Selokhu kwathi nhlo uRichard Trumka engumholi we-AFL-CIO kazwelonkeโisikhathi esingaphezu kwekota yekhuluโumfelandawonye wakhe wezabasebenzi ubulokhu ukhuthaza izinhlaka zayo zendawo ukuthi zizivuselele ukuze zisize ukubuyisela ukwehla kwezinyunyana.
Manje njengoba esezothatha umhlalaphansi njengomongameli we-AFL-CIO, u-Trumka ubeyingxenye yombhalo othi โIzwi Elishaโ owaphonsela inselelo izikhulu zonogada ezindala zokulawula inhlangano ngo-1995, ngokhetho lwayo lokuqala olwabangwa eminyakeni eyikhulu. Abangenele ukhetho lwe-New Voice bathembise ukusebenzisana nemikhandlu ye-AFL-CIO yesifunda neyendawo ukuze kwenziwe isenzo sezombusazwe sabasebenzi kanye nobumbano lwasemsebenzini lusebenze kakhudlwana. Phakathi kwezinguquko abazenzile ukuqasha abasebenzi abengeziwe ukuze bagqugquzele ukuqolwa kanye nemibhikisho yamalungu enyunyana ehlaselwa abaqashi abanonya. Ezingeni likazwelonke, iNew Voice iphinde yathembisa ukuthi izoqinisa isandla kumaDemocrats athola ukwesekwa ngabasebenzi kodwa ahluleka ukweseka imizabalazo yabasebenzi.
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, iqembu lezishoshovu zezinyunyana zendawo lethula umkhankaso ofanayo wokuguqula, obizwa nge- โVermont AFL-CIO United!.โ Babekhungathekile ngenxa yokuntula komkhandlu wabo wezisebenzi ukungakwazi ukulwa nokusungula izinto, kanye nokungakwazi kwawo ukusiza ukuhlela okusha, imikhankaso yenkontileka, noma iziteleka. Okhethweni obeluyivelakancane obekuphikiswana ngalo, abaguquli baseVermont bacele ukuthi kube nokushoshozelwa kwezikhundla okukhulu, phakathi kwezinyunyana ezingaphansi kwe-AFL-CIO nezinye izinhlangano zabasebenzi zase-Vermont ezimele abasebenzi nothisha bakahulumeni. Ekwindla ka-2019, abantu abayishumi nane be-United bakhethwa ebhodini lesigungu se-Vermont AFL-CIO, okuhlanganisa yonke imisebenzi yezikhulu eziphezulu (okuyizikhundla zamavolontiya). Kusukela lapho, umkhandlu wezabasebenzi uye waphishekela a i-ajenda entsha, egcizelela intando yeningi yangaphakathi nokungafihli lutho, ubulungiswa bezenhlalakahle nezemvelo, kanye nokuqeda ukuqinisekiswa kwezitembu zenjoloba zamaDemocrats angathembekile.
Isibonelo, i-Vermont AFL-CIO entsha izwakalise ukuseseka okuqinile kwe-Green New Deal, yanxusa inhlangano yabazali bayo ukuthi isekele ukukhethwa kukaSenator Bernie Sander njengomongameli, futhi yagunyaza ukhetho lwe-Vermont Progressive Party (VPP), esikhundleni samaDemocrats, okhethweni lomasipala idolobha elikhulu lesifundazwe. Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ezedlule, ngenxa yokwenqaba kukaDonald Trump ukwamukela imiphumela yokhetho lwango-2020, izithunywa zomkhandlu wezabasebenzi zacela โisiteleka esijwayelekile sabo bonke abantu abasebenzayo esifundazweni sakithiโ uma kwenzeka kuketulwa umbuso weRiphabhulikhi. Nakuba lolo songo lwezombangazwe seludlulile, abaningi bendawo basekhona. Ngomhla zi-3 kuMbasa, i-AFL-CIO yase-Vermont yasiza ukuhlanganisa amakhulukhulu othisha nabasebenzi bombuso ngokumelene nempesheni yabasebenzi bakahulumeni enqanyuliwe ethandwa amaDemocrat aphezulu esishayamthetho sezwe kanye nombusi waseRiphabhlikhi uPhil Scott. Kulindeleke isixuku esikhulu nakakhulu embuthanweni waminyaka yonke we-May Day wabasebenzi base-Vermont, lapho okuzogxilwa khona kakhulu kulo nyaka kuzoba ubumbano nabasebenzi bokufika emapulazini kahulumeni obisi.
Ayikho Incwadi Yokuncoma?
Phakathi nalokhu kuqhuma okuncomekayo kwamandla amasha enhlangano, umuntu angacabanga ukuthi i-AFL-CIO kazwelonke izobe idumisa inxusa layo le-Green Mountain State elinamalungu angu-10,000. Esikhundleni salokho, uTrumka oneminyaka engu-71 ubelokhu ehlupha abaguquli bezemisebenzi baseVermont, kunokuba abancome njengamazwi amasha abasebenzi abasawadinga. Ngenkathi umhleli we-United slate kanye nommeleli we-AFSCME uDavid Van Deusen eba umongameli wezwe eliphakelayo, uTrumka waphendula ngokuqoka โumqaphiโ mayelana nokusebenza kwayo nokuyala ukuba kuphindwe ingxenye yokhetho lwango-2019 olwaluqhudelana.
Khona-ke, ngoNovemba odlule, uTrumka wazama, kodwa wehluleka, ukuvimba noma iyiphi ingxoxo yengqungquthela yombuso yohlelo oluvamile lwesiteleka esimeni lapho kuba nenhlekelele yomthethosisekelo (yalolu hlobo eyenzeka ngoJanuwari 6). Lapho izithunywa zase-Vermont zidingida udaba noma kunjalo futhi zaphasisa isinqumo esihlobene, i-Trumka yathatha lokhu njengokwephulwa kwemithetho kazwelonke ye-AFL-CIO esebenza ezinhlanganweni ezingaphansi kwendawo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Trumka uthi โukwehlukana kwangaphakathi koMkhandlu Wezabasebenzi Wombusoโ kubangela usongo โebunyeni obuqinileโ obudingekayo phakathi โnesikhathi esibucayi sethubaโ lenhlangano yabasebenzi. Encwadini ayibhale ngomhla ka-5 Mashi, wazisa uVan Deusen ukuthi i-AFL-CIO iphenya โngokuziphatha kwakamuvaโ komkhandlu futhi waxwayisa โngezinye izinyathelo,โ izishoshovu zendawo ezesabayo ukuthi zingase zihlanganise ukukhipha abaholi abakhethiwe ezikhundleni nokubeka umkhandlu wabo ngaphansi kobuholi.
Lapho kuthintwa ukuze bathole incazelo, akekho noyedwa kubasebenzi abane kuzwelonke be-AFL-CIO ababebambe iqhaza esikhathini esidlule sokuqapha umkhandlu wabasebenzi waseVermont noma okwamanje abawuphenyayo ophendule noma yimiphi imibuzo ngalesi simo. Omunye uphawule ukuthi ikomkhulu le-AFL-CIO ayikayigodli imali engu-$30,000 ngonyaka โyesibonelelo sobumbanoโ emkhandlwini, esiza ukukhokhela isisebenzi sawo esigcwele ngokugcwele, uLiz Medina.
Noma kunjalo, uTraven Leyshon, isihambeli sezikhathi ezine emihlanganweni kazwelonke ye-AFL-CIO futhi owayengunobhala-mgcinimafa we-AFL-CIO wesifunda, ukhathazekile ngokuthi โbafuna ngempela indlela yokudala izimo ezizosifaka ohlwini lwabamukelayoโ nakuba โ ngangivame ukuba nesihogo sesikhathi nje ngithola ikhoramu yemihlangano.โ Manje, uyaphawula, izikhathi zebhodi eliphezulu zivuleleke kuwo wonke amalungu enyunyana, hhayi nje izikhulu ezikhethiwe, futhi imihlangano yesifunda ye-AFL-CIO ibe nomphumela omkhulu kakhulu eminyakeni eminingi. Ngokuka-Leyshon, โumphakathi othuthukayo obanzi e-Vermont uyazi kahle le nguqukoโ ngenxa yobuhlakani obusha bobuholi obusha bokusebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana, umsakazo, nokuvela kumabonakude wendawo ukuze kufinyelele izethameli ezingezona ezabasebenzi.
Ukungaziphathi kahle noma Imodeli Yokuziphatha?
Ephendula ophenyweni lukaTrumka โlwezinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle,โ uVan Deusen unxuse ikomkhulu le-AFL-CIO ukuthi liphenye โindlela isibonelo esisibekayo eGreen Mountain State esingasebenza ngayo njengesibonelo sokuzibandakanya, okuqhutshwa amalungu kakhulu, nentando yeningi. , abantu abamelene nokucwasa ngokwebala, abasekela abokufika kanye nenhlangano yezabasebenzi ehlelayoโฆempeleni ingase ibukeke njengakwezinye izingxenye zezwe.โ Umuzwa wakhe wokuziqhenya ngenhlangano uhlanganyela nabanye abaguquli, njengo-Trisin Adie, ilungu le-AFGE kanye nomhlengikazi wasemtholampilo we-VA, oyisekela likamongameli elisha lombuso kanye noDanielle Bombardier, usogesi osebenzayo, osebenza njengonobhala-nomgcinimafa we-Vermont AFL. -CIO.
Njengomhleli odlule kanye nomqondisi wokuqeqesha we-IBEW Local 300, i-Bombardier ibilokhu iphambili ekulweleni ukwanda kwesabelo semakethe yezinyunyana ekwakhiweni okusha e-Vermont, lapho uhwebo lwebhilidi lubuthaka futhi lukhokha amanani aphansi kunasezifundazweni ezingomakhelwane. Ingxenye yomsebenzi womfelandawonye we-Bombardier ikanye ne-Burlington-based Rights & Democracy (RAD), eholwa umgqugquzeli wezepolitiki waseVermont osenesikhathi eside u-James Haslam. Njengoba u-Haslam echaza, i-RAD ikhankasela uxhaso lomphakathi lokubuyiselwa kwezindlu eziluhlaza, okuhlanganisa ukufakwa kwe-solar ophahleni oluzokwenziwa ngamalungu athengisa izakhiwo zendawo kanye nokusiza ama-Vermonters ahola kancane ukunciphisa izindleko zabo zamandla. I-Vermont AFL-CIO ukuphela komfelandawonye wabasebenzi kahulumeni obambe iqhaza kwi-"Renew New England Alliance," efuna ukudala izinkulungwane zemisebenzi emisha yezinyunyana "ukwakha izindlu ezingabizi kakhulu, eziluhlaza, ukufaka amaphaneli elanga ophahleni, ukuhlanza ukungcoliswa komhlaba, nokudiliza imigwaqo. ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni okubangela inkinga yesimo sezulu.โ NgokukaHaslam, abaholi bayo abasha, njengoBombardier, โbakhuthele ngempela kulo msebenziโhhayi nje ukusayina njengabaxhasi benhlangano.โ
NjengoHaslam, u-Ellen David-Friedman usize ukuqala i-Vermont Workers Center emashumini amabili eminyaka edlule, njengelinye izwi labasebenzi, ngoba "akukho okuthakazelisayo okwake kwenzeka esifundazweni i-AFL-CIO." Uthisha osewathatha umhlalaphansi eVermont-NEA, uDavid-Friedman ushayela ihlombe ubuholi obusha bomkhandlu โngokuhlukana nemodeli yenyunyana endala yamabhizinisiโ kanye nokubona ukuthi iqembu lesithathu elincike kwesobunxele lase-Vermont, i-VPP, ivamise ukuba yilona kuphela iqembu elithembekile labasebenzi. isishayamthetho sombuso.
Umqondisi omkhulu we-Progressive Party u-Josh Wronski uyakwamukela lokho akubiza ngokuthi โubambiswano olusobalaโ ne-AFL-CIO yezwe. Owake waba ngumgqugquzeli we-AFSCME kanye ne-AFT, u-Wronski uye wabhekana mathupha nobunzima bokufaka amandla amasha nemibono ezinhlanganweni zabasebenzi ezibambelele ezindleleni zazo zakudala. โKube kuhle kakhulu ukubona abaholi abasha bephonsela inselelo isimo esikhona emsebenzini waseVermont,โ usho kanje. "Sidinga ukubona izinyunyana eziningi zenqaba ukweseka amaDemocrat, athatha izincomo neminikelo yawo, kodwa angalethi."
Njengomuntu osanda kungena enhlanganweni yabasebenzi, unobhala-mgcinimafa wezwe uDanielle Bombardier uthi "umangele ukungasekelwa" kwezikhulu eziphezulu ze-AFL-CIO eWashington. Ngokubona kwakhe, โakubonakali sengathi kukhona okubi esikwenzayo. Sibheke lapho obekufanele ngabe kade sahamba ngakhona.โ
Noma iyiphi indlunkulu kazwelonke ithatha izintambo ze-Vermont AFL-CIO izophinde iveze isiqephu esiyihlazo ngempela emlandweni wezisebenzi wase-US. Ngo-1972, owayenguMongameli we-AFL-CIO uGeorge Meany wahlukumeza imikhandlu eminingi yezifundazwe eyayingafuni ukungathathi hlangothi emjahweni wobumongameli phakathi kukaRichard Nixon owayesesikhundleni seRiphabhlikhi noSenator uGeorge McGovern, iDemocrat emelene nempi eyayidelelwa nguMeany. Eminyakeni emibili nje ngemuva kokungathathi hlangothi kwe-AFL-CIO kusize uNixon ukubamba abavoti bezisebenzi ngezikhalazo ezinjengoTrump zokucwasa nokucasuka, uNixon wathweswa icala futhi waphoqeleka ukuthi asule. Ngeke kwengeze ubumnandi efeni likaTrumka uqobo uma ehlukumeza inkampani encane ye-AFL-CIO eyaba nesibindi sokuhola ekuphonseni inselelo lokho abaholi bayo abesaba ukuthi kungase kube โukuketula umbuso kobufascist,โ okuklanyelwe ukunikeza uDonald Trump, njengoNixon phambi kwakhe, elinye igama elilimazayo esikhundleni.
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