I-FORT WORTH, eTexas – I-American Airlines ithe namhlanje iyawongwa ngokuchongwa kwayo njengomnye waBaqeshi abaphezulu abangama-50 esizweni ngabafundi bemagazini i-Equal Opportunity kuphando lonyaka lwe-16 lopapasho. Ukhetho lwabhengezwa kubusika bonyaka wama-2008/2009 kwinkupho yemagazini, epapashwe kule nyanga.
I-American ibeka inani lama-25 kuluhlu oluPhezulu lwama-50, i-airline kuphela eyenza iqela elihloniphekileyo. Abafundi beThuba eliLinganayo bavotele iinkampani abangathanda ukuzisebenzela okanye abakholelwa ukuba zinenkqubela ekuqeshweni kwamalungu amaqela amancinci.
I-Equal Opportunity, imagazini yesizwe yokuqala yekhondo labaphumelele kwikholeji abambalwa, ifundwa ngamalungu angaphezu kwama-40,000 kumaqela amancinci, amele abafundi, abasebenzi benqanaba lokungena kunye nabasebenzi abaqeqeshiweyo kwiinkalo ezininzi zemisebenzi.
“UMerika uyawongwa kwaye unebhongo ngokubizwa ngokuba ngomnye wabaqeshi abaphezulu belizwe abangama-50 ngabafundi beThuba eliLinganayo,” utshilo uDenise Lynn, uSekela Mongameli waseMelika - Ukwahluka kunye nobuNkokheli beQhinga. "Ukukhuthaza kunye nokukhuthaza iyantlukwano phakathi kwabasebenzi kulungile kubathengi bethu, smart kwishishini lethu, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, into elungileyo ukuyenza njengommi olungileyo weshishini."
Amanqaku aphezulu angama-50 kwimagazini ye-Equal Opportunity luphawu lwamva nje lwemizamo yaseMelika yokukhuthaza iyantlukwano kunye nokubandakanywa kuzo zonke iinkalo zoshishino. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iMelika yabizwa ngokuba yenye yeeNkampani eziPhezulu ze-60 ze-Hispanics yimagazini ye-Hispanic Business, enye yeenqwelomoya ezimbini ukwenza uluhlu. UMerika wafumana olo bizo unyaka wesithathu olandelelanayo. Ukongezelela, kunyaka wesixhenxe olandelelanayo, i-American yafumana amanqaku aphezulu kakhulu kwiPhulo lamaLungelo oLuntu, umbutho ozinikele ekukhuthazeni nasekuqinisekiseni ukuqonda imiba yama-gay kunye nama-lesbians ngokusebenzisa iindlela ezintsha zemfundo kunye neendlela zokunxibelelana.
IMelika inembali ende yokukhuthaza amathuba engqesho alinganayo kubasebenzi abambalwa. Ngo-1963, inkampani yeenqwelomoya yaqesha umlindi wokuqala wenqwelomoya wase-Afrika-waseMelika ukuba abhabhele kwinqwelomoya yorhwebo yaseMelika. Umqhubi wokuqala wase-Afrika-waseMelika waqeshwa ngo-1964 kwaye umqhubi wokuqala wesifazane waqeshwa ngo-1973.
Namhlanje, malunga neepesenti ezingama-32 zabasebenzi basekhaya base-American kunye ne-American Eagle bambalwa kwaye malunga ne-40 yepesenti yabasebenzi beenqwelo moya ezimbini ngabasetyhini.
Iinzame zokwahluka eMelika zikhokelwa ngokuyinxenye liBhunga leeNgcebiso ngeDiversity Diversity Council, equlathe abameli abasuka kwi-16 Employee Resource Groups at American. Ngoku kunyaka walo we-15, iBhunga linceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba iMelika yindawo efanelekileyo yokusebenzela bonke abasebenzi.
