Abagadli be-Verizon abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalolunye ubuyele emsebenzini ngoJuni 1 bephakamise amakhanda abo, emva kwalokho isiteleka sezinsuku ezingama-45 lapho behlula khona izimfuno zenkampani zemvume yokuvikeleka komsebenzi kanye nokuvumelana nezimo, bawina imisebenzi eyengeziwe yezinyunyana engu-1,300, futhi bathola inkontileka yokuqala ezitolo eziyisikhombisa ze-Verizon Wireless.
“Ukungena emsebenzini ngosuku lokuqala ngibuya ngicula ‘usuku olulodwa olude, usuku olulodwa luqinile’ kwaba ukusa okuhle kakhulu engake ngaba nakho e-Verizon,” kusho uPam Galpern, uchwepheshe wezobuciko kanye nomgqugquzeli weCommunication Workers Local 1101. umuzwa omkhulu wokufeza okuthile. Abantu babemamatheka futhi bejabule. Bekufana nomehluko ophelele we-180 degree ngaphambi kwesiteleka.”
I-CWA and Electrical Workers (IBEW) iwine ukukhushulwa kwamaholo ngamaphesenti angu-10.5 eminyakeni emine, yakhuphula iminikelo empeshenini yabo, ukuvikelwa ekukhishweni kwemisebenzi yesikhungo sezingcingo, kanye nokuhlehliswa kwenkontileka engaphansi komsebenzi othile wezigxobo.
I-Verizon nayo izoqeda uhlelo oluzondwayo Lokubuyekezwa Kwekhwalithi, umzamo wokulawula kancane usuku lomsebenzi. Abaphathi bazoletha ubuchwepheshe ukuze baphenywe amahora amabili kuya kwamathathu mayelana nemisebenzi yabo yansuku zonke futhi bakhiphe ukumiswa okungakhokhelwa kwezinsuku ezingama-30. Ezinyangeni ezandulela isiteleka, i-QAR yathukuthelisa ochwepheshe eNew York City.
Phezu kwalo mkhankaso wokuhlukumeza emsebenzini, i-Verizon yasusa isiteleka ngokuhlongoza ukuvala izikhungo zezingcingo zase-US, ukuthunyelwa komsebenzi ezindaweni ezinamaholo aphansi phesheya, iminikelo yempesheni elinganiselwa eminyakeni engu-30, nokwandisa kakhulu amandla ayo okuthumela abasebenzi emsebenzini. izabelo kude nasekhaya.
Lokhu kwenzeka naphezu kokuthi izinyunyana zinikeze amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-200 ngezibonelelo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo-ngaphambi kwesiteleka. Lezi zivumelwano, ezihlanganisa amaphrimiyamu aphezulu, izimali ezidonswayo, nezindleko eziphuma ephaketheni, zihlala kunkontileka entsha, nakuba ukukhushulwa kwamaholo kuzosiza ekudambiseni umthelela wazo.
"Inkampani ibingakwenza lokhu ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule," kusho uchwepheshe wenethiwekhi uPat Fahy we-IBEW Local 827 eNew Jersey. "Bebengakwenza [ngesikhathi inkontileka iphela] ngo-Agasti ... futhi ngabe sesiyithathile."
Kunalokho, uthe, “basiphoqa ukuthi sisebenze izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ngaphandle kwenkontileka futhi sitelekile cishe izinyanga ezimbili. Abaningi bethu banenzondo ngamamayela amabili ubude.”
“Angisoze ngakhohlwa ukuthi le nkampani izame ukwenzani kimina nomndeni wami,” kusho uRay Ragucci, uchwepheshe weQueens FiOS futhi oyilungu le-CWA Local 1106. “Akuzange kudingeke ukuthi kube kanje. Bakhetha ukwenza lokhu. Banomhobholo kakhulu.”
IYAPHUMA
UNobhala Wezabasebenzi uThomas Perez usize ekwenzeni isivumelwano, wangenelela maphakathi noMeyi ukuze aqale kabusha izingxoxo phakathi kwezinyunyana neVerizon.
Kodwa impi yangempela yanqotshwa emigqeni yokukhetha ukusuka eMassachusetts kuya eVirginia. Abagadli babeqola nsuku zonke ngaphandle kwezitolo ezingenantambo, futhi bazingela utwayi nezikhulu zenkampani nomaphi lapho beya khona.
Futhi abazange bantengantenge, ngisho nalapho inkampani ibanqamula umshwalense wabo wezempilo ngoMeyi 1. “Inkampani ayizange icabange ukuthi sizohlala amasonto amabili—ikakhulukazi kwezokunakekelwa kwempilo,” kusho uRagucci.
Nakuba lesi siteleka bekungesesine noma sesihlanu kubasebenzi abaningi base-Verizon—cishe bonke asebehlale kule nkampani iminyaka engaphezu kwe-15—bekungokokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1989 ukuthi inkampani yehlise umshwalense wezempilo wabateleki.
“Bengingazi ukuthi ubulungu bethu buzokwazi yini ukubhekana nalokhu,” kusho uRagucci. "Ekhanda lami, bengicabanga ukuthi abantu bangawela."
Esikhundleni salokho, "Ngicabanga ukuthi kubacasule ngempela abantu," kusho uRagucci. "Futhi njengoba imigqa yethu imile iqinile, wonke umuntu waba nesimo sengqondo esihle, futhi wazizwa sengathi sizoyinqoba le nto."
"Kwakunezigaba zokwesaba, ithemba, ukudangala, ukukhathazeka, ukuvuvuka kokuziqhenya," kusho uchwepheshe we-FiOS u-Dennis Dunn, umphathi omkhulu we-CWA Local 1108 e-Long Island, echaza imizwa yakhe ngemva kwamasonto ayisithupha. "Angikaze ngiziqhenye. ukuba yilungu lenyunyana—naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ngisenkingeni ngokwezimali.”
UDunn uthe alikho nelilodwa ilungu le-Local 1108 eliweqile. “Amalungu ethu, ayayithola ngempela,” kusho yena. “Akungoba sifuna ukuceba. Saqala lapha sinomuzwa wokuthi kuwumsebenzi. Bekuwumsebenzi omuhle enkampanini yocingo, futhi sifuna ukukugcina lokho. ”
NISAKUTHOLA
Ingozi yokungena esitelekeni kwakuwukuthi abasebenzi bangase bangabi namandla kangako, uma kubhekwa ukukhula kwenkampani ekwakhiweni kwayo okungenazintambo. I-Verizon ibonakala izimisele ukushiya ingxenye enkulu yebhizinisi layo lezintambo zezintambo.
Kodwa isiteleka sikhombise ukuthi abasebenzi bezokuxhumana basasebenzisa amandla angempela. Inkampani yayisemuva kakhulu ekufakweni kwe-FiOS kangangokuthi amakhasimende amasha atshelwa ukuthi kuzomele alinde kuze kube uJulayi noma u-Agasti ukuze athole isevisi.
Lolo lwazi ludalulwe kule nyunyana ngabasebenzi basesikhungweni sezingcingo ePhilippine, abathe nabo bafaka izingcingo eziningi zokuthi kunqanyulwe umsebenzi ngenxa yokushoda kwalolu khwekhwe. (Ithimba labasebenzi base-US Verizon bavakashela ePhilippines ngoMeyi, ngemva kokuba abasebenzi basesikhungweni sezingcingo befinyelele ku-CWA ngoFacebook.)
“Bona kanye abaphathi abasigibelayo, abahlezi bephezu kwethu mayelana nokukhiqiza kwethu ngaso sonke isikhathi uma sicwayiza,” kusho uDunn, “abanalwazi lokuthi siwenza kanjani umsebenzi wethu. Kuyahlekisa.”
Abagadli balandele abaphathi notwayi bezungeza bacosha izigxobo, imigodi namabhilidi lapho besebenzela khona. Bathi ukwephulwa kwezokuphepha kwakudlangile—futhi kwabeka nomphakathi engcupheni. Izithombe namavidiyo asakazwa kabanzi kuFacebook.
Omunye umhlaziyi wezezimali ubikezele ukuthi isiteleka sizonciphisa inzuzo ye-Verizon kulo nyaka ngo-$200 million. Okunye kwehlise isibikezelo semali engenayo yenkampani ngocingo lwenkampani ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-826, ngenxa yokwehla okusheshayo kokufakwa kwe-FiOS ngenxa yesiteleka.
Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale isiteleka, i-Verizon ibidonsa imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.8 ngenyanga ngenzuzo. “Besingekho isizathu salesi siteleka, ngoba besingasaceli lutho,” kusho uDunn. “Kungani udinga ukuthatha noma yini kithi ekubeni wenza imali engaka? Ekugcineni, konke kumayelana nokubhidliza inyunyana.”
"Kube yi-rollercoaster," kusho u-Rich Corrigan, uchwepheshe wezobuchwepheshe kanye nomphathi we-CWA Local 1101 eManhattan, ngesikhathi sesiteleka. “Bavele bajike bathi, ‘Awukufanele inkontileka yokugcina obuyifanele.’”
Noma kunjalo, ngemuva kwezinyanga “zobuxhwanguxhwangu ezinkampanini” ngezinqubomgomo zokuqondisa izigwegwe ezinzima eziholela esitelekeni, u-Corrigan uthe, “ukungena kulayini wokuqola kwaba impumuzo.”
Abagadli baphinde bakhuthazwa wukwesekwa ngumphakathi. Okugqamile eCorrigan kwakuwusuku lokuqala, lapho amalungu enyunyana angu-150 ethola izihlalo eziphambili zenkulumo kaBernie Sanders eWashington Square Park eNew York. “Kulowo mhlangano sabingelelwa njengamaqhawe anqobayo,” usho kanje. Umuzwa engawuthola wawuwukuthi, ‘Ngiyabonga uNkulunkulu ngokuthi kukhona okwenzayo.’”
"Ukusekelwa komphakathi bekumangalisa," kusho uDunn. “Awuzizwa uwedwa. Silethwe ama-bagel cishe nsuku zonke kulayini wepikikhethi, i-pizza evela kwezinye izinyunyana, iminikelo evela kwabathatha umhlalaphansi… Kuyasiza uma ungenabo abantu abashayelayo ngokumemeza, 'Thola umsebenzi! Buyela emsebenzini!’”
USCAB WAKEUP CALL
Esikhundleni sokuthumela ochwepheshe bayo benkundla yotwayi emagaraji ayo ajwayelekile nasemahhovisi amaphakathi, izinyunyana zithi, iVerizon ibisebenzisa amahhotela. Ukhwekhwe eManhattan beshayela amaveni aqashiwe nezinye izimoto ezingaphawuliwe.
"Imali abayisebenzisile ukumisa ukusebenza kwabo, ukuqasha amagumbi amahhotela, ukuqasha izindawo zokuthutha, ukuqasha amaveni akwa-Enterprise - kwaba impama ebusweni," kusho u-Al Russo, iphini likamongameli we-CWA Local 1101.
“Kuyamangaza ukuthi inkampani yalolu hlobo, enaleli gama, ithumele izisebenzi ezigcwele utwayi kulo lonke elaseManhattan njengomsebenzi womshoshaphansi ukuze kugwenywe abaqoki abangomahambanendlwana,” kusho uGalpern.
Ukuphendula, inqwaba yabantu bendawo be-CWA kanye ne-IBEW bahlele “izingcingo zokuvuka utwayi” ngaphandle kwamahhotela lapho kuthunyelwa khona abasebenzi.
Lawa makhethini anomsindo athole amahhotela ambalwa ukuze aqalise umsebenzi wokuthumela we-Verizon. Kodwa baphinde bathola ukuthi abantu bendawo bashaywe yimithetho yokuvinjelwa eDolobheni laseNew York naseBoston, ngesizathu sokuthi leli qhinga libalwe njengokuduba okwesibili.
Ngaphandle kokudangala, i-CWA kanye ne-IBEW abantu bendawo bathola ezinye izindlela zokugcina ukushisa ku-Verizon. Abagadli abangamakhulu amahlanu babhikishe i-CFO Fran Shammo engqungqutheleni yabatshalizimali eNew York. Amakhulu ayisishiyagalombili abingelele isikhulu esiphezulu u-Lowell McAdam engqungqutheleni ebiseBoston.
Abasebenzi besitolo sokudayisa i-Verizon Wireless, ababetelekile okokuqala ngqa ezitolo eziyisithupha e-Brooklyn nesisodwa e-Everett, Massachusetts, bavakashele imigqa yamapiki.
Izinyunyana zithumele ithimba emhlanganweni wabanikazi bamasheya e-Verizon e-Albuquerque, lapho abatelekile nabasekeli abangu-15 baboshwa khona ngesenzo sokungalaleli umphakathi ngaphandle. Futhi abagadli abangu-250 abavela ku-Local 1101 bavele ku-Good Morning America, begqoke okubomvu futhi bephethe izimpawu zenyunyana.
Kuphinde kwasiza ukuthi isiteleka siqale phakathi nesikole samabanga aphansi eNew York. Ukusekelwa ngezwi okuvela kuSenator Bernie Sanders kudonse ukunaka kwabezindaba futhi kwasiza ukuhlela isiteleka njengempi ecacile yokulwa nobugovu bebhizinisi.
'BASEMUVA KWETHU'
Ekugcineni, amalungu kungenzeka abe esekhathele, kodwa ukuzimisela kwawo akuzange kuhlatshwe umkhosi.
“Singathanda ukubuyela emsebenzini ngokushesha,” kusho umphathi we-Local 1101 uKim Marshall esontweni lokugcina. "Kodwa sidele lesi sikhathi eside, futhi uma beqhubeka befuna ukukhokhelwa eqolo, sizophuma isikhathi eside njengoba kuthatha."
Ngosuku olwandulela ukumenyezelwa kwesivumelwano, abagadli abangu-200 babingelela isikhulu saseVerizon ngaphandle kwengqungquthela yezobuchwepheshe eNyuvesi yaseNew York. Enyakatho neNew York, bekunezinhlelo zombhikisho omkhulu ngaphandle komhlangano webhodi kanye nemicimbi yembizo e-Cornell University, lapho uMcAdam engumphathiswa.
Futhi izinyunyana zokunakekelwa kwezempilo bezihlela usuku lokusebenza lwangoJuni 1 ukuze zidonsele ukunaka onyakeni wenyanga eyodwa u-Verizon enqamula izinzuzo zezempilo. UJuni 2 kwakuzoba olunye usuku lwezwe lokusebenza.
Esontweni lokugcina lesiteleka, i-CWA Local 1102 yaqala ukuthumela amapheshana ngaphandle kweFerry yaseStaten Island. Amalungu aqoqe amakhulu ambalwa ezikhalazo kubagibeli abathembise ukukhansela isevisi yabo uma i-Verizon ingavumelani nenkontileka ngo-June 10, kanye nokungayithengi imikhiqizo emisha ye-Verizon kuze kuphele isiteleka.
“Abantu abavuka nsuku zonke bese begibela leso sikebhe baye emsebenzini, bayazi ukuthi kunjani ukuzabalaza,” kusho umphathi uChristine Cannavale. “Basemva kwethu.”
Inyunyana iphinde yakhuthazwa ukwanda kwenani lamaqembu “amukela” izitolo ze-Verizon Wireless zamakhethini amasonto onke. "Nsuku zonke, izinyunyana namaqembu omphakathi babeza kithi ukuze bathathe isitolo," kusho uGalpern. “Abantu abadlula ngendlela bebema kolayini bepikiniki nsuku zonke beletha ipizza, amanzi, ikhofi, bebuza ukuthi yini enye abangayenza.”
'IZINKULU ZENKAMPANI ZINGAHLUKANA'
U-Verizon, ngakolunye uhlangothi, wayelokhu enezela inhlamba ekulimaleni. Inkampani ithumelele abasebenzi incwadi echaza ukuthi bangagwazwa kanjani futhi i-FedEx-ede ikhophi yesipho sayo “sokugcina, esihle kakhulu, nesokugcina.”
“Eminyakeni engu-22 noma engu-23 edlule, selokhu ngaba nale nkampani, angikaze ngiwubone umzamo onje wokuzama ukubhidliza inyunyana,” kusho u-Chuck Simpson, omele amakhasimende kanye nomongameli we-CWA Local 2204 eVirginia. . "Abaphathi abaphezulu beza emigqeni yokusikisela futhi basitshele okuthile okuhluke ngokuphelele kunalokho obekushiwo yikomidi lezingxoxo, besabalalisa amahlebezi okuthi abazongena esikhundleni bazongena unomphela ..."
Ukuphendula, i-Local 1108 ibambe umhlangano othi “Burning the Bullsh!t”. “Silethe zonke izincwadi zotwayi kanye neziphakamiso zokugcina futhi senza lo mlilo omkhulu wemiphongolo,” kusho uDunn. "Besinezinto eziningi, kwadingeka ngishise okunye ngakusasa ehholo lezinyunyana."
Ku-Fahy, uhlelo lwezempilo olubi luwububi obukhulu besivumelwano. “Uma usebenzisa usizo lwezempilo, uzokhokha kakhulu,” kusho yena. "Sidinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kuzwelonke - futhi izinyunyana kufanele zibe phambi kwalokho. Ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kuyinto elahlekile. Kuzoqhubeka nokumunca izinkontileka zethu.”
Noma kunjalo, uthe, “kulesi simo sezulu esiphila kuso, ukusukuma nje ubambelele ngokuqinile enkampanini eyenza u-$1.8 billion ngenyanga kuwukunqoba.”
URagucci uthemba ukuthi abanye abasebenzi bazogqugquzelwa yisibonelo seVerizon. “Ngicabanga ukuthi senza esikwenzile kubeka isisekelo sokuthi ezinye izinyunyana zithi, 'Uyazi ukuthini? Cha.' Lezi zikhulu zezinkampani zingahlulwa uma silwa nazo.”
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