Umthombo: Counterpunch
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Ngokuvamile, i-US ayibhekwa 'njengesizinda esishisayo' sezinxushunxushu zabasebenzi.
Nokho, yilokhu kanye esikubonayo, njengaphakathi nenyanga ka-October, abasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-100,000 baye basongela ngokuteleka noma bashiye emsebenzini befuna ukwenyuselwa amaholo, ukuthuthukiswa kwezimo zabo zokusebenza, kanye nesithunzi somuntu esiyisisekelo.
Leli gagasi lesiteleka elibizwa ngokuthi 'umgadli' yizishoshovu nochwepheshe ngokufanayo, lenzeka ezweni lonke, ezimbonini ezihlukahlukene.
Kusukela abasebenzi efektri iJohn Deere esifundeni esimaphakathi nentshonalanga ye-Iowa, esikhiqiza imishini yasemapulazini, ukuze abahlengikazi eKaiser Permanente eCalifornia nase-Oregon, abantu bemisebenzi ehlukahlukene bazithathela izindaba futhi bafuna izinguquko ukuze bathuthukise ukuphila kwabo.
Laba basebenzi benza okunye futhi, okungukuthi, ukukhombisa ubuhlakani obuthile ekukhetheni manje njengesikhathi sokuphuma emsebenzini.
Kubantu abasebenzayo emhlabeni wonke, kunesifundo lapha sokungagcini nje ngokubonisa amandla ngezinombolo, kodwa nokwenza lokho ngendlela engase empeleni icindezele iziphathimandla ukuba zenze izinguquko zangempela.
Leli qiniso lokuthatha ithuba nokuthola isikhathi esifanele sokuthatha isinyathelo akufanele lishaywe indiva.
Cabanga ngemibhikisho eminingi eyenzeka ngesikhathi uTrump esenguMengameli.
Ngemva nje kokugcotshwa kwalowo owayenguMengameli ngowezi-2017, kwaba khona Mashi Womama, okubone izinkulungwane zabantu zingena emigwaqweni zigxeka uTrump kanye nokuphatha kwakhe okuzayo.
Lezi zenzo, njengeziteleka ezenzeka manje, bezenzekile ezweni lonke futhi ziqhutshwa emadolobheni ahlukahlukene.
Kukhona umehluko oyinhloko, nokho, ekudwebeni isiqhathaniso.
Ikakhulukazi, amaMashi Abesifazane, ngakho konke ukunengeka nentukuthelo abayihlanganisile, yenzeka usuku olulodwa kuphela.
Izinhlobo ezifanayo zezenzo - amamashi abizwa ngokuthi 'Usuku Olungenabo Abafuduki' - futhi esikhathini esidlule bekuhleliwe futhi kwacela usuku olulodwa nje ukufuna ukuguqulwa kwemithetho yase-US's yezokufika.
Nansi inkinga – ukubamba imibhikisho eyenzeka usuku olulodwa kungase kudonse ukunaka kwesizathu esithile, kodwa iziphathimandla zikushalazele kalula.
Impela, izishoshovu zingase zazane futhi zifunde okuthile mayelana nendlela yokumisa imashi.
Amanethiwekhi ayingxenye yomjikelezo wezindaba wamahora angu-24 azosakaza izithombe ezimangalisayo zezenzo eziningi.
Nokho, lapho nje ukunaka komphakathi kubanjwa ezinye izihloko zezindaba, isithakazelo sishintshela entweni elandelayo eshaqisayo ezindabeni.
Khonamanjalo, iziphathimandla zingafulathela futhi zinganaki imibhikisho kalula njengoba kungekho ngcindezi yangempela elethiwe. Lokhu, kungakhathaliseki ubukhulu bombhikisho, kungakhathaliseki ukulunga kwesizathu sakho.
Kodwa manje, izenzo 'ze-striketober' zibonisa okuthile okuhlukile.
Mhlawumbe isici esibaluleke kakhulu somongo ukuthi kunokuntuleka kwabasebenzi okungapheli e-US, okunikeza isizinda esinenzuzo kubasebenzi.
Izimbangela zalokhu kushoda ziningi.
Abanye bathi abasebenzi, nabaphathi beBiden basabalalisa izinkokhelo njengengxenye yesikhuthazo se-COVID, bakhetha ukuhlala ekhaya esikhundleni sokuphinda bajoyine abasebenzi.
Ukubeka icala kuhulumeni ngale ndlela, kugeja ezinye, izincazelo ezingaba khona, ingasaphathwa eyokuthi lolu hlobo lwesimangalo luwuphawu olubomvu lwezingcingo ezimelene nohulumeni zokunqamula inqubomgomo yomphakathi yonkana.
Kukhona futhi iqiniso ukuthi ezifundeni ezintathu kuphela babe nezinkokhelo zikahulumeni ezilingana namaholo amaphakathi angaphambi kobhubhane.
Izincazelo ezingcono faka indlela ubhubhane oludale ngayo ushintsho olukhulu ebudlelwaneni bezabasebenzi, abasebenzi beshintsha imisebenzi njengoba abaningi benqume ukuthatha imisebenzi online, njengoba abanye bevule amabhizinisi amancane.
Abasebenzi abathatha umhlalaphansi, abanye ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthola i-COVID, kanjalo izimfuneko ezinzima zokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, ngokufanayo, ziye zabonwa njengezici ezinomthelela ezidale izikhala ezindaweni zokusebenza zaseMelika.
Kubalulekile futhi ukuqaphela ukuthi phakathi nalesi simo sokushoda kwabasebenzi, abasebenzi abatelekile abakwenzi usuku olulodwa nje vo.
Kulaba basebenzi isiteleka sizophela uma sekuphele izingxoxo.
Mhlawumbe lelo phuzu liyofinyelelwa phakathi nesonto, inyanga, noma unyaka.
Futhi lokhu kuyisisekelo sesifundo sesu - awukho umnqamulajuqu omenyezelwe ngaphambili.
Kulesi simo, abasebenzi bathathela abaqashi isimo esibi futhi basenze sibe sibi kakhulu ngokwengeza kule nkinga evele ikhona yokushoda kwabasebenzi.
Kubizwa ngokuthi yi-leverage, futhi isikhathi eside emashumini eminyaka, kubonakala sengathi abasebenzi baseMelika bakutholile.
Okunye okungafanele kushaywe indiva ukuthi le mibhikisho isebenzisa kanjani ithuba lokukhathala kwe-COVID.
Noma kunalokho, akukhona nje ukuthi abasebenzi abahlanganyeli benezimo zomnotho ezivumayo ngemuva kwabo, kodwa futhi nokufaneleka kokuziphatha okuye kwagcina izwe liqhubeka njengoba izigidi zikhoseliswe endaweni.
Ngemuva kwalokho, abanye babahlengikazi abatelekile basebenze emayunithi e-ICU ngezinsuku ezimbi kakhulu zobhubhane.
Ubani, ngokweqiniso, ongathola iphutha kulaba basebenzi abanakekela izingane eziye zavuka usuku nosuku onyakeni odlule?
Kungashiwo okufanayo nanganoma yibaphi abanye abasebenzi abathathwa “njengababalulekile” yiziphathimandla zikahulumeni. Kusukela kubasebenzi basemapulazini, kuya kubasebenzi basezitolo zegrosa, izigidi kuye kwadingeka zisebenze njengoba i-COVID-19 idala ingcindezi engadingekile endaweni yazo yokuqashwa.
Cishe njengoba kungase kubonakale, i-US manje isiyindawo yomsebenzi wesiteleka kanye nokunyakaza kwabasebenzi.
Ngakho-ke, sisala sizibuza, ingabe abanye abasebenzi bazojoyina leli gagasi lesiteleka? Ingabe izoma emngceleni, noma ingase iguqukele kwamanye amazwe?
Nakuba isikhathi sizonikeza izimpendulo zale mibuzo, okuqinisekile ukuthi abantu abasebenzayo e-US, kanye nomhlaba wonke, bathole okuncane kakhulu isikhathi eside kakhulu. Mhlawumbe manje yisikhathi sokuba kwenzeke ushintsho lwangempela, abasebenzi baseMelika abahamba phambili.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
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