FORT WORTH, Texas – I-American Airlines ithe namuhla ihlonishwe ngokuqokwa kwayo njengomunye wabaqashi abaphezulu abangama-50 esizweni ngabafundi bephephabhuku i-Equal Opportunity ocwaningweni lwaminyaka yonke lwe-16 lwalolo shicilelo. Ukukhethwa kwamenyezelwa ngomagazini wasebusika wezi-2008/2009, oshicilelwe kule nyanga.
I-American ikleliswe endaweni yama-25 ohlwini lwabangu-50, okuyinkampani yezindiza kuphela eyenza leli qembu elihlonishwayo. Abafundi be-Equal Opportunity bavotele izinkampani abangathanda kakhulu ukuzisebenzela noma abakholelwa ukuthi ziyathuthuka ekuqasheni amalungu amaqembu amancane.
I-Equal Opportunity, umagazini wokuqala wesizwe wemisebenzi yabantu abaphothule amakolishi amancane, ifundwa ngamalungu angaphezu kuka-40,000 amaqembu amancane, amele abafundi, abasebenzi bezinga lokungena kanye nabasebenzi abaqeqeshiwe emikhakheni eminingi yemisebenzi.
“UmMelika uyahlonishwa futhi uyaziqhenya ngokuqokwa njengomunye wabaqashi abaphambili abangama-50 bezwe ngabafundi be-Equal Opportunity,” kusho uDenise Lynn, iPhini Likamongameli waseMelika – Ukuhlukahluka Nobuholi Amasu. "Ukukhuthaza nokukhuthaza ukwehlukahlukana phakathi kwabasebenzi kuhle kumakhasimende ethu, kuhlakaniphile ebhizinisini lethu, futhi mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu, into efanele ukuyenza njengesakhamuzi esihle sebhizinisi."
Izinga eliphezulu labangu-50 kumagazini i-Equal Opportunity ukuqashelwa kwakamuva kwemizamo yaseMelika yokukhuthaza ukuhlukahluka nokufakwa kuzo zonke izici zebhizinisi layo. Ngonyaka odlule, i-American yaqanjwa njengenye ye "Top 60 Companies for Hispanics" ngumagazini we-Hispanic Business, okungenye yezinkampani zezindiza ezimbili ezizokwenza uhlu. UmMelika uthole lokho kuqokwa unyaka wesithathu olandelanayo. Ukwengeza, onyakeni wesikhombisa olandelanayo, i-American yathola amaphuzu aphezulu kunawo wonke avela ku-Human Rights Campaign, inhlangano ezinikezele ekukhuthazeni nasekuqinisekiseni ukuqondwa kwezindaba ezithinta izitabane kanye nama-lesbians ngokusebenzisa amasu emfundo kanye nezokuxhumana.
I-American inomlando omude wokukhuthaza amathuba omsebenzi alinganayo kubasebenzi abambalwa. Ngo-1963, inkampani yezindiza yaqasha umsizi wendiza wokuqala wase-Afrika-waseMelika ukuba andizele inkampani yezindiza yezentengiselwano yaseMelika. Umshayeli wokuqala wase-Afrika-waseMelika waqashwa ngo-1964 futhi umshayeli wayo wokuqala wesifazane waqashwa ngo-1973.
Namuhla, cishe amaphesenti angu-32 abasebenzi basekhaya be-American and American Eagle bayingcosana futhi cishe amaphesenti angu-40 ezisebenzi zezindiza ezimbili ngabesifazane.
Imizamo yokuhlukahluka e-American iqondiswa ngokwengxenye uMkhandlu Wokweluleka Kwenkampani, ohlanganisa abameleli abavela ku-16 Employee Resource Groups at American. Manje onyakeni wawo we-15, uMkhandlu usiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi iMelika iyindawo enhle yokusebenzela bonke abasebenzi.
