Source: A cikin Wadannan Lokutan
A watan Agusta 31, Dalibai a Kwalejin Kenyon, kwalejin fasaha mai zaman kanta a Gambier, Ohio, sun bayyana aniyarsu ta haɗa kai da United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) a wata budaddiyar wasika zuwa ga shugaban makarantar da kwamitin amintattu. Dalibai sun nemi izini na son rai ta hanyar yarjejeniyar tsaka-tsaki na kati tare da hukumomin makarantar. Idan an yi nasara, Kwamitin Shirya Ma'aikatan Ma'aikata na Kenyon (K-SWOC) zai zama ƙungiya ta farko don tsara dukkan ma'aikatanta na karatun digiri, wanda zai haɗa da duka. 800 matsayin ma'aikacin ɗalibi akwai a harabar.
"Wannan kamfen ne na kafa tarihi,” in ji Dan Napsha, wani babban jami’in kimiyyar siyasa.;"Idan muka yi nasara, da gaske yana aika sako cewa hakan zai yiwu kuma ma’aikatan dalibai su rika neman karin.”
Ranar Ma'aikata ta rufe mako guda na ayyukan da masu shirya dalibai suka yi, wanda ya hada da shaida daga ma'aikatan dalibai, bangarori a kan ma'aikata na kasa da kasa da adalci na launin fata da kuma zamantakewar zamantakewa kuma sun ƙare tare da amincewa daga Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) da Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). .). A cikin wasiƙar tallafi ga ma'aikatan ɗaliban Kenyon, Sanders ya rubuta,"Lokacin da ku da abokan aikinku kuka haɗu tare a matsayin ƙungiya, za a buƙaci gwamnati ta yi ciniki tare da ku cikin aminci… Ina mutunta muhimmin aikin da kuke yi kuma ina yi muku fatan alheri a ƙoƙarinku na ƙirƙirar wurin aiki na dimokuradiyya inda muryarku ta kasance mai ƙarfi. zauna a teburin.”
Rushewar aiki a cikin jami'a saboda Covid-19 annoba ta haifar da sabon gaggawa ga ikon ɗalibai na yin ciniki da makarantar. Lokacin da Kenyon ya rufe harabar makarantarsa kuma ya canza zuwa koyo mai nisa a cikin Maris, ɗalibai da yawa sun yanke lokacin aikinsu ko kuma sun daina aiki gaba ɗaya. Ayyukan karatun digiri sun haɗa da aiki a ɗakin cin abinci, ɗakin karatu, ofishin shiga da kuma matsayin mataimakan bincike. Dalibai sun ce akwai rashin tabbas game da matsayin aikinsu ko yanayin aikin da ya shiga cikin zangon karatu na Fall wanda aka fara watan Agusta. 31 kuma yana da kusan rabin ƙungiyar ɗalibai a harabar sauran rabin kuma suna koyo daga nesa.
"Barkewar cutar da gaske ta zama mai zazzagewa a gare mu kuma a zahiri alama ce ta isa - mun koshi, "in ji Napsha.
A ƙarshen Maris, a takardar koke ta sanya hannu a kan 200 mambobin kwalejin da Kenyon Young Democratic Socialists of America (KYDSA) ke daukar nauyin don tabbatar da biyan albashin dalibai na sauran shekarar makaranta. Duk da cewa gwamnatin ba ta amince da koke-koken ba, an biya dalibai na matsakaicin sa'o'in su na mako-mako ba tare da la'akari da ikonsu na yin aiki daga nesa ba. Bayan 'yan watanni, lokacin da gwamnatin ta sanar da cewa za ta dakatar da fa'idodin yin ritaya ga ma'aikatan Kenyon saboda $19.3 gibin miliyan a kasafin kudin gudanarwa na makarantar, wani koke, KYDSA ta sake farawa, an watsa zuwa"dakatar da yanke.” Tare da tallafin ɗalibai, UE, wanda ke wakiltar ma'aikatan kulawa a harabar, ya sami damar cimma yarjejeniya da gwamnati cewa za a mayar da mafi yawan fa'idodin ritayar da aka rasa ga ma'aikata na tsawon shekaru uku.
"Duk waɗannan [koke] sun haifar da ƙarin tattaunawa game da wasu batutuwa masu faɗi, ƙarin tsari tare da aikin ɗalibi, ”in ji Nathan Geesing, babban jami'in tarihi.;"Wannan alama ce ga masu shiryawa cewa aikin gama gari yana da tasiri sosai."
Ganin sakamakon koke-koke biyu ya sake tabbatar wa dalibai cewa kungiyar ita ce hanya mafi kyau ta ci gaba. Geesing ya ce ƙungiyar ita ce"tsarin yin ciniki da gwamnati, don kada a dogara da kashe-kashe na ma’aikatan gwamnati da kungiyoyin aiki wadanda kullum suke yin alkawarin kawo sauyi, amma ba kasafai ba, idan har aka samu.” A yanzu haka, albashin ma'aikatan ɗalibai ya faɗi cikin tsarin albashi mai hawa uku yana farawa daga $8.70 sa'a guda kuma ya tashi a $11.17 awa daya. Dalibai sun ce waɗannan kudaden ba bisa ka'ida ba ne kuma ba sa nuna irin aikin da suke yi a harabar jami'a kuma a maimakon haka suna nuna sha'awar adana kuɗin makarantar. An ƙayyade tsarin albashi tare da a yanzu watse "Task Force Aiki na Student."
"Gwamnati ba ta taɓa ɗaukar buƙatun ɗalibai ko damuwar ɗalibai da mahimmanci ba, ”in ji Geesing. Bukatun K-SWOC sun haɗa da shiga tsakani wajen yanke shawara a wurin aiki, ƙarin kariya da samun dama ga ɗaliban nazarin aiki, adalci ga ma'aikatan ɗalibai na duniya da albashin rai, da sauransu. Ko da yake dalibai ba su amince da adadin dala ba, sun ce albashin da za a biya zai yi yawa sosai ta yadda dalibai ba za su ji kamar suna zabar tsakanin aiki da karatunsu na ilimi ba.;"Haƙiƙa ƙungiyar za ta iya ba mu ikon yin ciniki da muke buƙata, musamman a irin wannan lokacin, inda rashin yin magana a cikin shirin sake buɗe ku na iya zama batun rayuwa da mutuwa, "in ji Geesing.
Daliban Kenyon, waɗanda dukansu ke yin tsari a cikin yanayi da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba kuma suna karya sabon tushe ta hanyar tsara dukkan ma'aikatansu na digiri na farko, suna da ƙayyadaddun misalan da za su nuna a matsayin abin koyi. Yawancin ƙungiyoyin ma'aikatan ɗalibai sun ta'allaka ne a tsakanin ɗaliban da suka kammala karatun digiri a jami'o'in jama'a, kodayake Jami'ar Massachusetts Amherst da Kwalejin Grinnell, waɗanda suka gudanar da tsara shagunan ɗaiɗaikun ɗaiɗaikun tsakanin masu ba da shawara na mazaunin digiri da ma'aikatan cin abinci, sun zama tushen ƙarfafawa ga masu shirya K-SWOC.
"Ina tsammanin idan muka yi nasara, za ku sami ƙarin ƙarin ƙungiyoyi a harabar jami'a," in ji Napsha.;"Wani bangare saboda muna ginawa daga tsarin Grinnell kuma muna ginawa daga tsarin UMass Amherst."
"A cikin ma'ana mafi girma, "in ji Geesing,"Samun ƙungiya a Kenyon zai iya zama tushen abin ƙarfafawa ga dalibai ma'aikata a wasu wurare a cikin ƙasar su ce idan za su iya yin hakan, me yasa ba za mu iya ba."
Babban tushen tallafi ya fito ne daga ma'aikatan kulawa a harabar, haɗin gwiwar ɗalibai da ƙwazo wanda ya samo asali 2012 lokacin da gwamnatin ta yi ƙoƙarin ba da ayyukan kulawa ga Sodexo, kamfanin sarrafa abinci da kayan aiki mai kusan rabin miliyan ma'aikata a duk duniya.;"Sun ba mu irin nasiha da ke da kima sosai,” in ji Dani Martinez, wani babban jami’i a Turanci.;"Babu shakka suna son abin da ya dace a gare mu domin suna da irin abubuwan da suka yi yaƙi domin su a baya kuma za su iya ba mu ja-gora a kan waɗannan abubuwa ma.”
Ma'aikatan kulawa, waɗanda UE Local ke wakilta 712, ya taimaka fara dangantaka tsakanin dalibai a harabar da UE, tare da wanda suke a yanzu shirya tare da. Ma'aikatan kulawa, Napsha ta ce, suna da"sun kasance abokan hulɗa tare da mu ta wannan gaba ɗaya. Dalilin da ya sa muka yi nasara sosai - samun kusanci 200 an rattaba hannu kan kati, tare da shirya daruruwan mutane kuma suna da a 60 ƙungiyar masu ƙarfi mai ƙarfi shine saboda ƙarfin dangantakarmu da UE. ”
Tun daga ranar ma'aikata, K-SWOC ta aika da buƙatu biyu don amincewa da son rai game da ƙungiyarsu kuma martanin da gwamnati ta bayar galibi shiru ne. A halin yanzu, ɗalibai da yawa waɗanda ba za a iya aiwatar da ayyukansu ba ba su da tsabta game da matsayin aikinsu na wannan semester da na gaba. Martinez ya yi imanin cewa ɗaliban da ba za su iya aiki daga nesa ba ya kamata a canza su kuma a horar da su a wani sashe daban-daban tare da fifikon da aka baiwa ɗalibai masu karatun aiki, shirin da gwamnatin tarayya ke ba da kuɗin da ya kamata ya ba da garantin aikin harabar a matsayin wani ɓangare na kunshin taimakon kuɗi.
Martinez, wadda ta yi aiki a ɗakin karatu da sabis ɗin bayanai tun tana ƙaramar yarinya, ta ce matsayinta na aiki har yanzu yana kan iska. Tare da gwamnatin Kenyon a ƙarshe ta yanke shawara kan tsarin koyar da sabbin ɗalibai da na biyu a harabar jami'a da koyar da yara da manya daga nesa, yawancin ayyuka na mutum-mutumi ba za su samu wannan semester ba kuma ƙungiyar ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da kasancewa gabaɗaya gaba ɗaya - dabarar Napsha da Geesing sun ce mai yiwuwa. a yi wasa a cikin yardarsu musamman tare da ɗalibai da yawa a yanzu sun makale a gida tare da iyakancewar hankali a cikin mutum.
Waɗannan ɗaliban da ke aiki daga nesa kuma suna zaune a wajen Ohio yanzu ana biyan su bisa ga mafi ƙarancin albashin jihar inda ɗalibai ke zaune idan ya wuce albashin Kenyon. Geesing, wanda ke zaune a Maryland inda mafi karancin albashi ya fi yawa, ya ce ya samu sakon imel daga ofishin bunkasa sana’a a lokacin bazara yana sanar da shi cewa za a biya shi alawus-alawus don daidaita bambancin albashi. Geesing yana cewa"kawai ya nuna muku yadda tsarin tsarin ya kasance gabaɗaya da kuma yadda za su iya biyan mu gabaɗayan lokaci. "
Indigo Olivier ne adam wata sigar A cikin wadannan Times Goodman Investigative Fellow.
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