Jennifer Bates (labor activist)

Jennifer Bates (an haife ta a shekarar 1972 ko 1973) wata mai tsara ayyukan kwadago ce 'yar Amurka da aka sani da rawar da ta taka a jagorancin ƙungiyar ma'aikatan Amazon a Bessemer, Alabama .

## Rayuwar farko
Bates ta shagaltu sosai a ayyukan hidima da kuma wayar da kan jama'a a cikin al'ummarta, kuma ta shiga cocinta da ke Marion, Alabama, inda ta girma.    Ta fara aiki a wani filin okra mallakar ɗan uwanta tun tana da shekaru 13. Ta ce "aikinta na shari'a" na farko shine aiki a Hardee's lokacin da take da shekaru 16.

Aikinta ya faɗaɗa zuwa hidimar abinci, dillalai, masana'antar kera motoci, aika gaggawa, aikin ofis, jagorancin mawaƙa, da kuma yin magana mai ƙarfafa gwiwa .   

Kafin ya koma Alabama a shekarar 2007, Bates ya auri wani mutum a cikin soja kuma ya ƙaura na ɗan lokaci zuwa Kudancin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .

A shekara ta 2010, Bates ya shiga wani kamfanin kera bututu wanda United Steelworkers ke tallafawa kuma ya yi aiki a can kusan shekaru goma.

## Kungiyoyin fafutuka a Amazon
Bates ta shiga Amazon a cibiyar cikawa (BHM1) a Bessemer, wadda ke da yawan jama'a Baƙar fata,  a watan Mayu na 2020 tana aiki a fannin tattarawa, daga ƙarshe ta zama jakadar ilimi.    Bates ta ce ta yi imanin cewa an shiryar da ita zuwa aikin a BHM1 don wani babban dalili, kuma ba za ta iya zama tana kallon yadda ake wulaƙanta mutane ba. Abubuwan da ta fuskanta a baya sun gaya mata cewa ta san ƙungiyar kwadago za ta iya taimaka wa ma'aikata. Ta ce, "Lokaci ya yi da wani zai yi magana ya faɗi wani abu. Mutumin da ba ya jin tsoron babban katon." 

Bayan watanni kaɗan da fara aikinta, Bates da Darryl Richardson, ɗaya daga cikin abokan aikinta, sun tuntuɓi ƙungiyar dillalai, dillalai da kuma Sashen Shaguna (RWDSU) kuma a watan Nuwamba na 2020, sun sanar da aniyarsu ta haɗa ma'aikata 5,800. Yunkurin ƙungiyar ya jawo hankalin kafofin watsa labarai na ƙasa, kuma Sanata Bernie Sanders da Elizabeth Warren, Wakiliyar Stacey Abrams, da Shugaba Joe Biden sun goyi bayansa.    

Bates ya soki Jeff Bezos, yana mai cewa bai damu da ma'aikatan ba, kuma kwatanta fa'idodi da albashin da Bezos ya tallata yayi kama da bai wa wani "mai keken guragu da kuma kiransa mota", kuma ma'aikata sun kara sukar gazawar Amazon na bayyana cewa irin wadannan ayyukan da ke kusa ta hanyar kwangilolin kungiyar kwadago suna ba da albashi da fa'idodi mafi kyau.   Amazon ta bayyana cewa ta yi imanin cewa yawancin ma'aikata suna farin ciki da yanayin aiki, kuma suna bayar da wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun ayyuka da ake da su a yankunan da suke aiki. Ma'aikatan sun bayyana cewa ba wai kawai game da karin albashi ba ne, har ma game da mutuncin dan adam ne. 

A ranar 17 ga Maris, 2021, Bates ta bayar da shaida a gaban Majalisar Dattawan Amurka a zaman sauraron "Matsalar Rashin Daidaito a Kuɗi da Arziki a Amurka".   Bates ta bayar da shaida cewa ita da abokan aikinta da yawa suna rayuwa " albashi zuwa albashi ", wanda ya bambanta karuwar gibin dukiya tsakanin annobar COVID-19 a Amurka.  Ta shaida wa majalisar cewa cikin kwanaki uku da fara sabon aikinta tana cikin ciwon jiki kuma 'yar uwarta, wacce ita ma ke aiki a can, ta yi gargadin cewa zai kara ta'azzara,  kuma ta kwatanta shi da motsa jiki na tsawon awanni tara a rana.  

Bates ya yi zargin cewa hutun ba ya tafiya yadda ya kamata, ana tantance shi ta hanyar algorithms da ke sa ido kan ma'aikata ta hanyar na biyu, [  kuma wani mai kula ya yi magana da shi, kuma ya ji wani ma'aikaci yana gaya masa, "Idan ba ka je ba lokacin da na umarce ka ka tafi, ba za ka sami hutu kwata-kwata ba."  Bates ya kuma yi zargin cewa domin a huta, ana duba lafiyar ma'aikata wanda ya ƙunshi cire kayan daki, wanda Amazon ya bayyana ba manufar kamfani ba ce.  Ma'aikata sun kuma kira BHM1 " shagon gumi ", suna shigar da koke-koke da yawa a ciki game da yanayin aiki.   Ta kuma ce akwai wadatattun lif da ake da su, amma ɗaya kawai daga cikin lif da yawa da ma'aikata suka yarda su yi amfani da su a wurin mai hawa huɗu, mai fadin murabba'in ƙafa 855,000.   

A wata hira da , Bates ta kuma yi zargin cewa mutanen da ke aiki tare da abokan aikinsu da suka kamu da cutar COVID-19 ba a sanar da su game da mu'amalar da suka yi da su ba. 

Sakamakon zaɓen farko ya ƙare da ƙuri'a mai ƙarfi kan shiga ƙungiyar bayan rufewa a ranar 29 ga Maris, 2021.   Ma'aikata 738 sun kaɗa ƙuri'a don goyon bayan ƙungiyar, daga cikin ƙuri'u kusan 2,500 da aka ƙidaya, adadin da ya yi ƙasa da adadin katunan izini da aka nema da aka ruwaito ya wuce 3,000.   Bates, da sauransu, ciki har da ƙwararrun lauyoyi sun zargi Amazon da yin sama da faɗi,     kuma RWDSU ta yi nasarar ƙalubalantar sakamakon ƙuri'ar tare da Hukumar Hulɗa da Ma'aikata ta Ƙasa (NLRB), inda hukumar ta amince cewa Amazon ta yi katsalandan a zaɓen ba bisa ƙa'ida ba.  

Kamfanin ya gudanar da tarurrukan "Me Ya Sa Ba Ku Bukaci Ƙungiyoyin Ma'aikata" a BHM1, teburin zagaye wanda ya ƙunshi ma'aikatan da ke adawa da ƙungiyar ma'aikata, aika saƙonnin tes ga ma'aikata, gudanar da tarurruka na mutum-da-ɗaya, sanya alamun adawa da ƙungiyar ma'aikata a cikin bandakuna, kuma ya ƙirƙiri gidan yanar gizo mai taken "Yi shi ba tare da biyan kuɗi ba".    Bates ta yi zargin cewa bayan ta yi tambaya game da kuɗin ƙungiyar ma'aikata a ɗaya daga cikin tarurrukan "masu adawa da ƙungiyar ma'aikata", wani mai kula da harkokin ya tsorata ta.  RWSDU ta yi jayayya cewa tarurrukan sun yaɗa labaran ƙarya da aka tsara don hana ma'aikata kada kuri'a don goyon bayan ƙungiyar ma'aikata, kuma gidan yanar gizon ya ɓatar da ma'aikata da gangan su yi tunanin za su biya don shiga ƙungiyar ma'aikata.   Alabama jiha ce da ke hana kuɗin ƙungiyar ma'aikata. Bates ta ce wani abokin aikinta ya gaya mata bayan ɗaya daga cikin zaman dole, "Sun ce idan za mu iya zaɓen ƙungiyar ma'aikata, za su rufe kamfanin."  Kamfanin ya musanta dukkan zarge-zargen da ake yi na kwace kadarorin kungiyar kwadago, amma bai daukaka kara kan hukuncin da NLRB ta yanke na ba da damar sake kada kuri'a ba.  

Kamfanin Amazon ya yi ƙoƙarin samar da akwatin gidan waya na Hukumar Wasiku ta Amurka a harabar, wanda jami'an tsaron kamfanin ke sa ido a kai, kuma ya rufe akwatin a cikin tanti da taken, "Yi magana da kanka, aika katin zaɓenka a nan," wanda RWDSU ta yi jayayya cewa duk wani ma'aikaci mai hankali zai yi imani cewa ana sa ido kan zaɓen ko ma kamfanin fasaha ne ke gudanar da shi, yana hana kaɗa ƙuri'a don goyon bayan ƙungiyar. Bates ya kira akwatin gidan waya a matsayin "abin tunawa na zahiri na zaɓe mai gurɓatawa," kuma "abin tunawa ne ga dukkanmu game da ikon sa ido na Amazon." Ma'aikatan sun shigar da buƙatar a cire akwatin gidan waya a watan Janairun 2022, kafin zaɓen 2022 mai zuwa, wanda za a ƙidaya a ranar 28 ga Maris, 2022.  

Masu suka sun yi jayayya cewa ba tare da sakamakon kuɗi ba, da wuya Amazon ta shiga cikin zaɓen na biyu cikin adalci. Bates yana jin cewa ƙarfin iko a cikin tsarin ƙungiyoyin kwadago yana nuna wariya ga ma'aikata, yana gaya wa , "Idan [NLRB] ba ta canza dokoki ta kuma sanya hukunci mai tsauri ga ma'aikata ko manyan shugabannin waɗannan kamfanoni ba, koyaushe za a ci gaba da tara kuɗi a kanmu."  Bates ya ce nasara ɗaya ta ƙungiyar kwadago za ta zama "farfadowa" ga ƙungiyar ma'aikata a cikin Amazon. 

A cikin wani rubutu da ta yi wa *Newsweek*, Bates ta nuna cewa ma'aikatan da ke aiki a fannin halittu masu mahimmanci kamar ita a BHM1 suna aiki, kuma ta yi jayayya cewa ya kamata masu hannun jari su kaɗa ƙuri'a don goyon bayan kudurin masu hannun jari na Oxfam na sanya ma'aikacin rumbun ajiya na awa ɗaya a cikin kwamitin gudanarwa.  An yi watsi da shawarar. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Bates yana da 'ya'ya uku da jikoki bakwai.    

## Tarihin kamfen na NLRB

## Duba kuma

* Jaz Brisack
* Liz Fong-Jones
* Cher Scarlett
* Emma Kinema
* Chris Smalls

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