Ngemuva kokumelwa yizinkulungwane zamaGeorgia - kufaka phakathi Delta Air Lines kanye nabasebenzi bayo - IGeorgia ivume umthetho omusha onzima wobugebengu obunenzondo. Lo mthethosivivinywa usayinwe ngokusemthethweni waba nguNgqongqoshe uBrian Kemp ngoLwesihlanu e-Atlanta. IGeorgia ibingomunye wamazwe amane ngaphandle komthetho oqonde ngqo amacala enzondo ngemuva kokuchithwa komthetho we-2000 waseGeorgia ngokungacaci ngokweqile.
Ngokuhambisana nezindinganiso zenkampani, iDelta ibingenye yezinkampani ezingaphezu kuka-50 zaseGeorgia ezakha umfelandawonye zinxusa i-Georgia General Assembly ukuthi ivume “umthethosivivinywa ophelele, ocacile nocacile” wokulwa nobugebengu benzondo. Lo mzamo uhlelwe yiMetro Atlanta Chamber, lapho i-CEO yeDelta u-Ed Bastian eseKomidini eliPhethe futhi ezoba ngusihlalo ngonyaka ka-2021.
Bangaphezu kuka-4,000 XNUMX abantu baseDelta abaxhumane nabomthetho baseGeorgia ukunxusa ukudluliswa kwezijeziso ezinzima ngamacala enzondo.
"Ngifuna ukubonga izinkulungwane zabantu baseDelta abazwakalise amazwi abo besekela ubulungiswa kulabo abahlukunyezwe ngamacala enzondo eGeorgia," kusho uBastian ngoLwesihlanu. “Ngifuna nokubonga amalungu e-BOLD ngokuhola phambili. Sinomgwaqo omude phambi kwethu, kodwa lokhu kuyigxathu elibalulekile eliya phambili ohambweni lwethu oluya emphakathini olinganayo futhi onobulungiswa. ”
UBastian uthe ubonga labo abasezingeni likahulumeni abasebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuphasisa lo mthetho ngesikhathi sesiyaluyalu. “Ngithanda ukubonga kuqala uSomlomo uRalston nalabo abaseNdlu yabaMamele abasekele lo mthethosivivinywa esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka esedlule ngokuhola kulolu daba. Ngithanda futhi ukubonga uLt. Gov. Duncan owahola umzamo esiGungwini Sombuso kanye namalungu eSenethi ayesebenza naye. Futhi ngithanda ukubonga u-Gov. Kemp, obesebenza ngokungaguquguquki ekusithekeni ukwakha umthetho. ”
UKeyra Lynn Johnson, oyiChief Diversity & Inclusion Officer waseDelta, wengeze wathi, “Ukuzibophezela kwethu eDelta kudlulela ngalé kokwehlukahlukana, ukulingana kanye nokubandakanywa. Sishilo ukuthi sizosebenzisa noma yiziphi izindlela esinazo ukuhambisa umhlaba uye kusasa, kangcono nje - futhi lokho kufaka phakathi ukusiza ekuqedeni izingqinamba zezenzo nezenzo ezibangelwa yinzondo. Umkhiqizo wethu kanye nabantu baseDelta babambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekukhulumeni naphandle ukuze kwenziwe ubulungiswa.
Ngemuva kokuthi iGeorgia House iphasise umthetho wayo wobugebengu obunenzondo ngo-2019, lo mzamo waba namandla eSenate ngemuva kokubulawa kukaJogger Ahmaud Arbery ngoFebhuwari eBrunswick, eGa., Kanye nokubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd ngamaphoyisa aseMinneapolis kwasusa ulaka ezweni lonke ngesihluku samaphoyisa nokungabi nabulungiswa komphakathi omnyama. NgoLwesithathu nje, kwenziwe inkonzo yomngcwabo kaRayshard Brooks, owesilisa oMnyama odutshulwe wabulawa ngamaphoyisa ase-Atlanta.
I-HB 426 inikeza imihlahlandlela yokugweba noma ngubani otholakala enecala lokukhomba isisulu ngokuya ngohlanga, ibala, inkolo, imvelaphi yezwe, ubulili, ukuthanda ezocansi, ubulili, ukukhubazeka kwengqondo noma ukukhubazeka ngokomzimba.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In keeping with company values, Delta was one of more than 50 Georgia companies that formed a coalition urging the Georgia General Assembly to approve a “comprehensive, specific and clear bill” against hate crimes.
- After the Georgia House passed its version of hate crimes legislation in 2019, the effort gained momentum in the Senate after the February killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Ga.
- “I want to thank the thousands of Delta people who made their voices heard in support of justice for victims of hate crimes in Georgia,” Bastian said Friday.
