Amalungu angakhathali e-United Healthcare Workers (UHW) azobe esemashi futhi kule mpelasonto, kulokho okungenzeka kube omunye wemibhikisho emikhulu yokulwa nokuthenjwa.
Idolobha laseSan Mateo lisingethe lo mbuthano othi “Hands Off Our Union”, okuwuhlelo olulandelayo lwangaphambili eSan Jose, Manhattan Beach, Oakland, nakwezinye izindawo. Idrama ethathe isikhathi eside ye-UHW (cishe i-telenovela manje) yaqala ngoMashi lapho uStern esola umgxeki wakhe owayekhuluma kakhulu, uMongameli we-UHW u-Sal Rosselli, ngamacala ahlukahlukene ahlanganisa nokuhlangana ngasese no-Rose Ann DeMoro, we-California Nurses Association. , isitha esikhulu salokho uStern ake akubiza ngokuthi "Ibutho lakhe Elibomvu." (Lesi sibalo sokuvukela umbuso sesuliwe "ekubekweni icala" kwe-SEIU kukaRosselli.)
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Kube yisinyathelo esihlakaniphile ku-Stern ukuqasha "uchwepheshe wezabasebenzi ohlonishwayo ezweni lonke kanye nowayenguNobhala Wezabasebenzi wase-US" ukuthi angamele lokho amalungu e-UHW akubiza ngokuthi "inkantolo ye-kangaroo."
Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi kubhaliswe umuntu wangaphandle oqavile ukuze abambe iqhaza elinjalo. Esetshenziswa kaningi, amandla e-Stern's trusteeship akhombise imikhawulo yokuvikela intando yeningi yezinyunyana ngaphansi koMthetho Wokubikwa Kokuphatha Nokudalula (LMRDA), umthetho wenhlangano
Ekuqaleni, inyunyana yasendaweni ye-SEIU yokuthatha nokuzenzela izinto (okubizwa ngokuthi "ukuhlanzwa nokuhlanganiswa") kwanconywa izishoshovu zezabasebenzi nezifundiswa ngokususa ubukhosi "obudala" kanye nokunikeza inyunyana "amandla amasha nobumbano." Ama-Trusteeship nawo anconyiwe ngokufaka isikhulu esisha, esihluke kakhulu (esivame ukuqashwa ngaphandle kwe-SEIU) esisize ukwenza inyunyana.
Amakhilomitha ayizinkulungwane ezintathu ukusuka
I-Local 509 yayiyingqwele ye-Stern's "New Strength and Unity Plan" ngenkathi yamukelwa okokuqala ngo-2000. Njengengxenye yokuhlanganisa kabusha okuyinkimbinkimbi kuka-2003 kwamanxusa e-SEIU eMassachusetts, indawo yase-Templeton yaze yakwamukela ngokwethembeka ukudluliswa okungalulekwa kahle kwe-1,500 entsha. -aqasha amalungu asuka ku-509 aya kwenye indawo (okuyinto eyawaphatha kabi e-U-Misa kangangokuthi agcina eyishiyile i-SEIU ukuze ajoyine i-Massachusetts Teachers Association). Kuze kube namuhla, u-Templeton akafuni "ukuzwakala kabi" mayelana nenyunyana kazwelonke ngoba "Ngithanda kakhulu indlela abahlele ngayo abaqaphi ... futhi ngicabanga ukuthi inqubekela phambili abayenzile ngokuhlela, ikakhulukazi abasebenzi abahola kancane, kuyamangalisa."
Kodwa-ke, ngo-2004, u-Templeton wayeseqala ukungabaza ngokunikeza "i-Stern amandla engeziwe okuhlela kabusha kanye nabaphathi bendawo." Ngaphambilini, uyakhumbula, "kwakufanele kube nenkohlakalo, ukungasebenzi kahle noma umsebenzi ongeyena wentando yeningi kodwa, ngemva kwe-New Strength Unity, bangaba umphathiswa cishe nganoma yisiphi isizathu." Ukunqanda lo mkhuba, u-Templeton weza emhlanganweni kazwelonke we-SEIU e
"*I-SEIU izosungula imihlahlandlela ecacile nengaguquguquki yokubeka izinyunyana zasekhaya ngaphansi kwe-Trusteeship. I-Trusteeship izosetshenziswa kuphela njengesinyathelo sokugcina endabeni yenkohlakalo noma ububi obukhulu futhi hhayi ngezizathu zezombusazwe.
*I-SEIU izogqugquzela inqubo lapho amalungu asezingeni namafayela ekhuthazwa ukuthi angenele izikhundla zobuholi obuphezulu.
*I-SEIU ngeke igxambukele okhethweni lwasekhaya ngokuhlela ama-Trustees, izikhulu eziqokiwe zesikhashana, abasebenzi nanoma yibaphi abanye abantu okwamanje noma abasanda kuqashwa ngaphansi kwegunya lendawo ukuthi bangenele amahhovisi endawo.
*Noma yisiphi isikhulu sendawo sesikhashana sizosebenza kuleso sikhundla isikhathi esingaphansi konyaka owodwa, futhi ngeke sifaneleke ukungenela lesi sikhundla ngaphandle kwalapho lowo muntu eyilungu ngenxa yokuthi okwamanje noma osanda kuqashwa endaweni yezingxoxo zendawo."
Esimweni sepolitiki ye-SEIU namuhla, u-Templeton wayeyilokho ongase ukubize ngokuthi "ngowangaphambi kwesikhathi omelene nobufascist" (okungukuthi umphefumulo womndeni wama-radicals angaphambili aseMelika owakhokha inani eliphakeme lokumelana, ngasekupheleni kwawo-1930, ukuketulwa kweRiphabhulikhi yaseSpain babengayidingi iMpi Yezwe II ukuze ibaxwayise ngezingozi zokubusa kobushiqela). Ngisho noma lokho kuqhathanisa komlando kubonakala kudlulele (yebo, siyazi ukuthi u-Andy Stern akayena uHitler noma uMussolini), indaba eyaziwa kancane yesipiliyoni sokufa kwe-Local 509, eyalandela ukuphikiswa komhlangano ka-Templeton ka-2004, ibikezela okubi kakhulu. usizi lwe-UHW namuhla.
Njenge-UHW, ngemuva kwenselelo yayo ku-Stern emhlanganweni walo nyaka we-SEIU, i-Local 509 yasheshe yathola ukuzimela kwayo kusongelwa. U-Stern uthumele ukhiye wokusebenza kuwo
Indawo ekhethwa yiStern yosonhlalakahle yayiyinhlangano enamalungu angu-45,000 ebizwa ngokuthi iNational Association of Government Employees (NAGE), inyunyana yangaphambili ezimele manje esebenza emazweni angaphezu kuka-40 njenge-SEIU Local 5000. Akumangalisi ukuthi umongameli we-NAGE, uDavid. I-Holway, iwumkhiqizo we-Stern trusteeship, plus
UHolway unemali eningi yokuzibika (kanye nezindlu ngaphakathi
Njengoba nje i-UHW izisebenzi zokunakekela isikhathi eside zazingafuni lutho nanoma iyiphi indawo eholwa i-Los Angeles esiwa manje, u-Tryone Freeman (bona I-CounterPunch, Septhemba 3, 2008), i-Local 509ers yamelana ngokuqinile nokungenwa ngaphansi kombuso ka-Holway. Ekugcineni, baphumelela (ngokwengxenye besizwa ukugqugquzelwa kwamalungu ngokumelene nokuhlanganiswa kanye nakho konke ukwaziswa okungekuhle u-Holway ayekuthola ku-The Globe.) Nokho ukusinda kuka-509 njengenhlangano ezimele kweza ngentengo.
Abaphathi be-post-Templeton kwa-509 (okuhlanganisa abasele besikhathi eside bezisebenzi) bathathe isifundo sokuthi ukubhamba i-Stern akukhokhi. Baqaphele ukuthi ubuholi bomdabu bezinye izinhlaka ezinkulu ezizinze eBoston ze-SEIU babushabalala ngokushesha. Njengo-NAGE, abanye “abantu bendawo” abathathu abaholayo bonke baphuma kuma-trusteeship noma ekuhlanganisweni nabasebenzi ababephethe, ababekweleta imisebenzi yabo ku-Stern, umphathi wakhe wesibili, u-Anna Burger, noma u-Dennis Rivera, umqondisi wophiko lwezempilo lwe-SEIU. .) Ngakho, emhlanganweni walo nyaka we-SEIU ngo
Okuxakayo ukuthi yileyo ndlela uRay Marshall ahamba ngayo ukuze azwane (nenhlangano yezabasebenzi) phakathi neminyaka emine njengomphathi omkhulu wemithetho eklanyelwe ukuvikela impesheni yabasebenzi namalungelo abo ezinyunyana. Ekupheleni kwawo-1970,
Njengabo bonke unobhala we-DOL kusukela ngo-1959, uMarshall naye wabukela eceleni njengoba abaphikisana nezinyunyana bezabalaza ukunqoba umkhawulo we-LMRDA oneshwa weSihloko III wokuthi, uma sekubekwe ubuholi—ngisho nangenhloso yokuziphindiselela kwezombusazwe—ukuthatha indawo “kuyothathwa ngokuthi ube semthethweni isikhathi esiyizinyanga eziyi-18." (Ku-SEIU, ngenxa yokusetshenziswa okuhlangene kwama-trusteeship, ukuhlanganiswa kwendawo, kanye/noma ukudluliswa kobulungu okuphoqelelwe, abanye abasezikhundleni namafayela endaweni yaseBoston baye baphucwa ilungelo lokuvotela izikhulu zezinyunyana zendawo isikhathi eside esingangeminyaka emihlanu. )
Manje
Ilungelo lamalungu lokungavumelani nabaholi bezinyunyana—ukukhulumela noma ngokumelene nemibono nezenzo zabo, ngaphandle kokuziphindiselela—ligxiliswe kakhulu esihlokweni I se-LMRDA. Yingakho amalungu e-UHW manje esefake isimangalo ngokumelene no-Stern ngaphansi kwalesi sigaba somthetho, njengengxenye yokuzivikela kwabo kokuthatha izintambo. Ngaphambi kokuthi ahambe
USteve Early ungumlindi we-SEIU ozinze e-Boston, okwamanje usebenza encwadini ye-Cornell University Press ngendima yezishoshovu zakwa-Sixties ku-SEIU nezinye izinyunyana. Uzibandakanye nemizamo yokuguqula inyunyana kusukela ngo-1972, njengomhleli, ummeli, uthisha wezemisebenzi noma intatheli. Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
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