Abongikazi badale iRhafu yokuHamba koogxa babo abafe nge-COVID-19

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Njengoko inani lokufa kwe-coronavirus e-US liqhubeka nokunyuka, i-National Nurses United yenze umboniso onamandla wokuba bangaphi abongikazi elizweni abasweleke nge-COVID-19. Umbutho wabahlengikazi ababhalisiweyo ulungiselele izibini ezili-164 zeelaphu ezimhlophe kwingca yeCapitol eWashington, DC, isibini esinye kwiRN nganye ebulewe yile ntsholongwane ukuza kuthi ga ngoku e-US

Ecaleni kokubonisa ii-clogs-ukhetho oluqhelekileyo lwezihlangu kulo msebenzi-abahlengikazi beSizwe abaManyeneyo babambe isikhumbuzo, befunda igama lomongikazi ngamnye osweleke nge-COVID-19 e-U.S kwaye befuna ukuba iNdlu yeeNgwevu iphumeze i-HEROES Act. Phakathi kwamanye amanyathelo amaninzi, umThetho we-HEROES uza kubonelela ngomjikelo wesibini weedola ezili-1,200 zokukhuthaza abantu baseMelika kunye nokwandisa iNkqubo yokuKhuselwa kwePaycheck, ebonelela ngemali mboleko kunye nezibonelelo kumashishini amancinci nakwizibonelelo ezingenzi nzuzo.

Abongikazi beSizwe abaManyeneyo baqaqambise ngokuthe ngqo amanyathelo kumthetho weHEROES onokuthi uchaphazele iimeko zomsebenzi zabahlengikazi. Ngokufanelekileyo, umthetho uya kugunyazisa uLawulo eMsebenzini kunye noLawulo lwezeMpilo (i-OSHA, iarhente yomanyano yeSebe lezabaSebenzi lase-US) ukunyanzelisa imigangatho ethile yesifo esosulelayo eya kuthi ikhusele abasebenzi kwi-coronavirus. Ukongeza, i-HEROES Act iya kuseka uMququzeleli weeMpendulo zoBonelelo lwezoNyango oya kuququzelela ukubonelela kunye nokusasazwa kwezixhobo zonyango. (Inxulumene: Omnye uMongikazi we-ICU ufungela ngesixhobo se- $ 26 sokuphucula ulusu kunye nempilo yengqondo)

Njengoko i-coronavirus isasazekile, i-U.S (kunye nehlabathi) iye yalwa nezixhobo zokukhusela (PPE), ezenza i-hashtag #GetMePPE phakathi kwabasebenzi bezempilo. Ukujongana nokunqongophala kweeglavu, iimaski zobuso, izikhuselo zobuso, isicoci sesandla, njl.njl., abaninzi baye babhenela ekusebenziseni kwakhona imaski yobuso obunye okanye banxibe ibandana endaweni yoko. Phantse abasebenzi bezempilo abangama-600 e-US basweleke kwi-COVID-19, kubandakanya abongikazi, oogqirha, abagadi bezonyango kunye nabasebenzi basesibhedlele, ngokokuqikelelwa okulahlekileyo kwiFrontline, iprojekthi esungulwe nguUMgcini kwaye Iindaba zeKaiser zezeMpilo. "Bangaphi aba bangikazi bangaphambili ngebelapha namhlanje ukuba bebenezixhobo abazidingayo ukuze benze imisebenzi yabo ngokukhuselekileyo?" UZenei Cortez, uRN, umongameli weNational Nurses United, utshilo kwingxelo yeendaba malunga nesikhumbuzo seCapitol. (Eyeleleneyo: Kutheni le nto lo Mongikazi-uJikiweyo-iModeli wazimanya noMda oPhambili we-COVID-19 Pandemic)

Ngokuqinisekileyo oku ayisisihlandlo sokuqala sabongikazi abathatha inxaxheba kwi-activism oyivileyo kwangoko. Abongikazi abaninzi baye bayixhasa intshukumo yeMicimbi yoBomi obuMnyama ngokumatsha kunye nabaqhankqalazi abanoxolo kunye nokunikezela ngoncedo lokuqala kubantu ababethwe ngopepper okanye ngegesi. (Idibeneyo: "UmNesi oHlalileyo" Izabelo Kutheni iNkampani yezeMpilo ifuna abantu abaninzi abanjengaye)

Ngokubhekisele kumlo wokufikelela kwi-PPE, umboniso weSizwe wabahlengikazi oManyeneyo kwingca yaseCapitol utsale ingqalelo ebaluleke kakhulu kumba obalulekileyo ngelixa ubhatala abongikazi abaphulukene nobomi babo. Ukuba ufuna ukuxhasa unobangela, ungasayina isikhalazo seqela kwi-Senate ukuxhasa umThetho we-HEROES.

Ulwazi kweli bali luchanekile ngexesha lokushicilelwa. Njengoko uhlaziyo malunga ne-coronavirus i-COVID-19 iqhubeka nokuvela, kunokwenzeka ukuba ulwazi kunye neengcebiso kweli bali zitshintshile okoko kwapapashwa okokuqala. Siyakukhuthaza ukuba ujonge rhoqo ngezixhobo ezinjenge-CDC, i-WHO, kunye nesebe lezempilo likarhulumente kwindawo yakho yokufumana olona lwazi lwanamhlanje kunye neengcebiso.

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