Umthombo: The Guardian
Babalelwa ku-1,100 ama-coalminers ngaphakathi Alabama bangene ku-2022 besaqhubeka nesiteleka, izinyanga ezingaphezu kweziyi-10 selokhu baphuma ngo-Ephreli nyakenye, okwenza kwaba yisiteleka eside kunazo zonke e-US selokhu kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-Covid-19 futhi eside kakhulu emlandweni wase-Alabama.
Abasebenzi baqale isiteleka sokusebenza ngokungafanele izimangalo yokuxoxisana ngokholo olubi ngu-Warrior Met Coal ngenkontileka entsha yenyunyana. Kwinkontileka yangaphambilini exazululwe ngo-2016, abavukuzi bamukele izivumelwano ezimbalwa, okuhlanganisa ukuncishiswa kweholo lika-$6 ngehora kanye nokwehliswa komshwalense wezempilo nezinye izinzuzo njengoba izimayini zashintsha abaqashi ngemva kokuqothuka.
Abavukuzi abatelekile uthole ukwesekwa osopolitiki base-US abanjengoSenator Bernie Sanders, u-Elizabeth Warren, UTammy Baldwin noSherrod Brown, futhi wemukela Iminikelo esikhwameni sabo sesiteleka esivela ezinyunyaneni eziningi zabasebenzi kulo lonke elase-US.
Ezinyangeni ezingu-10 ezedlule babambe imibuthano futhi enwetshiwe imibhikisho enhloko-dolobha yezwe lase-Alabama ukugxeka ukusetshenziswa kwezinsiza zomphakathi kumasosha kahulumeni aphelezela abasebenzi abagqekeza ezimayini ukuya ezimayini kuso sonke lesi siteleka. Abavukuzi baphinde baba nemibuthano eNew York City ngaphandle kwamahhovisi eBlackRock Investment Group, i umnikazi wamasheya omkhulu we-Warrior Met Coal. Kusukela ngomhlaka-2 Novemba, isiteleka silahlekise inkampani $ 6.9m.
“Iningi lethu lisebenza eminye imisebenzi futhi lihola iziteleka kodwa abanye beqe umugqa,” kusho uRily Hughlett, umvukuzi e-Warrior Met Coal, osesebenze iminyaka engu-13 njengophahla ezimayini futhi ukholelwa ukuthi abasebenzi bazowina. isiteleka. “Asiyi ndawo. Ukhwekhwe nabaphathi bonke bayahlekisa kodwa ogcina ehleka uhleka kakhulu.”
Selokhu iWarrior Met Coal yathatha izimayini, inkampani isikwenzile kubika izigidigidi zamaRandi emalini engenayo. Kwaba nesivumelwano esimisiwe kufinyelelwe esontweni lokuqala lesiteleka, kodwa ngendlela exakile wenqatshelwe ngabasebenzi, futhi akukafinyelelwa esivumelwaneni esisha.
“Abakushilo ngokusobala ezingxoxweni ukuthi bazosiqeda ngendlala nje. Bathe … futhi lokhu kurekhodi, ukuthi 'sinemali yokukhokha lokho okucelayo, asinaso isifiso sakho.' Yilolo hlobo lwenkampani laba bafana abebelusebenzela,” kusho uHaden Wright, umongameli we-United Mine Workers of America ongumsizi wabantu ababili basendaweni abatelekile kanye nonkosikazi womvukuzi otelekile. “Ohambweni lwethu, iningi lethu lisabambelele futhi lizama ukubambelela, kodwa kunzima.”
Umsizi wezinyunyana ugxile kulokhu ukwamukela nokusabalalisa igilosa yamasonto onke kubavukuzi nemindeni yabo kuso sonke isiteleka kanye nokusiza imindeni ngezidingo ezifana nezikweletu. Muva nje ihlelwe umkhankaso wezipho zikaKhisimusi emindenini yabavukuzi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingane zabo ziyanakekelwa ngamaholidi.
“Ukuze ihlale isikhathi eside kangaka futhi ibe namasosha kahulumeni futhi ibuke amadola akho entela ephelezela utwayi emsebenzini wakho, iphilisi okunzima ukuligwinya,” kwengeza u-Wright. "Lokho kunzima ukukubuka futhi awukwazi ukwenza lutho ngakho."
UWright uthi isiteleka besinzima kodwa siphoqe amalungu enyunyana ukuthi aqinise izinhlelo zokusekelana, futhi akwazile ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi nezingane kanye nemindeni yawo ngemuva kokusebenza amahora angu-12, izinsuku eziyisithupha noma eziyisikhombisa. ngesonto ezimayini.
Lezo zinhlelo zokusebenza ezinde nezifunayo ziyingxenye eyodwa yombango wabasebenzi kwinkontileka entsha yezinyunyana. Umyeni kaWright, uBraxton, uthathe umsebenzi wesikhashana ngesikhathi kunesiteleka e-Amazon eBessemer, e-Alabama, lapho azibandakanye khona ekwesekeni imizamo yokuhlanganisa izinyunyana endaweni yokugcina impahla. A ukhetho olusha lwenyunyana iyalelwe yiNational Labour Relations Board ihlelelwe ukuqala ngenyanga ezayo.
I-Warrior Met Coal ine kufakwe imithetho eminingana yenkantolo phakathi naso sonke isiteleka ukuze kuncishiswe kakhulu noma kuvinjwe abavukuzi abatelekile ukuthi baqoke ngaphandle kwezimayini. Amalungu amaningi ezinyunyana nabalandeli bakwenzile izigameko ezibikiwe lapho izimoto zishayise khona noma zicishe zageja abantu emigqeni yepikikhethi. Imiyalo ibilokhu okubonakalayo njengesinyathelo esiyivelakancane, umzamo we-Warrior Met Coal wokweqa i-NLRB futhi esikhundleni salokho afune izinqumo ezinkantolo zendawo ezivunayo.
“Sisaxoxisana nabo. Asikafinyeleli esivumelwaneni kodwa sinethemba lokuthi kukhona esingakwenza maduze nje lapha,” kusho u-Larry Spencer, omele i-District 20 omele uMWA e-Alabama.
Uthe ukwanda kwamacala e-Omicron ngesikhathi sodlame kanye namaholide kwenze kwaba nzima kakhulu ukuhlela izingxoxo nhlangothi zombili, futhi izinyunyana zimise isikhashana izintambo ukuze zithole ukuthi zihambisana kanjani nemithetho yenkantolo ngenkathi ziqinisekisa ukuthi amalungu agcinwa ephephile.
“Abasebenzi balwe kanzima ukuzama ukuhlala bemunye nokugcina ubumbano ngaphandle. Siba ne-rally kanye ngesonto futhi sibe nombukiso omuhle wamalungu nemindeni yawo iphuma,” kwengeza uSpencer. “Okubalulekile wubulungu. Yibona abadonsa ndawonye futhi balwela kanzima ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi bathola okubafanele ngale nkampani futhi babuyele emsebenzini ngokushesha okukhulu.”
UMnyango wezabaSebenzi e-US awuzange uphawule ngokuthi unobhala wawo, uMarty Walsh, ubehlose yini ukungenelela ukuze asize ezingxoxweni njengoba enzile nesiteleka sabahlengikazi esesidonse izinyanga eziyishumi esibhedlela iSt Vincent, eWorcester, Massachusetts, iphelile ngesivumelwano mhla zi-3 kuMasingana.
Okhulumela uMnyango wezabaSebenzi uthe: “Abasebenzi abanezinyunyana banamandla okumela ngokuhlanganyela izimo zokusebenza ezibafanele, njengamaholo afanelekile nokuphepha emsebenzini. Izindawo zokusebenza ziphephile futhi zikhiqiza kakhulu lapho izisebenzi zinezihlalo etafuleni. Sikhuthaza amabhizinisi nezinyunyana ukuthi zihlangane futhi zisebenzele ukuthola izixazululo ngokwethembeka.”
I-Warrior Met Coal ine waphikisana bathi imibandela ethile yezinkontileka zangaphambili izobuyiswa ngesikhathi sezingxoxo zezinkontileka zika-2016, futhi bazichithile izicelo zabasebenzi kanye nenyunyana kuso sonke isiteleka, kodwa bathi isaqhubeka nokuxoxisana ukuze kutholakale isisombululo.
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