Iningi lomhlaba lihlonipha uMeyi 1 - uMeyi Day - njengoSuku Lwabasebenzi Lomhlaba Wonke. Lapha kwelinye lamazwe ambalwa angakwenzi lokho, kuhle ukuthi ume kancane ubuze ukuthi abasebenzi base-US baqhuba kanjani.
Emcimbini wangoZibandlela odlule, umhleli we-Fight for $15 uTerrence Wise ukhumbule โukulala ebusuku, ngingakunaki ukuduma kwesisu sami, kodwa kufanele ngizwe kukhala izisu zamantombazane ami amathathu amancane. Yinto okungekho mzali okufanele ayibekezelele.โ
UWise ubemaka ukwethulwa kwe Umkhankaso Wabantu Abangalungile: Isicelo Sikazwelonke Sokuvuselelwa Kokuziphatha.
Ngenyanga edlule, kwakhululwa i-Institute for Policy Studies kanye Nomkhankaso Wabantu Abampofu Imiphefumulo Yabantu Abampofu, umbiko weminyaka engu-50 yoshintsho ezindabeni ezithinta abantu abasebenzayo, ikakhulukazi labo abasezansi. Sibheke ukucwasa ngokwesistimu, ubumpofu, impi, nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo.
Sithole imiphumela emangazayo nengajabulisi. Ngokwengxenye enkulu, izisebenzi ezinjengoWise zidonsa kanzima ukuze ziphile.
Ngokucekelwa phansi kwezimboni namadolobha abeziphethe, isimo somnotho wethu sesiguqukile. Nakuba izinga lokungasebenzi elisemthethweni liphansi, ukuqashwa namuhla ngokuvamile kusho umsebenzi oholela kancane onikeza ukulondeka okuncane komsebenzi.
Impatho yomphakathi wethu kubasebenzi nayo isishintshile. Isibonelo, izifunda ezingu-28 ziphasise imithetho ebizwa ngokuthi โilungelo lokusebenzaโ ebukela phansi ikhono lezisebenzi lokuhlela.
Lokho kusho ukuthi ubulungu bezinyunyana buyancipha kancane kancane, okwenza abasebenzi bangakwazi ukuthola ingxenye yabo yomcebo okhiqizwe umnotho wase-US kule minyaka engu-50 edlule. Naphezu kokukhula okukhulu emnothweni wonkana, amaholo abasebenzi abangamaphesenti angama-80 abaphansi asalokhu emile.
Ngo-2016, besingekho isifunda esisodwa noma isifunda lapho umuntu othola umholo omncane wenhlangano ayengakwazi ukuqasha indlu enamagumbi amabili okulala ngenani lemakethe. Nokho namuhla kunabantu abayizigidi ezingu-64 abasebenza ngaphansi kuka-$15 ngehora.
Ngaleso sikhathi, cishe umndeni owodwa kwemihlanu unenani eliphelele elinguziro noma elibi. Lelo nani likhuphukela ngaphezu kwekota yemizi yaseLatin America kanye namaphesenti angama-30 emindeni emnyama.
Yebo, lezi zinguquko azikenzeki endaweni engenalutho. Akukona nje ukuqondana ukuthi ngenkathi iningi labantu baseMelika lidonsa kanzima, abantu abathathu kuphela - uBill Gates, uJeff Bezos, noWarren Buffett - bebonke banomnotho olingana nengxenye yezwe ihlanganisiwe.
Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi akwenzeki kwaqondana ukuthi osopolitiki baseMelika besekelwa osozigidigidi abaluboni uMeyi Day.
Abantu abasezikhundleni benze izinqumo ezifana nokuphasisa imithetho โyelungelo lokusebenzaโ eholele kule miphumela. Futhi kuzofanele kube ngabanye abantu - abantu abafana noTerrence Wise - abalungisa izinto. Kuwo lowo mhlangano wabezindaba lapho achaza khona usizi lomndeni wakhe, uWise ukhulume ngokuthi iFight for $15 isize kanjani ekukhuphuleni amaholo abasebenzi abayizigidi ezingama-20 futhi yakhuthaza ukulwela kwabo inyunyana.
Kusukela ngosuku olungemva koSuku Lomama, Umkhankaso Wabantu Abampofu uhlela ukuhlanganyela ezinsukwini ezingu-40 zokungalaleli komphakathi okungenani ezinhloko-dolobha zezifunda ezingu-30 naseWashington, DC. Ihlose ukukhombisa ukuthi ubandlululo oluhlelekile, ubumpofu, impi, nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo konke kuxhumene kanjani, futhi bonke babukela phansi abasebenzi namuhla.
Phakathi kwezimfuno eziningi, bafuna imithetho yamaholo okuphila kahulumeni kanye nekahulumeni, imali engenayo eqinisekisiwe yonyaka yabo bonke abantu, ukuqashwa ngokugcwele, kanye nelungelo lokuhlangana.
Lezi zinyathelo zizobuyisela umuzwa wenhlalakahle kanye nokuvikeleka komnotho kubasebenzi baseMelika futhi zibanike lokho izithembiso eziyize zosopolitiki ezingenakho: isithunzi. Bajoyine ngalolu suku lukaMeyi ngo www.poorpeoplescampaign.org futhi ukwenze kube eyokukhumbula nabasebenzi base-US.
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