcono."
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