Amagosa ezemisebenzi akhoyo kumsitho wokuphehlelelwa kwiHolo yesiXeko saseNewark aqaphele ukuba malunga ne-2,000 abaqhubi beeteksi kwisixeko esikhulu saseNew Jersey baneemeko ezinzima zokusebenza-basebenza ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezili-14 ngosuku, kwaye benza umvuzo omncinci emva kweendleko, ngaphandle kwezibonelelo zabasebenzi Ngelixa uqhuba esixekweni apho ukubulala kukufuphi ngekona. Ngokwamagosa emibutho yabasebenzi, ukudalwa kweManyano yezothutho eManyeneyo yaseNew Jersey (UTANJ) kuya kulungelelanisa umlinganiso phakathi kwabasebenzi nabaphathi.
Iintsuku zokubarhola abaqhubi zidlulile, utshilo uChris Shelton, usekela-mongameli we-CWA weSithili 1. Abaqhubi beeteksi baseNewark basebenza ixesha elide, elinzima benomvuzo omncinci kwaye nangaphantsi kokhuseleko. Okwangoku, la madoda nabafazi abasebenza nzima bathathwa njengeekhontrakthi ezizimeleyo hayi abaqeshwa. Kodwa banyanzelwe ukuba bajongane nazo zonke izinto ezingalunganga zokuba yikontrakta ezimeleyo, kodwa bengonwabanga nanye yezibonelelo okanye ukhuselo lokuba ngabakhi abazimeleyo. Umanyano lwezothutho oluManyeneyo luya kuyitshintsha yonke loo nto.
INewark izakuba sisixeko sesibhozo esikhulu eMelika ukulungiselela abaqhubi beeteksi, wongeze watsho uShelton. Ngoku sinomdla kubaqhubi beekhabhi kwezinye izixeko ezine eNew Jersey. Abaququzeleli be-CWA sele bedibene okanye bathethile nabangaphezu kwama-300 abaqhubi beeteksi abatsha abangama-2 000, kwaye kukho amawaka angakumbi kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseNewark, eJersey City nakwezinye iindawo ezininzi kulo lonke eli. Siyakwandisa ngokunyanisekileyo.
Amanani amaninzi ezopolitiko abekhona kumsitho we-UTANJ wokubonelela ngenkxaso, kubandakanya uSomlomo weNdlu yoWiso-mthetho uSheila Oliver (D-34), uMongameli weBhunga lesiXeko saseNewark uMildred Crump kunye no-Sen.Ronald L. Rice (D-28).
Kukho abo bakurhulumente abanqwenela ukubona ukuphela kwemibutho yabasebenzi, kuba imibutho yabasebenzi ihlala imela abantu abasebenzayo, utshilo uRice. Kodwa abo bakumeleyo kwinqanaba likarhulumente bazakuhlala bezibophelele kwiintsapho ezisebenzayo kunye nabasebenzi abalungelelanisiweyo, kwaye sizakukhuthaza abantu abasebenzayo ukuba babe yinxalenye yombutho wabasebenzi.
Emva kwesibhengezo se-UTANJ, uMongameli we-CWA wase-1039 uLionel Leach wenza ingxelo malunga nezopolitiko kwinqanaba likamasipala.
Sibe novavanyo lwethu nabo bonke abagqatswa [bosodolophu baseNewark] kwiveki ephelileyo, kwaye sizakuthatha isigqibo [malunga nokuvunywa komanyano] ngaxesha lithile ekuqaleni kweveki ezayo, utshilo uLeach. Sinamalungu amalunga ne-2 000 ahlala kwisixeko saseNewark, kwaye kufutshane nama-4,000 amalungu asebenza eNewark.
Abagqatswa bakasodolophu baseNewark, akukho namnye kubo owayekho kwisibhengezo se-UTANJ, kufuneka kuphela ukuba baphulaphule amazwi omnye umqhubi wekhabhi yedolophu ukuba akhunjuzwe ngombandela ophambili woluntu: ukhuseleko loluntu.
Umyeni wam wayeyinkokeli, kwaye emva kokuba eswelekile, ndaqala ukuqhuba ndikhathalela abantwana bam, utshilo uSocorro Alava, owaqala ukuqhuba iteksi eNewark emva kokubulawa komyeni wakhe, u-Ivan Alava kwi-cab yakhe ngo-1998. Bekulula, kodwa ndifunde okuninzi ezitratweni ndiqhuba. Kwenzeka ntoni apha namhlanje yinto eyimbali. Ngethuba lokuqala, abaqhubi beeteksi bazakubonwa njengabantu.
