Galen Fitzkee
A farkon shekarun 1900, ƙungiyar da aka fi sani da Ma'aikatar Hijira ta fara aikinsu a matsayin ƙaramar agaji ta hanyar samar da tufafi, abinci, da sauran abubuwan buƙatu ga ma'aikatan gona masu ƙaura a duk faɗin ƙasar. A cikin shekarun 1960, duk da haka, shugabannin Ma'aikatar Migrant sun lura cewa bukatun jama'arsu sun fi girma da zurfi fiye da da, tun da ma'aikatan ƙaura sun fara yakin neman daidaito, adalci, da 'yanci a bainar jama'a.
A cikin 1971, haɗin gwiwar a hukumance ya sake masa suna a matsayin Ma'aikatar Ma'aikatan Gona ta Ƙasa (NFWM) don faɗaɗa manufarsu don haɗawa da tallafawa ƙungiyoyin ma'aikatan gona da jawo wasu al'ummomin imani zuwa ga manufarsu.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin irin waɗannan al’umman bangaskiya waɗanda suka yi tafiya tare da NFWM bayan kafuwarta, kuma a cikin ruhin bikin ne muka fahimci shekaru 50 na kyakkyawan aiki na NFWM da abokan aikinsu.
A cikin fitowar 1972 na Manzon, Majami'ar Mujallar 'Yan'uwa, mai ba da gudummawa John G. Fike yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwa na farko da suka yi la'akari da gwagwarmayar da ke fuskantar ma'aikatan ƙaura ciki har da tafiye-tafiye akai-akai, wariyar jama'a, ƙarancin albashi, da kuma wariyar launin fata (Manzon, Fiki, 1972, https://archive.org/details/messenger1972121121roye/page/n361/mode/2up?q=darke). A cikin gundumar Darke, Ohio, Fike ya bayyana al'ummomin 'yan'uwa suna farkawa game da gaskiyar waɗannan yanayi kuma suna ɗaukar mataki don ba da kulawa ta rana, ilimi, sabis na likita, da taimakon doka ga ma'aikatan ƙaura ta hanyoyin da suka dace da manufar NFWM.
Sauran misalan tarihi na wayar da kan ’yan’uwa sun haɗa da Shenandoah County Inter-Church Planning Service (SCIPS) da ke ba da liyafa ga ma’aikatan ƙaura a Virginia, membobin Sabis na Sa-kai na Brotheran’uwa (BVS) masu taimaka wa ma’aikatan gona a fagage, da kuma goyon bayan membobin coci don kauracewa da ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa. , waxanda suke da muhimman manufofin NFWM har ma a yau.
Muhawarar hada kai ta zama cece-kuce a cikin ’yan’uwa tun lokacin da ta ci karo da kudi na wasu manoman ’yan’uwa a kan kiraye-kirayen da kungiyar ma’aikatan gona ke yi na a daidaita madafun iko, amma albarkacin jajircewar ‘yan’uwa daga karshe kungiyar ta amince da bukatar cocin. suna inganta yanayin da maƙwabta ma'aikatan ƙaura ke fuskanta.
Ralph Smeltzer daya ne shugaban Coci na 'yan'uwa a cikin gwagwarmayar neman hakkin ma'aikatan gona wanda ya dauki muhimmiyar rawa a matsayin haɗin kai tsakanin ma'aikatan gona, manoma, ikilisiyoyin, da jagoran NFWM motsi Cesar Chavez. Ayyukan da ya yi a ƙasa a California ya taimaka wajen ɗaure Cocin 'yan'uwa game da halin da ma'aikatan gona ke ciki kuma ya kai ga wata sanarwa ta cocin da ke magana da "Batun Farm" a cikin 1974. Ƙidurin ya haɗa da alkawurra don sanar da membobin da batutuwan ma'aikatan gona, tallafawa dokokin gwamnati don kare ma'aikata, da samar da ƙwararrun masu sa kai da tallafi don taimakawa a halin yanzu.
A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, 'yan'uwa sun yi kyau a kan waɗannan alkawurra ta hanyar BVS da kuma shirin SHARE don tallafin kuɗi. A cikin fitowar 1978 na Manzon, alal misali, an ba da rahoton cewa an ba da tallafin dala 2,000 ga Ƙungiyar Ma’aikata ta Farm a wata masana’antar sarrafa abinci a Princeville, Ill. Kuɗin ya taimaka wa ma’aikatan su fuskanci matsalar sarrafa shuka game da rashin aikin yi, rashin tsaftar rayuwa, da kuma rashin adalci. na kwangila. Darektan SHARE Wil Nolen ya rubuta, "Mutane sun sami sabon hangen nesa na adalci da iko don magance bukatunsu" (Manzon, Royer, 1978, https://archive.org/details/messenger1978127112roye/page/4/mode/2up?q=farm+worker).
A cikin 1999, masu horar da BVS sun shiga cikin tarurrukan ilimi da suka shafi batutuwan ma'aikatan gona kuma sun sami gogewa ta farko tare da ɗaukar 'ya'yan itace tare da ma'aikata a cikin gonakin Florida kusa da Camp Ithiel a waccan shekarar (Manzon, Farrar, 1999, https://archive.org/details/messenger1999148111farr/page/n87/mode/2up?q=farm+worker).
Wannan lokaci mai sauƙi yana magana da zurfin, faɗi, da kuma juriya na sadaukarwar 'yan'uwa don tallafawa NFWM da kuma kawo canji ga ma'aikatan gona.
Yayin da muke yin tunani a kan shekaru 50 na NFWM, muna murnar nasarorin da suka samu kuma duk da haka mun gane cewa aikin yana gudana. A halin yanzu, NFWM tana ba da shawarar yin gyare-gyaren ƙaura kamar Dokar Shirin Ma'aikatan Aikin Noma da canje-canje ga shirin H-2A na ma'aikacin baƙo don ƙarin kare ma'aikata daga cin zarafi, tsoron kora, da mummunan yanayin aiki da sukan jurewa.
Ta hanyar Ofishin Gina Zaman Lafiya da Manufofi, Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa tana ci gaba da aikinta na tallafa wa ma’aikatan gona masu ƙaura ta hanyar ilimi da shawarwari. Daraktan ofishin Nathan Hosler yana zaune a kan hukumar NFWM kuma tsohon BVSer Susu Lassa ya ba da gudummawa ga ayyukan da suka inganta haɗin gwiwa tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu. A baya ma'aikatan ofishi sun dauki matsayin jagoranci a cikin tsara taron kuma sun shiga ayyukan hadin kai, kamar maci da fagage, a wannan karfin. Kwanan nan, wakilan ofishin sun saurari jerin shirye-shiryen "Hanyoyin Addu'o'i don zama ɗan ƙasa" ta kan layi wanda ya ba da damar al'ummomin bangaskiya su ji shaida kai tsaye daga ma'aikatan gona tare da koyo game da hanyoyin da za a ba da shawara don canza manufofi.
A ƙarshe, yayin da dukanmu ke tafiyar da rayuwarmu, begenmu ne cewa ’yan’uwa za su ci gaba da tuna wahala da wahala da yawa na ma’aikatan gona masu ƙaura waɗanda suke ba mu damar samun abinci mai kyau a cikin shagunanmu da kuma kan teburinmu. Bari mu yi amfani da kowane muryar mu don ba da shawarwari don kare lafiyarsu, tsaro, magani kawai, da ɗan adam kamar yadda NFWM ta yi shekaru 50 da suka gabata.
- Galen Fitzkee ma'aikaci ne na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa da ke hidima a ofishin Cocin Brethren's Office of Peacebuilding and Policy in Washington, DC
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