Abantu abathanda ukulingana baphefumule kalula ngemva kokuphefumula kokugcina kukaJustice Scalia. Futhi izishoshovu zabasebenzi zabamba iphathi sengathi kwakuwusuku olwandulela uNcibijane. Owayezoba umlengiswa wabo washona futhi izinyunyana zithole isikhathi sokubulawa.
Ukuhamba ngesikhathi kuka-Scalia kusho ukuthi icala lenyunyana eliyingqopha-mlando elithi "Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association" lizoba ngu-4-4, okusho ukuthi isimo se-pro-layer sikhona. Njengoba bejabule ngomzuzu wokugcina izinyunyana zoshwele akufanele zikhohlwe ukuthi zisazofa. Induduzo ingeyesikhashana.
Izinyunyana azikwazi ukucabanga ukuthi ubulungiswa obulandelayo ngeke bube esinye i-Scalia. Okubi kakhulu kufanele kulungiselelwe; ukungalungeli okokugcina kucishe kwabiza umsebenzi oyinhloko. Amaqembu afanayo ezinkampani abeseka uFriedrichs azozama futhi, maduze, ngecala elisha, ummangali omusha, futhi okungenzeka abhekane neNkantolo Ephakeme ephikisana nenyunyana ngokulinganayo.
Oqokwe ngu-Obama mancane amathuba okuthi asekele abasebenzi. Umcabango omdala wokuthi omongameli beDemocratic Alliance baqoka amajaji asekela abasebenzi kungenzeka manje ungamanga. Izikhathi zishintshile. Izazi zicabanga ukuthi u-Obama uzoqoka iJaji amaRepublican azoleseka. Uchwepheshe wezomthetho oqhubekayo uScott Horton ukhulume Intando yeningi Manje:
โโฆ Ngiyangabaza ukuthi [oqokwe eNkantolo Ephakeme] uzoba kwesokunxele esilingana ne-Nino Scalia. Kuzoba ngumuntu olinganiselayo, ogxile kakhulu, umuntu ngezikhathi ezijwayelekile angakwazi ukuthembela ekusekelweni yiRiphabhulikhi. "
Namuhla i-Republican Party imelene kakhulu nenyunyana. Futhi ngenkathi amaRiphabhulikhi ezonda inani labantu abambalwa, izinyunyana seziphenduke - njengama-Afrika aseMelika jikelele - iqembu amaDemocrats alithatha kalula futhi alihlasele lapho kufaneleka.
AmaRiphabhulikhi angajabula kakhulu ngomnikelo wokuthula ophikisana nenyunyana ovela ku-Obama. Umuntu oqokiwe onjalo angamela โinzuzo enkuluโ ukuze agweme inkinga yomthethosisekelo, lapho u-Obama evunyelwe ukuqeda ngempumelelo isikhundla sakhe sobumongameli futhi uphiko olufanele lugcine isikhundla salo esikhulu eNkantolo Ephakeme.
Icala likaFriedrichs livusa intshiseko eyingqayizivele evela ohlangothini lwesokudla ngenxa yemiphumela yalo emikhulu yezomnotho. Uma izinyunyana zilahlekelwa ama-Friedrichs, imakethe yezabasebenzi izoshintshwa kakhulu ivune ama-corporation. Imithetho โyemveloโ yenkampani yemakethe izosheshisa, ibeke abasebenzi kusimo esibucayi kakhulu.
Amaholo embonini kahulumeni azokwehla ngokushesha njengoba inani lezinyunyana lincipha, okudale imiphumela emibi ezindaweni ezibanzi zemakethe yezabasebenzi. Abaqashi bazosebenzisa lesi siphakamiso esisha etafuleni lezingxoxo, banciphise izinzuzo kanye nokwehliswa kwamaholo. Isinqumo sikaFriedrichs esimelene nenyunyana singabeka isibonelo somthetho kazwelonke othinta zonke izinyunyana, imboni zikahulumeni nezizimele ngokufanayo.
Ngabe u-Obama angawajabulisa ngempela amaRepublican phezu kwamathambo ezinyunyana? Yebo, uma irekhodi lakhe liyinkomba. Uqale isikhundla sakhe sobumongameli ngeningi elikhulu kuKhongolose, futhi esikhundleni semizamo yesibindi yokusekela abasebenzi ayithembisa, washaya amabhuleki, wafinyelela kumaRiphabhulikhi anobandlululo angathanda ukumshisa bese emthinta. U-Obama uhlakaniphe kakhulu ukuthi angaboni ukuthi wayelahla igunya lakhe: amabhange amakhulu axhase umkhankaso wakhe ngezimali athola imali yawo.
Uma kukhulunywa ngezinyunyana, u-Obama uyiRiphabhulikhi elinganiselayo, njengama-Democrats asekela i-"Blue Dog" aphethe iDemocratic Party. Uhlelo luka-Obama lwezemfundo oluhamba phambili, oluthi โRace to the Top,โ lwalumelene kakhulu nenyunyana kunelikaGeorge Bush Jr. elithi โNo Child Left Behind.โ Uhlelo lwamaqembu amabili manje lubopha phezu kwe-anti-unionism.
Akukona nje ukuqondana ukuthi u-Obama ubengekho ngokuphelele ezenzweni ezimbili ezinkulu zenyunyana emashumini eminyaka: I-Wisconsin Uprising yango-2011 kanye nesiteleka sothisha baseChicago sango-2012. Ukungabikho kukamengameli kukhulume kakhulu kunamagama ambalwa anokungabaza awakhuluma ngalezi zihloko.
Ngenkathi wonke amaRiphabhulikhi e-Illinois ehlela ukuhlasela othisha baseChicago, owayeyiNhloko Yezisebenzi zika-Obama wayehola icala elimelene nenyunyana. Imigqa yempi yalungiswa ukuze ibonise iqiniso elisha lezepolitiki: amaDemocrats namaRepublican ngokumelene nezinyunyana.
I-Anti-Unionism manje isiyinkinga ehlangene. Njengoba amabhange amakhulu ayedlondlobala, amandla ezinyunyana ancipha, ayenga amaDemocrats aye phambili kwesokudla; isimo sabo sokusebenza sashintsha sisuka ekubeni nengxabano saba inzondo. Manje baqinile ekamu lamaRiphabhulikhi phambili emzabalazweni wekilasi wokulwa nezinyunyana.
Lokhu kuvumelana okusha kubonakala kwabaningi โabaphikisana kakhuluโ no-Obama kwabaqokwe eNkantolo Ephakeme. Ijaji I-Sri Srinivasan, othole isikhundla sakhe samanje eNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala ngamavoti angu-97-0 eNgqungquthela yamanje, ungumuntu okuye kwaxoxwa ngakho kabanzi ngegama lakhe. Ukungabi khona kwempikiswano kwakungenxa, ngokwengxenye, iminyaka yakhe njengommeli wenkampani. Abameli bezinkampani bajwayele ukungahambisani nenyunyana.
Omunye oqhudelana naye phambili yiJaji Lesifunda lesi-9 u-Paul Watford, omunye ummeli wenkampani ongakazingcolisi izandla zakhe nganoma yini eqhubekayo.
Uhlelo lwamaqembu amabili luphikisana kakhulu nenyunyana kangangokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukufa kuka-Scalia ngeke kube nandaba; ijaji lamanje lingaphendula kalula uFriedrichs ngokumelene nezinyunyana. Ukufa kuka-Scalia akuwuqedi umzila ophikisana nenyunyana wokusungulwa; umfutho omningi usuvele wakhiwe.
Ukusungulwa mancane amathuba okuba kuhlale ezandleni zabo, futhi izinyunyana azikwazi ukukukhokhela lokho. Ngethemba ukuthi uBulungiswa obusekela inyunyana buqokiwe akulona isu lezepolitiki, kodwa i-Russian Roulette; iqhinga elingasebenza isikhashana kodwa lihlale ligcina ngokufana.
Ngokomlando izinyunyana beziwina kuphela eNkantolo eNkulu uma ziveza amandla azo. Ukusungulwa kukhombisa inhlonipho kuphela uma uyifuna futhi uyilwela.
INkantolo Ephakeme โeqhubekayoโ ngaphansi kuka-Warren Burger eyayivuna izinyunyana kwakuyimpendulo yokunyakaza kwabantu abaningi kanye nokunyakaza kwabasebenzi okusebenzayo kwama-60's kanye nama-70's. UBurger ngokwakhe waqokwa nguNixon, nakuba ehanjiswe kwesokunxele yizwe lezombusazwe elishintsha ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe.
Ukunqoba okukhulu kweNkantolo eNkulu yezabasebenzi kwenzeke ngesikhathi sikaFranklin Delano Roosevelt ngaphansi kweNkantolo eNkulu yeConservative eyaphoqeleka ukuthi iphendule umnyakazo oholwa yinyunyana. Ngaphandle kwesenzo sobuningi ukunyakaza kwabasebenzi kuyashwabana.
Ngemva kwezenzo zezwe lonke zezisebenzi ezihleliwe ngawo-1970, inhlangano yakhetha ukushweleza lo mbuso. Kodwa manje sebenqume ukuyihlola, ngeFriedrichs. Ukuhlolwa kwesikhathi esizayo akunakugwenywa.
Ukuhlolwa kwangaphambilini kwavusa Ukuvukela kwe-Wisconsin, okubonisa amandla angaba khona azo zonke izinyunyana. Yingakho uFriedrichs empeleni engukugembula kwesigaba esibusayo; banethemba lokuthi inguqulo kazwelonke ye-Wisconsin ayenzeki. Izinyunyana kumele ziqede la mathemba ngokuhlela nezinye izenzo. Ukunyakaza kwabasebenzi okuthulile kuzohamba buthule kuze kube sekupheleni; futhi u-Scalia wayelungisa intambo lapho efa.
Ukushona kuka-Scalia kufanele kunikeze izinyunyana amandla okuhlangana, hhayi ukuphumula emalini ayesebunile. Ngaphandle kwengcindezi eqhubekayo ukusungulwa kuzozizwa kukhululekile ukuqhubeka ngendlela emelene nenyunyana. Amandla kumele ahlangatshezwe ngamandla.
Njengoba nje umkhankaso we-15now ubulokhu ubuthana ezingxoxweni zeDemokhrasi ukuze kwandiswe udaba lwabo, kufanele izinyunyana ziboleke iqhinga lokukhuthaza ukunqoba kukaFriedrichs. Oqokwe ngentando yeningi kumele ezwe ingcindezi yokuthi akhulume esidlangalaleni isinqumo esisekela inyunyana.
Ukuphoqelela lolu daba ezingxoxweni kuzothumela umyalezo onamandla kakhulu. Futhi ukuhlela imibhikisho emikhulu ezungeze iFriedrichs - njengoba izinhlangano zabasebenzi ezimbalwa zenze kubizwe โ izothumela umlayezo ophakeme nakakhulu. Izinyunyana kumele ziphinde zifunde ukuveza amandla azo. Sebekhohliwe, kodwa ukwenza kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuzijwayeza.
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