Olayini bepiki baphezulu. Kule mpelasonto edlule abasebenzi base-Verizon abangu-45,000 e-East Coast, abamelwe yiCommunication Workers of America (CWA) kanye ne-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), bangenele isiteleka. Imbangela yalesi siteleka kube yimizamo yale nkampani yokuzitholela izihibe ezinkulu izinyunyana. U-Verizon uthi abasebenzi kufanele bayeke izinzuzo abazizuzile eminyakeni eminingi yomzabalazo nokuxoxisana ezimpini zezinkontileka ezedlule.
Njengoba i Wall Street Journal yibeke, "I-Verizon Communications Inc. ifuna ezinye zezivumelwano ezinkulu eminyakeni edlule ezivela ezinyunyaneni zayo." Izimfuno zihlanganisa ukuncipha kwezinzuzo zezempilo, ukuncishiswa kwempesheni, ukuncipha kokuvikeleka komsebenzi, nokuqedwa kwamaholide akhokhelwayo anjengoMartin Luther King, Usuku Oluncane. Lokhu naphezu kokuthi inkampani ibike izigidigidi zenzuzo ngonyaka odlule, nokuthi, ngo amazwi of New York Times intatheli uSteven Greenhouse, โAbaphathi abaphezulu abahlanu baseVerizon bathole isinxephezelo esingamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-258, okuhlanganisa nezinketho zesitoko, kule minyaka emine edlule.โ Izinyunyana phikisa ukuthi i-Verizon yenze inzuzo elinganiselwa ku-$20 billion ngesikhathi esifanayo, kanye neCitizens for Tax Justice wabonisa ukuthi inkampani ikwenzile lokho ngenkathi ikhokha kancane intela yemali engenayo yebhizinisi.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, lokhu ukungqubuzana kokubaluleka kwezwe. Njengoba u-Bob Master, umqondisi wezomthetho kanye nezombusazwe we-CWA District 1, echaza ngoLwesithathu ocingweni lwengqungquthela nabalandeli, "Le yinkampani enenzuzo enkulu, esikholelwa ukuthi izama ukusizakala ngesimo esimelene nezinyunyana futhi, ngandlela thile, ukuze phindaphinda inkampani enkulu yangasese lokho ababusi base-Ohio, New Jersey, kanye ne-Wisconsin abezama ukukwenza emkhakheni womphakathi.
Ukufana neWisconsin kufanelekile ngenxa yezizathu ezimbalwa. Okokuqala, njengezikhulu ezikhethiwe zeRiphabhulikhi ekuhlaseleni kwazo othisha besikole abahlangene nezinye izisebenzi zikahulumeni, i-Verizon ihlose enye yezindawo zokugcina zesigaba esiphakathi saseMelika. Njengesu eliyinhloko ebudlelwaneni bayo nomphakathi, inkampani izama ukugqumisa ukucasuka mayelana neqiniso lokuthi abasebenzi be-CWA kanye ne-IBEW empeleni banemisebenzi eholela impilo. Kunethemba lokuthi โanginayo impesheni, kungani kufaneleโ logic izothwala usuku.
Ngakho, ngoLwesithathu Verizon ukhiphe isikhangiso esigcwele ikhasi ku Philadelphia obuzayo iphakamisa ukuthi isisebenzi esijwayelekile senza u-$80,600 emholweni wonyaka kanye nezinzuzo zama-$42,000. Inyunyana iyasiphikisa lesi simangalo, iphikisa ngokuthi amaholo ngokuvamile asukela ku-$60,000 kuya ku-$77,000, nokuthi izinzuzo zibiza kancane kunalokho inkampani ebingasikisela. Kodwa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, impikiswano ngezinombolo igeja imibuzo ethile ebalulekile: Yini engalungile ngokuthi abasebenzi bahlanganyele enzuzweni yenhlangano enempilo? Akuyona yini indlela umnotho wethu okufanele usebenze ngayo?
(Ngasohlangothini, kuhlale kumnandi lapho izinkampani zinxusa ubumpofu etafuleni lezingxoxo bese zijika futhi zisebenzisa izindodla zemali ezindaweni zabezindaba, abeluleki abamelene nezinyunyana, namafemu e-PR abizayoโkodwa enye indaba leyo.)
Isiphetho semisebenzi engu-45,000 esezingeni eliphakathi kuyinto enkulu kuyo yonke iMelika. Ngenyanga edlule, wonke umnotho wase-US ube nenzuzo enkulu imisebenzi eyi-117,000 kuphela. Akukhona lokho kuphela ezweni lonke, kumelela inyanga ehloniphekile uma kubhekwa izinombolo zonyaka odlule. Ngaphezu kwalokho, cishe yonke imisebenzi emisha manje okudalwa yiholo elincane. Uma kubhekwa la maqinisoโkanye neqiniso lokuthi ukugxilisa yonke ingcebo ezandleni zabacebile kuyisu elibi kakhulu lokudala uhlobo lwesidingo umnotho osidingayo ukuze ubuyele emuvaโkwenzekani kubasebenzi baseVerizon kuyindaba ekhathaza umphakathi kabanzi.
U-Bob Master uqinisile ukuthi isimo se-Verizon sokuxoxisana esinolaka, njengokuqhwagwa kwamandla embonini yomphakathi koMbusi uScott Walker, siwumkhiqizo wesimo sezombusazwe lapho izintshisekelo zebhizinisi zinomuzwa wokuthi zingenza noma yini eziyifunayo kubantu abasebenzayo, futhi abasebenzi ngeke babe nalutho. Isiteleka sase-Verizon ngeshwa sifana ne-Wisconsin ngoba impi yokuzivikelaโumzamo wokumisa ukuhlehla okudabukisayo kumazinga amisiwe okuqashwa ngokufanele.
Isizinda sengxabano yenkontileka ukuthi i-Verizon manje yenza ingxenye enkulu yenzuzo yayo ngamasevisi ayo angenantambo. Yize isibalo esincane sochwepheshe abangenazintambo bebambe iqhaza esitelekeni, leyo ngxenye yenkampani iningi layo ayiyona inyunyana. Emhlabeni okahle, i-CWA kanye ne-IBEW bazokwazi โukuxoxisana ngokuhlela,โ ukulinganisa noma yiziphi izimvume etafuleni lezingxoxo zamalungu amanje enyunyana nezivumelwano zokuthi inkampani izohlala ingathathi hlangothi ngempela futhi ivumele abasebenzi base-Verizon Wireless ukuthi bazenzele esabo isinqumo mayelana. ukuhlanganisa noma cha. Kodwa leli akulona izwe elikahle. NjengaseWisconsin, abasebenzi kanye nabalingani bayo babhekene nempi enzima ukuze nje bagweme ukuhlaselwa okubi kakhulu okulwa nenyunyana.
Sekushiwo lokho, likhona icala lethemba. Imibhikisho emikhulu yaseMadison ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka yanikeza isizathu sokuba nethemba lokuthi uhlobo olusha lokugqugquzela abasebenzi bomphakathi olunamandla, olunesisekelo esibanzi, olungase lube amandla ahlala njalo kupolitiki yaleso sifundazweโfuthi lube yisibonelo somnyakazo kwezinye izingxenye zezwe. . Wisconsinites' impumelelo kuleli sonto lapho ekhumbula amanye amaSenator Esifunda SaseRiphabhulikhi (yize engewona amaningi njengoba ayenethemba) aphakamisa ukuthi umzabalazo uzoba mude, kodwa leyo mizamo eqhubekayo ingaba nemilenze yangempela.
Mayelana nesiteleka, bonke abebelokhu bezibuza ukuthi iMelika isebenza nini izosutha ngokwanele ukuthi igcine isukume ilwe akumele ihlale phansi lena. Uma isiteleka sase-Verizon siba isizinda somhlangano kuleli zwe somnyakazo omelene namandla ebhizinisi abalekayo kanye nomnotho ongenzeleli, singaba nemithelela ebanzi kakhulu kunaleyo yemigomo yenkontileka ekugcineni egcizelelwe kulabo abahamba emigqeni yokuqopha. Ukuthi laba basebenzi abaguquki lapho bebhekene nenkani yenkampani ekutholeni imvume kubalulekile futhi kunesibindi. Futhi bafanelwe ukwesekwa kabanzi.
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Labo abasoGwini Olusempumalanga bangathola ulayini wepikithi abangawuvakashela lapha.
Abasekeli ezweni lonke maduze bazokwazi โsebenzisa isitolo se-Verizon Wirelessโ endaweni yabo futhi basize ukuhlela amapikikhethi kuleyo ndawo.
Ekugcineni, ngaphandle kokushiya ikhompuyutha yakho, ungakwazi sayine isicelo ngokweseka abasebenzi abangu-45,000 be-CWA kanye ne-IBEW abasesitelekeni.
UMark Engler ungumhlaziyi ophezulu we-Foreign Policy In Focus kanye nombhali we Indlela Yokubusa Umhlaba: Impi Ezayo Emnothweni Womhlaba (Izincwadi Zesizwe). Angatholakala ngewebhusayithi http://www.DemocracyUprising.com.
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