Gwero: Zolemba Zantchito
Ntchito ikuyaka mu Twin Cities. Aphunzitsi ku Minneapolis akumaliza sabata yawo yachiwiri akunyanyala, ndipo ogwira ntchito yodyeramo ali okonzeka kugwirizana nawo.
Ophunzitsa a St. Paul anayandikira kuyendanso; migwirizano inadyerana wina ndi mzake monga iwo adapanga kampeni yawo yamakontrakitala. โSt. Paul ali ndi chidziwitso, "anatero mphunzitsi wapadera wa St. Paul Jeff Garcia. "Minneapolis ili ndi mphamvu. Akwiya kwambiri.โ
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers ndi St. Paul Federation of Educators onse adalengeza February 18 kuti mamembala awo adavota kuti avomereze kunyanyala ntchito.
Mamembala a MFT adatuluka pa Marichi 8. Onyanyalawa ali m'magawo awiri okambirana: aphunzitsi a 3,000 ndi akatswiri othandizira maphunziro a 1,000 (ESPs), monga othandizira aphunzitsi.
SPFE, gulu lophatikizana la aphunzitsi 3,600 ndi ma ESPs, adakwanitsa kukulitsa chiwopsezo chake kukhala mgwirizano wamphindi womaliza.
Pafupi ndi zidendene zawo, ogwira ntchito 200 a Minneapolis Public School omwe amagwira ntchito pazakudya ndi Service Employees (SEIU) Local 284 adapereka chidziwitso chawo chamasiku 10 pa Marichi 15.
KUKANKHA KUKHALA CHOKHALA
Ma ESP m'mizinda yonseyi akulipidwa malipiro aumphawi komanso kukhala ndi magalimoto. Omenyedwawo akufuna malipiro a ESPs, pamodzi ndi ogwira ntchito zamaganizo ambiri ndi magulu ang'onoang'ono a magulu - zonsezi akuti zimamasulira mwachindunji kukhazikika ndi mwayi wophunzira kwa ophunzira.
โPalibe amene angalole aphunzitsi kuganiza kuti zimenezi nโzosafunika,โ anatero Marcia Howard, mphunzitsi ku Minneapolis kuyambira 1998. โYankho lakuti, โKoma nanga ana? ndi 'Zowonadi.'
MFT ikufunanso alangizi ochulukirapo, zipewa zonyamula katundu, ndalama zochepa za inshuwaransi yazaumoyo, ndi mfundo zothandizira ndi kusunga aphunzitsi amtundu.
Kukhazikika ku St. Paul kudzachepetsa kukula kwa kalasi, kuwonjezera alangizi atsopano, ndikukweza malipiro a ESP kwambiri. Kupambana uku kukulimbitsa kudzipereka pamizere ya Minneapolis.
"Mamembala a MFT amapeza," adatero Shaun Laden, pulezidenti wa mutu wa MFT ESP. โNgati St.
SEIU Local 284 ikumenyera malipiro apamwamba. Mamembala ake, makamaka azimayi ndi anthu amitundu, amakwera $28,000 pachaka ndipo amayenera kugwira ntchito zachiwiri kuti apeze zofunika pamoyo.
Ndipo mabungwe atatu onsewa akukumana ndi chiwopsezo cha kukhalapo kwa masukulu aboma: kusintha kwalamulo komwe kungathe kuthetsa udindo wa boma wopereka ndalama zamaphunziro aboma.
NKHONDO YAKULU
Mabungwewa ndi gawo la mgwirizano wawukulu wa mabungwe aku Minnesota omwe akuwopseza kuti amenya-kuphatikiza abusa a m'chigawo ndi masukulu (AFSCME Locals 56 ndi 2822), ogwira ntchito zachitukuko (AFSCME Local 34), ndi oyang'anira nyumba ndi alonda (SEIU Local 26).
"Panthawi yomwe chuma cha mabiliyoni chikuchulukirachulukira ndipo dziko lathu likuwonjezera ndalama zokwana $7.7 biliyoni, ndizodabwitsa kuti tidakali mkangano pomwe mbali imodzi ikuumirira kuti palibe zokwanira kuti zithandizire anthu onse," adalemba atsogoleri a mgwirizano mu mgwirizano op-ed.
"Ichi ndichifukwa chake anthu amdera lathu amakakamizika kulingalira za kunyanyala ntchito kuti alimbikitse opanga zisankho kuti amvere antchito awo ndikukambirana zachilungamo zomwe zingakwaniritse zofunikira zomwe tapereka zomwe zikugwirizana ndi zomwe tikufuna pakadali pano."
"Nthawi zonse takhala tikuyang'ana ku St. Paul kuyesa kutenga kuchokera m'buku lawo lamasewera ndi momwe akupangira mphamvu mu mgwirizano wawo," adatero Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody, chaputala cha ESP wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wa MFT.
Mโkupita kwanthaลตi, anatero Laden, โkunazindikirika kuti tinali kuchita zinthu mosiyana, koma mikhalidwe yathu ina inali yakuti kunali kwanzeru kugwirira ntchito pamodzi ndale. Aphunzitsi ku Minnesota ali m'njira zosiyanasiyana. โ
Ndipo aphunzitsi anali okonzeka kumenya nkhondo, atakumana ndi mliriwu ngati "zaka ziwiri za 'Sakusamala ngati tisiya kapena tikafa,'" atero a Greta Callahan, Purezidenti wa mutu wa aphunzitsi a MFT.
KUKONZERA-KUKONZERA
Patha zaka 50 kuchokera pamene MFT idachitika komaliza, komabe mgwirizanowu unali ndi ntchito yoti uchite.
Callahan anati: โTitadziwa kuti sitiraka ichitika, tinkachita misonkhano pamalo aliwonse ndikulola anthu kuti atulutse mantha awo. Bwanji ngati makolo satichirikiza? Nanga bwanji ngati ophunzira a maphunziro apadera sapeza zosowa zawo? Nanga abwana akabwera pambuyo panga?
"M'malo mwake ndi chiyani?" Callahan adafunsa poyankha. "Funso lija lidalimbikitsa mamembala."
Mutu wa ESP udaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito kafukufuku wamapepala (osati pa intaneti), kunyamula kuchokera kwa munthu kupita kwa munthu ngati gawo la zokambirana zomwe mamembala amafuna mu mgwirizano.
Kukonzekera kunyalanyazidwa komwe kungachitike komanso kuyang'ana kwambiri pa zofuna za ESP m'machaputala onse awiriwa kwachulukitsa umembala wa ESP ndi oposa 100.
โMukachita chinthu chimene mamembalawo amachimva mozama, amakhalapo kuti amenyane,โ adatero Laden. "Ngati tikuchita zina ngati 'Chaka chilichonse pitani mukauze aphungu anu nkhani yanu,' sangatengeke, chifukwa amachita izi chaka chilichonse ndipo zilibe kanthu."
PALIBE MASILO
Sikuti mabungwe mu mzinda uliwonse adayenera kuphunzira kugwirira ntchito limodzi, komanso aphunzitsi ndi ma ESPs adayeneranso kuthana ndi zaka zogwira ntchito mu silos mkati mwa mgwirizano womwewo.
Aphunzitsi ambiri ku Twin Cities ndi oyera; ambiri a ESPs ndi anthu amitundu.
Othandizira maphunziro amagwira ntchito ndi wophunzira payekha pazosowa zawo zamaphunziro, nthawi zambiri amakhala limodzi ndi aphunzitsi. Koma Laden anati, โndife alendo amene timagwira ntchito limodzi amene sitidziwana.โ
Pamisonkhano, mitu yonse iwiri idafotokoza za mgwirizano wamagulu. Koma kwa mphunzitsi wa zaluso wa Minneapolis Silvia Ibanez, kusiyana kwakukulu kunali kuyankhula ndi ogwira nawo ntchito.
"Kusukulu kwathu tidasonkhana, ndipo ma ESPs ena amalankhula za momwe amafunikira kukhala ndi ntchito zopitilira imodzi komanso osakulitsidwa malipiro kwa zaka zambiri," adatero. Sitinadziwe mpaka titapeza mpata wokhala pansi ndi kukambirana.
Aphunzitsi nawonso adalowa nawo gawo lotseguka la ESP - losavuta popeza magawo okambilana anali pa Zoom.
"Masukulu amagwira ntchito kuti adzipatula mwadala," adatero Laden. โPali mikangano yambiri. Classism imasewera mu izi, tsankho limasewera pamenepo, komanso momwe timagwirira ntchito ngati chigawo.
โKoma pamene anthu aphunzira zambiri ponena za wina ndi mnzake ndi kulankhulana, zasinthaโmakamaka kwa a ESP, aphunzitsi akumva akunena kuti, โNdikunyanyala ntchito kuti ma ESP akhale ndi malipiro amoyo.โโ
KUGWIRIZANA KWAMBIRI
Chiyambireni mgwirizano woyeserera, aphunzitsi a St. Paul akhala akukonzekera thandizo kwa omenyera a Minneapolis ndikulowa nawo mizere yawo asanayambe sukulu. Lamlungu loyamba la sitalaka, mamembala a SPFE adawonekera kunja kwa nyumba yomwe MFT inali kukambirana.
Thandizo lochokera kumadera ambiri lakhalanso lamphamvu. โNdili ku Roosevelt High School, ndipo mโmaลตa uliwonse makolo ndi ana asukulu amabwera kudzatitenga,โ anatero Moody-Roberson. โPali nyanja yolira malipenga. Thumba lathu la sitalaka linakula katatu patsiku limodzi.โ
Kusefukira kwa chithandizo kwadabwitsa oyang'anira, Laden adati: "Zikuwoneka kuti utsogoleri wachigawo wasokonekera, kuyesa kudziwa zoyenera kuchita."
Mgwirizano ukukulitsidwanso kuchokera ku MFT kupita ku SEIU Local 284. Aphunzitsi adawonetsa kuthandizira pamene ogwira ntchito za chakudya anali kukambirana.
'PABE CHILUNGAMO, PAPENA misewu'
Kulimba mtima komanso kukhudzika kwa mamembalawa kudayambitsa zipolowe zomwe zidasesa Twin Cities mu 2020 apolisi a Minneapolis atapha a George Floyd. โZinasonyeza aliyense amene tifunikira kulamulira miyoyo yathu, ntchito zathu, mizinda yathu,โ anatero Callahan, yemwe ndi mzungu.
Floyd anaphedwa masitepe 263 kuchokera pakhomo lakumaso kwa Marcia Howard. Howard adapuma kuti athandizire kutsogolera ntchito ya George Floyd Square, ndikusintha mphambano yomwe adaphedwa kuti ikhale malo okumbukira komanso ziwonetsero. Wabwereranso kukaphunzitsa tsopano, koma amayatsabe moto pabwalo tsiku lililonse asanayambe kapena akaweruka kusukulu.
"Aphunzitsi onse ku Minnesota ankadziwa bwino kuti zomwe zinachitika zinakhudza ophunzira athu onse," adatero. "Pa 38th ndi Chicago [George Floyd Square] timati, 'Palibe chilungamo, palibe misewu.' Aphunzitsi amanena zomwezo. Taona kuti tikhalabe olimba mpaka zofuna zathu zitakwaniritsidwa.โ
Atsogoleri a maboma ayesa kunyalanyaza zisankho zawoโmonga ndondomeko yoletsa anthu kuti asamachite zinthu zomwe bungweli komanso anthu ambiri ammudzi amatsutsa chifukwa zingachotse ana asukulu ndi aphunzitsi mโmalo mwa ufulu wachibadwidwe. Koma aphunzitsi sakugula.
Callahan anati: โNkhondo ndi yofanana. "Pamene tikumenyera masukulu athu timamenyera moyo wa Black."
Howard, yemwe ndi Black, akuvomereza. โSizinali mpaka pamene panali msonkhano ndi aphunzitsi, ena ofiira [mtundu wa SPFE] ndi ena a buluu [mtundu wa MFT], akuyenda kudutsa mlatho kupita ku St. โ adatero. Ndinalira.
"Ndikudziwa kuti ndili pantchito yosankhana mitundu komanso amuna kapena akazi. Amayembekezera kuti akazi achizungu a Kumadzulo adzamva mawu akuti 'Nanga ana? ndipo adzawagonjetsa. Koma tikumenyera dziko labwino, ndipo imodzi mwa mabwalo omenyera nkhondo ili mโmasukulu athu.โ
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