Abahlengikazi Bamasha Nabaphikisi Ababhekene Nezimpilo Ezimnyama Futhi Banikeza Ukunakekelwa Kosizo Lokuqala

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Imibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter yenzeka emhlabeni wonke kulandela ukushona kukaGeorge Floyd, owesilisa oneminyaka engu-46 ubudala wase-Afrika waseMelika owashona ngemuva kokuthi iphoyisa elimhlophe limfakele idolo entanyeni kaFloyd okwemizuzu eminingana, wakushaya indiva ukunxuswa kukaFloyd umoya.

Phakathi kwezinkulungwane zabantu abangena emigwaqweni bekhalaza ngokufa kukaFloyd — kanye nokubulawa kukaBreonna Taylor, u-Ahmaud Arbery, kanye nokufa okungenakubalwa okungekho emthethweni emphakathini wabantu abaMnyama — bangabahlengikazi. Ngaphandle kokuchitha amahora amaningi angakhathali bebeka impilo yabo engcupheni esibhedlela benakekela iziguli ze-coronavirus (COVID-19) phakathi kwabanye abadinga usizo, abahlengikazi abaningi nabanye abasebenzi bezempilo basuka emashifu abo baya emibonisweni. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Lo Mhlengikazi Ophenduke Imodeli Wajoyina I-Frontline Yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19)

NgoJuni 11, amakhulu abasebenzi besibhedlela eCalifornia bamasha baya eSan Francisco City Hall, lapho bahlala khona bathula imizuzu eyisishiyagalombili nemizuzwana engama-46 — isikhathi lesi isikhulu esasiguqe ngaso entanyeni kaFloyd, ngokusho kwe ISan Francisco Chronicle.

Abahlengikazi embhikishweni waseCity Hall bakhulume ngesidingo sokwenza izinguquko hhayi nje kwezomthetho kuphela, kepha nasekunakekelweni kwezempilo. "Kumele sifune ukulingana kwezokunakekelwa kwezempilo," kusho uSomlomo ongadalulwanga igama lakhe kulo mbhikisho, kubika i ISan Francisco Chronicle. "Abahlengikazi kufanele babe ngabasebenza phambili emzabalazweni wobulungiswa bezinhlanga."

Abahlengikazi benza okungaphezu nje kokumasha emigwaqweni. Ividiyo eku-Twitter, efakwe umsebenzisi uJoshua Potash, ikhombisa abasebenzi bezempilo abambalwa embhikishweni waseMinneapolis, behlome ngezinto “zokusiza ukwelapha abantu abashaywe ngesisi esikhalisa unyembezi nezinhlamvu zenjoloba,” kubhala uPotash kuTwitter wakhe. Phakathi kokuphakelwayo bekukhona amabhodlela amanzi namalitha obisi, okungenzeka ukuthi kusiza labo abashaywe nge-pepper spray noma igesi yezinyembezi ngesikhathi semibhikisho. "Kuyamangaza lokhu," kusho uPotash.

Yiqiniso, akuyona yonke imibhikisho eye yaba nobudlova. Kepha uma sebenabo, abasebenzi bezempilo nabo bazithole besemgqeni womlilo ngenkathi belapha ababhikishi abalimele.

Enkulumweni ne Izindaba ze-CBS inxusa WCCO, umhlengikazi waseMinneapolis uthe amaphoyisa agasele etendeni likadokotela avulela ngenhlamvu ngezinhlamvu zenjoloba ngesikhathi esebenzela ukwelapha owesilisa obephuma kabi enxebeni lenhlamvu yenjoloba.

"Bengizama ukubheka inxeba kanti nabo bebesidubula," kusho lo mhlengikazi ongazange asho igama lakhe, kusho le vidiyo. Indoda elimele yazama ukumvikela, wathi, kodwa ekugcineni, wanquma ukuhamba. "Ngamtshela ukuthi ngeke ngimshiye, kodwa ngamyeka. Ngizwa kabi. Babedubula. Ngangesaba," elandisa echiphiza izinyembezi. (Okuhlobene: Ubandlululo Luyithinta Kanjani Impilo Yakho Yengqondo)

Abanye abahlengikazi bathathe izinkundla zokuxhumana ngenhloso yokuqwashisa abantu ngamaqembu ahlinzeka ngosizo lwezempilo lwamahhala kulabo abalimele ngesikhathi semibhikisho.

"Ngingumhlengikazi onelayisense neqembu elihleliwe labezokwelapha abaphambili," kubhale uTwitter omunye wezokwelapha waseLos Angeles. "Sonke singabasebenzi bezempilo (odokotela, abahlengikazi, ama-EMTs) futhi sinikeza izindawo eziphephile zosizo lokuqala kunoma ubani ongase abe nokulimala okuncane okuhlobene nombhikisho wamaphoyisa. Sibeka phambili ukunakekelwa kwabaNsundu, aboMdabu, kanye Nabantu Bebala (BIPOC) . "

Ngaphezu kwalezi zenzo zomuntu ngamunye zokuzidela, iMinnesota Nurses Association — eyingxenye yeNational Nurses United (NNU), okuyinhlangano enkulu yabahlengikazi ababhalisiwe e-U.S. Yakhipha isitatimende esasibhekisa ekufeni kukaFloyd futhi yafuna ukuba kwenziwe uguquko lwenqubo.

“Abahlengikazi banakekela zonke iziguli, kungakhathalekile ukuthi zingobulili bani, uhlanga, inkolo, noma esinye isimo,” sifundeka isitatimende. "Silindele okufanayo nasemaphoyiseni. Ngeshwa, abahlengikazi bayaqhubeka nokubona imiphumela emibi yobandlululo oluhlelekile kanye nengcindezelo ebhekiswe kubantu abanebala elimhlophe emiphakathini yethu. Sifuna ubulungiswa kuGeorge Floyd futhi kumiswe ukufa okungenasidingo kwabantu abamnyama ezandleni. kulabo okufanele babavikele." (Okuhlobene: Kunjani Ngempela Ukuba Isisebenzi Esibalulekile E-U.S. Ngesikhathi Sobhubhane LweCoronavirus)

Vele, ukushona kukaFloyd kungenye ye eziningi imibukiso ehlasimulisayo yokucwasa ababhikishi asebeyibhikishe amashumi eminyaka—futhi ochwepheshe bezempilo babe nomlando wokusekela le mibhikisho ngakho kokubili ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha kanye nobushoshovu. Ngesikhathi sokunyakaza kwamaLungelo Omphakathi ngawo-1960, ngokwesibonelo, iqembu lamavolontiya okunakekelwa kwezempilo lahlela ukudala i-Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) ngokukhethekile ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zosizo lokuqala kubabhikishi abalimele.

Muva nje, ngo-2016, umhlengikazi wasePennsylvania u-Ieshia Evans waba sematheni ngokubhekana buthule namaphoyisa ngesikhathi kunombhikisho weBlack Lives Matter kulandela ukudutshulwa kubulawe ngamaphoyisa u-Alton Sterling noPhilando Castile. Isithombe esiyisakhiwo sodumo sika-Evans simkhombisa emi phambi kwamaphoyisa abehlome eyizingovolo eza azomvalela.

"Ngivele - bengidinga ukubabona. Bengidinga ukubona izikhulu," kusho u-Evans CBS kunhlolokhono ngaleso sikhathi. "Ngingumuntu. Ngingowesifazane. Ngingumama. Ngingumhlengikazi. Ngingaba umhlengikazi wakho. Ngabe ngikunakekela. Uyazi? Izingane zethu zingaba abangani. Sonke sinendaba. . Akudingeki sizincenge. Sibalulekile."

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