I-Canada Railway Strike Imiswe okwesikhashana, Inyunyana Igxeka Ukungenelela Kukahulumeni

I-Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) isanda kukhipha isinqumo esibalulekile, iyala izinkampani ezimbili zikaloliwe ezinkulu zaseCanada ukuthi zimise ngokushesha imisebenzi yesiteleka futhi ziphinde ziqale ukusebenza ngokugcwele kusukela zingama-26. Nakuba lokhu kuxazulula okwesikhashana isiteleka esiqhubekayo sezinkulungwane zabasebenzi bezitimela, i-Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), emele abasebenzi, yaphikisana kakhulu nesinqumo sokulamula.

Lesi siteleka saqala mhla zingama-22, lapho abasebenzi bezitimela abacishe babe ngu-10 000 behlangene esitelekeni sabo sokuqala ngokuhlanganyela. Ephendula, uMnyango Wezabasebenzi waseCanada wasebenzisa ngokushesha iSigaba 107 seKhodi Yezabasebenzi yase-Canada, wacela i-CIRB ukuthi ingenele ekuxazululeni ukunxeshezelwa okusemthethweni.

Kodwa-ke, i-TCRC yangabaza ukuhambisana nomthethosisekelo wokungenelela kukahulumeni. Yize iCIRB isivumile isicelo sokulamula, iyalela abasebenzi ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini kusukela ngomhlaka-26 nokuvumela izinkampani zikaloliwe ukuthi zelule izinkontileka eseziphelelwe yisikhathi kuze kube kufinyelelwa esivumelwaneni esisha, inyunyana izwakalise ukungenami okukhulu.

I-TCRC yasho esimemezelweni esalandela ukuthi nakuba izohambisana nesinqumo se-CIRB, ihlela ukudlulisa icala ezinkantolo, igxeka kabuhlungu lesi sinqumo ngokuthi "sibeka isibonelo esiyingozi sobudlelwano bezabasebenzi esikhathini esizayo." Abaholi bezinyunyana bamemezele, "Namuhla, amalungelo abasebenzi baseCanada abukelwa phansi kakhulu. Lokhu kuthumela umyalezo emabhizinisini ezweni lonke ukuthi izinkampani ezinkulu zingavele zibangele ingcindezi yesikhashana yezomnotho ngokumiswa komsebenzi, okwenza uhulumeni wobumbano angenelele futhi enze izinyunyana zibe buthaka."

Khonamanjalo, naphezu kwesinqumo se-CIRB, i-Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPKC) iphawule ukuthi inethiwekhi yayo izothatha amasonto ukuze ilulame ngokuphelele emthelela wesiteleka futhi izinze amaketanga okuhlinzeka. I-CPKC, ebisivele ikuyekile ukusebenza, ilindele inqubo yokubuyisela eyinkimbinkimbi futhi edla isikhathi. Yize inkampani icele abasebenzi ukuthi babuye ngomhla zingama-25 kwephezulu, abakhulumela i-TCRC bacacise ukuthi abasebenzi ngeke baphinde baqale ukusebenza kusenesikhathi.

Ngokuphawulekayo, iCanada, izwe lesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni ngendawo, ithembele kakhulu kunethiwekhi yayo yezitimela ukuze kusetshenziswe izinto. Amanethiwekhi kaloliwe e-CN kanye ne-CPKC azulazula ezweni lonke, axhuma uLwandlekazi i-Atlantic kanye ne-Pacific futhi afinyelele enkabeni yenhliziyo yase-US, ngokuhlanganyela athwale cishe amaphesenti angama-80 wezimpahla zikaloliwe zaseCanada, ezinenani elingaphezu kwebhiliyoni elingu-CAD 1 (okulinganiselwa ku-RMB 5.266 billion) nsuku zonke. Isiteleka esidonse isikhathi eside besizoba nomthelela omubi emnothweni waseCanada naseNyakatho Melika. Ngenhlanhla, ngokuqaliswa kwesinqumo sokulamula se-CIRB, ingozi yesinye isiteleka esikhathini esifushane yehle kakhulu.