WASHINGTON - Ogwira ntchito kumakampani a ndege ndi njanji ku US atha kukhala ndi nthawi yosavuta kupanga mabungwe ngati National Mediation Board ikwanitsa kusintha lamulo lazaka 75 pakukonzekera migwirizano.
Lamulo lomwe lalengezedwa Lolemba livomereza mgwirizano ngati ambiri ovota angakonde kukonza. Malamulo amakono amafuna kuti ambiri mwa gulu lonse la ntchito livotere mgwirizano kuti utsimikizidwe. Izi zikutanthauza kuti wogwira ntchito amene asankha kusavota ndiye kuti akuponya voti "ayi".
Nkhaniyi ili pakatikati pa mkangano ku Delta Air Lines Inc. Mabungwe omwe akuyimira oyendetsa ndege ndi ogwira ntchito pansi omwe amagwira ntchito ku Northwest Airlines asanagulidwe ndi Delta akufuna kuti malamulo atsopanowa akwaniritse zisankho za ophatikizana.
"Malamulo apano akuphatikiza veto ndi mfundo yachete yomwe singopanda chilungamo, ndi yopanda demokalase," adatero Edward Wytkind, wamkulu wa dipatimenti yazamalonda ya AFL-CIO. “Kungoti wogwira ntchito savota sizitanthauza kuti sakufuna mgwirizano, zimangotanthauza kuti sanavotere.
Izi ndi zomveka za bungweli, pomwe awiri mwa atatu mwa mamembala ake ati zomwe zikuchitika pano zikusemphana ndi “mfundo zoyambira zisankho zademokalase” komanso lingaliro loti ogwira nawo ntchito atenge nawo mbali pazantchito.
Koma wapampando wa NMB, Elizabeth Dougherty, adalemba zotsutsa, akukayikira mphamvu za bungweli kuti lisinthe lamulo lomwe lidayamba nthawi ya Purezidenti Franklin D. Roosevelt. Iye akuti malamulo omwe alipo akuwonetsa cholinga chokhazikitsa bata m'makampani oyendetsa ndege ndi masitima apamtunda komanso kupewa kusokonezedwa kulikonse kwamalonda.
Ndege zazikulu zambiri, kuphatikizapo Delta, zimatsutsanso kusinthaku. Bungwe la Air Transport Association likunenanso kuti sichilungamo kusintha lamulo lokhazikitsa mabungwe popanda kupangitsanso kuti ogwira ntchito pandege asamavutike kutsimikizira mgwirizano.
"Timagwirizana ndi wapampando wa NMB Dougherty kuti lingaliroli ndilosiyana kwambiri ndi malamulo omwe akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali," adatero pulezidenti wa ATA ndi CEO James May.
Mneneri wa Delta, a Gina Laughlin, adati zomwe akufuna kuchita "sikuchita china koma kutsatira zomwe mgwirizanowu ukunena."
"Ndikuchoka modabwitsa kuchokera ku mbiri yakale ya NMB kuti tiganizire mozama ndemanga ndi kupeza mgwirizano," adatero Laughlin.
Bungweli likambirana zonena za anthu kwa masiku 60 lisanaganizire ngati lingathetse lamuloli.
Mphamvu za gululo zidasintha koyambirira kwa chaka chino pomwe Purezidenti Barack Obama adatcha Linda Puchala - wamkulu wakale wa bungwe loyendetsa ndege - kukhala pampando pa bolodi.
Atsogoleri a mabungwewa ati kusintha kwa lamuloli kuyika makampani oyendetsa ndege ndi njanji m'machitidwe omwewo monga makampani ena ambiri, omwe amayang'aniridwa ndi National Labor Relations Board.
Wytkind wa AFL-CIO adanenanso kuti pafupifupi 100 peresenti ya ogwira ntchito ku Delta adavota kuti agwirizane mu 2008, koma sanathe kupanga mgwirizano chifukwa antchito ena ambiri adasankha kusavota. Wytkind adati zoyesayesa zamtsogolo zogwirizanitsa ogwira ntchito zimadalira kusintha komaliza.
