Umthombo: Amanothi Ezabasebenzi
Inhlangano yabasebenzi ehleliwe isiqalile ukungena esenzweni sokweseka imibhikisho ephikisana nokubulawa kwamaphoyisa anobandlululo kwesakhamuzi saseMinneapolis uGeorge Floyd.
U-Floyd uthwetshulwe ecikwa waze wafa ngaphansi kwedolo lephoyisa uDerek Chauvin ngoMsombuluko kuvidiyo esabalele ezweni lonke futhi esibangele isiphithiphithi eTwin Cities.
Ababhikishi bathungele ngomlilo izitolo ngisho nendawo yamaphoyisa ngoLwesine njengoba ulaka lomphakathi lubhodla umlilo endaweni yesithathu yaseMinneapolis mayelana nohide lokubulawa kwamaphoyisa kwabantu abamnyama e-United States.
Njengoba isimo sishubile, amaqembu ezisebenzi endawo akhuphukile ukusiza imibhikisho ngenkathi ezama ukuvikela imiphakathi ngokusizana kanye nezinyathelo zezempilo zomphakathi.
Amalungu e-Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL), isikhungo sabasebenzi esiseduze nendawo lapho kwabulawelwa khona, athintekile futhi abambe iqhaza.
โUkusabela kwaba ukucekelwa phansi nokucasuka. Sikubonile lokhu ngaphambilini eMinneapolis,โ kusho u-Isabela Escalona, โโokhulumela leli qembu.
Ukubulawa kuka-Floyd bekungokwakamuva ochungechungeni lwezigameko zokubulawa kwamaphoyisa abantu abamnyama eminyakeni yakamuva, okuhlanganisa noDavid Smith, Jamar Clark, noPhilando Castile.
Ngemuva kokuthi amaphoyisa adubule abulala uClark ngo-2015, izisebenzi zekhempasi zasiza ukuhlela umhlangano othi โLabor for Justice for Jamarโ; onogada baqale ikomiti leBlack Lives Matter enyunyaneni yabo. Ngemva kokubulala uCastile, i-Teamster yenyunyana eyayisebenza endaweni yokudlela yesikole samabanga aphansi, ngo-2016, amakhulu othisha bezinyunyana bamasha bekhalaza kwaboshwa abangu-21.
800 AMAPHOYISA, ABAHLOLI ABABILI OKWENZA IMholo
Ngokungafani nemibhikisho yangaphambilini, ukuvukelwa kokubulawa kuka-Floyd kwenzeka ngesikhathi sodlame. U-Escalona uphawule ukuthi imiphakathi yabaNsundu neyabaBrown njengaleyo eyakha ubulungu be-CTUL iyona eshaywa kakhulu yi-COVID-19.
Kwathi sekucacile ukuthi ababhikishi babebuthene lapho kwabulawa khona u-Floyd, i-CTUL yaqala ukunikeza amanzi nezifihla-buso ukuze kuvikelwe impilo yababhikishi. Ngama-megaphones, bakhuthaze ababhikishi ukuthi balondoloze ukusakazwa komphakathi.
Njengoba imibhikisho ikhule ngezinga, i-CTUL isishintshele ekuhlinzekeni izidingo kubahlali bendawo njengokudla, amanzi, nezinto zezingane, njengoba kuvalwe izitolo eziningi zegrosa edolobheni.
Futhi lapho kuqubuka imililo futhi kusabisa ngokuthi uzoqothula ezinye izindawo zokuhlala, amalungu e-CTUL nabahleli basiza ekukhipheni imiziโnjengoba umnyango wezicishamlilo wawungatholakali ndawo, kusho u-Escalona.
โSinakekela indawo yethu, sinakekela umphakathi wethu, futhi sizoqhubeka nokwenza lokho,โ kusho yena.
I-CTUL sekuphele iminyaka ikhankasela ukukhipha imali emaphoyiseni bese iqasha abahloli abantshontsha amaholo.
โUma uqhathanisa ukuphanga nokweba izinto ezincane nokwebiwa kweholo, izinombolo aziqhathanisi. IMinneapolis inamaphoyisa angu-800 futhi besilwa amazinyo nezinzipho ukuze sithole abahloli ababili bamaholo,โ kusho u-Escalona.
OTHISHA KANYE NEGASI LWEZINYEMBEZI
IMinneapolis Federation of Teachers, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikhuthaza amalungu ukuthi ajoyine izenzo eziholwa umphakathi futhi asekele abafundi.
Othisha babhekene nokusiza abafundi ukubhekana nalesi simo ohlelweni lwezikole olucwasa ngokwebala lapho cishe amaphesenti angama-20 othisha abanebala elimhlophe, kanti amaphesenti angama-75 abafundi.
"Amalungu ethu agxile ekwesekeni abafundi njengoba bebheka okwenzekayo," kusho uMary Manor, ophumayo oyiphini likamongameli wendawo.
UManor uthe uke wafonelwa ngumfundi wathi, โNgiyaxolisa ngokungawuqedi umsebenzi wami wesikole, bengihlahle amehlo ukuze ngikhiphe isisi esikhalisa izinyembezi.โ
Mhlawumbe okuphawuleka kakhulu, othisha bacindezela isifunda sesikole ukuthi sinqamule ubudlelwano bezezimali noMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseMinneapolis.
Othisha baseMinneapolis nabo bayasiza ekuhlanzeni, bahlinzeke ngezinto ezidingekayo kubantu abasuswe izindawo ngenxa yokuvukela umbuso, bathathe nemiyalelo yalabo abangakwazi ukuya ekhemisi, futhi banikeze amasheya okugibela ukuze basize ngokuthenga igrosa.
Njengoba uhlelo lwezokuthutha umphakathi luvaliwe, izakhamizi zibhekana nobunzima obengeziwe, kusho uManor.
UKWALA UHLELO OLUNGALUNGILE
Inqwaba yabantu bendawo, izikhungo zabasebenzi kanye nezinyunyana zamazwe omhlaba bakhiphe izitatimende befuna ubulungiswa kuGeorge Floyd, okuhlanganisa I-Transit (ATU) Local 1005, BUYANA LAPHA! Indawo 17, I-CTUL, lo I-Minnesota Nurses Association, lo I-St. Paul Federation of Educators, lo I-Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, BUYANA LAPHA!, Futhi I-National Nurses United.
I-NewsGuild kanye ne-Broadcast Employees (NABET) bakhiphe isitatimende esihlanganyelwe igxeka ukuboshwa kwethimba lezindaba le-CNN ebihlanganisa imibhikisho ekuseni namhlanje. Ukuboshwa, okuphazamisa ukusakazwa kwezindaba, kwasakazwa kumabonakude bukhoma.
UMongameli we-ATU International uJohn Costa uthe, โAbashayeli bamabhasi baseMinneapolisโamalungu ethuโbanelungelo lokwenqaba umsebenzi oyingozi wokuthutha amaphoyisa emibhikishweni futhi babophe ababhikishi besuka kule miphakathi lapho iningi lalaba bashayeli lihlala khona.โ
U-Kilgore Trout (igama-mbumbulu), umshayeli webhasi kanye nelungu le-ATU Local 1005, wenza amagagasi emibuthanweni yabasebenzi ku-inthanethi ngesikhathi ecela abashayeli bamabhasi akanye nabo ukuthi benqabe ukuthutha ababhikishi ababoshiwe.
Useqalile ukuphatha owesizwe Iqembu le-Facebook amalungu enyunyana ahlanganisa i-#Justice4GeorgeFloyd. Iqembu le-Facebook ukugqugquzela isicelo "ukwenza konke esingakwenza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umsebenzi wethu awusetshenziselwa ukusiza uMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseMinneapolis ukuthi uvale izingcingo zobulungiswa."
Iqembu le-Facebook ukubiza izinyunyana ukumasha ndawonye emibhikishweni yangoMgqibelo eTwin Cities.
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