Ukwesaba into esemqoka evimba abasebenzi bezitolo ukuthi bahlelele ukwelashwa okungcono e-Walmart, kusho izisebenzi ezimbalwa abenza lokho kanye.
Baphelelwa ukwesaba, bathi, ngemva kokuba bezimele bemelene nezimenenja ezinonya nangemva kokuba behlanganyele nabasebenza nabo abayi-100 abavela ezitolo ezweni lonke ukuze bamashele ekomkhulu leWalmart eBentonville, e-Arkansas, ngoJuni.
โNgiyazazi ipolitiki yesitolo samiโbangangixosha kalula,โ kusho u-Alicia Garcia, isisebenzi somnyango wobisi oneminyaka eyisithupha waseLa Quinta, eCalifornia. โKodwa angesabi.โ
Abasebenzi bayingxenye yohlelo olusha lokuthuthukisa izimo e-Walmart, umqashi omkhulu waseMelika ozimele onabasebenzi abayizigidi eziyi-1.4. I-Organisation United for Respect at Walmart (i-Walmart YETHU) ihlele amaqembu ezisebenzi zehora ngalinye ezitolo eziningi, ezinye zazo ezinamalungu angama-50 noma ngaphezulu, basho.
Lo mzamo usekelwa ngokwezimali ngabasebenzi Bokudla Nezohwebo (UFCW). Inyunyana ithi ukukhushulwa kwamazinga e-Walmart kuwukhiye wokukhuphula izinga lezomnotho labasebenzi baseMelika. "Okwamanje iWalmart ibeka izinga lemisebenzi yezitolo negilosa," kusho uJennifer Stapleton wenyunyana. "Futhi ikusasa lomsebenzi likule misebenzi yomkhakha wezinsizakalo."
I-Walmart yethu inezidingo eziphansi, ezihlanganisa inhlonipho, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okuthengekayo, ukuhlela okuzinzile nokulungile, kanye no-$13 ngehora. AMALUNGU ethu e-Walmartโabasebenzi bamanje noma abake basebenza ngehoraโakhokha u-$5 ngenyanga futhi alawule inhlangano yawo, kusho izikhulu ze-UFCW.
Abahleli abakhulumi ngokufaka ukhetho lwezinyunyana noma ukufuna ukungathathi hlangothi kokuhlolwa kwamakhadi, kodwa kusobala ukuthi ukuhlelwa kudale umnyombo wezishoshovu eziqinile. Ngaphandle kwamandla okwakha, izinyathelo ezilandelayo azicacileโabahleli bathi โbabezinwaya njeโ futhi bavuma usayizi osabekayo weWalmart, enezitolo ezingama-4,300 zaseMelika.
E-Bentonville, abasebenzi bakwazile ukuthola iphini likamongameli we-Walmart mayelana nobudlelwano babasebenzi ukuze bakhulume nabo endaweni yokupaka ihora mayelana nezimo zokusebenza kanye nenkokhelo. Ingxoxo eqoshiwe yaphetha ngesithembiso sokuthi i-Walmart ngeke iziphindiselele kubasebenzi ngalo mboniso.
IZINKINGA ZEZITHOMBE
Umzamo WETHU we-Walmart uhambisana nomzamo ovuselelwe wenkampani wokudiliza izinqaba zasemadolobheni njengeWashington, DC, New York, kanye neBoston, lapho izikhulu zedolobha, ziqhutshwa imifelandawonye emazingeni aphansi, kuze kube manje zivimbe iketango ukuthi livuleke ngaphandle uma ivuma ukukhokhelwa okuphezulu. kanye nezinzuzo ezithengekayo.
Ukuhlaba umkhosi ukuthengisa kushiye inkampani ilangazelela kakhulu kunangaphambili ukungena ezimakethe ezimbalwa zase-US engakagcwali. Ukuthengisa kwehlile ngoba ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye neholo eliphansi (njengalokho e-Walmart) kuholela amakhasimende ukuthi athenge okuncane futhi alandele ezinye izindlela ezishibhile, njengezitolo zamadola.
Kodwa izimakethe ezintsha zasemadolobheni ziyakhanga, ngakho-ke i-Walmart yethule intelezi ecasulayo, iphonsa imali ezinhlanganweni ezisiza abampofu, okuhlanganisa uhlelo lwentsha yase-Harlem kanye neNyanga Yomlando Omnyama e-DC, futhi izipenda ngokuluhlaza.
"I-Walmart bekufanele ihlanze isithombe sayo futhi ibukeke njengenkampani enomthwalo wemfanelo," kusho uStapleton. Lokhu kunikeze amalungu ETHU e-Walmart isivikelo esithile ekuziphindiseleni.
Inkampani idinga lonke usizo engaluthola ngesithombe sayo ngoba iqiniso layo libi.
Ucwaningo oluzimele lubeka isilinganiso somholo wehora we-Walmart ku-$8.81, noma ngaphansi kuka-$15,000 ngonyaka โesikhathi esigcweleโ seviki lomsebenzi le-Walmart lamahora angama-32. Kodwa izisebenzi eziningi zithola amahora ambalwa, futhi ukuhlela okungahleliwe nokungazinzile kuyinkinga enkulu.
Emzamweni wayo wokungena emakethe ye-DC, i-Walmart ithe ikhokha isilinganiso sama- $ 12.57 ngehora. Lokhu kwamangaza uCynthia Murray, isisebenzi saseMaryland Walmart iminyaka engu-11, owathi โakukho ndawoโ lapho asondela khona.
Ukukhokhelwa kungenye inkinga. I-Walmart iye yamangalelwa kabanzi ngokweba iholoโiphoqelela izisebenzi ukuba zisebenze ubusuku nemini, zingakhokhi imali yesikhathi esengeziwe, kanye nokweba izikhathi zekhefu nezasemini. Kulokho okwabonwa kabanzi njengesenzo sokushisa isithombe, inkampani yalungisa amacala okweba amaholo ekilasi angama-63 ngaphandle kwenkantolo ngo-2009, yakhokha imali efika ku-$640 million.
โNgokuziphatha, angiqondi ukuthi le nhlangano iqhubeka kanjani yenza ekwenzayo,โ kusho uBarbara Collins, isisebenzi seminyaka emihlanu ePlacerville, eCalifornia.
UKUKHIPHA AMAZINYO
Abasebenzi bekhuluma engqungqutheleni kazwelonke ye-Jobs with Justice ngo-Agasti bathe ozakwabo abanayo imali yokuthengela izingane zabo imithi kanti abanye bahlala ezimotweni zabo. UJackie Goebel uthe omunye asebenza naye eMilwaukee wakhipha amazinyo akhe angenwe yileli gciwane kabili ngoba wayengakwazi ukukhokhela ukunakekelwa kwamazinyo.
โAbambisene naboโ babike ukuthi baphathwa njengezingane, kudingeke ukuthi bacele imvume yokuthatha amakhefu okugeza kanye nokuhlaziswa abaphathi phambi kwamakhasimende.
Abaphathi baqeqeshelwe ukuphatha abasebenzi ngokungahloniphi, kusho uMurray. โI-'Associate' isho abalingani abalinganayo,โ kusho yena, โokusobala esingebona.โ
Ayikho i-Walmart e-US eye yahlanganiswa ngempumelelo, futhi imizamo yangaphambilini yokwakha amakomiti abasebenzi yacwila ngaphansi kwengcindezi yabaphathi. Abaqashwa abasha bathola imfundiso ephikisana nenyunyana futhi inkampani ithumela abavukuzi ezitolo abakhombisa izimpawu zokungalawuleki.
Lapho abasiki benyama kwesinye isitolo saseTexas bevotela inyunyana, inkampani yathuthela enyameni eyisikiwe ngaphambili. Izitolo zaseCanada ezazihlelekile zavele zavalwa. Phakathi kuka-1998 no-2003 Ibhodi Likazwelonke Lezobudlelwano Kwabasebenzi lavulela iWalmart amacala angama-41 ngokuxosha abalandeli bezinyunyana ngokungemthetho.
I-Walmart ayikabuyi ngamandla njengoba ibingenza kwa-OUR Walmart, mhlawumbe ngoba ikhathazekile ngesithombe somkhiqizo. Yize iqembu lingakwazi ukufuna iningi, linamandla enethiwekhi kazwelonke engathola ukunakwa kwabezindaba.
Noma kunjalo, ukuhlela uthola ukusabela okuningi kubaphathi. UCollins uthe imonitha engaphezulu kwewashi lesikhathi esitolo sakhe ithi, "Ungavuli umnyango noma uphendule ucingo kunoma ngubani ovela ku-OUR Walmart."
โUWalmart akathandi noma ngubani okhulumayo,โ kusho uGoebel, isisebenzi esineminyaka engu-23 saseMilwaukee. โNgibona uvalo ebusweni babanye engisebenzisana nabo. I-Walmart inamandla anjalo.โ
โUkunqoba ukwesaba kwawo wonke umuntu kuwumshikashika omkhulu. Wonke umuntu uyesaba ukusho ukuthi โngiyilunguโ,โ kusho uCollins. Uma usuqede lokho kwesaba kuba mnyama nokumhlophe kakhuluโukwazi ukubeka ukudla etafuleni.โ
UKUPHINDEZELA
Abasebenzi babhekane nokuziphindiselela ngokubamba iqhaza ku-OUR Walmart, okuhlanganisa ukuxoshwa kanye namahora afinyeziwe. Kodwa ezimweni eziningi amalungu avusa ingxabano, ehambisa izicelo noma ehlangana nabaphathi, futhi izisebenzi zathola imisebenzi noma amahora azo abuyiselwe.
ULanette Raven wesitolo saseLaurel, eMaryland, uthe ngemuva kohambo lwaseBentonville โubene-paparazzi yabaphathiโ emlandelayo, ecela ozakwabo ukuthi babike lokho akushilo kubo. Amahora akhe anqanyuliwe, kwathi ilungu lakhe u-Alan Forrest, umbingelela, wayalelwa ukuthi akhiphe amapheshana ngaphandle usuku lonke ngesikhathi sokushisa kwehlobo.
Ukuphikiswa okuvela ku-OUR Walmart kufinyelele ucingo oluvela ezinkampanini, olumise ukuqondisa, kusho abasebenzi.
Ingcindezi yomphakathi nayo yasiza. Ngemuva kokuziphindiselela, isitolo seLaurel saphathwa ngebhendi yethusi, abaculi, kanye nekhorasi yokudansa yabantu abayi-100. โHLONIPHA, thola ukuthi kusho ukuthini ku-DC,โ kucula isixuku.
I-Respect DC, umfelandawonye ofuna i-Walmart isayine isivumelwano sokuhlomula umphakathi uma ifuna ukuba sedolobheni, yiyo eyadala lesi senzo. Isivumelwano sizoqinisekisa u-$11.75 ngehora lomholo omncane futhi sidinga ukuthi i-Walmart ibone inyunyana uma iningi lisayina, kulinganisa i-behemoth ehlale inqaba.
Ukuzuza amaholo aphezulu kubasebenzi be-Walmart kungase kube yi-do-or-die yezinyunyana zegrosa. I-Walmart idlule kude amaketanga egilosa amakhulu enyunyana ekuthengisweni kokudla. I-Venerable A&P, eyake yaba igrosa enkulu kunazo zonke ezweni, yamemezela ukuthi isingenamandla ngoDisemba, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuncintisana okuvela e-Walmart.
Izitolo ezinkulu ezihlangene zaseNingizimu California zasebenzisa usongo lomncintiswano we-Walmart ngo-2003 njenge-bludgeon ukuze zifune amaholo ezigaba ezimbili, okuholele esitelekeni esibuhlungu nesingaphumelelanga sezinsuku eziyi-141. Manje lawo maketango afanayoโu-Vons, uRalphs kanye no-Safewayโbeza kubasebenzi abanohlelo lwezempilo lwesitayela se-Walmart oluno-$7,000 ophuma ephaketheni.
Ngesikhathi sezingxoxo, uVons wathumela izicelo zabasebenzi bakhe beMedicaid, iqhinga elisetshenziswe yiWalmart. Abasebenzi abangu-62,000 kula maketango amathathu bavotele ukuteleka uma isiphakamiso sokunakekelwa kwezempilo singathuthukisiwe, futhi basebenzise lonke uhlobo lokusekelwa komphakathi uma kwenzeka behamba.
UKUTHOLA UKUBAMBA
I-Walmart yake yazishaya isifuba ngokubhaxabula inyunyana, kodwa emazweni angu-15 lapho inkampani inezitolo, i-US iyona kuphela engenandawo eyodwa yezinyunyana.
ENingizimu Afrika, isibonelo, izinyunyana kanye nohulumeni bathola i-Walmart ukuthi ithembise ukuqaphela inyunyana ochungechungeni lombangi efuna ukulithola.
Imifelandawonye yezinyunyana kanye nemiphakathi emadolobheni ase-US ibilokhu iletha ingcindezi efanayo. ENew York, umkhandlu wedolobha awuzange uvumele iWalmart ukuthi yakhe noma yiziphi izitolo, izibiza ngokuthi ziwusongo emabhizinisini angomakhelwane nezitolo ezinkulu zezinyunyana.
Ngakho-ke i-Walmart izama ukuqeda izimvume zokwakha idolobha ngokuqashisa indawo enxanxatheleni yezitolo ekhona. Isabhekene nokuphikiswa okuqinile komkhandlu, amaqembu osomabhizinisi abancane, kanye nomfelandawonye wezinyunyana.
"Silwe ngayo yonke indlela esazi ngayo," uMongameli we-UFCW uJoe Hansen etshela ingqungquthela ye-Jobs with Justice. Uthe sekuyisikhathi sokuthi kube nomkhankaso osezingeni eliphezulu oholwa ngabasebenzi.
Ababhikishi embuthanweni owalandela we-DC baphathe izithombe ezinkulu zamalungu ETHU we-Walmart, namagama abo namadolobhana asekhaya, ukukhombisa indelelo ukuthi abesabi.
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