Ua hoʻomaka ʻia me kekahi mau haneli mau kumu a me nā limahana kula o West Virginia e huki ana i nā hele wāwae hoʻokahi lā. Ua lilo ia i lanakila kūpono ʻole ma ia mokuʻāina, kahi a nā kumu aʻoaʻo ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe i wikiwiki e hoʻohālike.
Ke hōʻeha nei nā kumu ma Oklahoma, Arizona, a me Kentucky i kēia manawa, maʻi, hōʻuluʻulu, a me Facebook e koi aku i nā luna e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kā lākou uku a pale i kā lākou mau pono.
Ma hope o 13 mau lā ma ka laina picket, ua lanakila nā kumu o West Virginia ma ka moku'āina holoʻokoʻa he 5 pakeneka hoʻonui, a me kahi pūʻulu hana e ʻimi i kahi hoʻoponopono paʻa i ka underfunded Public Employees Insurance Agency. E loaʻa i nā limahana mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe ka hoʻonui like. (E nānā i ka pahu ma lalo no nā mea hou aku.)
I ka manawa i hoʻi ai nā kumu e hana i ka lā 7 Malaki, ke nānā nei ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua hōʻike ka nūpepa aupuni a me ka honua i ke kai o nā pālule ʻulaʻula a me nā bandana e kahe ana i ka hale mokuʻāina. Ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka hahau ʻana, ua hoʻokumu nā kumu ma Oklahoma, Arizona, a me Kentucky i nā pūʻulu Facebook i hōʻuluʻulu i nā ʻumi kaukani o nā lālā, me ka leo o ka hele wāwae a me nā hana ʻē aʻe e laha ana.
ʻElima mau mokuʻāina i ʻike i ka emi ʻana o nā uku kumu kumu mai ka makahiki 2015-2016; ʻO West Virginia, Oklahoma, a me Arizona ʻekolu o lākou.
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Ma Oklahoma, he inoa maʻalahi ka hui Facebook nui a wehe ʻia: “Oklahoma Teacher Walkout—The Time Is Now!” Ua lana nā alakaʻi o ka hui i kahi lā hele wāwae o ʻApelila 2, ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻāʻo statewide. Ua hoʻomaka mua kekahi mau kumu e hoʻonohonoho i nā maʻi.
ʻO ka Oklahoma Education Association, ka mea i hoʻonohonoho mua i ka lā hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ʻekolu pule ma hope, ua ʻae ʻo ia e hoʻoneʻe i ka lā ma hope o ka uē ʻana. Ua mākaukau nā kumu e hele i ka lā 2 ʻApelila inā ʻaʻole ʻae ka ʻahaʻōlelo i $10,000 no nā kumu a me $5,000 no nā limahana kākoʻo kula.
He ʻumi makahiki i hala mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu kula ʻo Oklahoma. Wahi a ka Bureau of Labor Statistics, ʻo ka uku no nā kumu aʻo ma laila ke kūlana hope loa ma ka ʻāina, me nā kumu kula kiʻekiʻe he $42,460.
E like me West Virginia, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia nā kumu e ka hemahema o nā kumu aʻo kūpono. "Ke holo nei nā kumu i ka moku'āina," wahi a Molly Jaynes, he kumu kula papa ʻekolu ma Oklahoma City. “Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i Arkansas a loaʻa he $15,000 hou aku; hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i Texas a loaʻa $20,000 hou aʻe”—e like me ke Kumu o ka Makahiki 2016 o Oklahoma. Hoʻopuka ka mokuʻāina i nā haneli o nā palapala hōʻoia pilikia i kēlā me kēia makahiki i kēlā me kēia me ke kēkelē laepua.
Ua ʻimi nā kumu i ke kākoʻo mai nā luna nui, a loaʻa iā ia (e like me West Virginia). Ua hoʻohiki nā luna nui e pani i nā kula no nā lā mua ʻehā o ka hele wāwae, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻopau nā kumu i nā lā ma hope, akā e uku ʻia.
Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, e ʻike ʻia. “He mokuʻāina kēia i hiki ʻole ke mālama i nā kumu,” wahi a Jaynes. "He aha kā lākou e hana ai, e puhi i ka poʻe a pau e hele i ke kuʻi?"
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Ua kākau inoa ʻia nā kumu ʻo Arizona no kahi hui Facebook hou, "Arizona Educators United." He kanakolu tausani i hui i kona mau la 10 mua. Ke kūkulu nei nā kumu ma laila i kahi neʻe "Red for Ed", e hoʻolaha ana i nā kiʻi o lākou iho e ʻaʻahu ana i nā pālule ʻulaʻula i ke kula i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakolu a ʻākoakoa nui i nā hālāwai kau kānāwai ma ke Kapitola.
ʻO kekahi o nā hana nui mua loa a ka hui, ʻo ia ka picket he mau haneli ma waho o ka ʻike lekiō pule a Kiaʻāina Doug Ducey. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Ducey, ka multimillionaire mua o Cold Stone Creamery, i ka neʻe ʻana ma ke ʻano he hoʻopunipuni. Ua koho hou ʻia ʻo ia i Nowemapa.
ʻAʻole i kāhea ʻia kahi hahau ma Arizona. Akā ua hiki mai nā pani mua i ka lā Malaki 21, i ka wā i pani ʻia ai nā maʻi maʻi ʻeiwa mau kula haʻahaʻa Phoenix.
"Ua māʻona au i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea mai kaʻu ʻeke ponoʻī a luhi i ka uku ola i ka uku," wahi a Kassandra Dominguez, he kumu ʻōlelo ʻelua ma Sunset Ridge Elementary nāna i hoʻoikaika i ka manaʻo maʻi, me kāna kumu kumu. I loko o kekahi mau hola, ua ʻae nā kumu ʻē aʻe o ka hale e komo i loko, a ʻaʻole liʻuliʻu, ʻeiwa mau kula ma luna o ka moku. Ua emi ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma mua o 24 mau hola.
Me ʻelima mau makahiki ʻike aʻo a me ke kēkelē laepua, loaʻa iā Dominguez $38,000. Ke helu ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ke ola, hoʻonoho ʻia kekahi mau ana ma Arizona i ka uku kumu.
ʻO ka lā nui aʻe o ka hana he huakaʻi ma ka Capitol Malaki 28, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Arizona Parent Teacher Association a me ka hui kaiaulu Save Our Schools Arizona.
"Hoʻopau ʻia nā kumu ma ʻaneʻi no ka mea he manawa maoli mākou," wahi a Rebecca Garelli, he kumu makemakika a ʻepekema ma Phoenix. "Ua lohe au i nā ʻōlelo he nui: 'Manaʻo wau e paʻa kēia manawa. Manaʻo wau he mea maoli kēia manawa.'
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ʻO ka mokuʻāina hou loa e komo i ka ʻōlelo hoʻomake ʻo Kentucky, kahi e hakakā ai e pili ana i nā penikala a me nā ʻoki kālā i nā kula. No ka loaʻa ʻana o nā penikala ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no nā makahiki he ʻumi, ke koi nei ka ʻahaʻōlelo e ʻoki i nā hoʻololi kumu kūʻai o ke ola no nā kumu a me nā limahana ʻē aʻe. E like me nā kumu ma 14 mau mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole ʻohi nā kumu Kentucky i ka Social Security, no laila hilinaʻi lākou i ka ʻōnaehana penikala mokuʻāina.
Ua hoʻokomo ka Senate ʻo Kentucky i kahi pūlāwai e ʻoki i ke kālā no nā kumu waiwai ʻohana ma nā kula a no ka pre-K oiai e hoʻonui ana i ke kālā no nā kula hoʻolimalima. ʻO nā kumu i hoʻomaha ma mua o 65 e uku hou aku no ka ʻinikua olakino.
Ua hui pū ʻia nā tausani o nā limahana hana a me nā mea hoʻomaha ma ka Capitol. Ke hoʻonohonoho nei nā kumu i nā hele wāwae ma nā kula e hoʻonaʻauao i nā mākua a kūkulu i ke kākoʻo kaiāulu.
Ma Malaki 21, ua hui pū nā kumu me ko lākou mau luna nui ma ʻehiku mau ʻāpana ma Kentucky hikina e pani i nā kula i hiki iā lākou ke neʻe i ke kapikala mokuʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Kiaʻāina Repubalika ʻo Matt Bevin, he "manaʻo thug" nā kumu kūʻē, he ʻōlelo i hoʻopau wale i nā kumu, wahi a Nema Brewer, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka hui Facebook KY120 United, nona nā lālā 32,000.
I kēia lā, ʻaʻole i kāhea ka uniona i kahi huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa, kahi i manaʻo ai ʻo Brewer he kuhihewa.
"ʻO nā kumu ma ka ʻuʻu ua puhi ʻia a koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hahau ʻana, akā ke makaʻala nui nei ka hui," wahi āna.
No laila, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo KY120 United i kahi hoʻolālā mokuʻāina e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hele wāwae ʻana ma nā 120 āpau o ka mokuʻāina.
"Loaʻa iā mākou nā alakaʻi ʻāpana, i wāwahi ʻia e ka ʻāpana ʻaha kūkā," wehewehe ʻo Brewer. “A laila ʻike kēlā me kēia alakaʻi wahi i nā alakaʻi kalana ma kēlā me kēia kalana i kā lākou wahi. A laila ʻike nā alakaʻi kalana i nā alakaʻi o ke kahua kula.
“Manaʻo mākou ua uhi ʻia kēlā me kēia kalana i kēia manawa. ʻAʻole i uhi ʻia nā kula āpau, akā kokoke mākou.
E like me West Virginia, ke noʻonoʻo nei nā kumu i kā lākou mau haumāna i loaʻa ka ʻaina awakea manuahi. "Ua noi mākou i nā poʻe e hōʻiliʻili i ka meaʻai inā loaʻa iā mākou kahi hana hana," wahi a Brewer. "Makemake mākou e mālama pono i kā mākou mau keiki."
Pau ke kau ahaolelo o Kentucky i ka la 13 o Aperila.
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Ua hoʻomaka ka hahau ʻana o West Virginia me kahi huakaʻi hele a me ka huakaʻi i ke kapikala e nā kumu a me nā limahana kula ma ʻekolu mau kalana ma ka hema o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO Mingo County kekahi o lākou.
"Ua ʻōlelo kekahi, 'E hele maoli ana ʻoe i ka Capitol me ʻekolu mau kalana?" wahi a Katie Endicott, ka mea i aʻo ma laila no 11 makahiki. "Ua ʻōlelo au, 'ʻAe, ʻo mākou—a ʻaʻole mākou e haʻalele."
ʻO nā ʻōlelo wānana, ʻoiai ua hahai nā kumu ma nā kalana ʻehiku i kā lākou alakaʻi i ka pule aʻe. Ma hope koke iho, i ka ʻike ʻana i ka puʻuwai, ua kāhea ʻia nā hui kula-limahana ʻekolu-West Virginia Education Association, American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, a me West Virginia School Service Personnel Association-i kapa ʻia kahi huakaʻi holo mokuʻāina ʻelua lā, Pepeluali 22-23.
I ka pane ʻole ʻana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo, ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka hele wāwae ʻelua lā i kahi hele wāwae ʻelima lā. A laila, ma ke ahiahi o Feberuari 28, ua hoolaha mai ke kiaaina i ka hooponopono ana: e loaa ana i na kumu he 5 pakeneka, e loaa ana i na limahana aupuni e ae he 3 pakeneka, e lawelawe ana kekahi hui hana me ka PEIA, ka 'inikua ola kino o ka lehulehu, a e hoi no na mea a pau. hana.
Ua haʻi aku ka Pelekikena WVEA ʻo Dale Lee i ka lehulehu i ʻākoakoa ʻia ma nā ʻanuʻu Capitol, "Ua mālama mākou i ke kuleana e kāhea aku iā ʻoe e like me ka mea e pono ai."
Akā he mau manaʻo ʻē aʻe nā kumu a me nā limahana kula. Ua hū lākou me nā oli o "55 hui!" (no nā kalana 55), “Hoʻoponopono i kēia manawa!” a "Hoʻi i ka papaʻaina!"
"Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā uniona i ka ʻaelike me ke kiaʻāina, ua ʻano huhū mākou," wahi a Ashlea Bassham, he kumu Pelekane ma Logan County. "ʻAʻole kēia no nā kumu wale nō - ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he 5 pakeneka kēia no kekahi a he 3 pakeneka no kekahi, ʻaʻole mākou makemake i kēlā manaʻo."
ʻAʻole i hilinaʻi kekahi poʻe i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki a ke kiaʻāina, a makemake lākou e hoʻoholo ʻia ka ʻaelike e ka ʻahaʻōlelo.
No laila ʻaʻole i pau ka hahau ʻana. No nā lā hana ʻehā, ua ʻākoakoa nā kumu a me nā limahana aupuni ma ke Kapitola a ma nā laina picket, oli, hīmeni, a koi aku i ka ʻahaʻōlelo e hana pono.
Ua uku ʻia. Heluhelu maʻalahi ka poʻomanaʻo ma ka Charleston Gazette, "Ua lanakila nā kumu."
"Ua lanakila ke kaua ma ke kaua lōʻihi," wahi a Leah Clay Stone o Logan High. Ua laha koke ia kaua mai ke kuahiwi a i ka waoakua.
E hui me West Virginia, Arizona, a me Kentucky kumu ma ka 2018 Labor Notes Conference, ʻApelila 6-8 ma Kikako. Manaʻo mākou e hui pū mai nā kumu o Oklahoma, i hoʻomaka e hoʻomaka i ka lā 2 ʻApelila! Ua kōkua ʻo Chris Brooks i ka hōʻike ʻana i kēia moʻolelo.
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