Umthombo: Amanothi Ezabasebenzi
Abasebenzi bendawo yokudlela e-Nashville bazama izindlela ezintsha zokuhlela ukuphendula iminyaka yokuhlukunyezwa kwabaphathi kanye nosongo olusha lwe-COVID-19.
Ekuqaleni kukaMashi, njengoba ubhubhane lwalusondela, kodwa ngaphambi kwanoma yikuphi ukuvalwa okugunyazwe nguhulumeni, umpheki embonini yezindawo zokudlela ezikhula ngokushesha kuleli dolobha waqala ikhasi le-Facebook elibizwa nge- โNashville Hospitality Union.โ Ngokushesha abasebenzi basezitolo zokudlela ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 base bejoyine leli khasi.
Iningi labasebenzi abathintekayo bathi bake babhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu embonini phambilini, kusukela ekuhlukunyezweni ngokocansi kuya ekuhlelweni ngomzuzu wokugcina, kodwa babona i-COVID-19 njengosongo olusha noluphuthumayo.
Abanye bebekhathazekile ngokuthi izindawo zokudlela zizonqamula ama-sanitizing, ukude, nokubikwa kwamacala; abanye ukuthi ukuvalwa noma ukuncipha kwebhizinisi kungabenza baphelelwe umsebenzi. Kepha njengoba esinye isisebenzi kwaVon Elrod's edolobheni laseNashville singitshele, noma ngabe bekuyini ukukhathazeka okuthile, "akuzange kuthathe usosayensi we-rocket ukubona ukuthi ubani ozothola isiphetho esifushane se-COVID stick."
Omunye walabo abajoyine leli khasi kwakunguBrenda Waybrant, owayesebenza e-Wild Horse Saloon. Ushiye endaweni yokudlela amasonto amabili ngaphambi kokuvalwa komsebenzi okugunyazwe wuhulumeni ngenxa yokwesabela impilo yakhe. Njengoba engitshele, โBekukhona nje umsindo othusayo endaweni yokudlela. Ngahamba ngemva kokuba sinekhasimende elivela e-Seattle. Ngabuza umphathi ukuthi sizohola yini uma sigula noma kufanele kuvalwe indawo yokudlela wavele wangihleka. Nganginemali eyanele ukuze ngiphile amasonto amathathu, kodwa ibhizinisi lase lehlile kangangokuthi ngangilahlekelwe yimali yamathikithi futhi kwakungafaneleki ukubeka impilo yami engozini.โ
Ngemva kokuphawula ngengxoxo ekhasini le-Facebook mayelana nezinzuzo zezinyunyana, u-Waybrant uxhumene nesinye isisebenzi sokudlela ebesifuna ukudingida kabanzi ngokuhlela embonini. Baxoxa ocingweni, ingxoxo yamsusa ekubeni nelukuluku waze wayozibophezela.
โUlalele kakhulu kunalokhu akhuluma ngakho,โ kusho uWaybrant. โWangibuza ukuthi yini engangifuna ukuyibona ishintshile, wangibonisa ukuthi isenzo esihlangene singayixazulula kanjani. Ngabona ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokuba ngiphume endaweni yami yokunethezeka.โ
IZINYUNYANA NOMA ISIKHUNGO SABASEBENZI?
Iqembu eliyisisekelo labayisikhombisa noma abayisishiyagalombili lixhumeke ekhasini le-Facebook ngale ndlela futhi laqala ukuhlangana e-Zoom nsuku zonke ngemuva kokuvalwa kwezindawo zokudlela edolobheni. Ngenkathi beqhubeka nokuxoxa nabanye embonini ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nangezingosi zabo zomuntu siqu, baphinde baqala ukuphikisana ngesakhiwo esihle kakhulu salokho ababezama ukukwakha.
Abanye babenesizinda noma ulwazi lwenhlangano yabasebenzi, kodwa abaningi abazange. U-Anne Barnett ovela kuMkhandlu Wezabasebenzi waseNashville wadonswa ukuze anikeze ukwesekwa nokuqondiswa okubalulekile.
Idlanzana labasebenzi kuleli qembu eliyinhloko lalifuna ukuqala ngohlaka lwenyunyana yendabuko kanye nomkhankaso wokuhlela ongokwesiko, kungaba ngomkhakha wonke noma ezindaweni zokudlela ngezinkinga ezicindezelayo namaqoqo abalandeli bezinyunyana. Kodwa leli qembu lathola izimpendulo ezisivivi ezinyunyaneni elaxhumana nalo. Okuningi kokulingana kwemvelo okufana ne-UNITE HERE Local 23 yayilahlekelwe amandla okuhlela lapho ukuvalwa kwezimboni zabo kubaphoqa ukuthi bayeke abasebenzi.
Abanye eqenjini baphikisa ngokuthi into eseduze nemodeli yesikhungo sabasebenzi izobafanela kangcono. Kungabavumela ukuthi bakhe inethiwekhi yabo ngemikhankaso emincane ngaphambi kokuba babe namandla okuwina amakhulu kunoma iyiphi inkampani yokudlela noma yokuphatha.
UHayden Smith wayengomunye walaba basebenzi. Nakuba asekela ukwakhiwa kwemikhankaso emincane eyenziwe yidlanzana elizimisele ukusabela ekuphuthumeni kwale nkinga, ukusungulwa kwezinyunyana kuseyinkanyezi yakhe enyakatho. Ngo-2019 wayesize ekwakheni icala lokweba elihlanganisa abantu abangu-260 ngokumelene neDowntown Sporting Club, indawo yezemidlalo enkulu ayesebenza kuyo. Kulowo mkhankaso, wakha ubudlelwano nabasebenzi beRestaurant Opportunities Centre United, isikhungo sabasebenzi sikazwelonke esigxile ekuhleleni abasebenzi bezindawo zokudlela.
Lapho iqembu eliyinhloko labasebenzi ababehlangane ngekhasi le-Facebook bazinza ngemodeli yesikhungo sabasebenzi baqala isahluko sendawo, i-ROC Music City.
ISENZO, HHAYI IMFUNDO
Ngenkathi i-ROC inikeza ukwesekwa, ukuhlela bekulokhu kukhuphuka kusukela ekuqaleni. NgokukaBarnett noWaybrant, lokhu kuholele emaphutheni athile asekuqaleni kanye nejika lokufunda.
Emihlanganweni yabo yokuqala iqembu lalizokhiqiza uhlu lwemisebenzi ebucayi, kodwa liyishiye ilenga emoyeni ngaphandle kokuyihlukanisa futhi iyabele. UWaybrant uthi kusenesikhathi bagxila kakhulu ekunikezeni ulwazi nezinsiza kubasebenzi abanezinkinga esikhundleni sokugxila ekubasizeni ngokuhlanganyela ukuhlela izindawo zabo zokusebenza.
U-Waybrant usikisela kwabanye abasebenzi: โUma ufuna ukukhula, qala ngokuhlanganyela kanye nokuhlela. Thola umuntu ophatheke kabi futhi ubasize bakhe isenzo esiyiqoqo. 'Abasebenzi badinga ukufundiswa' kwakuwumqondo wethu wokuqala, kodwa lokho kwasibuyisela emuva, ngoba unikeza abantu lonke lolu lwazi kodwa bese benzani ngalo? Bekungcono ukunikeza abantu ulwazi ababeludinga ngesikhathi beludinga endleleni yokuthatha izinyathelo.โ
Lokhu kuqondiswa kubonakale kunezithelo. Ochungechungeni lwendawo olubizwa nge-Puckett's eFranklin, eTennessee, amalungu e-ROC Music City akhe ikomiti ukuze alwe nokuqedwa ngokungafanele komsebenzi asebenza naye, u-Anthony Smithson. Iqembu lithumele incwadi ku-CEO weqembu lezokudlela lisongela ipiki yomphakathi futhi lazuza ukubuyiselwa kukaSmithson, akusebenzisa njengenzuzo ukuze awine iphakethe lokuyeka.
IZINDABA ze-COVID
Kwenye indawo yokudlela enkabeni yedolobha iNashville, leli qembu lithole inkokhelo yabasebenzi obekumele bathathe ikhefu ukuze bahlale bodwa ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-COVID, ngemuva kokuthi abaphathi behlulekile ukuthobela umthetho weFamilies First Coronavirus Relief Act, ogunyaza ukuthi izinkampani zikhokhele abasebenzi ngesikhathi. Ukuvalelwa kwe-COVID nesikhathi esilahlekile sokuhlolwa.
Ukuqubuka kwavela ezithendeni zezinye izindaba ezihlobene ne-COVID. Umphathi uyalele abasebenzi ukuthi bangahlolelwa i-coronavirus ngaphandle uma benezimpawu, noma ngabe bake bathintana nomuntu othole ukuthi unalo. Kwabe sekutholakala ukuthi une-HIV owayesanda kuthamela umhlangano wabasebenzi bonke, inkampani yaphoqa abasebenzi ukuthi beze ngosuku lokuhlanza ukuze bahlanze indawo yokudlelaโkodwa bakhokhela abasebenzi bangaphambili kuphela iholo elincane, u-$2.13 kuphela. ngehora.
Omunye wabasebenzi endaweni yokudlela wayeke wasebenza noSmith esikhathini esidlule futhi waxhumana naye. Ndawonye bakha ikomiti futhi bathola ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabasebenzi basesitolo sokudlela basayine incwadi edinga usizo, okwaholela ekusungulweni kwebhodi lezabasebenzi. Lelo bhodi liyaqhubeka nokuhlangana kabili ngesonto nabaphathi ukuze lixoxisane futhi lixoxisane ngezinkinga endaweni yokudlela.
Nakuba imihlangano nabaphathi ngokuvamile ingasho okungaphezudlwana kwesu le-HR โlomnyango ovulekileโ ukuze umphathi agcine amandla akhe, kulokhu isenzo esihlangene sivule umnyango. Ezingxoxweni zabo abasebenzi bathole imbuyiselo yemali yokuvalelwa kanye nokubuyiselwa kozakwabo owayekhishiwe ohlelweni kodwa ongakaze axoshwe ngokusemthethweni.
USmith ubona ibhodi labaphathi babasebenzi, kanye nekomidi elihlelayo eliwinile, njengezinyathelo zokuqala eziya enhlanganweni yezitolo zokudlela.
Impela ukunqoba kulezi zindawo zokudlela kusize ekwakheni ubulungu beqembu. Njengamanje usebenzela ukusungula uhlaka lwentela. Kakade abantu abangu-80 sebebhalisele ukukhokha; uhlelo wukuqala izinkokhelo uma leyo nombolo isifinyelele ku-100.
โUziphendulela kunoma ubani okhokha izikweletu zakho, futhi sifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi siyaziphendulela kumalungu ethu,โ kusho uSmith. "Ngakho-ke noma iqala incane, ifana ne- $ 10 ngenyanga, kuyindlela yokuthi sisho ukuthi sizimisele ukwenza lokhu kusuka phansi kuya phezulu."
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