Ziwanda zina ziwiri zosaloledwa zafika ku Massachusetts! Pa Okutobala 14, mamembala a Haverhill Educators Association adavota kuti azinyanyala. Aphunzitsi a ku Malden adavota kuti azinyanyala patangopita maola ochepa.
Pambuyo pa masiku anayi, aphunzitsi a Haverhill adapambana zofuna zawo zachitetezo cha sukulu komanso kudzipereka pantchito zosiyanasiyana; omwe ali ku Malden adathetsa mgwirizano wawo ndikunyanyala tsiku limodzi.
Komiti ya sukulu ku Haverhill inali itakoka mapazi ake ndikuchoka patebulo mobwerezabwereza. Pausiku womaliza wa sitalakayo, mazana a aphunzitsi ogometsa, limodzi ndi ana asukulu, makolo, ndi aphunzitsi ochokera mโzigawo zapafupi, anaima panja pa holo ya mzinda akumaimba kuti โChitani ntchito yanuโ ndi โKonzani izi tsopano.โ
"Chomwe chinathetsa mgwirizano," atero a Deb McCarthy, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Massachusetts Teachers Association, "ndi mamembala omwe anali kunja kwa holo yamzindawu."
$ 10,000 PAMENE
Haverhill ndi Malden, kumpoto kwa Boston, ndi ena mwa mizinda yosauka kwambiri ya boma; akhala akulipira ndalama zochepa kusukulu zawo kwazaka zambiri. Malipiro a aphunzitsi ku Haverhill ndi $10,000 zochepa kuposa avareji ya Massachusetts.
Ophunzira atabwerera kusukulu kuchokera ku mliri watsekeredwa chaka chatha, panali aphunzitsi ochepera, makalasi akulu, komanso unyinji wa ophunzira omwe anali ndi nkhawa, osokonezeka, komanso akuvutika kuthana ndi momwe akumvera pambuyo pa kusokonezeka kwa mliri.
Komabe m'chaka, pamene mzinda unalandira ndalama kuchokera ku American Rescue Plan Act-ndalama zoperekedwa kwa masukulu ndi aphunzitsi-meya wa Haverhill anatenga ndalamazo za mzindawu m'malo mwake, ndikudula zopereka zake ku bajeti ya sukulu ndi $ 600,000.
Pazaka 20 zapitazi, mamembala a Haverhill Education Association adavomereza zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri za kukwezedwa kwa malipiro ndi 0 peresenti, kutsika kwambiri kumbuyo kwa anzawo m'maboma ena. Pa nthawiyi iwo anati, "Ayi."
OSAKHALA
Mgwirizano wazaka zitatu ku Haverhill umakweza malipiro 3 mpaka 4 peresenti pachaka. Imakhazikitsanso mawu oti HEA ndi chigawocho azikhazikitsa njira zolembera antchito osiyanasiyana.
Chitetezo cha kusukulu, chomwe chinali chofunikira kwambiri kwa aphunzitsi komanso mfundo yolimbikira pazokambirana, ipeza gulu loti likhazikitse ndondomeko kuti lifotokoze ndikuyankha zachiwawa kapena ziwopsezo.
Boma lidamenyera chilankhulo chomwe chikanalola kuti libwezere anthu omwe amanyanyala ntchito, koma mamembalawo adapambana ma contract omwe sangabwezere.
Ku Malden, omenyerawo adapeza ndalama zokwana $7,000 zamalipiro oyambira akatswiri komanso masabata 12 a tchuthi cha makolo kwa mamembala onse.
Iwo anagwirizananso ndi mgwirizano wakuti chigawo ndi bungweli zigwira ntchito yopezera nyumba za ana asukulu ndi mabanja awoโkuphatikizapo kulamula kuti mzindawu uletse kuchotsedwa mโnyumba mโchaka cha sukulu.
Mabungwe, mitu yonse ya Massachusetts Aphunzitsi Association (MTA), anamanga kulimba mtima mwa mwamwayi Mgwirizano wa mabungwe ndi anthu ammudzi mu Merrimack Valley.
Mgwirizanowu ukuphatikizanso mabungwe ochokera ku Tewksbury (komwe aphunzitsi adapambana kontrakiti koyambirira kwa chaka chino asanachite voti), Andover (komwe aphunzitsi adagwira ntchito mu 2020 adakana kulowa m'makalasi awo m'malo mwake. ankagwira ntchito kutali ndi nyumba za sukulu), ndi anthu ena aku America Federation of Teachers (mitu ya MTA ndi anthu aku National Education Association, NEA).
"Mgwirizanowu ndi malo omwe tikuphunzitsana kuti tisalole kuvomereza," atero a Matt Bach, purezidenti wa Andover Education Association, "kukweza malire pazofuna zathu, ndikukhala okonzeka kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zonse za gulu lathu. mphamvu yopambana.โ
Beyond the Merrimack Valley coalition, ophunzitsa ku Brookline, kumwera kwa Boston, anapambana sitalaka yosaloledwa mu Meyi. Aphunzitsi ku Dedham anamenya ndipo anapambana mu 2019. Amene ali ku Belmont anali okonzeka sitalaka chaka chino asanakhazikitse mgwirizano wopambana.
Mu Seputembala pambuyo pa msonkhano wa apulezidenti onse a MTA, oimira ochokera ku Brookline, Dedham, Belmont, ndi Tewksbury adatsogolera msonkhano wokonzekera sitalaka.
Ndipo posachedwapa mamembala ochokera ku Haverhill, Malden, Belmont, Brookline, ndi Tewksbury anaitanidwa ku msonkhano waukulu wa mgwirizanowu ku Worcester, kumene akukonzekera kampeni yawo ya makontrakitala, kuti akambirane za momwe adapangira kampeni yawo ya makontrakitala ndikuchita nawo ntchito yawo. -okonzeka.
"Mawuwa anali odabwitsa," Purezidenti wa Brookline Educators Union a Jessica Wender-Shubow adatero. โPakhala kusintha kwakukulu mโmaganizo. Tsopano aliyense anamvetsetsa kuti izi sizinali zokopa, koma za mphamvu. "
TSEGULUKA ZAMBIRI
Mabungwe aku Haverhill ndi Malden adapempha osati mamembala okha, komanso anthu ammudzi kuti awonetsetse zomwe zikuchitika. Misonkhano yokambirana inali yodzaza ndi mamembala, aphunzitsi ochokera kumadera ena, ndi anthu ammudzi. Aliyense adawona kusalemekeza komwe chigawo chinawonetsa mamembala.
Ku Malden, Lamlungu pambuyo pa mavoti ovotera komanso mamembala asanatuluke Lolemba, Purezidenti wa NEA Becky Pringle adalowa nawo pazokambirana ngati wowonera chete.
Zomwe zidatsogolera ku Haverhill zinali zaka zisanu, adatero Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa HEA, Barry Davis. Zinayamba pomwe aphunzitsi adaganiza zotengera ndalama zochepetsera ndalama ndikukana kuvomereza kuti kulibe ndalama zothandizira masukulu. Kupyolera mu zokambirana zambiri pawokha, adakulitsa ziyembekezo za mamembala pa zomwe angafune.
Zaka zitatu zapitazo mgwirizanowu unatha kupambana kukweza-kuchepa, koma kuposa momwe unalili zaka zambiri.
Koma chaka chino, "patatha pafupifupi magawo 10 zidawonekeratu kuti chigawocho sichikufuna kuchita nafe," adatero Davis. โPamene anabweretsa loya woganyula mfuti amene ntchito yake inali kudodometsa ndi kuchedwetsaโamene anati, โLandirani zinthu zimenezi ndipo sangalalani nazoโโtinati, โTatopa nazo.โโ
Loya woimira Komiti ya Sukulu ya Haverhill ndi Komiti ya Sukulu ya Malden, David Connolly, akudzilengeza kuti akhoza kupereka "kupewa mgwirizano."
Iye wasankhidwanso kuti aimire boma mโmaboma asukulu amene aikidwa pansi pa ulamuliro wa bomaโkumene antchito ataya ufulu wokambirana nawo.
'OPHUNZIRA KWA APHUNZITSI'
Mu Seputembala, ophunzira 200 adatuluka ku Haverhill High School pothandizira aphunzitsi awo. Ophunzirawo adalumikizana kudzera pagulu la Instagram lotchedwa "Students for Teachers: Haverhill."
โAphunzitsi athu akhala akutithandiza pa maphunziro athu onse,โ anatero Sheeba Nabiryo, mkulu wapasukulu yasekondale, โndipo pamene komiti ya sukuluyo silemekeza aphunzitsi, saona ana asukulu kukhala ofunika.โ
Komiti ya pasukuluyi komanso meya adawonetsa kuti sitirakayi ndi yolemetsa kwa anthu. Koma "komiti ya sukulu ndi meya sadziwa momwe anthu amderali alili okonda," adatero Nabiryo pamsonkhano wapamasitepe a holo yamzindawu panthawi ya sitiraka.
โTikabwerera kusukulu kontrakiti itatha, tidzabwereranso kusukulu zomwe zili ndi zida zokwanira kutisamalira komanso kutipatsa zomwe tikufuna.
ZOYENERA ZOYENERA VS. KODI MALAMULO NDI CHIYANI
"Massachusetts imakonda kudzifotokoza ngati dziko lopita patsogolo," Wender-Shubow adauza msonkhano ku Malden.
"Koma dziko lomwe likunena kuti ogwira ntchito sangaganize zosiya kugwira ntchito limodzi atasainira ntchito, ndiye kuti dzikolo lilibe ufulu wonena kuti likupita patsogolo. Sizinganene kuti ndi demokalase yeniyeni. "
Mgwirizano ku Malden udakhazikika popanda chigawocho kulipiritsa chindapusa. Koma ku Haverhill, kuti masukulu atsegulidwe, bungweli lidavomera kulipira chigawocho $250,000 pazifukwa zomwe zidadziwika kuti ndi "zambiri zamtengo wapatali zokhudzana ndi sitiraka," komanso chindapusa cha $ 110,000 chifukwa chokana kubwerera kuntchito. analamula kubwerera. Madola zikwi makumi asanu a chindapusacho adzagwiritsidwa ntchito kukhazikitsa maphunziro kwa omaliza maphunziro a Haverhill omwe amapita ku makoleji aboma.
A MTA adalamulidwanso kukana sitirakayo ndipo adakana, pamfundo zake, kutero. Khotilo linapereka chindapusa kwa MTA, nayonso, $110,000 chifukwa chokana lamuloli.
Ngakhale izi ndi zindapusa zazikulu, palibe amene ndidalankhula naye adakhumudwa.
"Nthawi ina, uyenera kusankha pakati pa kuchita zabwino ndi kuchita zomwe zili zovomerezeka," adatero Davis. "Tinasankha chomwe chili choyenera, ndikuyimira ophunzira athu."
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