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Iphuzu lokuhlanganisa abasebenzi endaweni yokugcina izinto e-Amazon Alabama ibhekene nokuphikiswa okunzima njengoba umdondoshiya wezitolo, onenzuzo ekhule ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-coronavirus naphezu kokukhathazeka ngokuphepha kwabasebenzi, sethule umkhankaso onamandla wokulwa nezinyunyana.
Uma abasebenzi endaweni yokugcina impahla i-BHM1 e-Bessemer, eduze kwase-Birmingham, bephumelela emizamweni yabo bangakha inyunyana yokuqala Amazon i-warehouse e-US.
Indawo yokugcina impahla yavulwa ngoMashi 2020, ngesikhathi kuqala ubhubhane. Ekupheleni kuka-2020, i-Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union yathi abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-2,000 2020 endaweni yokugcina izimpahla basayine amakhadi okugunyaza inyunyana ngaphambi kwabasebenzi bokhetho abafayelwe ngoNovemba XNUMX.
Amavoti okhetho kuhlelwe izothunyelwa ngeposi kubasebenzi base-Amazon ababalelwa ku-5,800 ngomhlaka 8 February, kanti ukubalwa kwamavoti kuhlelelwe umhla zingama-30 kuNdasa 2021. Abameli be-Amazon njengamanje bazama isikhalazo ngokumelene nesinqumo sokuvumela ukhetho ukuba lwenziwe ngeposi, futhi bacele ukuba ukhetho lubambezeleke kuze kube yilapho isikhalazo sabo sibuyekezwa.
Ngaphambi kokhetho lwenyunyana, i-Amazon ikhuthaze abasebenzi kakhulu ukuthi bavote ngokumelene nenyunyana ngemibhalo, imiyalezo, iwebhusayithi emelene nenyunyana kanye nemihlangano eminingi yabalaleli abamelene nenyunyana nabasebenzi endaweni yokugcina izinto.
Emibhalweni, i-Amazon ithi abasebenzi "bazobe bedela ilungelo lakho lokuzikhulumela" ngokusayina ikhadi lokugunyazwa yinyunyana futhi bagcizelele imali ekhokhwa yinyunyana, bethi "izinyunyana ziyibhizinisi," betshela abasebenzi ukuthi "bangavumeli inyunyana ithathe imali yakho. luthoโ futhi ubashukumisele ukuthi bavakashele iwebhusayithi yabo emelene nenyunyana i-DoItWithoutDues.com.
I-Amazon iphinde yaxhasa izikhangiso kuFacebook eziqukethe iwebhusayithi yabo emelene nezinyunyana futhi itshela abasebenzi ukuthi bavote โchaโ okhethweni lwenyunyana.
โUma kukhulunywa ngokugqekezwa kwenyunyana kushubile. Asikaze sikubone okufana nalokhu kuleli zinga,โ kusho uJoshua Brewer, ongumhleli weRetail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
โLe yinto ebilokhu ikhona futhi isazoqhubeka nokuba ngabantu baseBessemer, abasebenzi base-Amazon behlangana ndawonye. Lokhu bekungokwabo, futhi kuzohlale kungokwabo,โ kwengeza uBrewer.
Ukuthengiswa kwe-Amazon kanye nenzuzo kuye kwanda phakathi nobhubhane kanye I-CEO yayo ephumayo futhi umsunguli, uJeff Bezos, wengeze ngaphezu kwama- $ 70bn enanini lakhe ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-coronavirus ngo-2020, manje oselucishe lube ngama- $ 185bn. Kodwa inkampani nayo ibhekane nokugxekwa ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha ezinqolobaneni zayo.
UBrewer uchaze ezinye zezizathu ezenza abasebenzi bazibalule njengokuthi bafuna ukusungula inyunyana, okuyinhloko wukungaxhumani phakathi kwabasebenzi nabaphathi endaweni yokugcina izimpahla njengoba izindlela zokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe zivame ukwenziwa ngohlelo lokusebenza, okwenza kube nzima ukuthi abasebenzi badlulise icala. ukubhala, ukunqanyulwa noma ukubhekana nezikhalazo endaweni yokusebenza.
U-Una Massey, owayengumphathi wendawo yezinga lesihlanu e-BHM1, ukuqinisekisile ukuntuleka kokuxhumana, ukungahleleki, nokuphathwa kabi kwabasebenzi endaweni yokugcina impahla. Usebenze e-Amazon iminyaka engaphezu kwemine ngaphambi kokuthi ahoxiswe ngo-Agasti 2020 ngemuva kokuthi enze izikhalo eziningi ngokucwaswa nokuhlukunyezwa kwakhe nabanye abaphathi besifazane abavela kubaphathi besilisa, konke okunganakwa.
Bekuyindlu yakhe yesine yethulwa ne-Amazon kusukela aqala le nkampani eneminyaka engu-18.
Ngesikhathi enikwa lesi sikhundla okokuqala, watshelwa ukuthi inqolobane inenkinga yokuqoqa izimenenja ezanele ukuthi zizokwethula lesi sitolo. Wayekuthokozele ukuqala, ikakhulukazi ngoba iqembu labaphathi laligcwele abantu base-Afrika baseMelika njengaye futhi akazange abe nethuba lokusebenza kuleyo ndawo, kodwa leyo filimu yasheshe yafiphala phakathi kwamafulegi abomvu awabona ngesikhathi sokwethulwa.
Ubalule ukushoda kwezimenenja ezinamava kusize ekudaleni izimo lapho abasebenzi bakule ndawo sebefuna ukwakha inyunyana.
โNgibona sengathi isizathu esenza ukuthi iBHM1 ibe sesimweni njengamanje sokuthi izovota ukuze ihlanganiswe yizinyunyana wukuntuleka kwabaphathi abanolwazi ababenabo,โ kusho yena. โIningi lalabo baholi bekungabasebenzi bangaphandle, okusho ukuthi bebethweswe iziqu noma bebefana nabaphathi bezinye izinkampani.โ
Ubalule ukuntuleka kokuxhumana ekushintsheni ngokushesha izinqubomgomo zenkampani ezinyangeni ezimbalwa zokuqala zokwethulwa njengokubeka abasebenzi base-Amazon engcupheni enkulu yokuphepha nokuphepha komsebenzi.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa zokuqala zalolu bhubhane, lapho kuvulwa indawo yokugcina impahla e-Alabama, abasebenzi base-Amazon bavunyelwe ukuthi bagcine omakhalekhukhwini babo kubo ngesikhathi somsebenzi uma kunesimo esiphuthumayo, kodwa kwathi lapho leyo nqubomgomo ihoxiswa futhi yasetshenziswa ngokungabekezeleli lutho, kwakwaziswa kuphela. ezikrinini zabasebenzi.
"Esikhundleni sokunikeza isikhathi soshintsho ukuze labo abasebenzisana nabo bajwayele lo mthetho omusha, bavele bavele bathi uma bebonwa nawo, kuyiphutha labo, futhi kuzoba yisixwayiso sokugcina," uMassey. kusho. "Ukuthi bazobe benganakile ukuthi babe nento elula njengokukhipha ifoni yakho."
Udaba olufanayo lwenzeka lapho inqubomgomo ye-Amazon yesikhathi esingenamkhawulo yesikhathi esingenamkhawulo iphela ngesikhathi sodlame ngoJulayi, kuchaza uMassey, owamiswa kungazelelwe endaweni yokugcina izinto entsha, eshiya abasebenzi abangena esimeni esibi sokuyekiswa.
Ngenxa yalezi zinqubomgomo, uMassey uthe amazinga okuncipha anyukile futhi kwahamba isikhathi esiningi ukuqeqesha abaqashi abasha.
Ubalule ukuthi yena nabanye abaphathi bakhuluma ngokungakhulumisani futhi bephikisana nemigomo, kodwa bashaywa indiva. Njengoba ukuqashwa kwabasebenzi kuba yinkinga, wengeza, ukuvikelwa kwezokuphepha kwabekelwa eceleni.
"Ukube besinabasebenzi abafushane endaweni, bebezohambisa umuntu osebenza naye ukuze aqhubeke ngaphandle kokulandela izinqubo ezifanele zokuqeqesha noma zokuphepha," kusho uMassey.
Imigqa iphinde yaklanywa ngendlela lapho okungamamitha ayisithupha okuya kude nomphakathi kungenzeki ukuthi abasebenzi bazilolonge ngenkathi besebenza, kepha i-Amazon isasebenzisa iqembu elibizwa nge- โSpace Forceโ ukuphoqelela ukusatshalaliswa komphakathi ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini, ukungena kwewashi kanye nokuphuma kwewashi, ukubhala. abasebenzi abangazilandeli imigomo nakuba besingekho isikhala esanele sokuthi benze kanjalo.
โBaqale ukunikeza ozakwabo isexwayiso sokugcina ngokugqashuka kokuxhumana nabantu, okusho ukuthi uma abahlanganyeli bebonakala bephakathi kwamamitha ayisithupha ukusuka komunye nomunye, banikezwa isiliphu sokugcina esipinki. Kodwa lokho bekungalungile kubalingani, ngoba bezingekho ngisho nezihlalo ezanele endaweni yokudlela,โ kwengeza uMassey.
I-Amazon ayizange iphendule izicelo eziningi zokuphawula mayelana nokuqedwa kukaMassey noma izici zendawo yokusebenza kwa-BHM1.
Mayelana nomkhankaso wezinyunyana, umkhulumeli we-Amazon, uHeather Knox, uthe ku-imeyili, "Siyalihlonipha ilungelo labasebenzi bethu lokujoyina noma lokungayingeni inyunyana yabasebenzi kodwa asikholelwa ukuthi leli qembu limele imibono eminingi yabasebenzi bethu. . Abasebenzi bethu bakhetha ukusebenza e-Amazon ngoba sinikeza eminye yemisebenzi engcono kakhulu etholakala yonke indawo lapho siqasha khona, futhi sikhuthaza noma ubani ukuthi aqhathanise umholo wethu usuwonke, izinzuzo, nendawo yokusebenza kunoma iyiphi enye inkampani enemisebenzi efanayo.โ
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