Njengoba isikhathi sifinyelela umnqamulajuqu wesiteleka saphakathi kwamabili ngoLwesine, abasebenzi bakwaloliwe ababambe umoya yize inyunyana yonjiniyela iLocomotive Engineers (BLET) ivote ngo-97%.
Uma uMongameli Obama elandela isibonelo, uzoqoka Ibhodi Lezimo Eziphuthumayo Likamongameli, amise noma yisiphi isiteleka. I-PEB izobe isiba nezinsuku ezingama-30 zokuncoma ukukhokhelwa kwenkontileka, okulandelwa โinkathi yokupholisaโ yezinsuku ezingama-30.
Izincomo zaleli bhodi zizothonywa wukuhlukana okufinyelelwe ngoJuni yi-United Transportation Union (UTU), emele amakhondaktha angu-40,000 XNUMX, amabhuleki, abanikazi bamagceke neminye imisebenzi yezandla.
Uma ezinye izinyunyana ezingu-11, ezinamalungu angu-92,000, ziteleka ngemva kwesikhathi sokupholisa, uKhongolose ungangenelela futhi uphasise umthetho obeka inkontileka noma kunjalo, njengoba yenze esikhathini esidlule. IKomidi Lezokuthutha LeNdlu, elinegunya, usihlalo walo ngu-Republican John Mica waseFlorida, obonise isimo sakhe sengqondo ngakujantshi wesitimela ngokuhlongoza ukuqeda i-Amtrak.
Inkontileka ihlanganisa zonke izitimela ezinkulu ezithwala impahla kanye nenqwaba yabancane. Izitimela ezine ezinkulu kakhulu zezimpahla, iNorfolk Southern, CSX, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, kanye ne-Union Pacific sezihlangene zenze inzuzo engu-$8.5 billion ngonyaka odlule.
Izinzuzo kanye Nezimvume
Ngenkathi i-UTU igqashuka kwezinye izinyunyana zezitimela, yashiya ezinye izivumelwano ezimbili ezihlukene zokuxoxisana. I-BLET iyona kuphela inyunyana eyavotela isiteleka.
Inkontileka ye-UTU, egunyazwe ngevoti elingamaphesenti angama-60-40, ihlanganisa ukukhushulwa kwamaholo ngamaphesenti angu-17 phakathi neminyaka emihlanu (eyaqala ngoJanuwari nyakenye) kanye nokumiswa kwamaprimiyamu okunakekelwa kwezempilo kwamalungu ngo-$200 ngenyanga izikhathi eziyisithupha nengxenye. iminyaka. Iqala ukudonswa komndeni kwama- $ 400 futhi ikhokha ngokubambisana okokuqala ngqa. I-Rail Labour Bargaining Coalition, emele izinyunyana eziyisithupha, ilinganisela ukuthi uma zonke izinyunyana zisayina isivumelwano esifanayo, ukongiwa kokunakekelwa kwezempilo kojantshi besitimela kuzodlula isigamu sebhiliyoni yamadola eminyakeni emihlanu.
UMongameli we-BLET uDennis Pierce ukuchithile imvume yokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ekhomba inzuzo erekhodiwe embonini futhi wengeza, "Kuyihlazo ukuthi abathwali bakhethe ukubhekisa ngqo labo basebenzi bakwaloliwe abasengcupheni kakhulu - abasebenzi asebekhulile nabagulayo nabalimele - ukuthi babambe iqhaza ingxenye engalingani yezinzuzo ezifunwayo.โ
Lapho bekhankasela ukugunyazwa, izikhulu ze-UTU zaxwayisa amalungu, โNgokomlando, izinyunyana zezitimela azenzi kahle ngemva kokwenqaba izivumelwano ezimisiwe,โ futhi zacaphuna ibhodi labaxazululi lango-1996 elibonisa ukuthi inzuzo yabajantshi besitimela yayingesona isizathu sokwenyuswa kwamaholo.
Ukuzisiza
Umthetho Wezabasebenzi Wesitimela wango-1926 ubeka inqubo ende ngaphambi kokuba izinyunyana zezitimela zikwazi โukuzisiza,โ okungukuthi, isiteleka. Njengoba inhlangano yabaqashi ichaza, โUmthetho wawunjalo yakhelwe ngokucacile ukugwema ukuphazamiseka ukuya ezitimeleni ngenxa yezingxabano zezisebenzi.โ
UJohn Wright, unjiniyela ozinze eLouisville, eKentucky, uthi inqwaba yamalungu e-UTU kumzila wakhe wesitimela, i-CSX, ayengavunyelwe ukuvota kunkontileka kazwelonkeโbonke labo โbaseningizimu yoMfula i-Ohio nasentshonalanga yeMississippi.โ
Izigaba zabo (indawo) zinalokho inyunyana ekubiza ngokuthi โizivumelwano zendawoโ ezihlanganisa izivumelwano ezihlukahlukene zamaholo, amabhonasi, noma imithetho yomsebenzi.
U-Ed Michael, ongunjiniyela eSalem, e-Illinois, uthe ngoLwesibili ozakwabo โbabenganakile kodwa bejabuleโ ngethemba lesiteleka se-BLET.
โKunokungabaza okuningi,โ kusho uMichael, ekhumbula isiteleka sangaphambilini samahora ayisithupha esaphethwa uKhongolose, โkodwa ziyavuselelwa. Usihlalo wangakithi uvele waphuma wayothenga uphondo lwenkunzi.โ
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