Malaman Pueblo da ƙwararrun ma'aikata sun buge daga ranar 7 zuwa 11 ga Mayu, yajin aikin makaranta na farko a Colorado cikin shekaru 24.

Malaman sun kasance suna aiki ba tare da sabon kwangila ba tun lokacin da aka fara karatun shekara. Gundumar makarantarsu ta ƙi ba su ƙarin kashi 2 cikin XNUMX na tsadar rayuwa da kuma ƙara gudummawa ga inshorar lafiyar su, ko da bayan wani mai bincike mai zaman kansa ya ba da shawarar waɗannan ingantattun ingantattun ci gaba.

Hukumar makarantar Pueblo ta yi watsi da shawarar a watan Afrilu da kuri'u 3-2. Malaman da suka fusata sun mayar da martani tare da birgima, suna rufe wata makaranta daban kowace rana. Sai kuma kuri'ar yajin aikin da aka kada: 471-24.

"Sun tura mutane zuwa wurin tafasa," in ji Leonardo "Lalo" Gomez, malami a Makarantar Sakandare ta Gabas ta Pueblo. "Sun yi tunanin ƙungiyarmu ba ta da ƙarfi."

Haka kuma malamai sun samu kwarin gwuiwa saboda yadda hukumomin gunduma suka bi hanyar zuwa sama. "Ba mu da hannu a kowane yanke shawara," in ji Gomez.

Yayin da takwarorinsu na Arizona suka sanya jajayen ja, malaman Pueblo sun hau kan tituna cikin ruwan hoda mai haske, suna kara ganinsu yayin da suke zabo a wajen makarantu da kuma kan tituna.

Ƙwararrun ƙwararru, waɗanda ke taimaka wa yara masu matsalar ɗabi'a ko naƙasu, su ma sun shiga yajin aikin.

SIGIRI NI

Pueblo yana da ƙaƙƙarfan al'adun ƙungiyar, gami da kasancewar manyan Ma'aikatan Karfe-laƙabin birnin shine "Birnin Karfe." Iyaye sun goyi bayan yajin aikin saboda sun fahimci irin wahalar da malamai ke da shi, in ji Rosie Ratcliff, kwararre a Makarantar Sakandare ta Gabas ta Pueblo.

"Idan ba don mu ba, wasu 'ya'yansu ba za su yi nasara ba," in ji ta. "Sun san abin da malamai ke ciki a kullum." Satin ta na farko da ta fara aikin, an harba mata fuska, ta yi kiba. "Amma muna son yaranmu kuma ba za mu canza shi ga duniya ba."

Ratcliff, wanda kuma shi ne sakataren kungiyar Ilimi ta Pueblo Paraprofessional Education Association, ya yi kasa da dala 19,000 a bara a matsayin kwararre. Bayan 2:50 na makaranta sai ta nufi ofishin ƙungiyar har 5, sannan ta tafi aikinta na biyu, a matsayin mai hidima da mashaya, tana aiki har tsakar dare ko 2:30 na safe.

Ratcliff ta ce kungiyar tata ta dauki mambobi 20 masu biyan kudade a yayin da ake tunkarar yajin: “Kowa ya kasance kamar, ‘Ya Allahna, kungiyarmu ta tashi tsaye tana fafutuka kan wannan kuma tana yin wani abu mai kyau—Ina so in zama bangare. daga wannan!"

YATSA TSINKI

Hukumar makarantar Pueblo da Sufeto sun fusata malamai ta hanyar kin komawa kan teburin sasantawa yayin yajin aikin. Malaman, a martanin da suka mayar, sun gudanar da fitilun fitulu a wajen gidajensu. Lokacin da hukumar ta soke taron jama'a, malamai sun kafa nasu taron kwamitin ba'a, tare da alamun sunayen mambobin hukumar a kan teburi.

A karshe dai an yi shawarwarin bayan kwanaki biyu. Jama'a masu ban sha'awa, wanda aka yi ado da ruwan hoda, sun fito da sanyin safiya don gaishe da tawagar 'yan kasuwa. Na sa'o'i, ana rera waƙoƙin "Get it done!" kuma "Pueblo birni ne na ƙungiyoyi" sun shiga ofishin gudanarwa.

A ciki, malamai 30, ƙwararrun ƙwararru, da ƴan al’umma sun zauna a kan shawarwari, lokaci-lokaci suna ɗaga hannuwansu da murza yatsunsu don nuna goyon bayansu ga ɓangaren ƙungiyar.

A yammacin ranar ne bangarorin biyu suka cimma matsaya. Malaman makaranta sun ci nasarar haɓaka farashin rayuwarsu, zuwa ranar 1 ga Janairu, da ƙarin $50 a wata don inshorar lafiya. Kwararrun ma'aikata sun sami irin wannan yarjejeniya.

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