Abaphathi bakwa-Intelligentsia Coffee bavale izitolo zabo ezinhlanu zaseChicago amahora amabili ngaphambi kukaJulayi 5 ukuze babizele abasebenzi besitolo sekhofi emhlanganweni oyisibopho. Inyanga ngaphambili, i-baristas yayinayo wafaka isicelo sokhetho lokumelela inyunyana neBhodi Likazwelonke Lezobudlelwano Bezabasebenzi, ngethemba lokujoyina i-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1220 (IBEW).
Abaphathi bathumele ama-mailers aphikisana nenyunyana kubasebenzi bephendula, besebenzisa isiqubulo esithi, "Be Curious."
Isikhulu se-Intelligentsia, uJames McLaughlin, sitshele abasebenzi ukuthi abanasidingo senyunyana ngoba vele baphathwa kahle. Abaphathi benqabile ukuphendula noma yimiphi imibuzo yabasebenzi.
โBathe ngeke bakwazi ukuphendula imibuzo ngenxa yemithetho ye-NLRB, nokuthi kumele babe nemibhalo yakho konke abakushoyo ukuze bakwazi ukukuletha ku-NLRB uma beyidinga,โ kusho u-Intelligentsia barista uJordan Parshall. โ[Bekuzwakala] njenge-mumbo jumbo esemthethweni yokuthi, 'Sigxile ekukhulumeni into engekho emthethweni futhi kudingeka siqiniseke ukuthi asikwenzi.' โ
U-Parshall uthi indida ayizange ilahleke kwasebenza nabo: "Umugqa wonke [wabaphathi] wawuthi 'funa ukwazi.' Bese sifika kulo mhlangano futhi bafana nokuthi, 'Awukwazi ukubuza imibuzo.' โ
Cishe ngemva kwenyanga yomhlangano omelene nenyunyana kanye nezinyanga ezimbili ngemva kokufakwa kokhetho, i-NLRB yahlanganisa amavoti angeniswa futhi yamemezela ukuthi abasebenzi bavotele kakhulu inyunyana. Abasebenzi bazojoyina izinkulungwane zama-baristas asebenza nabo Starbucks futhi Ikhofi ye-Colectivo abaphinde banqoba okhethweni lwezinyunyana onyakeni odlule.
"Abasebenzi baseMelika bafuna ukubona izimo zokusebenza ezingcono kanye namaholo aphezulu - bafuna isithunzi emsebenzini - futhi indlela engcono kakhulu yokufeza lokho ngenkontileka yezinyunyana," kusho i-Chicago's democratic-socialist 35.th I-ward alderman, uCarlos Ramirez-Rosa. Iwadi iyikhaya le-Intelligentsia cafe eyodwa. "Besilokhu sizigqaja ngokuba ne-Intelligentsia Coffee e-Logan Square, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi siyaziqhenya nakakhulu njengoba sesazi ukuthi abasebenzi bakhona bahlangene."
Cishe ama-barista angama-27 azomelwa ophikweni lwezingxoxo zenyunyana. Isibalo sokugcina samavoti sibe ngu-9 - 1 evuna, ngaphandle kwamavoti aphikisiwe. U-Parshall uphawula ukuthi amavoti amaningi athunyelwe emakhelini eposi aphelelwe yisikhathi ahlinzekwa yi-Intelligentsia ku-NLRB.
โAbaningi engisebenza nabo babefuna ukuvota, kodwa abazange bathole ivoti eposini base bengakwazi ukuthola ucingo ne-NLRB,โ kusho uParshall. โUkhetho lomuntu siqu lungasiza abantu abaningi ukuthi bavote. Kodwa noma ngabe baningi abantu abavotayo, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi umkhawulo ngabe unjena.โ
IBEW Local 1220 ekuqaleni wayefuna abasebenzi bakwa-Intelligentsia's Chicago Roasting Works - lapho ubhontshisi be-Intelligentsia osiwe, upakishwe futhi uthunyelwe - ukuba babe yingxenye yophiko lwezingxoxo, kodwa inkampani yaphikisana nokufakwa kwabo. Inyunyana ihlela ukufaka isicelo sokhetho oluhlukene nabasebenzi bakwaRoasting Works.
Kuze kube manje, umzamo wezinyunyana ukhawulelwe eChicago - kodwa i-Intelligentsia inamakhefi eLos Angeles, eBoston, eNew York nase-Austin, eTexas.
โUkuhlela indawo yokusebenza kungaba yinselele, kodwa uma abasebenzi behlangana ukuze bazuze bona kanye nontanga yabo, wonke umuntu uyawina ekugcineni,โ kusho uJohn Rizzo, umphathi webhizinisi le-IBEW Local 1220.
Ngo-2021, i-IBEW yendawo 1220 kanye ne-494 ubumbene babalelwa ku-400 abasebenzi base-Colectivo Coffee, enamakhefi eChicago, eMilwaukee naseMadison, eWis. Abasebenzi be-Intelligentsia bayatshela Kulezi zikhathi babehlangana njalo nozakwabo.
"Ama-'Colectivens" amaningi angena futhi akhuluma nathi 'Intellis,'" kusho uParshall. "Bekunokuxhumana okuningi phakathi kwabantu abadlule kulowo mkhankaso [e-Colectivo] nathi."
Ukunqoba kwa-Intelligentsia kuza njengoba i-Starbucks iqhubeka nomkhankaso wayo ongaphezi wokuqeda izinyunyana ukuze kumiswe impumelelo ye-Starbucks Workers United, noma ukuvala phansi amathilomu unionized kanye labadubuli inqwaba yezishoshovu zezinyunyana.
Abasebenzi baseChicago Intelligentsia bathi umzamo wenkampani "wokugwema inyunyana" ubukhawulelwe emhlanganweni owodwa wezithameli ezazithunjiwe ngoJulayi kanye nabathumeli beposi abane. Le nkampani ibonakala ilandela isu elifanayo elingaphumelelanga lokulwa nenyunyana elisetshenziswa abaphathi e-REI yezitolo zokungcebeleka ekuqaleni kwalo nyakaโukuhlomisa ulimi lwezinhlobonhlobo.
Omunye wabathumeli be-Intelligentsia, ngokwesibonelo, iphawule ukuhlukahluka kobuhlanga nobulili benkampani, ukuqhosha kwabaphathi benza uMartin Luther King Jr. Day kanye noJuneteenth bakhokhe amaholide. Kwabe sekuchaza ukuthi kunokuhlukahluka okuncane kakhulu phakathi kwenyunyana yasendaweni, kubuza: "Ingase [Local 1220] ilahle i-MLK kanye ne-Juneteenth njengamaholide akhokhelwayo ukuze bathole okuthile abakufunayo?"
U-Parshall uthi leli qhinga alizange liphumelele: โโAyizange ngempela ikhuthaze muntu ukuthi avote ngokuthi โcha.โ โ
Omele ubudlelwano bomphakathi be-Intelligentsia uyatshela Kulezi zikhathi:โNjengoba senzile phakathi nenqubo yokhetho, futhi ngenkathi ukuqinisekiswa kwe-NLRB kwemiphumela yokhetho kusalindile, izindawo zokudlela zekhofi zase-Chicago ziyasebenza futhi izisebenzi zethu zilethela amakhasimende ethu ikhofi elingavamile nsuku zonke. Akukho okunye esikuphawulayo okwamanje.โ
Isinyathelo esilandelayo sale nyunyana wukuhlola abasebenzi ukulungiselela ukuxoxisana ngenkontileka yabo yokuqala. Kuze kube manje, izinto ezikhathazayo ezinkulu zihlanganisa amaholo, izinzuzo kanye namazinga abasebenzi.
โUkunqoba inyunyana kuyingxenye yokuqala yempi; ukuwina leyo nkontileka yokuqala kuvame ukuba nzima kakhulu,โ kusho uRamirez-Rosa. โNgiyethemba ukuthi abaphathi kwa-Intelligentsia bahlale phansi ngokushesha futhi basebenze ngobuqotho nangokwethembeka.โ
UParshall unesithombe esikhulu engqondweni. "Siyethemba ngempela ukuthi lo mkhankaso uzowakhuthaza amanye amakhefi, futhi sithemba ukuthi noma iyiphi inkontileka esikwazi ukuxoxa ngayo ingaba indinganiso yemboni," usho kanje. "I-Intelligentsia iyindawo ethuthuke kakhulu, futhi lena kungenye nje indawo yokuqanjwa kabusha kanye nathi ukuletha ama-baristas angcono kakhulu anenkontileka engcono kakhulu yokwenza ikhofi elingcono kakhulu."
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