Umthombo: Kulezi Zikhathi
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwephrofayili ephezulu kanye nezinyanga eziyishumi zomsebenzi, ukukhishwa kwe-AFL-CIO yayo umbiko mayelana nezinguquko zamaphoyisa ngesonto eledlule bekuthule ngokuphawulekayo - uphawu lokuthi lolu daba selube yimpikiswano kanjani kumfelandawonye wezinyunyana omkhulu waseMelika, njengoba izama ukuhlukanisa umehluko phakathi kokweseka izingcingo zokuthi ubulungiswa bezinhlanga kanye nokumela izimfuno zezinyunyana zamaphoyisa.
NgoJulayi ka 2020, njengoba imibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter emelene nodlame lwamaphoyisa ibihlasela iMelika, i-AFL-CIO, umfelandawonye wezinyunyana ezimele cishe 15 abantu abayizigidi, kwakhiwe a"Racial Justice Task Forceโ ukwenza uhlelo lwe"ukuthatha izinyathelo ezibambekayo zokubhekana nomlando omude waseMelika wokucwasa ngokwebala nodlame lwamaphoyisa olubhekiswe kubantu abaNsundu.โ Kwasungulwa ikomidi elincane elizogxila ezindabeni zamaphoyisa, futhi likhiphe umbiko osanda kukhishwa ngesonto eledlule. Naphezu kwakho konke lokho, i- umbiko, enesihloko esithi"I-Public Safety Blueprint For Change,โ yashicilelwa kuwebhusayithi yomfelandawonye ngaphandle kwengqungquthela yabezindaba ehambisana nayo, noma ukukhululwa kwabezindaba, noma i-tweet. Okuwukuphela kwesimemezelo sangempela sokuba khona kwayo safika ngesimo se-CNN eyodwa indaba lapho amalungu ekomiti elincane ancoma umbiko ngokuthi"isinyathelo esikhulu.โ
Ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, Kulezi zikhathi atholakale kanye nezingcaphuno ezishicilelwe zohlobo olungakakhishwa lombiko. Umongo wezincomo zombiko awukashintshi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi: ufuna ukuthi kwakhiwe uhlelo olusha lokuqeqesha kanye nokuphoqelela umthetho olulawulwa yizinyunyana zamaphoyisa ukuze kuqedwe amaphoyisa amabi, okuhloswe ngempumelelo ukwenza izinyunyana zamaphoyisa zibe yizo izindlela eziyinhloko zokuguqula izenzo zamaphoyisa. Kufana nokwamukeleka okuqinisekile kokubaluleka kwezinyunyana zamaphoyisa enhlanganweni yabasebenzi, kanye nokwenqatshwa kwezingcingo ezivela kumalungu ezinyunyana eziqhubekayo zokuthi i-AFL-CIO ihlukane nezinyunyana zamaphoyisa. [Ukudalula: Ngiyilungu lomkhandlu elikhethiwe ku-Writers Guild of America, East, inyunyana ephasise isixazululo ngonyaka odlule ifuna ukuxoshwa kwezinyunyana zamaphoyisa ku-AFL-CIO.]
Umbiko futhi uyawuchitha umqondo wokuhoxiswa kwamaphoyisa ngemali, futhi esikhundleni salokho ufuna ukwengezwa kwezimali. Kungenzeka ukuthi lezi zincomo beziyisiphetho ebesingakaze sibonwe, njengoba ikomiti elincane ngokwalo lakhiwe izinyunyana ezimele amalungu amaphoyisa kuphela. Imithombo esondelene ne-AFL-CIO ithi esinye isisusa sokudedelwa kombiko manje ukuthi sikwazi ukuthonya izinguquko zamaphoyisa. bill okwamanje kusadingidwa eSenate.
Okungenani kukhona okungeziwe okudonsa amehlo enguqulweni yokugcina yombiko: manje iqukethe igama elithi"ubandlululo,โ okwakungelona iqiniso ngohlaka lwangaphambili. Umbiko wokugcina uphawula esingenisweni sawo ukuthi"Ukucwasa ngokwesimiso kuye kwasetshenziswa kuwo wonke umlando njengethuluzi lalabo abanegunya lokuhlukanisa abasebenzi,โ futhi kamuva uthi"kumele senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukuqeda ukucwasa ngokwenqubo okuhlasele isizwe sakithi kusukela sazalwa.โ Kodwa lo mbiko usakugwema kakhulu ukusikisela ukuthi ukucwasa ngokwebala kungase kube inkinga ekhungethe izinyunyana zamaphoyisa, noma amaphoyisa uqobo.
I-AFL-CIO ayizange iphendule imibuzo mayelana nombiko nokukhululwa kwawo. I-AFL-CIO nayo ayizange iphendule ezicelweni zokwenza amalungu ekomiti elincane atholakalele inhlolokhono. UFred Redmond, iphini likamongameli we-United Steelworkers obengusihlalo ngokubambisana wekomiti, usinqabile isicelo senhlolokhono. Izinyunyana eziningana ezinkulu ezibambe iqhaza ekomitini elincane nazo azizange ziphendule izicelo zolwazi. Iqhaza lezinyunyana zamaphoyisa enhlanganweni yabasebenzi lisewudaba abaholi bezinyunyana abangathandi ukukhuluma ngalo esidlangalaleni.
U-Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, isishoshovu esivelele ku-Movement for Black Lives kanye nomqondisi ophethe we-Highlander Centre, enesikhathi eside. umlando lokuqeqesha abagqugquzeli babasebenzi, uthi isimo esidumazayo se-AFL-CIO akufanele sivale umsebenzi wamalungu amaningi enyunyana abebhikishela izindaba ezifanayo emigwaqweni hhayi nje ngonyaka odlule, kodwa kusukela uFerguson 2014. A."Sibone abasebenzi basezindaweni zotshani, irenki kanye namafayela, beqhamuka futhi basikhombisa,โ kusho uHenderson.."Empeleni kulapho inhliziyo nomphefumulo wenhlangano yabasebenzi ikhona.โ
Ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo ezintsha zokuqeqesha njengesixazululo sodlame lwamaphoyisa akumenzi njengokwanele.."Akukhona ukuthi uDerek Chauvin wayengaqeqeshiwe ukuthi angasebenzisa kanjani amandla amaningi. Wakhetha noma kunjalo,โ kuqhuba yena.."Konke ukuqeqeshwa emhlabeni ngeke kuqede ukucwasa kwabantu abamnyama emaphoyiseni.โ
"Akukho ukungathathi hlangothi. Ukukhetha ukugxeka inhlangano ye-Defund [Amaphoyisa] empeleni akuhambisani nendawo nefayela,โ kusho u-Henderson, ephawula ukuthi imibhikisho yangonyaka odlule emelene nodlame lwamaphoyisa kwathathwa ngokuthi iyona. ngobukhulu ukunyakaza emlandweni waseMelika.."Sibaningi kakhulu kunabomthetho ezinyunyaneni.โ
Hamilton Nolan yintatheli yezabasebenzi ethi In These Times. Uchithe ishumi leminyaka elidlule ebhala mayelana nezabasebenzi nepolitiki kuGawker, Splinter, The Guardian, nakwezinye izindawo. Ungamthola [email protected].
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