Ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi akwenzeki nje kwabesifazane abakhazimulayo ezimbonini eziwubukhazikhazi. Njengoba ukuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili kumayelana namandla, hhayi ubulili, akumangazi lokho abesifazane abahola kancane emisebenzini ephansi bathola okuningi.
I-Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ithi imboni yokudlela iwumthombo omkhulu kakhulu wezimangalo zokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi. Ocwaningweni lukazwelonke lwabasebenzi bezindawo zokudlela abangu-4,300 olwenziwa yisikhungo sabasebenzi Izikhungo Zokudlela Amathuba Ezindawo Ezihlangene, ngaphezu kweyodwa kwabasebenzi abayi-10 babike ukuthi bona noma isisebenzi esikanye nabo bake bahlukunyezwa ngokobulili. I-ROC ithi nalesi sibalo esithusayo kungenzeka sincane.
Amaqembu okugxilwe kuwo kanye nezingxoxo ze-ROC ezenziwa ezweni lonke zathola ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi โokuyingxenye eyamukelekayoโฆ yesiko.โ Esinye isisebenzi sathi, โAkunakugwenywa. Uma kungekona ukuhlasela ngamazwi, othile ufuna ukukucasukela.โ
I-ROC ibuyekeze iminyaka emine ye-EEOC yokuxazululwa kokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi nezinqumo embonini yokudlela futhi yathola ukuthi amacala afakwe ngokuyinhloko ngokumelene namaketanga aziwayo, kuhlanganise ne-McDonald's (embi kakhulu ngamaphesenti angu-16 wamacala), i-KFC, i-Sonic, i-IHOP, i-Applebee's, i-Cracker. Umgqomo, uRuby Tuesday, noDenny's.
Ngokuvamile, abasebenzi babehlukunyezwa futhi bahlukunyezwe nsuku zonke futhi babhekane nohlobo oluthile lokuziphindiselela ngokukhononda.
UJenny Brown, osesebenzela iNational Womenโs Liberation, uJenny Brown. uveza ukuthi "izibalo eziphansi" zabasebenzi bezindawo zokudlela zixhunywe endleleni abakhokhelwa ngayo: amathiphu.
Amanothi e-Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, ku-a Umbiko we-2014, ukuthi โiningi labasebenzi besifazane kufanele lijabulise futhi lithande amakhasimende ukuze liziphilise.โ Amadoda asizakala ngemibuzo ehlukumezayo, ukuthinta, ukuphuthaza, ngisho nokucupha.
"Ngeshwa, sekuvele kwaba inkambiso yomphakathi, futhi sonke sikwamukele futhi sonke siyakuzonda," kusho u-bartender wesifazane etshela i-ROC.
Abaphathi bavame ukuchema namakhasimende uma abasebenzi bekhononda. Esinye isisebenzi sabika amazwi omphathi wakhe: โAwu, labo bantu bakhokha imali eningi ngezinkonzo zethu, futhi, ngiqonde ukuthi, kungaba buhlungu yini ukumamatheka kancane, ukuba nobungane kakhudlwana kubo?โ
EMASIMINI
One isisebenzi sasepulazini wachaza inkambiso emasimini ngendlela efanayo naleyo yasezitolo zokudlela: โUyakuvumela noma bayakuxosha.โ Ucwaningo lwango-2010 lwabesifazane abangabasebenzi basemapulazini lwathola ukuthi amaphesenti angu-80 ake ahlukunyezwa ngokocansi emsebenzini.
Abesifazane abangabasebenzi basemapulazini basengozini enkulu uma beqashwe futhi bekhokhelwa abaholi ngabanye, okuyibo abalawula ngokuqinile izimpilo zabo.
Amajanitha kukhona elinye icala elikhokhelwa kancane ngokwephuzu, njenge USonia Singh wabhala kulo nyaka. Ikakhulukazi ngabesifazane, imvamisa basebenza ebusuku ezindaweni zokusebenzela ezingazodwa. Idokhumentari ye-PBS yango-2015 "Ukudlwengula ku-Night Shift" kuveza ukuthi udlame locansi olusabalele futhi olungabikwanga kangako kwabaqaphi.
NgoMeyi 2016 i-United Service Workers West yawina inkontileka entsha eyinhloko e-California edinga ukuqeqeshwa kokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kwabaphathi nabasebenzi, futhi iqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi bangakwazi ukufaka izikhalazo kubaphathi ngaphezu kwabaphathi babo abaqondile.
Inyunyana yahlola isebenzisa a telenovela (i-soap opera) yokuqeqeshwa, engamiswa ukuze ababambiqhaza bakhulume ngezimo abasanda kuzibuka.
Inyunyana iphinde yasebenzisana nezishayamthetho ukuthuthukisa umthethosivivinywa wombuso wonke, iProperty Services Worker Protection Act. Inyunyana yathola izimeya zendawo kanye nosonkontileka abahlanza inyunyana ukuthi bathembise ukwesekwa, futhi yakhokha amabhodi ezikhangiso athi โQeda Ukudlwengula ku-Night Shiftโ ezindaweni ezinamasu.
Ngesikhathi bengakacaci ukuthi uMbusi uJerry Brown uzowusayina umthethosivivinywa, abahleli bezikhundla banquma ukwenza ukuzila.
Abangu-XNUMX abasinde odlameni lwezocansi nokuhlukunyezwa emsebenzini baqale isiteleka sabo sokulamba phambi kwe-State Capitol. Abaningi besifazane bafundele abahlaseli babo izincwadi ezivuliwe. Abaningi babengakaze babelane ngezindaba zabo esidlangalaleni ngaphambi kwalo mkhankaso.
Ngemuva kokuthi leli qembu lizila ukudla izinsuku ezinhlanu, uBrown wasayina lo mthetho, ozoqala ukusebenza ngo-2019. Kudingeka ukuthi abaqashi bezokuhlanza kanye nezokuphepha baqeqeshe abasebenzi nezimenenja ngodlame nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi.
Mhlawumbe abasebenzi besifazane abasengozini enkulu yokuhlaselwa kwangempela abahlanza amahhotela. Ngokusobala izihambeli zesilisa zicabanga ukuthi uma kunowesifazane ekamelweni, kufanele abe khona. UJenny Brown wabhala, โIzisebenzi zibika ukuthi amakhasimende wesilisa azichaya, azame ukuthenga izinsiza zocansi, azibambe futhi aziphuthaze futhi, kwezinye izimo, azame ukubadlwengula.โ
โAmakhasimende anikela ngemali yokubhucungaโkodwa awafuni ukubhucungwa, afuna enye into,โ kusho u-Elizabeth Moreno, isisebenzi sasehhotela saseChicago esineminyaka engu-18. Uthe uma ehambisa izinto zenkonzo yasekamelweni, izihambeli zabesilisa zifika ngezikhathi ezithile emnyango zinqunu.
Inkinga idlange kangangokuthi izisebenzi zamahhotela eHawaii naseSan Francisco ziye zamelana nemizamo yabaphathi yokubenza bagqoke iziketi. Abasebenzi bathe imifaniswano ibenza babe sengcupheni yokuphuthaza emsebenzini odinga ukugoba imibhede, obhavu kanye naphansi.
E-New York Sofitel, lapho u-Dominique Strauss-Kahn, inhloko ye-International Monetary Fund, ashaya umsizi wasendlini ekamelweni elibiza u-$ 3,000-ubusuku ngo-2011, abaphathi bashintsha umfaniswano wesiketi waba yibhulukwe nejazi, ngokusho komele inyunyana.
Ukuphepha kwabasebenzi basemagunjini kuba sengozini ngenxa yokuncishiswa kwabasebenzi okushiya abesifazane bodwa njengoba besebenza. Ezinye izisebenzi zasehhotela zaseHawaii โezisemsebenzini owenqabayo,โ okuhilela ukungena emakamelweni kusihlwa ukuze zidwebe amadrape futhi ehlise namakhava, ajwayele ukusebenza ngababili. Manje abaphathi sebebacela ukuthi basebenze bodwa, bathi kubenza bazizwe bengaphephile.
E-Chicago, abasebenzi balwele ilungelo lokuvula umnyango wegumbi lehhotela ngenqola yabo yokuhlinzeka ngenkathi behlanza. Abanye abaphathi bamahhotela bathe โakukona uchwephesheโ noma bangavumela ukuntshontshwa kwezinto egumbini.
"Uma sivula amanzi, asizwa isivakashi singena," kusho u-Moreno. Ehhotela lenyunyana yakhe, umphathi wengamela ukuhlanzwa kwegumbi uma kukhona ikhasimende.
ABAPHATHI BAYAHLEKA
Ngemuva kwesigameko sikaStrauss-Kahn, inyunyana yabasebenzi basehhotela i-UNITE LAPHA ibe nezinkulumo emadolobheni ayisishiyagalombili. โLa makhasimende acabanga ukuthi angasisebenzisa kunoma yini ayifunayo, ngoba asinawo amandla anawo noma imali anayo,โ kusho u-Yazmin Vazquez, isisebenzi sase-Chicago.
Isisebenzi sasehhotela esineminyaka engu-30 e-Indianapolis, โongumgijimi oyisivakashiโ ngesikhathi sakusihlwa, silethe amathawula ne-shampoo kumakhasimende ayekucelile. Uthi kabili ngesonto wayehlangana namadoda afika emnyango enqunu, amthembise umshado, noma okubi nakakhulu. Abaphathi babazi ngalokhu, esho, kodwa iningi lahleka.
Isisebenzi sasehhotela laseToronto u-Andria Babbington naye uthe abaphathi bamhleka ngesikhathi ekhononda ngesivakashi esinqunu esicele ukubekwa.
โAmahhotela ahambisana nesiko lokuthula,โ kusho u-Annemarie Strassel we-UNITE LAPHA. โInhloso wukuthi isivakashi sihlezi siqinisile.โ
Ngeza isifiso sabaphathi sokujabulisa izivakashi futhi ushanele izehlakalo ezidala umphakathi, futhi abasebenzi abaningi bazizwa becindezelwe ukubekezelela ukuthukwa nokushaywa njengengxenye yomsebenzi.
Uma abasebenzi bebika ngokuziphatha kwesivakashi, amaphoyisa awavamile ukubizwa. "Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sithini, abaphathi bayohlale behlonipha isivakashi," kusho u-Hortensia Valera e-Chicago speak-out.
Noma kunjalo, amaphoyisa ambopha u-Strauss-Kahn (yize amacala ahoxiswa kamuva) futhi, ngemva nje kwalokho, usomabhizinisi wasebhange waseGibhithe u-Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar, umgcini wendlu ayembeke icala lokushaya okufanayo. Bobabili abagcini bezindlu baseNew York City babengamalungu enyunyana.
Njengoba kwenzeka namuhla ngochungechunge lwemibiko nge-mogul yabezindaba uHarvey Weinstein, ukusakazwa kwabe sekukhulula abasebenzi ukuthi bakhulume ngezigameko ezifanayo.
Abaphathi bawo womabili amahhotela bathe bazonikeza abasebenzi izinkinobho zokwethuka.
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