I-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ifuna amalungu ayo akholelwe ukuthi inyunyana yawo ifana ncamashรญ nehostela elimangalisayo eligcina lifile yi-The Eagles. Yindawo yokuboshwa unomphela kuphela abasebenzi "abahlelelwe ukwamukela" izisebenzi kanye nemali ebafanele, hhayi ukuthi baye kwenye indawo lapho inkulumo ethi "inyunyana eqhubekayo" iphelelwa amandla futhi isikhundla nefayela siba sibi. Ngokusho komnikazi u-Andy Stern, uma usungenile ku-SEIU, awukwazi ukuhamba.
Amashumi ezinkulungwane โzezihambeliโ zikaStern ezinganelisekile ezisebenza ezikhungweni zezempilo ezisogwini olusentshonalanga, sezizosiphikisa lesi simangalo. Izikhwama zabo zigcwele futhi bazophuma ngomnyango we-Stern's โHotel California,โ ngokushesha nje lapho umthetho wenhlangano (noma wendawo) uvumela. Ngemva kwempi yangaphakathi ebuhlunguโlapho i-Stern elinganiselwa ezigidini eziyishumi yemali yabo yasetshenziswa ukubadicilela phansi futhi ibahlaseleโabafake izicelo e-United Healthcare Workers (UHW) ezinze e-Oakland sebesungule eyabo inyunyana entsha. . Yethulwe ngoJanuwari 28, iNational Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) ifuna ukugcina amalungelo okuxoxisana osekunesikhathi eside ephethwe yi-UHW, kuze kube yilapho uStern eyibeka ngaphansi kwe-trustee ngayizolo.
Abasebenzi benze isinqumo esihlangene sokubalekela i-SEIU ngemuva kokuthatha izintambo okusenesikhathi eside kwenhlangano yayo yesithathu ngobukhulu. Njengoba kubikwe ngaphambilini ku-CounterPunch, uStern waqala ukuthengisa le kilabhu ngoMashi odlule. Ngenkathi i-UHW iba nesibindi sokungabaza indlela ye-SEIU yokuphatha-friendly ekuhleleni ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukuxoxisana, nezombusazwe, umongameli we-SEIU wethula umkhankaso wokulwa nokuvukela umbuso onezici eziningi. Manje, amakhulu ambalwa abasebenzi be-SEIU abangaphandle kwesifundazwe bathunyelwe
Akumangazi ukuthi isibhedlela i-UHW, ikhaya lasebekhulile, nabasebenzi abanakekela ikhaya abalindi isikhathi eside kangako. Njengoba umamukeli we-Kaiser Permanente u-Eleanor Mendoza echazele i-Los Angeles Times ngoLwesibili olwedlule, "Besazi ukuthi [i-trusteeship] iyeza, futhi manje kufanele sibe ngokoqobo futhi siqinise." Ngokuvumelana ne
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, amalungu e-UHW enze umzamo wesibindi wokushintsha indlela i-SEIU eqhutshwa ngayo, esebenzisa amaqhinga ayebolekwe ku-Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) namanye amaqembu ezinguquko. Impi yabo ithathe elinye ithuba ngoJanuwari 25 lapho izishoshovu ezibalulekile ze-UHW zihlangana kwabahlanu
Emihlanganweni yabo eyinqwaba engavamile ngoJanuwari 25, abaphathi bezitolo ze-UHW abayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu babonise ukuthi yini ngempela eyenza amandla enyunyanaโisenzo sokuhlanganisa ngesikhundla nefayela elinamandla. Bavote ngazwi linye ukuze benqabe izimfuno eziphoqayo zikaStern. Zontathu izifunda ze-UHWโizisebenzi zasesibhedlela, izisebenzi zasemakhaya asebekhulile, nabasizi bezempilo yasekhayaโbafunge ukuthi bazohlala bebumbene ku-UHW, exoxisane ngezinkontileka ezinhle ngokuthembela ekubambeni iqhaza kwezikhundla nasekuhlanganiseni umsebenzi. (Ubumbano lwabo lwenhlangano abaluncamelayo phakathi kwamalungu โwokunakekela okubukhaliโ kanye โnokunakekelwa kwesikhathi esideโ empeleni kuwukucushwa okuvamile kokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwe-SEIU ezweni lonke.)
NgoJanuwari 26, umongameli odumile we-UHW u-Sal Rosselli wenza isicelo sokugcina sokubuyisana. Ubize isithangami sabezindaba futhi wanikeza isiphakamiso esiphikisayo: Amalungu e-UHW angama-65,000 asengozini kufanele anikezwe ilungelo lokuvota ekudlulisweni okufunwa nguStern. Ngaphambi kokuthi kubanjwe lokhu kuvota, nokho, abasebenzi bebedinga iziqinisekiso zokuthi โukunakekelwa kwesikhathi esideโ kwe-Stern kuzwelonke kuzokwakhiwa ngokwentando yeningi futhi kuphendule amalungu ayo ayi-240,000. Umanduleli walokhu okusazokwakhiwa โmega-localโโSEIU Local 6434 in
U-Rosselli uphethe isithangami sakhe sokugcina sabezindaba njengesikhulu esikhethiwe se-SEIU ngesitatimende esibhalwe ngokucophelela esimemezela ukuthi amalungu e-UHW azomelana nokuphathwa kwabaphathi ngazo zonke izindlela, kuze kufike futhi kuhlanganise nokugunyazwa kwe-SEIU. Ukusebenzisa lelo gama elithi โDโ njalo kuthumela ukuvevezela kunoma yiliphi ihhovisi lenyunyana elintula ukuba semthethweni kwezombusazwe kanye nesizinda sangempela sendawo yokusebenza. Naphezu kokuthambekela kwe-SEIU nezinye izinyunyana zaseMelika ekubhekeni ngaphansi (kunokuba ngaphezulu) kwentando yeningi yangaphakathi, esikhundleni senyunyana ekhonaโnoma ngabe kubi kangakananiโkuvame ukubhekwa njengokuphela kwesu elibalulekile noma ukuzivocavoca okuyingozi โekungezwani.โ Nokho, ukwakha inyunyana imbangi (noma ukujoyina umfelandawonye wezisebenzi) kwamukelwa kabanzi kwezinye izindawo emhlabeni njengokubonakaliswa okuyisisekelo โkwenkululeko yokuhlanganaโ yabasebenzi. Njengoba ngifundile ngenkathi ngisebenza namalungu e-CWA ku
Ukuhlubuka kwe-UHW kuzocasula izifundiswa ezigxile emsebenzini, abahleli bomagazini abakhululekile, kanye nama-blogger e-Huffington Post. Abanye balaba bantu, njengoHarold Meyerson ka-American Prospect, basala bejabule kakhulu nge-Stern kangangokuthi bazothethelela noma yikuphi ukuziphatha kabi kwenhlangano kwe-SEIU; ekuphawuleni kwangomhla lu-1 kuNhlolanja, uMeyerson uncoma ikhono likaStern โlokwakha ubuhlobo nabantu abakhululekile nabahlakaniphe abangeyona inyunyanaโ (njengaye) futhi uyayichitha inselelo kaRosselli njengomzamo ongosomathuba โwokudlala ikhadi lentando yeningi.โ Kuma-Stern booster, i-champagne ephinki iyohlale iseqhweniโ inqobo nje uma beqhubeka bencoma umzuzi wabo noma, okungenani, bengasayini โizinhlamvu ezivuliweโ ku-New York Times ezigxeka ubuholi be-SEIU. Kodwa uma izinyunyana nezihlakaniphi, ezithanda uMthetho Wokukhetha Kwabasebenzi ukusiza ukuhlelwa kwezinyunyana, zikholelwa ngempela โekukhetheni kwamahhala kwabasebenzi,โ bangaphikisa kanjani ukuthi abakhokhi bentela abangagculisekile akufanele basebenzise inketho yokujoyina inhlangano entsha yabasebenzi? Ikakhulukazi uma le ekhona ingabavumeli nokuthi bazikhethele inyunyana yangakini noma abaholi bayo?
Indlela izishoshovu ze-UHW eziyikhethile manje ayilula, ngenxa yenani elikhulu lezinsiza i-SEIU ehlala izinikela ekugcineni amalungu angajabule ekuthunjweni, isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye edlule, i-SEIU yalahlekelwa ingxenye yesine yobulungu bayo obuphelele
Ngo-2002-3,
Icala le-post-trusteeship liphinde laba nokonakala lapho onogada be-Bay Area abayizi-2,000 bezama ukukhipha i-SEIU ehlobo lika-2004. Ukusabela kokunye futhi ukuthatha izintambo, basungula i-United Service Workers for Democracy (USWD) ukuze baxoshe ummeleli wabo omdala wezingxoxo. , SEIU Local 87, futhi uwine ilungelo lokuxoxisana naye
Kwezinye izindawo ezimbalwa, okuhlanganisa abahlengikazi be-SEIU 'Local 1991 eMiami, ukuqoqwa kanye nokukhangiswa "kwamakhadi edidethi" kusetshenziswe abaholi bendawo njengendlela esemqoka yokuxoxisana, ukunqanda ezinye izinsongo ze-Stern trusteeship noma imizamo ephoqelelwe yokuhlangana ukuze kuvunyelwane. isikhathi (isivumelwano esifana nesivumelwano esibhaliwe esenza i-USWD yagcina ibuyele esibayeni se-SEIU, okwadumaza kakhulu abanye abaqaphi). Ngo-2005, ukusongelwa komkhankaso wokukhishwa kwezitifiketi okusondelayo kwaze kwasiza ngisho nabasebenzi abangu-2,300 eNyuvesi yaseMassachusetts ukuba bashiye i-SEIU ngokuthula baye emadlelweni aluhlaza enhlangano yothisha kahulumeni (kodwa kuphela ngemva komzabalazo omude wokulwa nomholi womphakathi ongathandwa nongafaneleki uStern. isisebenzi Local 888).
Ingabe i-NUHW ingakwenza lokho i-USAW-RI, abaphikisi baseCanada base-SEIU, namanye amaqembu asekwenzile, nakuba ngezinga elincane? Kunabantu abanokuhlangenwe nakho kweminyaka eminingi ekuhleleni ukunakekelwa kwezempilo abacabanga ukuthi i-NUHW izoba ngcono kunabaningi abahlubukayo. Omunye nguJerry Brown, manje osethathe umhlalaphansi, umongameli osenesikhathi eside we-SEIU enamalungu angama-20,000 wokunakekelwa kwezempilo
Ngokusho kukaBrown, "I-Stern nabanye abaholi be-SEIU manje sebehlanganise zonke izingxoxo ezibalulekile zikazwelonke kanye nokuhlela e-DC futhi bawanciphisa ngempumelelo amandla amalungu okuxoxisana nabaphathi bawo. Umphumela uzoba futhi usuvele uwuchungechunge lwezinkontileka zesithandwa ezisusa noma ezinciphisa kakhulu ilungelo lokuteleka namanye amalungelo ezinyunyana zendabuko njengezikhalazo zezikhundla eziphezulu nezasemsebenzini.โ
KuBrown kanye nabanye abakhi be-SEIU asebenesikhathi eside (iningi labo elingakhululekile ukukhuluma njengoba enza manje), ukuthatha i-UHW kuwubuhlungu, โintuthuko embi ye-SEIU kanye nayo yonke inhlangano yabasebenzi.โ Uzakwabo kaStern kanye nomgxeki wasendlini onobuhlakani, uBrown manje usho esidlangalaleni ukuthi: "I-Stern et al iyihlazo futhi kufanele sihlangane ukuze sisize inyunyana entsha nezinkulungwane zamalungu e-UHW anesibindi amelane ne-SEIU."
Abasekeli โbokuzikhethela kwabasebenzi kwamahhala,โ ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-SEIU, sebevele bephendula isicelo sikaBrown ngokuthumela amasheke enziwe โku-Fund for Union Democracyโ ku: The Fund For Union Democracy,
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe ngalowo mzamo, xhumana [i-imeyili ivikelwe].
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Steve Early isize ukuhlela inyunyana, ukuxoxisana, kanye nomsebenzi wesiteleka kusukela maphakathi nawo-1970. Iqoqo lakhe elizayo le-Monthly Review Press Press, Kushumekwe Nabasebenzi Abahlelekile: Ukucabanga Kwentatheli Ekilasini Impi Ekhaya, kuhlanganisa nokubika kwakhe kwe-CounterPunch ku-UHW ethi โPurple Uprising In Oakland.โ Amakhophi anga-odwa kokuthi: http://www.monthlyreview.org/embeddedwithorganizedlabor.php. Ingafinyelelwa kusenesikhathi ngo [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
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