A cikin ‘yan watannin da suka gabata, an bayyana cewa, malaman jami’ar Jihar Portland (PSU) za su fara yajin aikin a karon farko a tarihin makarantar, yayin da tattaunawa kan wata sabuwar yarjejeniya da gwamnatin PSU ta ci tura. A ranar 16 ga watan Afrilu ne dai aka sanya ranar yajin aikin, amma kwanaki kadan da suka wuce, an hana shi, saboda Hukuma da Kungiyar Malamai sun cimma matsaya.
PSU AAUP ta yi aiki tukuru wajen ganin ta kawo wa gwamnati matsin lamba don tilasta mata bai wa malaman jami’o’in PSU yarjejeniya mai kyau, amma wani bangare na yadda kungiyar ta samar da isasshen matsin lamba don ganin ta ci sabuwar kwangilar ba a samu rahoton goyon baya da hadin kai da aka bayar ba. ta kungiyar dalibai. A kwanakin baya ne daliban PSU suka kafa kungiyar dalibai ta Jami’ar Jihar Portland (PSUSU), kuma yunkurin PSU AAUP ya samu kwarin guiwa a kowane mataki a tattaunawar da aka yi a baya-bayan nan sakamakon matsin lamba da daliban PSUSU ke yi.
Tasirin tallafin daliban Portland na malamansu wani bangare ne na wani muhimmin al'amari a cibiyoyin Amurka. Duk da cewa suna biyan dubban daloli a cikin karatun kowane semester, ɗalibai sukan sami kansu ba tare da wani takamaiman wakilci ba a harabar, kuma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, da yawa sun juya don gina ƙungiyoyin ɗalibai (a'a, ba mai suna “Ƙungiyar ɗalibai” ba. gine-gine a harabar). Kuma musamman tun lokacin da aka yi bikin ko'ina, kodayake ba a bayyana ba, nasarar yajin aikin ɗalibai na 2012 a Quebec, ƙungiyar ƙungiyar ɗalibai ta gaske tana yaduwa a cikin ƙasar.
Nasarar PSUSU muhimmin darasi ne a cikin abin da zai yiwu lokacin da ɗalibai da malamai suke aiki cikin haɗin kai. A cikin shekarun tattalin arziki da rage kasafin kuɗi ga ilimi, malamai da ɗalibai suna da muradin juna da yawa don kare su. Don taimakawa samun kyakkyawar fahimtar halin da ake ciki, ɗalibi kuma mai shirya SU Cameron Frank ya ba da bayaninsa game da gwagwarmayar ƙwadago na PSU na baya-bayan nan da kuma haɓaka ƙungiyar ƙungiyar ɗalibai.
BLISS: Menene PSUSU?
FRANK: Ƙungiyar Dalibai ta Jami'ar Jihar Portland ƙungiya ce ta ɗalibai-ko da yake ba a cikin al'adun gargajiya na kungiyar kwadago ba. Mu haɗin gwiwa ne na ƙungiyoyin ɗalibai da ɗaiɗaikun ɗalibai waɗanda aka kafa bisa ƙa'idodin kwance, daidaito, da dimokuradiyya kai tsaye. Muna amfani da matakai kai tsaye da dabarun tsara al'umma don haɗa ɗalibai tare don yin amfani da ikon haɗin gwiwarmu a kan dalilai da gwagwarmayar da suka shafi rayuwarmu.
Mu duka dalibai ne a Jihar Portland da ke kallon jami'ar mu a matsayin wata cibiya da ke fuskantar rikicin dimokuradiyya. A taƙaice, ɗalibai suna biya amma ba su da ta cewa. Muna ganin PSUSU a ƙarshe ta zama buɗaɗɗen tsarin yanke shawara wanda zai iya ba wa ɗalibai damar haɗa kai su yanke shawarar irin jami'ar da muke buƙata da gaske, da kuma yadda za mu bi don kawo wannan tsari.
Ta yaya PSUSU ta samu? Yaya aikin farko yayi kama?
PSUSU ta fara ne yayin tattaunawar da na yi a mashaya Portland a wannan bazara tare da Inna Levin, wata memba na ƙungiyar juriya ta bashi a harabar, bayan da na halarci 2013 National Student Convergence Convergence a Madison, Wisconsin. An ƙarfafa mu don ganin ɗaruruwan ɗalibai daga ko'ina cikin Amurka a wannan taron suna aiki don gina ƙungiyoyin ɗalibai da aka tsara bisa ga ƙungiyar ɗaliban Quebecois, ASSÉ, wacce ta biyo bayan yajin aikin ɗalibai na 2012 da aka sani da Maple Spring. Kungiyar gwagwarmayar daliban mu, PSU Student Action Coalition (StAC), ta shafe wasu watanni tana maganar kafa kungiyar dalibai a jihar Portland, amma a watan Agustan da ya gabata mun zauna muka fitar da wata manufa ta musamman da kuma yakin neman aiwatar da wannan hangen nesa.
Ba ƙari ba ne a ce Maple Spring da gaske ya canza komai game da shirya ɗalibai a Arewacin Amirka, ko, aƙalla, ya nuna mana a cikin Jihohin abin da ya kasance mai yiwuwa koyaushe idan aka ba da yanayin da ya dace da kuma tsarin da ya dace. Tun lokacin da karatun karatu a Amurka ya karu da kashi 1,120 cikin 3 a cikin shekaru 127,000,000,000 da suka gabata, kuma tare da gwamnatin Barack Obama za ta samar da dala miliyan $XNUMX daga lamunin dalibai a wannan shekara, a bayyane yake cewa babu wanda zai ceci tsararrakinmu sai kanmu-kuma hakan lokacin aiki bai taɓa zama mai mahimmanci ba.
Tunaninmu shi ne, hanyar da ta fi dacewa wajen yaki da basussukan lamuni na dalibai da samar da zaman lafiya a manyan makarantun gwamnati shi ne gina irin farin jini da za mu bukaci mu mallaki jami’ar da kanta, maimakon jira a banza don shiga tsakani na ‘yan majalisa da ke cewa; a yanzu, ya kamata mu sani ba zai taba zuwa ba.
A cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe, a cikin lokacin bazara mun fara da takardar koke don dakatar da karatun, albashin gudanarwa, gudanar da ƙuri'ar raba gardama kan ɗalibi kan wakilcin ofishin jami'an tsaro na harabar mu, ƙirƙirar shirin tafiya lafiya don yaƙi da cin zarafi, da kira ga Hukumar da ta sanya hannu. kwangiloli yarda da juna tare da cikakken lokaci da kuma haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin malamai. Duk dalibin da ya sanya hannu kan takardar koke ya zama memba na kungiyar dalibai ta atomatik. Bayan gajerun makonni hudu na yin aiki tare da malamai masu tallafi, mun ba da takardar koke kan Halloween 2013 ga shugaban jami'armu, Wim Wiewel, tare da sa hannun sama da 700.
A wannan lokaci, mun shiga muhawara mai zurfi game da ko irin aikin da yake yi ya cancanci kusan dala 500,000 na albashin sa na shekara kafin ya fita daga dakin taron. Mako guda bayan haka, an dakatar da albashin gudanarwa na shekaru biyu masu zuwa, kodayake Wiewel ya karɓi lada don irin wannan dabarar rage tsadar kuɗi maimakon ya yarda cewa ya yi hakan, a wani ɓangare, saboda ɗalibai sun buƙaci hakan. Watanni biyar bayan haka, membobinmu sun kai sama da 1,000, tare da masu shirya shirye-shirye kusan dozin 2, shirin haɗin gwiwa wanda aka ba da tallafi ta hanyar ma'aikata na gida, ƙa'idar da aka tsara tare da tabbatar da ƙimar ƙima, da nau'ikan talla da kayan daukar ma'aikata don yadawa a harabar harabar.
Ta yaya kuma me ya sa PSUSU ta shiga cikin gwagwarmayar faculty of AAUP a PSU? Wace rawa kungiyar da daliban da ke harabar makarantar suka taka a cikinta?
An gayyaci PSUSU don shiga cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago na jami'armu don daidaita tsarin haɗin gwiwarmu kuma yanzu mun ci nasara mafi girma a yakinmu har yau, gwagwarmayar watanni 11 na kwangilar malamai da ke kare 'yancin ilimi, mulkin dimokuradiyya na jami'a. , da alama inganta aikin tsaro ga ma'aikata masu aiki da hankali kuma suna sanya dalar karatun mu a inda suke - baya cikin aji. Makarantu, musamman malaman da ke da hannu a cikin ƙungiyar, sun gane tun da wuri kan yuwuwar ƙungiyar ɗaliban da za ta iya samu don canza yadda jami'armu ke aiki.
A bazarar da ta gabata, kafin ma mu kafa PSUSU, wasu ’yan jam’iyyar PSUAAUP ne suka zo wani taro domin neman goyon bayansu kan gwagwarmayar kwangilar da suke yi. Sun bayyana cewa Hukumar ta fara wani hari da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba a kan harshen kwangila wanda tun a shekarar 1978 ya ba da kariya ta shari’a ga rawar da malaman jami’a ke takawa wajen tantance alkiblar jami’ar da dai sauransu, kuma irin wannan dabarar na iya haifar da abin da zai kasance. yajin aikin jami'a na farko a tarihin Oregon. Sun bukaci mu zabi wakilai da za su lura da hada-hadar gama-gari kuma mu ci gaba da tafiyar da tsarin yayin da ake ci gaba. Zan kasance a yawancin lokacin bazara, don haka na ɗauki aikin halartar tarurrukan ciniki.
A lokacin bazara ya ƙare, halayenmu na gama gari game da ciniki ya canja. Mun san cewa za a yi yajin aikin malaman jami’a kuma mun ga bukatar tsara daliban da za su tsaya tare da su domin a zahiri za mu iya samun wasu muhimman sauye-sauye a jami’ar. Ta'addanci da rashin kyama da ƙungiyar ciniki ta Gudanarwa ta nuna, ta fuskar dabaru da ɗabi'a na gabaɗaya, sun sanya lamarin ya zama wani abu mai girma fiye da kwangilar ƙungiyoyi kawai. A wani lokaci, ƙungiyar Gudanarwa ta yi nisa har zuwa kiran shawarwarin ƙungiyar malamai don haɓaka harshen kwangila don haɓaka ɗalibi zuwa ƙimar baiwa da sauran abubuwan da suka danganci ingancin ilimi "mai daɗi."
Tattaunawar ta kara tabarbarewa yayin da shekarar makaranta ta ci gaba, har zuwa karshen watan Nuwamba, Hukumar ta yi kira ga mai shiga tsakani na jiha da ya shiga tsakani saboda kungiyar malamai ta ki karbar wurare kamar rikicin kasafin kudi da aka kera da kuma bukatar “sauyi mai girma”. "don zama" gasa." Saboda halin jajircewa da Gwamnati ta yi, sasantawa ba ta da fa'ida fiye da tattaunawar da ake yi a kai a kai kuma, a karshen lokacin hunturu, kusan sa'o'i 50 na sasantawa ya kasa samar da sakamako.
A ranar Alhamis, 3 ga Afrilu, 2014, gwamnatin shugaba Wiewel ta zama ta farko a jihar da aka taba ba da sanarwar shiga yajin aikin bayan da kungiyar malamai ta kada kuri’ar amincewa da kashi 94 cikin XNUMX na amincewa da baiwa kungiyar ciniki damar shiga yajin aikin.
A duk lokacin kaka da lokacin sanyi, PSUSU ta gudanar da taron bayanai game da yuwuwar yajin aikin, sabbin masu shirya shirye-shirye, ziyartar azuzuwan, da teburi a wurin shakatawa, rataye fostoci, da kuma shirya tafiyar mutane kusan 1,000 a karshen watan Fabrairu.
Bayan tafiyar, wallafe-wallafen harabar sun fara gudanar da labaran da ke nuna daidaici tsakanin yanayin harabar zamani da kuma yajin aikin daliban PSU na 1970 biyo bayan kisan kiyashin da aka yi a jihar Kent, wanda ya kai ga aikin kwanaki 5 na jami'ar da kuma tubalan da dama na cikin garin Portland.
Kamar yadda lokacin bazara ya fara, harabar makarantar ta yi haske tare da jira da rudani game da yuwuwar yajin aikin. Daga cikin kujerun sassan 25 na Kwalejin Liberal Arts & Science, 24 sun rubuta budaddiyar wasika zuwa ga Shugaba Wiewel yana bayyana cewa shirinsa na lalata ayyukan kusan 1,300 furofesoshi da ƙwararrun ilimi bai dace ba. Bayan kusan kwanaki 3 na tattaunawar kwantiragin marathon, a ƙarshe hukumar ta yi watsi da kusan kowane batu kuma, da ƙarfe 5:23 na safe, 6 ga Afrilu, na kalli yadda ƙungiyoyin cinikin biyu suka rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya.
Abin da muka yi nasarar cim ma ba zai yiwu ba ba tare da abokanmu a cikin sauran kungiyoyin dalibai, PSU AAUP, ASPSU (gwamnatin dalibai), SEIU 503 (ma'aikatan harabar), PSUFA-AFT (Ƙungiyar malamai), da kuma goyon bayan Portland. al'umma gabaɗaya, musamman waɗanda suma suka taimaka wajen tallafawa Ƙungiyar Malamai ta Portland (PAT) a cikin gwagwarmaya iri ɗaya.
Yanzu da muka ci kwangilar da ta shafi ɗalibai, yaƙin na gaba kuma mafi girma shi ne na jami'a mai ɗalibi da kulawar ɗalibai. Wadanda yanke shawara ya shafa su zama masu yanke su.
Mutane da yawa suna tambayar haɗin kai na ɗalibai, suna cewa ɗalibai sun riga sun wakilta gwamnatocin ɗalibai a harabar, don haka ƙungiyar ba ta buƙatar. Me yasa aka kafa kungiyar dalibai?
Mun kafa PSUSU ne saboda mun ga tsarin cikin gida na gwamnatin dalibai a kashin kansa ba shi da ikon yin irin sauye-sauye a jami’ar mu da dalibai ke bukata. Akwai buƙatar zama dabarar waje mai gamsarwa-tattaunawar murya mai ƙarfi da ke da ikon sarrafa aiki ta hanyar da gwamnatin ɗalibai ba za ta iya ba.
Ba mu ɗauka cewa muna wakiltar ƙungiyar ɗalibai (babu wanda aka zaɓa; duk mu masu sa kai ne). A maimakon haka, muna kallon PSUSU a matsayin wata hanyar da dalibai za su iya samar wa kanmu muryar da gwamnatin jami'a ke hana mu da kuma wadanda suke cin gajiyar kunci da basussuka na gama-gari. Ba za mu iya ƙara jinkiri kawai ga waɗanda ke wakilta-ko masu da'awar wakilta - abubuwan da muke so a gare mu ba. Ga PSUSU, dimokuradiyya kai tsaye yana nufin ɗalibai su ne manyan masu fafutuka a gwagwarmayarmu don samun ingantacciyar jami'a. Aikin da gwamnatin ɗalibai ke yi ya dogara ne akan dangantakar rana da masu gudanarwa. Namu, tabbas, yana cin karo da ba kawai ayyuka ba amma, a wata ma'ana, ainihin ra'ayin masu gudanarwa.
Har ila yau, za su iya yin abubuwa da yawa da ba za mu iya ba, saboda dukansu sun fi alaƙa da su, kuma sun fi kyau a amfani da tashoshi na hukuma, na hukuma don samun abin da suke so. Suna da wasu jarin zamantakewa da hanyoyin samun kuɗi waɗanda ba za mu taɓa samun damar yin amfani da su ba. Hakanan suna gudanar da ayyukan jin daɗin jama'a ga ɗalibai waɗanda ke da mahimmanci a harabar birni kamar PSU, kamar kantin kayan abinci.
Me kuke tunani a gaba ga PSUSU?
Na gaba muna da wasu abubuwa daban-daban da ke tsiro. Kwanan nan ne Hukumar ta rufe—ba tare da wani gargaɗi ba—mai shekaru goma, wanda aka sarrafa tare, ɗalibi mai cin ganyayyaki a harabar harabar wanda ya kasance cibiyar fafutuka. Mutane da yawa sun yi imanin wannan ya kasance a matsayin ramuwar gayya ga sa hannun ɗalibai a yaƙin kwangilar. Mun yi niyyar dawo da shi kafin karshen shekara.
Bugu da ƙari, ta hanyar irin wannan tsari na inuwa, Hukumar tana ƙoƙarin ci gaba tare da mayar da Ofishin Tsaron Jama'a na Harabar zuwa rundunar 'yan sanda masu makamai. Muna da niyyar dakatar da su, yayin da a lokaci guda muke tilasta wa cibiyar daukar matakan kariya masu ma'ana don magance cutar ta'addanci a harabar mu, kamar wajabta wajabta wa fyade-al'adar, shirin tafiya lafiya, mafi kyawun hasken harabar, da kuma sanyawa mai nisa. mafi yawan akwatunan kiran gaggawa (a halin yanzu, muna da 4 kawai a harabar harabar kadada 50).
Burinmu na dogon lokaci shi ne yadda za a tafiyar da harkokin jami’o’i baki daya, a kawar da kudaden karatu da basussukan dalibai, da kawar da shingayen shiga da kuma sauyi a duk hanyar da muke samu da kuma yadda muke daukar iliminmu. . Mun yi imanin cewa ilimi tsari ne na canza kai, kyakkyawar zamantakewa, kuma 'yancin ɗan adam. Za mu yi tawayar idan mun huta kafin jami'armu ta kasance mai misalta wadannan dabi'u. Domin kawo wannan kwatancin game da shi, dole ne mu ci gaba da haɓaka da haɓaka ƙungiyar ɗalibai zuwa cikin nau'ikan al'umma da nau'in tsarin da zai iya tilasta waɗanda ke kan madafan iko su ba da ikonsu don ingantacciyar tsoron sakamakon rashin yin haka, alhali kuwa. kasancewa tushen tushen ikon kasa sama mai iya maye gurbin tsohon tsarin.
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