Impelasonto Yosuku Lwabasebenzi, e-Oakland, CA:
Sichithe amahora ambalwa no-Ed Sadlowski, kule mpelasonto yoSuku Lwabasebenzi. USadlowski uyihlongandlebe langaphambili le-steelworker, indoda okwathi eneminyaka engu-38 yacishe yehlisa esihlalweni umongameli owayekhona we-United Steelworkers Union (USW), ngaleso sikhathi eyayingamalungu aqinile angu-1.4 million, okuyisizinda sabasebenzi basezimbonini kusukela ngeminyaka yamashumi amathathu.
U-Sadlowski, isisebenzi sokugaya isizukulwane sesithathu saseChicago, umkhiqizo walokho okwake kwaba isikhungo esikhulu sensimbi enhliziyweni yemboni yase-US, i-worker class fighter, waqala umsebenzi wokugaya eneminyaka engu-25. Eseneminyaka engamashumi amabili, wakhethwa njengomongameli we-US enkulu. I-Steel South Works USW yendawo, bese iba ngu-11,000 eqinile. Wabe esekhethwa USWW District 31 Director, 80,000 strong. USadlowski mhlawumbe waba umholi owaziwa kakhulu ekuhlubukeni okwaqala ngeminyaka yawo-XNUMX futhi kwaqhubeka phakathi neminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa, ngaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi yokuhlubuka kwesigaba sabasebenzi, iziteleka, nokunyakaza kwezikhundla namafayela. Manje usethathe umhlalaphansi, kunjalo; akakayishiyi imisele - usalwa, futhi lolu suku lwabasebenzi aluhlukile.
Use-California โ usahlala e-Chicago โ ubolekwe i-National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) entsha enseleleni yabo ye-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ukuze imele abasebenzi bezempilo base-California.
โNgikhona ngenza umsebenzi wenkosiโ esho ecwayiza. โNgilapha ukuze ngibone ukuthi abasekho abantu abalinyazwa yilokhu okwenzekayo. Abasekho abantu abasebenzayo abalinyazwa abanye abantu abasebenzayo.
โSengibe seningizimu yeCalifornia amasonto amabili; Ngize lapha kuleli sonto. Bengisebenza namaqembu ezempilo lapha, abasebenzi be-Kaiser Permanente, abalandeli benyunyana entsha, i-NUHW, izisebenzi ezimangalisayo, izinyunyana zabasebenzi bese besuka lapho.
โAbanye balaba basebenzi, ngiyabathanda abasebenzi abasebasha, abanye abantu abasha, abanye besifazane, baqinile njenganoma yimuphi umsebenzi wensimbi noma umsebenzi wedokodo engike ngaba nalo okubonile empilweni yami, Awuzukubaphusha, ngeke ubashaye, angeke ubaxake. Sinenhlanhla enkulu laphaโ
Lokhu kungqubuzana kwe-NUHW-SEIU, okuya ngokuya kumuncu, kusekelwe ekuphathweni kwe-SEIU kwe-United Healthcare Workers-West - ukuthathwa okunonya kukaJanuwari 2009 kwenyunyana yasendaweni ye-SEIU eyayinamandla, eqhubekayo eyi-150,000, ukuthathwa ngokwakho kuwumphumela wokungqubuzana okuhlala isikhathi eside okusukela kusisekelo. ukungaboni ngaso linye ngentando yeningi yangaphakathi, ukuhlonyiswa kwabasebenzi, kanye nezinyunyana ezilwela amalungelo abasebenzi.
I-Trusteeship ibuyiselwe emuva; amalungu endawo ngokushesha afaka isicelo sokugunyaza i-SEIU, mhlawumbe idrayivu yokukhipha izitifiketi enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona. Bazimisele ukwakha inyunyana entsha, ngempela, ukuze bakhe kabusha inyunyana yabo. I-SEIU yaphendula โngokwethuka nokwesabaโ - izinkulungwane zabasebenzi zathunyelwa eCalifornia; kwasetshenziswa amashumi ezigidi zamarandi. โKufana ne-Iraq,โ kubhuqa indoda yasendlunkulu ye-SEIU. Baphumelele ukumisa ukhetho lweNational Labour Relations Board (NLRB) izinyanga eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ngokugcwele - kodwa hhayi unomphela. Kuleli hlobo abasebenzi baka-Kaiser Permanente, okuyisigaba esisodwa esikhulu kunazo zonke kubasebenzi bezempilo e-California, baphinde bafaka isicelo. Kuphumelele. I-NLRB yamisa ukhetho. Amavoti azothunyelwa ngoSepthemba 13 no-14. Imiphumela izomenyezelwa ngo-Okthoba.
Lolu khetho kuzoba ukhetho olukhulu kakhulu, olubaluleke kakhulu lwenyunyana emashumini eminyaka, ngempela kusukela ngeminyaka yamashumi amathathu. Kuze kube manje, akunakwa, impela mayelana nabezindaba. USuku Lwabasebenzi, indaba iqhubeka, yasungulwa njengenye indlela yeMay Day - usuku lwabasebenzi bendabuko. May Day, usuku, ngemva kweHaymarket Affair, ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi eChicago, babe usuku lobumbano lwabasebenzi bamazwe ngamazwe, umgubho womzabalazo, ukubonakaliswa kwamandla.
Hhayi lapha. Kulokho, ngokuqinisekile amakhosi ethu aphumelele - uMay Day sewakhohlwa kudala; Usuku Lwabasebenzi ngokuyinhloko luwukuphela kwekhefu lasehlobo. Kulo nyaka, njengakweminye, abezindaba bazoqaphela, uma kukhona, ukuthi izinyunyana ziyaqhubeka nokuncipha, manje mhlawumbe sezingaphezu kuka-7 % abasebenzi bezinkampani ezizimele, nokuthi ukwehla komnotho kuzosheshisa ukwehla - umphumela wokudilizwa kanye nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi isikhathi eside. Izinga lokungasebenzi eCalifornia lihlala lingaphezulu kwe-12%. Izigidi zezisebenzi ezengeziwe zibhekene nokudliwa.
U-Ed Sadlowski weza eCalifornia ukuzosiza; ngakho-ke, ngendlela, ibe nabanye, inqwaba yabahleli, amavolontiya azibophezele ku-NUHW kanye nalokho eseyimele - ngokushesha, ilungelo labasebenzi lenyunyana abazikhethele yona.
โFuthi lokho kuyisisekelo salokho,โ kusho uSadlowski. โOkwenzeka lapha eCalifornia embonini yezokunakekelwa kwempilo, ikakhulukazi e-Kaiser, kuyihlazo, into oyithola kuphela emibhalweni yezindaba zomhlaba wezinkampani. Kungumsebenzi kadeveli. Kuyihlazo ukuthi lapha uthola ingubo ezibiza ngenyunyana ifaka izinja kwabanye abasebenzi. Angikaze ngiyibone into enje kule minyaka engu-50 ngikulo mbutho. Yimbi kakhulu engake ngayibona, inenkohliso njengabo bonke abaphathi ababi kakhulu.
โIngoma eculwa lapha yikhwaya ye-SEIU ithi, 'Stop this movement', yeka le nhlangano eqhubekayo ngazo zonke izindlela. I-SEIU ilahlekelwe yizo zonke izithiyo, zonke izimilo. Bangene lapha belambele impi, balambele ukususa abantu endaweni, baqamba amanga, amanga emva kwamanga, ngikholwe, buka nje izimemo zabo, ukuhlanekezela ngemva kokuhlanekezela. Futhi umgulukudu, ubuqhwaga. Ngizibonele mathupha. Baze bangizama. Ihlaya elingaka. Bengicabanga ukuthi sesidlulile kulokho. Asiyidingi.
โLokhu kuzolimaza abantu kuphela; umonakalo uzohlala isikhathi eside. Owinile ngeke ume bese ulindela ukuthi abantu bakhohlwe.โ
Kuleli sonto amalungu e-NUHW, abasebenzi namavolontiya, uSadlowski phakathi kwabo, balungiselela ukuhlasela okulandelayo. I-SEIU imemezele ukuthi izothumela abanye abasebenzi besikhathi esigcwele abangu-2,000 1199 eCalifornia. Lokhu kuzobandakanya ngokusobala, bonke abasebenzi abahleliyo be-350,000 United Healthcare Workers -East, isikhulu sezinyunyana zasendaweni, ingqungquthela yamalungu angama-1199 eyakhelwe phezu kwe-New York XNUMX endala, ethandwa "intuthuko." Lo mkhankaso, oqanjwe ngendlela edabukisayo nguMongameli omusha we-SEIU uMary Kay Henry, โImpi Yezwe Yesithathuโ, uzodla izigidi ezingokoqobo (amaholo, imali yokugibela indiza, amakamelo amahhotela, izimoto eziqashisayo, imali ngayinye), lokhu ngaphezu kwamashumi ezigidi esezichithiwe, okuhlanganisa nemali eningi ethunyelwa ibutho elincane labameli bendawo. Izigidi, umthombo wazo otholakala emalini ebanjwayo emalini ekhokhwayo yamalungu asebenzayo angakhokhwa kahle.
โUma ngikhuluma iqiniso, impilo yami ibingemnandi kangako kule minyaka embalwa edlule. Futhi-ke, kufanele ngisho ukuthi ngigcwalisela ingane yami, u-Ed Jr., indoda enhle yenyunyana, ekhishwe u-SEIU.
โLona umuthi ongcono kakhulu engingawusebenzisa ngokwami โโ- ukuba nalaba bantu izinyunyana zabasebenzi, izinyunyana zangempela.
โNgicabanga ukuthi abantu bafunda ukuthi ukunqoba kungenzeka. Anginangqondo lapha, noma nginothando, ngakho-ke angicabangi ukuthi u-SEIU uzogingqika afe - kodwa lena yonke into kaDavide noGoliyati, izinyane eliphethe indwayimane netshe.
โI-SEIU isebenzisa amashumi ezigidi kulo mkhankaso, ezinkantolo, iletha abahleli abakhulu - futhi iphikisana namasenti, amapeni angempela. O, ngiyazi bahlakaniphe kakhulu, banabantu abanamakhono, ngiyabazi abaningi babo. Kodwa ngeke kusebenze.
"Sasiphikisana nento efanayo ngeminyaka yama-70, lapho ngiphonsela inselelo abaphathi - abasebenzi ababephethe inyunyana, isifungo sokungateleki, izivumelwano eziyimfihlo nabaqashi."
Iminyaka yamashumi ayisikhombisa yabona ukwanda kokugcina okukhulu kwabasebenzi base-US. Abavukuzi abangamahlongandlebe, abashayeli bamaloli, abasebenzi baseposini, othisha, abasebenzi bomkhakha kahulumeni โ abasebenzi abamnyama, abesifazane, abasebenzi basemapulazini โ wabamba iqhaza emikhankasweni yentando yeningi, ukufakwa, ukumelana namadlangala ekuhlaseleni kwabaqashi. Umkhankaso kaSadlowski we-Fightback ka-1977 wokuba ngumongameli we-USW wafana nokuvukela kwensimbi. USadlowski wayaziwa kakhulu njengosekela amalungelo abantu, njengomphikisi wempi.
โKungenzeka ukuthi sihluliwe kuleyo mpi, kodwa siwine kakhulu. Sasinezinkinga ezifanayo, ukuntuleka kwentando yeningi kubantu bakithi, ubuholi bamazwe ngamazwe obuphezulu, obunamandla. Uyazi, sashintsha kakhulu, ngiyaziqhenya ngalokho, sayijika inyunyana yethu, senze ngempela.
โUkuzisola okukodwa โ ngichithe ubusuku bonke ngicabanga ngalokhu, udaba lwamalungelo abantu, impi, asenzanga okwanele. Kungani ngingenzanga okwengeziwe, ngizama ukulungisa, njengoba sonke senza โ yebo sonke siyawenza amaphutha, noma kunjalo siyazi ukuthi bekufanele senze okwengeziwe. Ngiyazi kudala kodwa angenzanga okwanele.
โZiningi izinkinga ezikhona ngaphakathi enyunyaneni kodwa ziningi izinyunyana ezizihlanzile.
โAngifuni abantu bangayizwisisi into engiyishoyo. Ingabe inhlangano yabasebenzi inenkohlakalo, angikukholwa lokho โ inkohlakalo yilapho ucabangela ubuthakathaka emoyeni womuntu.
โKunezinyunyana ezikhohlakele. U-Andy Stern akakaze enze lutho ukuqeda inkohlakalo ku-SEIU - abafana bahambe nezigidi. Kudingeka aziphendulele.
โKodwa lokho akulutho uma kuqhathaniswa namabhange, ngeke usho ukuthi izinyunyana zikhohlakele njengoWall Street. Awukwazi ukusho lokho.
โKodwa noma ngabe sikhohlakele ngo-1% kuphela, lokho kukhulu kakhulu mayelana nabasebenzi. Kufanele silindele ukuthi abasebenzi bahlangabezane namazinga aphezulu kunalezo ezinye izikhungo.
โKungani ngisho lokhu?
โInhlangano yabasebenzi ingeyakho nami kanye nabo bonke abanye abantu abasebenzayo kuleli. Lenza leli zwe; izinto ezinhle ezikhona kuleli zivela ekusebenzeni nasezenzweni zayo.
โNgiyawuthanda umbutho wabasebenzi. Bekuyikho konke kimi, emndenini wami. Singawushintsha umhlaba, siguqule ukusatshalaliswa komcebo esiwudalayo, lokhu singakwenza ngentando yeningi โ futhi inhlangano yabasebenzi ingabamba iqhaza elikhulu kulokhu.โ
Sibuze uSadlowski mayelana nezindaba ezibalulekile namuhla: โIntando yeningi, intando yeningi yokubamba iqhaza yona ngokwayo ezolungisa eziningi zezinkinga zethu. Sidinga intando yeningi yokubamba iqhaza, intando yeningi yomphakathi; intando yeningi okudingeka siyingenise kuyo kanye imizi esihlala kuyo, bese singena emhlabeni.
"Ukunqoba eKaiser, ngicabanga, kuzoba umaka omkhulu, lapho bebiza ama-chips, kuzoba ukunqoba ekunakekelweni kwezempilo, futhi lena imboni enkulu, futhi ecebile. Ngokwamaphepha, uKaiser uzenzele kahle ngonyaka odlule - inzuzo engaphezu kuka-$2 billion, hhayi amazambane amabi endaweni yangakithi.
โNgicabanga ukuthi kuzokwenziwa. Ngiyathanda ukuba nabantu abasha, bazogqama. Sekuya kuba nzima ukubashaya. Ngicabanga ukuthi kwaba lula ngenkathi umkhulu wami efika evela ePoland. Akunjalo kulula manje ukuhlukumeza izingane. Ngithole inhlonipho enkulu ngalezi zingane, yebo. BangabaMcCoy bangempela.โ
UFaith Simon, umsekeli we-NUHW, ube ngumhlengikazi e-Afrika, e-United Kingdom, nasezibhedlela eziningi zase-US. Ungumhlengikazi Womndeni endaweni yasemaphandleni eNyakatho California.
UCal Winslow ungumbhali we Izimpi Zombango Zabasebenzi eCalifornia kanye nomhleli we Isikhundla Sokuvukela kanye Nefayela: Ibutho Labasebenzi kanye Nokuvukela Okusuka Ngaphansi Kweminyaka Eyisikhombisa Eside.
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