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Umlingisi nesishoshovu uDanny Glover uhambe kuleli sonto waya esikhungweni esibukwa kakhulu e-Amazon ezweni - isikhungo sokugcwalisa i-Bessemer ngaphandle kwaseBirmingham, e-Alabama.
Abasebenzi bakule ndlu yokugcina impahla abangaphezu kuka-5,800 ikakhulukazi abantu abamnyama baphakathi nevoti eliyingqophamlando mayelana nokusungulwa kwezinyunyana. Uma iningi livotela ukuvumelana naye, bazoba ngabasebenzi bokuqala base-US base-US ukwenza inyunyana.
Ngaphambi kokuvota, i-Amazon ithumele lokho inyunyana ekubiza ngokuthi "iphakethe legolide" wamaqhinga amelene nenyunyana, okuhlanganisa ukwesabisa imihlangano nabaphathi, ukumisa isizindalwazi esisabisayo, kanye nokuplastelwa kwezindlu zangasese zasemsebenzini ngenkulumo-ze.
"Sibona zonke izindlela ezimbi, ezimbi izinhlangano eziwusebenzisa kabi umqondo womsebenzi ohleliwe," kusho uGlover engxoxweni abenayo ne-Inequality.org ngoFebhuwari 22 ngaphambi kokuthi ahambe ayokhombisa ukweseka izisebenzi esangweni lesikhungo nasemihlanganweni izikhulu zendawo kanye nabezindaba. "Kumele siyeke ukukhazimulisa osozigidigidi abazama nganoma iyiphi indlela ukucekela phansi abasebenzi."
Akukhona okokuqala ukuthi umlingisi waseHollywood eme ebunyeni nabasebenzi besikhulu esicebile, esimelene nenyunyana njengoJeff Bezos wase-Amazon. Akuqali ngisho eqala ukuyenza eNingizimu nezwe elidume ngokungenamsebenzi.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, uGlover wayengumsekeli oqinile womkhankaso wokuhlela imboni yezimoto yakwaNissan eCanton, Mississippi nayo eyayinabasebenzi abaningi AbaNsundu. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-CEO yakwaNissan kwakunguCarlos Ghosn, usozigidi owaziwa ngokwenza izinsongo ezimboziwe ukubukela phansi imikhankaso yezinyunyana.
Namuhla, u-Ghosn ungumbaleki, obalekela amacala okungalungile ngokwezimali. Kodwa ngaphansi kokubusa kwakhe, inkampani ikwazile ukucindezela iningi labasebenzi baseCanton ukuthi bavotele ukungahambisani nezinyunyana.
Ngabe inyunyana ehola umkhankaso wakwa-Bessemer, iNyunyana Yezokuthengisa, Izitolo ezinkulu kanye neDepartment Store, izoba nenhlanhla engcono?
UGlover ukholelwa ukuthi ukungezwani kwale nkinga yobhubhane kungacindezela inyunyana phezulu. Isikhulu se-Amazon uBezos ubone ingcebo yakhe ikhula cishe $ 70 billion kusukela kwaqubuka i-Covid. Lokhu kwenza izimfuno zabasebenzi base-Amazon zokuthuthukiswa kwezimo zabo zokusebenza, njengamaholo okunakekela umndeni kanye nezinqubomgomo zesikhathi sokuphumula ezinobuntu, zibonakale zinengqondo nakakhulu.
“Ngiyavumelana nombono kaDkt Martin Luther King Jr. wokuthi uhlelo olungcono kakhulu lokulwa nobumpofu yinyunyana,” kusho uGlover. Wafunda izinzuzo zomsebenzi ohleliwe kusenesikhathi, ekhula nabazali bakhe bobabili behola amaholo asezingeni eliphakathi ngemisebenzi yabo yeposi ehlanganisiwe.
“Kuze kube namuhla,” kusho uGlover, “Inkonzo Yeposi iwumthombo obalulekile wemisebenzi emihle, ikakhulukazi kubasebenzi abaNsundu. Inyunyana abazali bami abasiza ekuyisunguleni ekuqaleni kwenhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu ngawo-1950 iyona ebangela lokho, ngokuvula ithuba lokuphila ngesithunzi.”
Abasebenzi beposi abamnyama njengamanje benza cishe ingxenye yesine yabasebenzi base-USPS futhi bayahola amaholo amaphakathi aphezulu kunaleyo ekweminye imisebenzi lapho abaNsundu baseMelika bemelwe khona kakhulu.
U-Glover unethemba lokuthi iNingizimu ingase iphinde ivuke njengendawo eshisayo yokuhlela.
"Laba basebenzi base-Amazon bakhela emlandweni omude," esho. “Engxenyeni yokugcina yekhulu le-19 nasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, ngokwesibonelo, waba nesiteleka sabavukuzi bakakotini kanye nesiteleka sabavukuzi bamalahle e-Alabama. Futhi kwakukhona abathwali bezimoto ezilala benyunyana abasuka baya eningizimu futhi baba nesandla emzabalazweni wamalungelo abantu. "
Iyiphi indima ezodlalwa yizisebenzi ze-warehouse yase-Amazon yaseBessemer emlandweni wokuhlela waseningizimu? Sizothola ngoMashi 30, usuku olungemva komnqamulajuqu wabasebenzi wokuhambisa amavoti abo enyunyana.
U-Sarah Anderson uqondisa i-Global Economy Project e-Institute for Policy Studies futhi ungumhleli wewebhusayithi ye-IPS Inequality.org. Mlandele ku-@SarahDAnderson1.
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