Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā kumu a me nā poʻe hoʻomaʻamaʻa Pueblo mai Mei 7 a 11, ʻo ka hahau kula mua ma Colorado i nā makahiki he 24.

Ua hana nā kumu me ka ʻole o ka ʻaelike hou mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki kula. Ua hōʻole ka ʻāpana kula i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai o ke ola he 2 pakeneka a e hoʻonui i nā haʻawina i kā lākou ʻinikua olakino, ʻoiai ma hope o ka ʻimi ʻike kūʻokoʻa i ʻōlelo i kēlā mau hoʻomaikaʻi haʻahaʻa.

Ua hōʻole ka papa kula o Pueblo i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma ʻApelila ma kahi koho 3-2. Ua pane nā kumu huhū me nā maʻi maʻi, pani i kahi kula ʻē aʻe i kēlā me kēia lā. A laila ua hoʻoholo nui ʻia ke koho pāloka: 471-24.

"Ua hoʻokuke lākou i nā poʻe i ko lākou wahi paila," wahi a Leonardo "Lalo" Gomez, he kumu ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Pueblo East. "Ua manaʻo lākou ua nāwaliwali kā mākou hui."

Ua hoʻoikaika pū ʻia nā kumu e ka hoʻokele ʻana o ka luna hoʻokele moku. "ʻAʻole mākou i komo i nā hoʻoholo," wahi a Gomez.

ʻOiai ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula ko lākou mau hoa ma Arizona, ua hele nā ​​kumu Pueblo i nā alanui me ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula, e hoʻonui ana i ko lākou ʻike ʻana i ko lākou koho ʻana ma waho o nā kula a ma nā kihi alanui.

ʻO nā Paraprofessionals, nā mea kōkua i nā keiki me nā pilikia a i ʻole ke kino kīnā, ua komo pū i ka hahau.

KAKAU MAU

He mau kuʻuna uniona ikaika ʻo Pueblo, me kahi hui nui o Steelworkers—ʻo "Steel City" ka inoa kapakapa o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua kākoʻo nā mākua i ka hahau ʻana no ka mea ʻike lākou i ka hana paʻakikī o nā kumu, wahi a Rosie Ratcliff, he paraprofessional ma Pueblo East High School.

"Inā ʻaʻole mākou, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi o kā lākou mau keiki ke hana," wahi āna. "ʻIke lākou i nā mea a nā kumu e hana ai i kēlā me kēia lā." ʻO kāna pule mua ma ka hana, ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo ia ma ka maka a he lehelehe momona. "Akā, aloha mākou i kā mākou mau keiki a ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻololi iā ia no ka honua."

ʻO Ratcliff, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka Pueblo Paraprofessional Education Association, i emi iho ma mua o $19,000 i ka makahiki i hala ma ke ʻano he paraprofessional. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana o ke kula ma 2:50, hele ʻo ia i ke keʻena uniona a hiki i ka hola 5, a laila i kāna hana ʻelua, ma ke ʻano he mea lawelawe a me ka bartender, e hana ana a hiki i ke aumoe a i ʻole 2:30 o ke kakahiaka.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ratcliff, ua ʻohi kāna uniona i 20 mau lālā uku i ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka hahau: "Ua like nā mea a pau, 'E kuʻu Akua, ke piʻi nei kā mākou hui a hakakā no kēia a hana i kahi mea maikaʻi - makemake wau e lilo i ʻāpana. o keia!'”

NA MANAO MANANA

Ua hoʻonāukiuki ka papa kula a me ka luna kula o Pueblo i nā kumu aʻo ma ka hōʻole ʻana e hoʻi i ka papaʻaina i ka wā o ka hahau ʻana. Ma ka pane ʻana, mālama ʻia nā kukui kukui ma waho o ko lākou mau home. I ka wā i hoʻopau ai ka papa i kahi hālāwai lehulehu, ua hoʻonohonoho nā kumu aʻo i kā lākou hui papa hoʻohenehene, me nā inoa inoa no nā lālā o ka papa i hōʻike ʻia ma nā papa.

Ma hope o ʻelua lā ma hope mai, ua hoʻokō ʻia nā kūkākūkā. Ua hōʻea mai i ke kakahiaka nui e hoʻokipa i ka hui kūʻai o ka hui. No nā hola, oli o "E hana!" a ʻo "Pueblo he kūlanakauhale hui" i komo i ke keʻena hoʻokele.

Ma loko, he 30 mau kumu, nā poʻe hoʻolalelale, a me nā lālā o ke kaiāulu i noho ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana, e hāpai ana i ko lākou mau lima i kēlā me kēia manawa a e ʻōniʻi i ko lākou mau manamana lima e hōʻike i ko lākou kākoʻo i ka ʻaoʻao uniona.

Ua kuʻikahi nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i kēlā ahiahi. Ua lanakila nā kumu i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai o ke ola, hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia a hiki i Ianuali 1, a me kahi $50 hou i ka mahina no ka ʻinikua olakino. Ua loaʻa i nā Paraprofessionals kahi hana like.

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