Kubuyekezwe ngo-Okthoba 13, 20213:52 PM ET Umthombo NPR.ORG
UMengameli uBiden ngoLwesithathu ubhekane nezinkinga eziqhubekayo zochungechunge lokuhlinzeka njengoba abathengisi abakhulu bexwayisa ngokushoda kanye nokwenyuka kwamanani ngesikhathi samaholide esizayo.
I-White House ithi izinhlelo sezikhona zokwandisa umthamo emachwebeni amakhulu aseCalifornia kanye nezinkampani ezinkulu zezimpahla, okuhlanganisa i-Walmart, i-FedEx kanye ne-UPS.
UBiden umemezele ukuthi iPort of Los Angeles ivumile ukuphinda kabili amahora ayo futhi isebenze amahora angama-24/7. Ngokwenza kanjalo, ijoyina iPort of Long Beach, eyaqala ukushintsha okufanayo ebusuku nangezimpelasonto emasontweni ambalwa edlule.
Amalungu e-International Longshore and Warehouse Union athe azimisele ukusebenza amashifu engeziwe, kusho i-White House.
"Lesi isinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile," kusho uBiden, "sokuhambisa lonke uchungechunge lwethu lokuthuthwa kwempahla kanye nohlelo lokuhambisa impahla ezweni lonke luye ohlelweni olusebenza amahora angama-24 ngosuku, izinsuku eziyi-7 ngesonto."
Ndawonye, amachweba amabili aseCalifornia aphatha cishe u-40% wethrafikhi yeziqukathi engena e-United States.
UBiden uphinde waphakamisa izivumelwano i-White House ezenze nezinhlangano ezizimele ukuze izimpahla ziphinde zigeleze.
"Isimemezelo sanamuhla singaba yinto eshintsha umdlalo," kusho uBiden. Ephawula ukuthi "izimpahla ngeke zihambe zodwa," wanezela ukuthi abathengisi abakhulu kanye nabathuthi bezimpahla kudingeka "basukume nabo."
UBiden umemezele ukuthi izinkampani ezintathu ezinkulu zezimpahla — iWalmart, iFedEx kanye ne-UPS — zithatha izinyathelo zokuqhubekela phambili emisebenzini yamahora angu-24 ngosuku, izinsuku ezingu-7 ngesonto.
Ukuhlanganisa zonke izixhumanisi zeketanga
Ukuzibophezela kwabo ekuqaliseni imisebenzi amahora angama-24 ngosuku, izinsuku eziyi-7 ngesonto “kuyindaba enkulu,” kusho uNobhala Wezokuthutha uPete Buttigieg etshela u-Asma Khalid we-NPR. “Ungacabanga ngalokho njengokuvula amasango. Okulandelayo, kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi sinabo bonke abanye abadlali abadlula kulawo masango, bekhipha ama-container emkhunjini ukuze kube nendawo yomkhumbi olandelayo, bekhipha lawo ma-container lapho kudingeka abe khona. Lokho kuhilela izitimela, lokho kuhilela amaloli, izinyathelo eziningi phakathi komkhumbi namashalofu.”
UButtigieg uthe umhlangano we-White House ngoLwesithathu nabathengisi, abathumeli kanye nabaholi bamachweba uhlose "ukufaka bonke labo badlali engxoxweni efanayo, ngoba yize bonke beyingxenye yochungechunge olufanayo lokuhlinzeka ngempahla, abakhulumisani njalo. Yilokho okushiwo yilomhlangano futhi kungani ubaluleke kangaka."
Ngokuphathelene nokukhathazeka ngokuthi kuzoba nokuntuleka kwamathoyizi nezinye izimpahla ezitolo ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi, uButtigieg unxuse abathengi ukuthi bathenge kusenesikhathi, wengeza ngokuthi abathengisi abanjengoWalmart bazibophezele "ekuyiseni impahla lapho kudingeka khona, ngisho noma izinto zenzeka."
Yisinyathelo sakamuva kakhulu kumaketanga okuhlinzeka ngempahla
Izinkinga zochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla zingenye yezinselelo eziningana zomnotho uhulumeni kaBiden abhekene nazo. Ukukhula kwemisebenzi kuye kwehla kakhulu ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule. Futhi ababikezeli bezinto bebelokhu behlisa amathemba abo okukhula komnotho kulo nyaka.
Unobhala wezindaba waseWhite House uJen Psaki uthe ukuxazulula izinkinga zokuthengwa kwempahla kudinga ukubambisana phakathi komkhakha ozimele, okuhlanganisa izitimela kanye namaloli, amachweba kanye nezinyunyana zabasebenzi.
"Izinkinga zokuthengwa kwempahla ziyahlukahluka embonini kuya embonini, kodwa siyazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ukubhekana nazo ... lezo zinkinga emachwebeni kungasiza ekubhekaneni nalokho esikubonayo ezimbonini eziningi ezweni lonke futhi, empeleni, zihola abantu abalungiselela amaholide, uKhisimusi, noma yini abangayigubha - izinsuku zokuzalwa - uku-oda izimpahla nokuziyisa emakhaya abantu," kusho yena ngoLwesibili.
Akusikho okokuqala uhulumeni ezama ukuxazulula izinkinga zokuthengwa kwempahla.
Ngemva nje kokuthatha izintambo, uBiden wasayina umyalo wokuphatha oqala ukubuyekezwa okubanzi kwemikhiqizo eyayintuleka, okuhlanganisa ama-semiconductors kanye nezithako zemithi.
UBiden wadala iqembu elisebenzayo ehlobo ukuze abhekane nokuntuleka okuphuthumayo kakhulu wabe esebiza owayeyisikhulu sezokuthutha sikahulumeni ka-Obama, uJohn Porcari, ukuba asebenze "njengesithunywa samachweba" esisha ukusiza ukuhambisa izimpahla. UPorcari wasiza ekuxazululeni izivumelwano namachweba kanye nenyunyana.
Indima yosizo lokutakula
Ecingweni nezintatheli ngoLwesibili ebusuku, isikhulu esiphezulu sokuphatha saphikisa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi izinkokhelo eziqondile ezivela emthethweni wokusiza kaBiden ngoMashi ziye zandisa izinkinga, zandisa isidingo sezimpahla futhi mhlawumbe zaqeda amandla abasebenzi abadingekayo.
Uhulumeni uthi ukuphazamiseka kochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla kungokwemvelo emhlabeni wonke, inselelo eyenziwe yaba yimbi kakhulu ngokusabalala kwe-coronavirus delta variant. UBiden uphinde wagcizelela lokho emazwini akhe ngoLwesithathu, ethi ubhubhane lubangele ukuthi amafektri avale futhi aphazamise amachweba emhlabeni jikelele.
I-White House iphawula ukuthi amachweba amabili amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni eShayina avale ingxenye ethile ngenhloso yokunqanda ukuqubuka kwe-COVID-19. Futhi ngoSepthemba, amakhulu ezimboni avala ngaphansi kwemingcele yokuvalelwa eVietnam.
Uhulumeni uyavuma ukuthi ingxenye yenkinga yamanje ihlobene nokwanda kwesidingo, kodwa babona lokho njengesibonakaliso esihle sendlela i-United States eselulame ngayo ngokushesha kulolu bhubhane kunezinye izizwe ezithuthukile.
Ngokuphathelene nemiphumela ekuhlinzekweni kwabasebenzi, lesi sikhulu sithe lokho kuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu.
Izinkokhelo eziqondile zephakheji yokutakula kanye nezinzuzo ezengeziwe zokungasebenzi "bekuyimpilo ebalulekile" emindenini eminingi ebhekene nobunzima, kusho isikhulu sokuphatha.
"Futhi ngezinga lokho okuvumela abantu ukuthi bacabangele kakhulu ngokuthi nini futhi kanjani nokuthi yisiphi isipho abakhetha ukuphinda baxhumane nabasebenzi, lokho ekugcineni kuyakhuthaza kakhulu," kusho lesi sikhulu.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Okthoba-13-2021