Njengoba abanikazi bamasheya e-Walmart beqhubeka nokukhula esitokweni somthengisi omkhulu, bakhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-12 kusukela ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, umbuso ubhekene nehlobo lokunganeliseki njengoba inani elikhulayo labasebenzi be-Walmart abahola kancane liqhubeka nokulwa impi yezabasebenzi ewina kancane. kodwa ukunqoba okubalulekile.
UJim C. Walton, omncane kunabo bonke kuzindlalifa ze-Walton, unamasheya e-Walmart acishe abe yizigidi ezingu-10.5, futhi ngosuku lokuqala lwalo nyaka isitoko sasiku-$68 share, okwenza i-trove yakhe ibize cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-810. Njengamanje isitoko siku-$77 isabelo, futhi esikhathini esingaphezudlwana kwezinyanga eziyisithupha amasheya akhe ayizigidi ezingu-10.5 amenze wanezelwa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-80.
Akushiwo ukuthi wazikhuluphalisa ngemuva kozakwabo abahola kancane abavela eMelika futhi ukukhathazeka-uhlushwa izisebenzi zezingubo ezivela eBangladesh, izisebenzi okungenzeka ziyizisebenzi zezingubo ezihola kancane emhlabeni; I-Walmart iqashe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-2.2 emhlabeni jikelele futhi ikhipha inqwaba yabantu ukuze yenze imikhiqizo yabo engekho emthethweni.
Kepha abanye abasebenzi baseWalmart baye banele ngokungafani, njengokuthi I-Walmart YETHU, okuyi-Organization United for Respect, iqembu labasebenzi bamanje nabangaphambili be-Walmart elisekelwa ngokwezimali yi-United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).
U-Aaron Reppin wase-Danville, eKentucky uyisitoko sobusuku bonke se-Walmart futhi futhi usebenza kakhulu ku-OUR Walmart. Kokubili kuleli hlobo nelokugcina uhambe namanye amalungu ETHU e-Walmart ukuya e-Bentonville, e-Arkansas phakathi nomhlangano waminyaka yonke wabanikazi bamasheya we-Walmart ukuze azise umndeni wakwa-Walton ukuthi I-Walmart YETHU ilapha ukuze ihlale. Njengoba le nhlangano yabasebenzi ikhula, iWalmart iyaqhubeka nokuphindisela kumalungu e-OUR Walmart.
“Sisanda kuqala uhlelo lwaleli hlobo olubizwa ngokuthi ‘Summer for Respect’ lapho sizama khona ukuthi kubhaliswe abasebenzi abangu-100,000 ezweni lonke,” kusho uReppin. “Sithathe ama-caravans aqhamuka ezweni lonke saya eBentonville salanda umgadli ngamunye endleleni. Lapho sifika lapho, sakha ulayini wokupikha phambi kwehhovisi lebhizinisi futhi senza imashi yamakhilomitha amahlanu ukuya endlini kaJim Walton. Siphinde sabamba isenzo phambi kwendlunkulu yebhizinisi nesisebenzi sasefekthri saseBangladeshi esasho amagama abasebenzi basefemini abashonile. Kodwa sisanda kuba nabagadli abangu-35 esiziphindiselele kubo. Abayishumi banqanyulwa kwathi abangu-25 baqondiswa izigwegwe. Nganikezwa ‘ingxoxo yomuntu siqu’ eyisixwayiso futhi ihlala irekhodi lakho izinyanga eziyisithupha.”
Naphezu kwengcindezi enjalo evela ku-Walmart ngokumelene nabasebenzi bayo, ingabe ihlobo lika-2013 lingaba inguquko ngokumelene nomthengisi ophendule abathengi abaningi baba ama-zombies, wabeka indinganiso yamaholo aphansi, abhidliza amabhizinisi amancane namadolobhana amancane, futhi waphatha izigidi zabaphansi. -abasebenzi emhlabeni wonke njengokungathi bangabantu besigaba sesibili?
Nazi ezinye izinkomba zokuthi umbuso wezokudayisa omelene nabasebenzi uyantengantenga:
§ Ngasekuqaleni kwalo Julayi, i-PGGM, isikhwama sempesheni sama-Dutch esingu-$183-billion sikahulumeni nezisebenzi zemfundo, "kungabaliwe" I-Walmart evela kuphothifoliyo yayo yokutshala imali, icaphuna inqubomgomo yase-Walmart yase-US yokukhawulela “amathuba ezisebenzi okuzihlela ezinyunyaneni”.
§ Umkhandlu wedolobha lase-Washington D.C. ngoJulayi 10 waphasisa Umthetho Wokuphendula Komthengisi Omkhulu lokho kungakhuphula iholo eliphansi lezisebenzi zezitolo ezinkulu lisuka ku-$8.25 liye ku-$12.50. IWalmart ibisezinhlelweni zokuvula izitolo eziyisithupha endaweni yase-D.
§ Onyakeni wesithupha olandelanayo i-Walmart iqede ekugcineni Kunkomba Yokwaneliseka Kwekhasimende YaseMelika. Njengoba kubikwe ku Forbes, iWalmart yengeze izitolo ezingama-455 kule minyaka emihlanu edlule kodwa yehlise abasebenzi bayo ngezi-20,000. "Umphumela?" kusho Forbes, “Isevisi ye-Walmart manje ayilula neze – futhi amakhasimende akayithandi.”
Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yezinhlekelele zakamuva zasemsebenzini, inkinga enkulu kaWalmart kuleli hlobo udaba lokuphepha kwabasebenzi bezingubo zaseBangladeshi eGreater Dhaka lapho abangu-1,129 bashona khona lapho kuwa kwesakhiwo sefekthri iRaza Plaza ngo-Ephreli kwathi abangu-112 bashona emlilweni wefektri yaseTazreen lapho ngoNovemba odlule. . IWalmart iqale yaphika ukuthi noma yibaphi osonkontileka bayo abenza impahla kunoma iyiphi yalezi zimboni kodwa i-Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity yasheshe yathola imibhalo ekhombisayo. zombili izimboni bebeyingxenye yochungechunge lokuhlinzeka ngomthengisi omkhulu phakathi nonyaka odlule.
Ngemva kwalezi zinhlekelele, umbuzo izinhlangano eziningi ezilwela amalungelo abasebenzi bamazwe ngamazwe ezinawo uwukuthi, ingabe iWalmart iyakukhathalela ngempela izinguquko noma ingabe izohlala izinikele ekwenzeni imali eyengeziwe yabanikazi bamasheya bayo ngisho noma lokho kusho ukuthi amakhulu ayabhubha efekthri engenakho ukubalekela umlilo. ?
Eminyakeni emibili edlule iWashington, DC-based I-Consortium Yamalungelo Abasebenzi usize umbhali I-Accord for Fire and Building Safety e-Bangladesh, isivumelwano esibophezela ngokomthetho nesiphoqelelayo esidinga abathengisi bemfashini abazinze eNtshonalanga ukuthi bakhokhele ukulungiswa nokulungiswa kwezimboni zase-Bangladesh. Isivumelwano senziwa ngokusemthethweni ngoMeyi 16 ngemuva kokuwa kwefekthri yaseDhaka, njengoba amagama emikhiqizo yamazwe ngamazwe angaphezu kuka-80 afana no-Tommy Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch, kanye no-Sean John, esayinwe ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu. Kodwa uWalmart kanye neGap benqabile ukusayina lesi sivumelwano bethi sibavulele ithuba lokuqulwa amacala.
“Sibe nedlanzana lochwepheshe bezomthetho ababuyekeza lesi sivumelwano, futhi impendulo emfushane ithi, asikho isibopho esingokomthetho izinkampani ezingaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano,” kusho umqondisi wezokuxhumana we-Worker Rights Consortium u-Theresa Haas.
U-Haas uthi izaba zika-Walmart azikholeki, futhi esikhundleni salokho, inkampani imane yenqaba ukweseka ngokwezimali ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuphepha ezidingekayo ezimbonini zase-Bangladesh. Uthi bekuyisinqumo esibuhlungu okungenzeka ukuthi silahlekise ukuphila kwamakhulu ezisebenzi zezingubo zaseBangladesh.
“Eminyakeni emibili edlule iWalmart ibingalusebenzisa lolu hlelo, kodwa impendulo yabo yathi, ‘Ngeke sikhokhe ukuze senze amafekthri aphephe,’” kusho uHaas. "Ukube i-Walmart ikwenzile lokho, ukube i-Gap ikwenzile lokho, ngabe asizange sibone abasebenzi abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nanye befa ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule."
Wengeza ngokuthi ukwenza amafekthri e-Bangladesh aphephe ukusebenza ukuze abasebenzi bezingubo bangesabi impilo yabo akuyona isayensi ye-rocket, futhi akubizi njengesayensi ye-rocket.
“Asikhulumi ngezinto ezinzima kakhulu noma ezinemininingwane. Mina nawe singangena [embonini ese-Bangladesh] futhi sithole ukuthi zikhona yini izindlela zokuphuma eziphuthumayo ezifanele kuleso sakhiwo,” kusho uHaas. “Ezikhathini eziningi simeme i-Walmart, i-Gap, nabanye ukuthi basayine isivumelwano. Lesi isimemo esihlala njalo.”
Mayelana nezindleko, uKakpona Akter, umqondisi omkhulu we-Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity, uveze lolo daba emhlanganweni wabanikazi bamasheya e-Wal-Mart lapho ecela ukukhuluma neqembu labanikazi bamasheya abakhathazekile.
“Abaphathi bakwa-Wal-Mart bathe ukulungisa okudingekayo ukuze amafekthri ethu aphephe kubiza kakhulu,” kuchaza u-Akter. "Nokho izindleko zizoba izingxenye ezimbili eshumini zephesenti elilodwa lenzuzo yenkampani ngonyaka odlule, kanye ne-1% kuphela yezinzuzo ezikhokhelwe izindlalifa zomndeni wakwaWalton ngonyaka odlule."
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