Umthombo: Iqiniso
NgoLwesihlanu, abasebenzi bakwaStarbucks abasuka ogwini baye ogwini babhikishele umkhankaso wale nkampani omelene nezinyunyana, osuba nolaka njengoba lo mbutho usabalala ngokushesha ezweni lonke.
E-Raleigh, eNyakatho ne-Carolina, abasebenzi babhikishe bephikisana nenkampani ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni bebhikishela ukuxoshwa kwalowo owayesebenzela inyunyana i-Starbucks nomfundi wasekolishi uSharon Gilman. Inkampani usanda kunqanyulwa uGilman ngemuva kokuthi usinki awe phezu kwakhe ngesikhathi egeza izitsha, emsola ngokugqekeza usinki ngamabomu. Ababhikishi bafuna ukuthi uGilman abuyiselwe emsebenzini, bathi lezi zinsolo zingamanga.
“USharon Gilman ungomunye wozakwethu abahamba phambili esinabo esitolo sethu. Sidumele kakhulu ngokuthi inkampani esimbone eyisebenzela kanzima izimisele ukumxosha ngento angenacala ngayo nangaphandle kokuxhumana nofakazi abakhona,” abasebenzi baseWake Forest and Six Forks Road store babhalele i-CEO incwadi. Howard Schultz.
“Uma umshini wethu untekenteke kangangokuthi ungawa odongeni eminyakeni emibili kuphela ngemva kokufakwa, sikhathazekile ngokuphepha kozakwethu kanye neqiniso lokuthi abakwaStarbucks bancamela ukuthola imbuzi yomhlatshelo kunokwamukela umthwalo wemfanelo,” baqhubeka.
UGilman ungomunye wabasebenzi abambalwa abasekela inyunyana abaxoshwa yi-Starbucks emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Selokhu uSchultz ethathe izintambo njenge-CEO ngo-Ephreli 4, inkampani ixoshe okungenani abasebenzi abane abasekela inyunyana, cishe ngethemba lokusabisa abasebenzi ekusekeleni inyunyana futhi baphonse inselele okhethweni oluzayo lwenyunyana.
Khonamanjalo, inyunyana yabasebenzi ikhula ngamandla usuku nosuku. Kuphelile Izitolo ezingama-200 bafake izicelo zokuhlanganisa, futhi Izitolo ezingama-21 baye bahlangana ngempumelelo kuze kube manje, nge idlanzana lokuwina ngazwilinye kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezimbalwa emasontweni edlule. Muva nje, isitolo eSpringfield, eVirginia, sivotele inyunyana, kodwa Umgqugquzeli wenyunyana ye-Starbucks uRichard Bensinger ubhale ngoLwesine ukuthi ukulahlekelwa kube umphumela "wokuqhunyiswa kwenyunyana ngendlela enyantisayo" esitolo "ngusozigidigidi" uSchultz.
Abasebenzi ezitolo ezimbili eSeattle bashiye umsebenzi beyobhikishela ukuxoshwa kwenyunyana yeStarbucks ngoLwesihlanu. Ku-5th nakuPike nase-Eastlake Avenue, abasebenzi bakhona eshaya kuze kube yiSonto ukubhikishela abakushoyo ukuthi imikhuba yokusebenza engafanele eyenziwa yinkampani. Inyunyana, iStarbucks Workers United, ithi inkampani ibisenza imigomo emisha yokuziphindiselela kubasebenzi abasekela inyunyana amahora okugeza naphezu kwenzuzo ephezulu.
"Uma kubhekwa i-Starbucks esidlangalaleni ngozwela nokuzinikela kwabo kubalingani babo, kuyadumaza kakhulu ukubona imizamo enonya yokusivala umlomo," kusho u-Eastlake barista u-Natalie Mattera. "Siyizinhliziyo zale nkampani futhi kufanele siphathwe kanjalo."
I-Starbucks Workers United ivulele inkampani icala lokuzilolonga ehhovisi lesifunda leNational Labour Relations Board (NLRB) ngalokho inyunyana ethi izenzo zokuziphindiselela ezingekho emthethweni ezenziwa yile nkampani.
Njengoba u-Schultz ephethe, amaqhinga enkampani okubhidliza inyunyana aseya ngokuya ebheda. Ngaphezu kokuxosha abasebenzi be-pro-union, inkampani inakho waqala ukuthumela amaflaya ezitolo ngolwazi olumelene nenyunyana. La mapheshana ahlanganisa nama-tweets angamanga enziwe abukeke sengathi athunyelwe ku-akhawunti esemthethweni yenyunyana ye-Twitter.
Ama-tweets aqanjiwe akhombisa inyunyana yenza izitatimende ezijwayelekile mayelana nokuhlanganisa inkampani bese iphendula kuzo. "Ezingxoxweni ezihlangene, uqala ngayo yonke into onayo bese uxoxisana ukuze uthole okwengeziwe kusukela lapho," eyodwa i-tweet mbumbulu ifundeka. Ngaphansi kwe-tweet, inkampani ye-Starbucks "ichitha" isimangalo ngamazwi aphikisana nenyunyana, ichaza ukuthi inkampani ingaxoxisana kanjani nezintshisakalo zabasebenzi ngesikhathi sezingxoxo zenkontileka.
Le nkampani njengamanje ibhekene nenkinga yezomthetho evela ku-NLRB, njengoba ibhodi lithole ukuthi yephule imithetho yezabasebenzi izikhathi eziningi ngesikhathi somkhankaso wenyunyana. Muva nje, i-NLRB ithole ukuthi inkampani abaxoshwe ngokungemthetho abahleli bezinyunyana abayisikhombisa eMemphis, eTennessee. Abahleli, abahoxiswa ngoFebhuwari, bahlanganisa cishe lonke ikomidi elihlela esitolo sabo.
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Nikela