Abasebenzi beenqwelomoya zeAlaska Airlines bafaka izimangalo zocalucalulo ngokwenkolo

Namhlanje, iFirst Liberty Institute ifake isimangalo egameni labasebenzi benqwelomoya ababini ngokuchasene neAlaska Airlines emva kokuba inqwelomoya ibaphelisile kuba bebuze imibuzo kwiforum yenkampani malunga nenkxaso yenkampani “kuMthetho woLingano.” 

Isimangalo sikwabanga i Umbutho waBalindi beFlight imanyano yasilela ukuyimela imbopheleleko yayo yokukhusela abamangali ngenxa yeenkolelo zabo zonqulo.

Bobabini abamangali, uMarli Brown kunye noLacey Smith, bafake izityholo zokucalucalulwa kwezenkolo kunye neKomishoni ye-Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ngokumelene ne-Alaska Airlines ngo-Agasti 2021. Ngaphambili kulo nyaka i-EEOC ikhuphe iileta ezichanekileyo zokumangalela kubo bobabini abalindi benqwelomoya.

UStephanie Taub, uMcebisi oMkhulu kwiZiko lokuQala leNkululeko, uStephanie Taub wathi: “IAlaska Airlines 'irhoxisiwe' uLacey noMarli ngenxa yeenkolelo zabo zonqulo, betyeshela ngokuphandle imithetho yamalungelo oluntu ekhusela abantu abanokholo kucalucalulo. “Kukwaphulwa ngokuphandle kwemithetho karhulumente neyamazwe ngamazwe yamalungelo oluntu ukucalula umntu emsebenzini ngenxa yeenkolelo zakhe zonqulo nendlela athetha ngayo. Iinkampani ‘ezivukileyo’ ezifana neAlaska Airlines zicinga ukuba akuyomfuneko ukuba zilandele umthetho yaye zinokugxotha abasebenzi ukuba abayithandi nje inkolelo yabo yonqulo.”

Ekuqaleni kwe2021, Alaska Airlines ibhengeze inkxaso yayo kuMthetho woLingano kwibhodi yemiyalezo yangaphakathi yabasebenzi kwaye wamema abasebenzi ukuba bahlomle. ULacey ubhale umbuzo, ebuza, “Njengenkampani, ucinga ukuba iyakwazi ukulawula indlela yokuziphatha?” Kwakwelo qonga uMarli wabuza: “Ngaba iAlaska iyakuxhasa: ukubeka iCawa esichengeni, ikhuthaza ukucinezelwa kwenkululeko yonqulo, itshitshisa amalungelo amabhinqa namalungelo abazali? …” Bobabini abamangali, ababeneerekhodi ezingumzekelo njengabasebenzi, baphandwa emva koko, babuzwa ngabasemagunyeni beenqwelomoya, kwaye ekugqibeleni bagxothwa emisebenzini yabo. 

Yathi yakugxothwa, iAirline yathi amagqabaza aba basebenzi benqwelomoya babini “yayinocalucalulo,” “anentiyo” kwaye “yacaphukisa.” Kwisaziso sokukhutshwa kuNksz. Smith, iAlaska Airlines yabanga, “Ukuchaza isazisi ngokwesini okanye ukuziqhelanisa nesondo njengomcimbi wokuziphatha … yingxelo ecalulayo.”

Kwisimangalo sanamhlanje, amagqwetha e-First Liberty State, "Nangona iAlaska Airlines 'yabanga ukuzibophelela kwinkcubeko ebandakanyayo kunye nezimemo zayo rhoqo kubasebenzi ukuba baxoxe kwaye baveze iimbono ezahlukeneyo, iAlaska Airlines idale indawo yokusebenza enobutshaba kunqulo, kwaye iAFA yomelezwa. ukuba inkcubeko yenkampani. I-Alaska Airlines kunye ne-AFA ayikwazi ukusebenzisa i-advocacy yabo yentlalo njengekrele lokucalula ngokungekho mthethweni abasebenzi bezenkolo kwaye endaweni yoko kufuneka bahlale bekhumbula uxanduva lwabo olusemthethweni 'lokwenza okulungileyo' kubo bonke abasebenzi, kuquka nabasebenzi bezenkolo. INkundla kufuneka ibambe iAlaska Airlines kunye ne-AFA uxanduva ngocalucalulo lwabo. "

Isikhalazo songeza ngelithi, “Umxholo VII uyaluthintela ucalucalulo olusekelwe kubuhlanga, ngokwesini, ngokwenkolo, ngebala nangemvelaphi yobuzwe. Eminye imithetho yomanyano iyaluthintela ucalucalulo olusekelwe kwiminyaka yobudala kunye nokukhubazeka. IAlaska Airlines ingqina ukugatya kwayo unqulo njengodidi olukhuselweyo ngamazwi ayo aphindaphindiweyo okuxhasa ezinye iindidi ezikhuselweyo ngoxa ilutyeshela udidi lonqulo olukhuselweyo.”