Amashumi ezinkulungwane zamamashi abhikishe emigwaqweni yase-Raleigh, eNyakatho ne-Carolina, ngoMgqibelo ukukhombisa ukungahambisani ne-ajenda ye-right-wing eyeqisayo ebambe iqhaza kuhulumeni kusukela i-Tea Party yathola ukulawula kwesishayamthetho kanye nehhovisi lombusi.
Imashi nerali ibibizwa ngeMoral March — maqondana ne imibhikisho yeMoral ngoMsombuluko egcine iholele ekuboshweni kwabantu ababalelwa ku-1,000 ngenxa yokungalaleli komphakathi entwasahlobo nasehlobo lika-2013.
Izinkulungwane ezehlukene ezehlela eCapitol zazivela kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Carolina nakwezinye izifundazwe ezingama-32, futhi zimele uxhaxha olubanzi lwezinhlangano zobulungisa bomphakathi. Abasebenzi, ezemvelo, amalungelo abesifazane, intsha, i-LGBT, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, kanye namaqembu othisha ahlanganyele namalungelo omphakathi nezinhlangano zezenkolo ukubamba lokho okungenzeka kube imashi enkulu kakhulu kanye nerali eNingizimu kusukela ngoMashi we-Selma-to-Montgomery ngo-1965. .
Amaqembu entsha ephuma ezweni lonke abehlela imicimbi yokugubha iminyaka engu-50 kweNkululeko Summer ajoyine le micimbi azibambela eyawo ingqungquthela.
I-Moral March ibiwukuqhutshekwa kwe-HKonJ Peoples Assemblies ekhule ngosayizi unyaka ngamunye, yafinyelela ku-10,000-15,000 ngonyaka odlule ngokugubha iminyaka eyisikhombisa umcimbi wokuqala. (I-HKonJ ibhekisela “kumakhulu ezinkulungwane” ku-J Street, lapho iCapitol ikhona.)
Izibalo ezimangalisayo zalo nyaka zingabangwa ukucasuka kwabantu baseNyakatho Carolinians ekuphenduleni, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukwenqaba kombusi ukwamukela imali yenhlangano yokwelula iMedicaid kubantu abangu-500,000 abangaqinisekisiwe, ukunciphisa izinzuzo zokungasebenzi ezinwetshiwe kubasebenzi abayi-150,000, kanye nokuphasisa umvoti onemingcele ngokweqile. umthethosivivinywa wokucindezelwa.
Ngokuhlaselwa kwamalungelo okuzala abesifazane, amalungelo abasebenzi, kanye nemindeni ye-LGBT kwengezwe engxubeni enobuthi, izinkulungwane zinqume ukuthatha isinyathelo.
Izisebenzi Ziyavela
Izinyunyana namaqembu ezisebenzi ahlanganyela nezithunywa ezinomoya. I-United Electrical Workers (UE) Local 150, Abasebenzi Bokudla Nezentengiselwano, Abasebenzi Bethimba, kanye neKomidi Elihlelayo Labasebenzi Basemapulazini babenamaqembu aphawuleka kakhulu.
Izithunywa zabasebenzi ezivela ngaphandle kwezwe zazihlanganisa i-1199 (abasebenzi bezempilo) abavela eNew York City, i-Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment yaseNingizimu Carolina, kanye nabantu abavela eNew Jersey, e-Ohio, e-Georgia, e-Indiana nakwezinye izifundazwe.
Ithimba elikhulu lothisha eliphuma ku-North Carolina Association of Educators beligqoke ezibomvu njengengxenye yomkhankaso walo elicela othisha ukuthi bangasayini izinkontileka zokuqashwa ezizodinga ukuthi bayeke ukusebenza ukuze bathole amabhonasi amahlanu minyaka yonke.
Izisebenzi zokudla okusheshayo zakha elinye ithimba elithakazelisa ngokwengeziwe, ligqoke amakepisi abomvu anesiqubulo esithi “Phakamisani.” Amaningi aqhamuka eNyakatho naseNingizimu Carolina naseGeorgia. Bona iziteleka ngo-Agasti nangoDisemba ngonyaka odlule, futhi bebelokhu bekhona njalo enhlanganweni ye-Moral Monday.
“Ngazizwa ngijabule ngemashi nokuba yingxenye yenhlangano elwela ubulungisa, ukulwa nale ndoda, futhi kwaba sengathi sibuyile ngeminyaka yawo-1960s,” kusho uMorgan Greene, isisebenzi saseTaco Bell saseCharlotte. “Kwakumangalisa ukubona izimbangela eziningi laphaya—njengamalungelo abantu besifazane, amalungelo omphakathi, ukulingana, nokunye… Kufanele siqhubeke nokuphusha. Sinomthelela: U-Obama ukhuphula iholo elincane libe ngu-$10.10 [wabasebenzi bezinkontileka zikahulumeni] kukhombisa ukuthi siyezwana futhi kufanele siqhubeke nokuphokophela phambili ngo-$15.”
UNobhala-Mgcinimafa we-AFL-CIO yaseNorth Carolina uMaryBe McMillan ukhethe inkondlo esikhundleni senkulumo yendabuko. Izigaba ezintathu zokugcina zibonisa ukugcizelela umfelandawonye kazwelonke othembisa ukukubeka ekuhleleni kwaseNingizimu:
Abaphathi bafuna abasebenzi babo bashibhile,
Imnene futhi ithobile njengezimvu.
Bahambisa izinkampani zabo eNingizimu,
Ngethemba ukuthi ngeke sibanikeze noma yimuphi umlomo.
Ake ucabange ukumangala kwabo
Njengoba bebuka iNingizimu ivuka.
Kusukela ezintabeni kuze kube solwandle.
Abamnyama, abamhlophe, nabansundu bayavumelana.
Manje yisikhathi sokuma
Ukuze kube nobulungiswa kulo lonke izwe.
Kungakho sizohlela yonke indawo yokusebenza, wonke amadolobha,
Futhi ngeke kube khona okusimisayo, akukho ukuhlehla.
Ukungalaleli Komphakathi Okulandelayo
IPhini likaMongameli we-UE 150 u-Larsene Taylor uthe umzamo kaMbusi uPat McCrory wokufakazela ukuvinjelwa kwesikhathi sikaJim Crow sokuxoxisana kwabasebenzi bakahulumeni (ngesichibiyelo somthethosisekelo) "izophuca amalungelo avele abuthaka ezinyunyana kanye nesigaba sabasebenzi.
“Sidinga uMthethosivivinywa Wamalungelo Abasebenzi owenziwe umthetho oweseka futhi oqinisekisa amalungelo abantu ayisisekelo kubo bonke abasebenzi,” kusho yena.
ISouthern Workers Assembly, umfelandawonye omusha wesifunda kanye namafayela, imasha nebhokisi elibonisa inani lokufa - 2,840 - okubikezelwe ukuthi kungenxa yokwehluleka ukwelula ukufakwa kweMedicaid.
Baphinde bafuna ukuthi amacala ahoxiswe kubo bonke ababoshwa ngesikhathi kuqhubeka imibhikisho yeMoral ngoMsombuluko. Abaningi batholakale benecala kwamanye noma wonke amacala ababekwe wona, futhi bayalidlulisela phambili icala. I-SWA kanye ne-US Human Rights Network bathi amacala enza umbhikisho ube yicala futhi amele ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu avikelwe yizivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe.
UMfundisi William Barber, umongameli we-NAACP eNyakatho ye-Carolina, ubeke izidingo zamanje zenhlangano, ezibeka ubulungiswa bezabasebenzi nezomnotho phezulu ku-ajenda:
- Ukuvikela izinqubomgomo ezisekela abasebenzi, ezilwa nobumpofu eziqinisekisa ukusimama komnotho
- Nikeza imfundo yomphakathi exhaswe kahle, esezingeni eliphezulu kubo bonke
- Ukumelela impilo yawo wonke umuntu waseNyakatho Carolinian ngokukhuthaza ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kanye nobulungiswa bezemvelo kuyo yonke imiphakathi yombuso.
- Bhekana nokungalingani okuqhubekayo ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu futhi uqinisekise ukulingana ngaphansi komthetho kuwo wonke umuntu, kungakhathaliseki uhlanga, isigaba, inkolo, imibhalo, noma ukukhetha ubulili
- Vikela futhi wandise amalungelo okuvota abantu bebala, abesifazane, abokufika, abadala, nabafundi, ukuze kuvikelwe ukumeleleka kwentando yeningi ngendlela efanele.
Izihlwele ziphendule ngenjabulo nangenhlokomo ngesikhathi uMfundisi Barber ethi imashi nerali kuyisiqalo sesizini entsha yokuhlanganisa abantu abangalaleli, ukubhalisela ukuvota nokuthathelwa izinyathelo zomthetho.
Ama-Agitators angaphandle
Ngenkathi kwethulwa imibhikisho yangoMsombuluko weMoral ngonyaka owedlule, umbusi kanye namaRiphabhlikhi baphikisana ngokuthi ababambiqhaza nababoshwe “babengabashisekeli bangaphandle,” ukubuyiselwa kumazwi amhlophe asetshenziswa ngesikhathi sokunyakaza kwamalungelo omphakathi ngeminyaka yawo-1950s kanye nama-60s.
Ukumangalelwa kwakungamanga, kodwa ekuphenduleni i-NAACP yamema abanye ukuba bajoyine inhlangano. Abaningi baluphendulile lolu cingo, ngenxa yobumbano kanye nokuqonda ukuthi iNorth Carolina iyisisekelo sokushoda kwemithetho emelene nabasebenzi, emelene nabesifazane, kanye ne-ajenda yomthetho yokucwasa ekhuthazwa i-Koch Brothers kanye ne-American Legislative Exchange Council.
IMoral Movements iye yavela eGeorgia naseNingizimu Carolina. Amaqembu ezishoshovu kwezinye izifundazwe eziningi acabanga ukuthatha indlela efanayo ekuphenduleni izabelomali zokunciphisa izindleko kanye nokuhlaselwa kwabampofu.
Enkulumweni yakhe yosuku, uBarber uchaze ukuhlaselwa kwezinga lempilo eNorth Carolina “njengokuphansi.” Isixuku sasabela ngokuthi “lokho kuphansi” ngemva komunye nomunye. Waveza ukuthi abantu ngeke bazamukele lezi zinqubomgomo—“hhayi manje, hhayi nanini.” Uphethe ngokuhlaba ikhwelo lokuthi inhlangano isunduze izwe kanye nesizwe ukuthi sifune “indawo ephakeme.”
Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi singehla ngokuya ngamalungelo abasebenzi kanye nobulungiswa bezomnotho eNyakatho Carolina kanye nezwe lonke. Kepha kungenzeka-futhi kungenzeka-ngaphandle kwempendulo eqinile njengaleyo evela eNyakatho Carolina.
U-Ajamu Dillahunt ungumongameli osethathe umhlalaphansi Wabasebenzi Beposi Bendawo Yase-Raleigh, ilungu leKomidi Lokuxhumanisa Labasebenzi Abamnyama Bekomiti Lokuxhumanisa Ubulungiswa, kanye nelungu langaphambili leKomidi Lenqubomgomo Yamanothi Ezabasebenzi.
Go lapha futhi lapha ukubona amavidiyo ezixuku ezazimasha futhi zidansa emigwaqweni yase-Raleigh ngoFebhuwari 8.
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