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Sekungamashumi eminyaka ubandlululo, ukuhaha kwezinkampani, nesimiso sezombangazwe esigwegwile kuyidla inkundla yezenhlalo nezombusazwe zase-United States. Nokho njengoba uMcAlevey esikhumbuza, kunesikhali esisodwa okusebenza kwaso okufakazelwe ngokuphindaphindiwe kuwo wonke umlando wase-US: izinyunyana.
Ku-A Collective Bargain, umgqugquzeli wesikhathi eside wezabasebenzi, isishoshovu sezemvelo, kanye nomkhankasi wezepolitiki u-Jane McAlevey ubeka icala lokuthi izinyunyana ziyisikhungo esibalulekile esikwazi ukuthatha izinyathelo ezisebenzayo ngokumelene nesigaba sanamuhla sezinkampani ezicebe kakhulu. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1930s, lapho izinyunyana zidlondlobala ngaphansi kokuvikelwa kwe-New Deal, izinkampani zenze impi ecashile nengenaluzwela ngokumelene nenhlangano yabasebenzi. Futhi kade bewina.
Kuze kube namuhla. Ngoba, njengoba uMcAlevey ekhombisa, izinyunyana ziyabuya. Ingabe ufuna ukuhlehlisa igebe lengcebo elandayo lesizwe? Ukuqeda ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi emsebenzini? Qeda ukuhlukana kwezinhlanga emsebenzini? Ukuxoxisana ngobulungiswa besimo sezulu? Buyisa izinyunyana.
Njengoba uMcAlevey ehamba esuka ezibhedlela zasePennsylvania, lapho abahlengikazi bakha uhlobo olusha lwenyunyana egxile esigulini, baye eSilicon Valley, lapho abasebenzi bezobuchwepheshe sebephendukele esenzweni esidala, empini eqhutshwa othisha baseMelika, abafundi banesihlalo esiseceleni. emizabalazweni ezobumba izwe lethuโkanye nekusasa lethu.
Hlanganyela nathi ukuze uthole ucingo oluvusa amadlingozi nolufaka ugesi ezingalweni noJane McAlevey kanye no-Astra Taylor.
I-Collective Bargain isikhombisa ukuthi kungani kufanele siqinise futhi sivikele amandla okuwukuphela kwawo akwazi ukulwa nokungabi nabulungisa kwezenhlalo kanye noshintsho olushaqisayo lwephiko lesokudla kwezepolitiki yethu: inhlangano yezinyunyana eqinile, yentando yeningi. Thenga "I-Collective Bargain" lapha: https://www.strandbooks.com/index.cfmโฆ
UJane McAlevey ungumhleli, umbhali, kanye nesazi. Njengamanje uyisikhulu senqubomgomo eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia e-Berkeley's Labor Center, eyingxenye ye-Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. UMcAlevey uphinde abe ngumbhali weziteleka ephephabhukwini iThe Nation, unekholomu yezeluleko eziphuma kabili ngesonto mayelana namasu kumagazini iJacobin, futhi ungumhlaziyi wezindaba ojwayelekile. Uyaqhubeka nokusebenza njengomhleli emikhankasweni yezinyunyana, ukuhola izingxoxo zezinkontileka, nokuqeqesha nokuthuthukisa abahleli. Incwadi yakhe yokuqala ethi, Raising Expectations (No Raising Hell): Ishumi Lami Leminyaka Ukulwela Inhlangano Yabasebenzi, yaqanjwa ngokuthi โincwadi ebaluleke kakhulu ka-2012โ yiThe Nation. Ngo-2015, uthole i-Ph.D. ovela eCity University of New York, walandelwa yiminyaka emibili njengozakwethu e-postdoctoral e-Harvard Law School.
U-Astra Taylor ungumenzi wefilimu, umbhali, umgqugquzeli wezepolitiki, kanye nomqondisi wemibhalo emithathu yefilosofi, okuhlanganisa Iyini Intando Yeningi?. Ungumbhali womnqobi we-American Book Award i-People's Platform: Ukubuyisela Amandla Namasiko Enkathini Yedijithali. U-Taylor futhi ungumsunguli we-Debt Collective. Ubhalele iThe New York Times, The London Review of Books, The Guardian, n+1, nakwezinye izindawo. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ethi Democracy May Not Exist, kodwa Sizoyikhumbula Lapho Ingasekho.
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