UMongameli weSenate uSteve Sweeney ngumsebenzi wentsimbi.
UMongameli weSenate uSteve Sweeney (D-3) ngoyena mntu unamandla anyuliweyo kwiDemokhrasi kwiphondo laseNew Jersey. Ukwangumsebenzi wesinyithi ngorhwebo kwaye ubambe umsebenzi njengo-Sekela Mongameli we-International Association of Iron Workers.
Ngelixa ukubandakanyeka kwabasebenzi bakaSweeney kungekho ngaphandle kwesiqhelo-ubuncinci ii-Democrats ezintandathu kwindlu yowiso-mthetho zinxulumana ngokuthe ngqo nemibutho yabasebenzi (kwaye imbinana ngamaqela emanyano yabasebenzi abanjenge-NJEA okanye i-FOP) -Ukuqhagamshela kwakhe kwihlabathi labasebenzi kuyongeza into enomdla xa ujonga ukubakho kwakhe kuka-2017 kwirhuluneli.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iikomiti zezenzo zopolitiko (ezaziwa ngcono njengee-PACs) bezikhula ngokunyuka rhoqo kwilizwe ngokubanzi nakwilizwe liphela. I-chunk yezo PACs inxulumene ngqo necandelo lezabasebenzi. Ngokuka-OpenSecrets.org, ii-PAC zabasebenzi zinikele ngaphezulu kwe-54 yezigidi zeedola kubagqatswa bezopolitiko ngo-2014. Amashumi asibhozo anesithoba eepesenti yeminikelo ka-2014 yaya kwiidemokhrasi. Ukwakha iimanyano zabasebenzi ezinje ngeSweeney edityaniswe nayo inegalelo ngaphezulu kwe-14 yezigidi zeedola, nge-87% yegalelo eliya kwiiDemokhrasi. Ngo-2015, ukuchitha i-PAC eNew Jersey kwanyusa iindleko zonyulo (ezazinenye yezona zinto zisezantsi kwezembali zikarhulumente) ukuya ngaphezulu kwe- $ 30 yezigidi .
Njengokuba kungabikho bantu baseRiphabhlikhi banamakhonkco obuchwephesha kwezabasebenzi eNew Jersey, amanani akhomba kumandla ombane athanda abaDemokhrasi ngokubhekisele ekufumaneni ezo zinto zibaluleke kakhulu kwiminyhadala yomanyano encedisa ekutsaleni abavoti kwindawo zokuvota kunye nokufumana amanqaku okunyusa iidola. Oku kuthetha ukuba amaRiphabhlikhi-asele ngasemva ngenxa yokuvavanywa kakubi kwe-Rhuluneli uChris Christie-akunakulindeleka ukuba afumane i-bump enxulumene ne-PAC eNew Jersey enokuphikisana noko kugqitywa ngabagqatswa beDemokhrasi ngo-2017. Ukujonga kokuzayo unyulo, ngakumbi ukuba imibutho yabasebenzi iyaqhubeka nokuxhasa kwaye ixhasa abagqatswa beDemokhrasi, kubonakala ngathi akunakulindeleka ukuba umgqatswa weRiphabhlikhi akwazi ukufumana inkxaso yemibutho yabasebenzi eNew Jersey.
ENew Jersey, amaqela ezabasebenzi afana ne-SEIU, i-Asbestos Workers Union, i-CWA, i-IBEW kunye ne-Ironworkers, phakathi kwabanye abaninzi, zonke zinee-PACs ezibhaliswe ngo-2016 ngokwe-ELEC. Inani lala maqela libonisa ukwanda kwempembelelo kwezopolitiko.
Intlawulo yeNew Jersey yokudlala imithetho ayibandakanyi ii-PACs kwimigaqo yazo. Oku kuthetha ukuba amaqela anxulumene nee-PAC akabanjwanga kwimigangatho efanayo nezinye iikomiti zikarhulumente. Ngokwesiqhelo, ikhontrakthi ayinakunikwa ngaphezulu kweedola ezili-17,500 kwiqela elinikele kwigosa elise-ofisini. Esi sithuba sePAC sivelise inkxalabo malunga nendlela inzala yemali enokuthi ingene ngayo kunyulo, iphazamise ubulungisa beekhontrakthi. Nangona kunjalo, kubonakala ngathi ii-PACs ziyaphulukana nokuthandwa phakathi kwamalungu emanyano.
Ukubandakanyeka kwabasebenzi bakaSweeney akuthethi ukuba uMongameli weNdlu yeeNgwevu unelungelo lokuchongwa njengebhegi engxoweni yowama-2017. Ngelixa kusenokwenzeka ukuba imibutho yabasebenzi iyakuthi ibuyise iSweeney, kusenokwenzeka ukuba kubekho ulwahlulo lwaloo nkxaso kwelona liphezulu- okhuphisana naye kwiprofayili yendlu yaseburhulumenteni: USodolophu weSixeko saseJersey uSteven Fulop.
I-Fulop, ngokungafaniyo ne-Sweeney, ayinabo ubudlelwane obucacileyo bobuchwephesha kwihlabathi leemanyano. Usodolophu ligqala lomkhosi waselwandle kunye nowayesakuba ngumrhwebi eWall Street. Nangona kunjalo, ukwazile ukwenza ukuthanda amaqela amaninzi emanyano yabasebenzi ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe namaqela aseJersey City nangaphaya.
Bobabini abagqatswa bafuna inkxaso yemanyano enye enamandla ukuze baphumelele kwi-2017: Umbutho wezeMfundo waseNew Jersey (NJEA).
I-NJEA ibhalise kakhulu kwimidyarho yendibano ka-2015 kunye ne-Garden State Forward PAC kunye ne-General Majority PAC. Ukugqitywa komgqatswa kungathetha ukuxhaswa ngemali kweedola kukhuphiswano lwegubernatorial. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, i-NJEA iphume nge ileta ukuxhasa uguquko olucetywayo lukaSweeney. Ngo-Okthobha, iFulop ixhase ifayile ye- Isilayidi seNJEA yebhodi yesikolo eJersey City.
Njengo-Sweeney, u-Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-4), u-Assemblyman u-Troy Singleton (D-7), u-Assemblyman osanda kunyulwa u-Eric Houghtaling (D-11), u-Assemblyman u-Wayne DeAngelo (D-14), u-Assemblyman uJoe Egan (D-17) kunye neNdibano yeNdibano uThomas Giblin (D-34) bonke banxulumene ngqo nabasebenzi.
