Ucezu luka-DAVID BACON’S Corpwatch.org lwezingxoxo zenkontileka yakamuva ye-ILWU luqala futhi luphethe ngendima esabekayo yokungenelela kukahulumeni ngokumelene nezinyunyana. Akukho lapho esihlokweni lapho egxeka khona iqhaza lenhlangano yabasebenzi ekuvumeleni ukwesatshiswa kukahulumeni.
Uvula i-athikili ngokuchotshozwa okudabukisayo kuka-Reagan kwesiteleka senyunyana yabalawuli bezindiza ze-PATCO sango-1981, engasho ukuthi abatelekile bakhashelwe uphiko lwe-AFL-CIO olwalungahlangani ukuvikela olayini bokuqopha esikhumulweni sezindiza. Uvala ukucaphuna kukaBush ukusebenzisa “ukuphepha kwezwe” njengeqembu hhayi nje ngokumelene ne-ILWU kodwa okungenzeka nakwezinye izinyunyana.
Umbuzo obalulekile awuzange uphakanyiswe nakancane: Uma inyunyana yamaphekula efana ne-ILWU enezivumelwano ezinamandla ne-Teamsters kanye ne-East Coast International Longshoremen's Association kanye nokuxhumana nabasebenza emadokodweni bamazwe ngamazwe akuthathi ukuma ngokumelene nokuphoqelelwa kukahulumeni/nomqashi kanye ukuguqula isimo, ubani-ke ongakwazi?
Uphuthelwa iphuzu elibalulekile kuyo yonke i-athikili ye-Corpwatch elokuthi ubuholi bamanje be-ILWU busukile efeni elinezimiso zenyunyana yethu yemithetho yengcindezelo ephikisanayo eyaphasiswa “nokuvikeleka kwezwe” kanye nezimpi zombuso ezimelene ne-US ezimelene namazwe Omhlaba Wesithathu.
I-ILWU yaphikisana no-Taft-Hartley kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo ngo-1947, yaphikisana nokhetho lukaMongameli weDemocratic Alliance kanye nokusetshenziswa kuka-Taft-Hartley, futhi yalwa ngempumelelo nesigatshana sayo esiphikisana nobukhomanisi esasiqondiswe kuzikhulu zezinyunyana eNkantolo Ephakeme. Siphinde salwa nokuhlolwa kukahulumeni emanzini ngesikhathi sikaMcCarthy, okwakuthinta kakhulu “ababomvu” nabaNsundu.
Manje, ngokokuqala ngqa, i-ILWU inobuholi obuthule buthule embuzweni wempi emelene ne-Iraq, ifuna “ukuthuthukisa” imithetho ecindezelayo njengoMthetho Wezokuphepha WasePort Maritime esikhundleni sokuphikisa, futhi ipende le nkontileka yemvume ngokuthi “ ukunqoba.” Amabhuloho kanye ne-ILWU abakaze baxoxisane ngenkontileka ngaphansi kukaTaft-Hartley, hhayi ngo-1948 futhi hhayi ngo-1971.
Emjahweni wakhe wokumemezela "ukunqoba" kule nkontileka ebekwe umqashi, njengoba abanye ebuholini be-ILWU bevumile, uBacon wenza iphutha lokuthi isivumelwano "savunywa kakhulu," kanti empeleni ivoti lolwandle belingakatholakali. kuwo wonke amachweba, okuncane kakhulu okubaliwe.
Amanga amabili amakhulu akhulunywayo kule ngxabano yilawa:
(1) Amachweba aWest Coast avalwa isiteleka se-ILWU, hhayi i-Pacific Maritime Association (PMA, abaqashi) ukuvala ngaphandle.
(2) Lesi sivumelwano sesikhashana “siwukunqoba okuyingqopha-mlando” ngenxa nje yokuthi i-ILWU ikwazile ukuthola inzuzo enhle.
Iqiniso liwukuthi abasebenzi abakwazi ukuxoxisana ngenkontileka enhle nesibhamu sika-Taft-Hartley esikhombe ekhanda laso–noma “ngentambo yocingo oluhlabayo,” njengoba uBacon ekubeka.
Lokhu kuvezwe njengenkontileka “yezobuchwepheshe” yi-PMA. Nokho, abaqashi sebevele benamandla ngaphansi kweSigaba 15 senkontileka ukwethula ubuchwepheshe obusha. Le nkontileka ayiphathelene nobuchwepheshe. Imayelana negunya, ukuvikelwa komsebenzi we-ILWU–ongokwesiko kanye nomusha, umabhalane nogu olude.
I-PMA kanye noBush bahlola amanzi ukuze banqume ukuzimisela kwabasebenzi ukuzivikela. U-Bacon uthi "impi eqinisekile…(ye) ubuchwepheshe bemisebenzi-ayizange ilwe kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kulokhu." Imibhalo yakhe yaphambilini ngalo mzabalazo yayinembe kakhudlwana, lapho ayegomela khona ngokuthi lesi “kwakuyisikhathi esinqumayo” enhlanganweni yabasebenzi.
Ngisho nangaphambi kwevoti lokugunyazwa kwenkontileka yasogwini lonke, abaqashi sebevele babonisa isizinda sabo ethekwini lase-Oakland: becasula futhi bezama ukuxosha omakhenikha be-ILWU esiteshini esisha sase-Hanjin kabili; esikhumulweni se-APL, ukusika imisebenzi yasogwini olude nokuzama “ukukhipha inkontileka” umsebenzi we-ILWU chassis mechanic; ukuba nezintambo zokuphatha abaphathi kutheminali ngemva kwetheminali. Lezi zinhlobo zokuhlasela zenzeka nakwamanye amachweba.
Njengoba u-Bacon esho kahle, abaqashi basolwandle, abathumeli bemikhumbi be-West Coast Waterfront Coalition kanye nohulumeni basungula ithimba eliyimfihlo le-White House emzamweni wokusebenzisana wokuphoqa i-ILWU ngezinyathelo zombuso zengcindezelo ukuze yamukele imigomo nemibandela yenkontileka ye-PMA. .
Okushiya ngaphandle uBacon ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi ubuholi obusha be-ILWU sebethenge iqhinga likaBush “lezokuphepha kuzwelonke”, abakaze bacabange ngisho nokuteleka noma bahlele izenzo zikazwelonke nezamazwe ngamazwe ezikhungweni zemikhumbi ukweseka i-ILWU. Ubuhlakani babo obujwayelekile bunovalo lokuthi abantu basogwini olude bebezobonakala njengabantu baseMelika abangahloniphi, abahahayo nabangenabushishi bezwe becekela phansi “impi yokulwa nobuphekula” kaBush.
Kunokuba sibhukude simelane nepolitiki, i-ILWU ebihlale iyenza kangcono kakhulu, besibhekene nethayimthebula ehlelwe yi-PMA. Savalelwa ngaphandle sabe sesishaywa no-Taft-Hartley phakathi nenkathi ematasa yokuthutha. Manje sekuyisikhathi sokuntengantenga futhi njengoba impi ne-Iraq isondela, izikhulu zenyunyana yethu zisebenza isikhathi esengeziwe zizama ukuthengisa inkontileka ebekiwe “njengokunqoba.”
Yisikhathi sokudweba umugqa. Uma silinda kuze kube usuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwenkontileka kaJulayi 2008, uBush, uma ekhethiwe, uzobe esaphethe, noma mhlawumbe “wannabe Republican Democrat” njengoTruman.
Thina basebenzi basogwini olude kufanele siyenqabe le nkontileka futhi sibuyisele ikomidi lethu lezingxoxo emuva, kulokhu ukuze lixoxisane nabathile ngokuhlanganisa ukwesekwa okuphathekayo e-US nakwamanye amazwe.
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