I-Occupy Wall Street (OWS) inikeze izinyunyana zethu ezisabisayo, ezingacabangeli, nezinezingxabano zezombusazwe impama edingeka kakhulu. Abanye bangase bakuchaze lokhu, ngokwezokuxhumana, njengomjovo wesibili wokucabanga “ngaphandle kwebhokisi” kanye negazi elisha lenhlangano.
Izikhulu eziphezulu ze-AFL-CIO ziqale zafuna ukufakwa kwalezo zimpahla eziyivelakancane ngesikhathi zingena eWisconsin ebusika obudlule. Ngaphandle kokuhlela noma ukuqondiswa kwabo, ukuvukela komphakathi okuzenzakalelayo e-Wisconsin kwakuphezu kwenqubo yokuhoxisa inkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nezingxoxo zezinkampani zikahulumeni kulo lonke elase-US impendulo eziqondisweni zendlunkulu yenyunyana evela eWashington, DC
Lokhu kuwa, i-OWS isiphenduke i-Lourdes entsha yabasebenzi baseMelika abadala, abakhubazekile, nabangaboni. Abaholi bezinyunyana bebelokhu bevakashela eZuccotti Park nakwezinye izinkambu ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezweni lonke. Ngokusho komholi wenyunyana yezitolo ze-NYC uStuart Applebaum, “inhlangano ye-Occupy izishintshile izinyunyana”—kokubili endaweni yokuhlanganisa ubulungu kanye “nokuthumela imiyalezo.”
Kungaba uguquko oluyisimangaliso ngempela uma izisebenzi ezihleliwe zamukela isenzo esiqondile ngokungazelelwe, ukuthathwa kwezinqumo ngentando yeningi, kanye nokulwela isikhundla namafayela. Njengoba lokho kungenzeki uma zingekho izinxushunxushu zangaphakathi, izinyunyana zingase zifune ukugxila ekubekeni eceleni isisekelo semiyalezo yazo enephutha. Lokho kusho ukwamukela "uhlaka" oludumile lwenhlangano ye-Occupation lwesigaba sokuhlukanisa nokulahla umbono odidekile wekilasi wabasebenzi eMelika.
Them and Us Updated
Embhalweni wakhe wesikhumbuzo nomlando wezinyunyana wango-1974, umsunguli we-United Electrical Workers uJim Matles wakhumbuza abafundi ukuthi imizabalazo yezabasebenzi imayelana “nabo nathi”—noma, njengoba i-OWS ikubeka, “iphesenti elilodwa” liqhathaniswa “namaphesenti angama-1.” Ngeshwa, iningi lezinye izinyunyana sekuyisikhathi eside lithembele kubaxhumanisi beqembu leDemocratic Party abanenani eliphezulu, amaqembu abo okugxilwe kuwo kanye nokuvota kwemibono, ukuze balolonge “imiyalezo” yomphakathi yabasebenzi ngendlela engasebenzi kahle kakhulu. Imiphumela yalokhu kubambisana ibingelona usizo, ukusho okungenani. Izinhlangano okufanele zikhulume neningi lesigaba sabasebenzi esikhundleni salokho ziye zazibeka—kancane nangokudidayo—njengabavikeli “besigaba esimaphakathi,” saseMelika, isakhiwo esihlala sixakile manje esingasetshenziswa ngisho nakancane ngenxa yokwehla kwamandla omnotho kwezigidi zabantu. abantu.
Njengoba uprofesa we-SUNY uMichael Zweig ephikisana encwadini yakhe, Iningi Lekilasi Lokusebenza: Imfihlo Egcinwe Kakhulu YaseMelika (Cornell ILR Press, 2000), inkulumo-ze yezabasebenzi engapheli mayelana “nesigaba esiphakathi” ishiya ubudlelwano bekilasi—kanye nesimo sangempela sesigaba sabantu abaningi—simbozwe yinkungu yokukhuluma.
U-Zweig uveza ukuthi isigaba sabasebenzi eMelika namuhla sibukeka sehluke kakhulu kune-blue-collar proletariat yekhulunyaka elidlule, okuholela abaningi ukuba bakholelwe ukuthi umehluko “wesimo, iholo, noma izindlela zokuphila” uchaza ukuthi umi kuphi kwezomnotho kanye nezomnotho. isitebhisi senhlalo. Kodwa “isisekelo sangempela sesigaba senhlalo sisemandleni ahlukahlukene abantu abanawo emsebenzini nasemphakathini omkhulu….Ngokushesha siqaphela ukuthi izigaba zikhona futhi siqonda ubudlelwano bamandla obudala izinguquko zezomnotho nezepolitiki ezisizungezile, ngokushesha sizokwazi ukwakha ipolitiki yesigaba sabasebenzi ngokusobala.”
Njengoba uZweig engavuma ngiyaqiniseka, “ukwenza uhlaka” lwabasebenzi akugcini nje ngokuntula umsindo ocacile walokho okusetshenziswa abakhankasi abasha abamelene nonxiwankulu be-OWS; "obunye bobuthakathaka obukhulu" bombono ojwayelekile wenyunyana wesigaba "ukuthi kudida okuhlosiwe kwengxabano yezombangazwe." Lapho isigaba sabasebenzi sinyamalala “esigabeni esiphakathi,” akugcini nje ngokuthi “abampofu abasebenzayo” (abayizigidi ezingu-46 nje kuphela abanamandla) baphume esikhundleni, kodwa “isigaba sonxiwankulu siyanyamalala sibe 'abacebile.' Futhi uma isigaba sonxiwankulu sinyamalala ekubonakaleni, angeke sibe yimpoqo.”
Nokho, sibonga i-OWS—kodwa hhayi izinyunyana eziningi—lokho okuhlosiwe sekubuye kwabonakala. Njengomphumela womsebenzi we-Occupation, manje sekunesimo sezulu esivumayo somphakathi sokulwa izimpi ezibalulekile zenkontileka e-Verizon nakwezinye izinkampani ze-Fortune 500.
I-Corporate Pig Roast e-Albany
Ngesikhathi sesiteleka samasonto amabili sabasebenzi base-Verizon abangu-45,000 ngo-Agasti, abantu bezinyunyana ze-PR bakhiphe amapheshana akhuthaza ukusekelwa kwe-CWA-IBEW "ukulwela ukuvikela imisebenzi esezingeni eliphakathi." Lokhu kuchazwa kwemigomo yesiteleka kwenze i-Verizon yakwazi ukusebenzisa izikhangiso zamaphephandaba ezithi amaRandi angu-75,000 ngonyaka noma ngaphezulu atholwa ochwepheshe bezingcingo abenze ingxenye “yesigaba esimaphakathi esimaphakathi”—ngakho-ke, ngokusobala abakufanelekeli ukuzwela amakhasimende noma amalungu omphakathi imisebenzi ihlinzeka ngemali engenayo yomndeni eduze nesilinganiso sikazwelonke noma sesifunda.
Ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba, ochwepheshe be-Verizon, abayingxenye yenhlangano yezinguquko ku-CWA Local 1101, base bemashe eManhattan ephansi ngokubambisana ne-OWS kanye nothisha be-NYC, amathimba, kanye nabasebenzi bezokuthutha. Izixhumanisi ezifanayo phakathi kwabahlali nabakhankasi bezinkontileka ze-Verizon zakhiwe eBoston.
Ngaleso sikhathi, enyakatho neNew York, amalungu e-CWA Local 1118 abambe “ingulube eyosiwe”—ekhoneni elisuka “eCuomoville,” ikamu le-OWS edolobheni lase-Albany okucasule umbusi wezwe weDemocratic Alliance. Kulo mcimbi ogqugquzelwe yi-OWS, abasebenzi base-Verizon bameme abahlali (abajwayele kakhulu ukuthenga inyama nemifino) ukuthi babajoyine. Babeveza nezimpawu ezintsha, ezinomyalezo ongcono kakhulu, ovela endaweni yonke: “Singamaphesenti angu-99!”
Ukusebenzisana okufana nalokhu, phakathi kwe-OWS nama-renk-and-filers, kube yinzuzo ngokufanayo kwezinye izindawo eziningi. Ngasohlangothini lwabasebenzi, umsebenzi woMsebenzi ube ngumthombo odingeka kakhulu wamandla nemibono emisha. Asethembe ukuthi amalungu enyunyana angaqhubeka ephusha isu lezokuxhumana labasebenzi ngendlela ethonyeka kakhulu yi-OWS. Uma bephumelela ngaleyo nhloso, okubalulekile nokuba nzima ukufeza izinguquko zenhlangano kungaba okulandelayo ku-ajenda.
USTEVE KUSEMVA uke wasebenza kuzwelonke weCommunications Workers of America (CWA) osebenze kanzima kusukela ngo-1972. Ungumbhali wezincwadi. Izimpi Zombango e-US Labor (Izincwadi ze-Haymarket, 2010) kanye nomnikeli olandelayo, I-Wisconsin Uprising: Labor Fights Back, evela ku-Monthly Review Press. Inguqulo yangaphambili yalesi sihloko ivele ku-Logos. Bheka www.logosjournal.com.
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