ULwesihlanu Olumnyama, usuku olungemva kwe-Thanksgiving ethathwa njengolunye lwezinsuku zokuthenga ezinkulu kakhulu zonyaka, ingase yehluke kakhulu kulo nyaka.
Abahleli bahlela isiteleka sikazwelonke ngokumelene ne-Walmart, umthengisi omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni, futhi bazama isu elisha: ukuhlela ku-inthanethi.
Abagqugquzeli bezabasebenzi basebenzisana nenhlangano engenzi nzuzo ye-Engage Network kanye nenhlangano eqaphayo engenzi nzuzo i-Corporate Action Network ukuze bahoxise lokho abakubiza ngokuthi "igciwane" - okusho isiteleka sezwe lonke nesisabalalayo ku-inthanethi.
Abasebenzi be-Walmart abanentshisekelo yokujoyina usuku lokusebenza bayaqondiswa kule webhusayithi, ukuthola isitolo eduze kwabo esinesiteleka esihleliwe noma "ukwamukela umcimbi" esitolo esiseduze nabo.
UBrian Young, umsunguli weCorporate Action Network, uthe ocingweni lwengqungquthela oludidiyelwe yinyunyana i-United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) ngoLwesine, ukuthi abagqugquzeli ngeke bakwazi ukuhlanganisa ama-Walmarts acishe abe ngu-4,000 ezweni lonke, kodwa ukunika amandla abaholi abaziqokile ku-inthanethi kuye kwanda. kanye nokusabalalisa umkhankaso.
Abasekeli bangakwazi futhi xhasa isisebenzi esitelekile, okungenzeka ukuthi ulahlekelwa amaholo ukuze ateleke, ngokunikela ngamakhadi esipho segrosa. Umkhankaso uye ikhuphuke ngaphezu kwama-$13,500inani leminikelo ebheke kumakhadi esipho segrosa kusukela ngo-Oct. 15 - inani elingafaki izimali ezibalulekile eziqoqwe ngamasheke athunyelwe nge-imeyili, u-Jamie Way, we-UFCW, utshele i-HuffPost.
Lo mkhankaso uphinde uhlanganise abatelekile nabasekeli ngokusebenzisa a Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Facebook,amaningi Facebook amakhasi, a Tumblr futhi Twitter nge-hashtag #walmartstrikers.
"Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-inthanethi, ngaphezu kokuhlela okujwayelekile endaweni, kuvumele umkhankaso ukuthi ufinyelele ezindaweni zasemakhaya okungenzeka ukuthi azinakwa," kusho uMarianne Manilov, umsunguli we-Engage Network, engqungqutheleni. shayela.
Wakhomba iqembu labasebenzi abangamambuka e-Oklahoma ababuthana ngo-Okthoba. "A ngokuphelele isethi engahlelekile yabasebenzi e-Oklahomabavele bangenela isiteleka bazibambele mathupha bengenzi lutho ngaphandle kwanoma yimuphi umgqugquzeli noma ... ukuxhumana nenhlangano ebanzi," kusho yena.
Ukuxhumana okuholela kuLwesihlanu Olumnyama kulandela uchungechunge lwezinyathelo ezingakaze zibonwe ngabasebenzi baseWalmart ngokumelene nomqashi wabo nezimo zokusebenza. Ngo-Okthoba, ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni wenkampani weminyaka engu-50, abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-70 ezitolo eziningi zase-Los Angeles-indawo yase-Walmart. waphuma emsebenzini, nakuba imisebenzi yabo ingavikelwe yinyunyana esemthethweni. Isiteleka sibe nomthelela omubi, okubangele iziteleka kwamanye amadolobha angu-12, ingxenye enkulu ngokuhlela nge-inthanethi.
Impumelelo yalezi ziteleka, kanye neyodwa ehlobo eshiwo njenge umbhikisho omkhulu kunayo yonke ngokumelene nenkampani, futhi a uhambo lwezinsuku eziyisithupha yabasebenzi be-warehouse ngoSepthemba, bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kwe-Facebook, Twitter nezinye izingosi zewebhu, kusho u-Young.
"I-Making Change at Walmart," ehlele imibhikisho futhi engumkhankaso ohlangene nenyunyana ye-UFCW, ine abalandeli abangaphezu kuka-25,000 ku-Facebook.
Nakuba ingameli ngokusemthethweni abasebenzi be-Walmart, i-OUR Walmart, ehlelwe umkhankaso we-Making Change, yenza njengenyunyana ukulwela amalungelo abasebenzi baseWalmart. I-Walmart yethu, eyasungulwa ngonyaka odlule inamalungu ayi-100, manje isinayoabalandeli abangaphezu kuka-14,000 ku-Facebook.
UCorey Parker, isisebenzi saseWalmart esivela eMississippi, uthe ocingweni lwengqungquthela waqala ukusebenza ne-OUR Walmart ngemuva kokuthola ngakho ngesihloko seHuffPost kuFacebook. Manje, usehlanganise abasebenzi esitolo sakhe ukuthi bateleke ngo-Black Friday ngoba, uthe, wabona ukuthi "ukungakwazi ukuziphilisa kwakungeyona nje inkinga esitolo sami."
Ingeza uphethiloli ekuhambeni, i-Walmart imemezele ngoLwesine ukuthi izoqala ukuthengiswa kwayo kwe-Black Friday ngo-8pm ngo-Thanksgiving, ukuqala kwayo kwakuqala ngqa.
"Iningi labasebenzi baseWalmart bazophoqeleka ukuthi bangabi nayo i-Thanksgiving ngoba bazobe belungiselela usuku lonke usuku lokuthenga olumatasa kakhulu lonyaka," kusho uDan Schlademan, umqondisi weMaking Change eWalmart, engqungqutheleni. shayela. "Lokhu kukhansela i-Thanksgiving ngamakhulu ezinkulungwane zabasebenzi."
"Akufani nokuthi i-Walmart ihlukumezeka ngokwezimali. Akufani nokuthi abenzi imali engakholeki. Intengo yalokhu iqeda usuku olubalulekile lomndeni ezweni lethu."
Kodwa okhulumela i-Walmart uSteven Restivo uthe mayelana nokudayiswa, "Ngonyaka odlule, ukugcwala kwamakhasimende kwethu okuphezulu kakhulu kwakungehora le-10 ebusuku futhi, ngokusho kweNational Retail Federation, ukuthengwa kwe-Thanksgiving night kuye kwanda eminyakeni emithathu edlule."
"Izitolo zethu eziningi zivuliwe amahora angu-24 futhi, ngokomlando, amalungiselelo ethu amaningi e-Black Friday enziwe nge-Thanksgiving, okuyinto evamile embonini yezitolo," esho, enezela ngokuthi iziteleka ezihlelelwe i-Black Friday, ngeke " ube nomthelela ebhizinisini lethu."
Mayelana nesenzo sezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule, u-Restivo uthe, โNakuba imibono evezwe yileli qembu ingamele imibono yeningi labahlanganyeli be-Walmart abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.3 e-US, lapho esisebenzisana nabo beveza ukukhathazeka, siyalalela. ."
NgoSepthemba, inqwaba yezisebenzi ze-warehouse ezinenkontileka yase-Walmart e-Southern California's Inland Empire zawuyeka umsebenzi zaya emsebenzini. izinsuku eziyisithupha, uhambo lwamamayela angu-50 ukubhikishela izimo zokusebenza nokuziphindiselela ngokukhuluma.
Esikhathini esingaphezu kwenyanga kamuva, inkampani yokugcina izimpahla i-NFI yaphendula kwezinye zezicelo zezimo zokusebenza zabatelekile. โEsontweni eledlule nje, sibone abashayeli bezitolo bephithizela befaka imishini ephukile nengaphephile, baqashe abalandeli ukuze banyuse umoya, bangeze nezinye zokupholisa amanzi,โ u-Elizabeth Brennan, umqondisi wezokuxhumana eWarehouse Workers United. , kusho ocingweni lwengqungquthela.
Kodwa-ke, abatelekile ababuyele emsebenzini baqhubekile nokubhekana nokuziphindiselela, izikhathi eziningi bencishiswa amahora abo besuka ku-35 behle baye kwabayisishiyagalombili, kusho yena. Abanye balaba basebenzi bokugcina impahla bazojoyina abasebenzi baseWalmart abatelekile ngoLwesihlanu oMnyama, kusho uBrennan.
Ngaphandle kokuziphindiselela, abahleli banethemba lokubona lolo hlobo lwempendulo enhle ngemuva kweBlack Friday. Futhi ngohlelo lwe-inthanethi oluvulekele noma ngubani ofuna ukuqala isiteleka endaweni yangakubo e-Walmart, uManilov uthemba ukuthi kokubili ukuboniswa nokusabela kuzofinyelela kabanzi.
"Lona ngomunye wemikhankaso yokuqala yezabasebenzi yokwamukela ngokugcwele amandla okuhlela abasebenzi ku-inthanethi kuya kokungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi," kusho yena. "Njengoba lokhu kubamba umlilo, amandla ayo angenamkhawulo."
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