Umbutho wooTitshala eChicago (CTU) uye igunyazise uqhankqalazo ngesininzi seevoti zamalungu ayo, kwaye i-House of Delegates yombutho ivotele ukukhupha isaziso seentsuku ezili-10 kwiBhodi yezeMfundo, okwenza i-11 kaOktobha ibe ngumhla wokuhamba okunokwenzeka.
Ukuba ibhodi iyala ukunika isiseko kumabango ayo odederhu oluqatha, olu iyakuba lugwayimbo lwesibini lweCTU kwiminyaka emine-kodwa ngeli xesha kukho imiba yezopolitiko engaphaya kwezikolo.
USodolophu ongathandwayo uRahm Emanuel uzama ukujikisa uluntu ngokuchasene nootitshala njengoko iHolo yeSixeko isokola i-spike enkulu kubundlobongela, i ihlazo ngobundlobongela bamapolisa ngobuhlanga, kunye nokungoneliseki malunga ne-punch enye-ezimbini yokubuyiswa koqoqosho olubuthathaka kunye nokunciphisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali kunye nokunyuswa kwerhafu ebetha kakhulu abantu abasebenzayo.
Kulo mxholo, umlo we-CTU wekhontrakthi ube lilitye lokuvavanya umzabalazo obanzi wokuchasana nobungqongqo kunye nobulungisa boqoqosho nobuhlanga.
UMichelle Gunderson, igqala leminyaka elishumi elinesithathu lezikolo zaseChicago kunye nelungu leCaucus of Rank-and-File Educators, uvakalise uvakalelo lootitshala ngaphandle kwentlanganiso ye-28 kaSeptemba yeNdlu yabathunywa. “Asizanga apha ukuza kubhiyozela,” utshilo uGunderson, “kodwa sinembono yokuzimisela.”
Ngokwaphulwa kwemodeli yezoqoqosho esixekweni, abathathi-zigqibo bokwenyani baseChicago-abaphathi beengxowa-mali zothango, abagcini beebhondi kunye nee-CEO ezidityanisiweyo-bafuna ukuba imibutho yezopolitiko ezaliswe lurhwaphilizo ikhuphe imvume enkulu kubantu abasebenzayo. Ngokwembono yabaphathi, oko kuthetha ukwenza umzekelo weCTU, eyaba nobuganga bokulwa nogwayimbo lwayo luka-2012-kunye. yamisa uhlaselo luka-Emanuel olunekratshi lomanyano kwindlela yalo.
Iingxoxo ezidityanisiweyo ezidityanisiweyo zamashumi ambalwa eminyaka adlulileyo-ukunika-uthathe kwiingxoxo ngaphakathi kwesakhelo ekwabelwanayo solawulo lwezabasebenzi “ubuqabane”-abunamsebenzi apha. Abaqeshi bayenze yacaca ukuba balungiselela umzabalazo weklasi yesikolo esidala, isitayile saseChicago.
“Ndicinga ukuba ndibethelela umsebenzi wam,” utshilo umfundisi-ntsapho oye wagxothwa kwisikhundla esinye kweli hlotyeni ngenxa yokucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kwaye ophantse waphulukana nesesibini ngoku kukwindla phambi kokuba kungenelele iBhunga leSikolo seSikole. "Ekuphela kwendlela yokufumana imali eninzi kukugwayimba."
Kukho imvakalelo ebonakalayo yokujongana nentlalontle kunye nezopolitiko eChicago. Iphulo likaBernie Sanders likamongameli, kunye nomyalezo ochasayo, we-pro-socialist, ubonise ukuba kukho abaphulaphuli ngokuthatha ipesenti enye-kwaye ugwayimbo lweCTU lunokuguqula ezo mvakalelo zibe lumanyano olusebenzayo.
Yiyo loo nto iingxelo zevoti yogunyaziso logwayimbo lomanyano ngamalungu angama-28,000 eChicago Teachers Union (CTU) kumajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni kule veki.
Iilori zeendaba zikamabonwakude ziye zavela ngaphandle kwe-20 kaSeptemba yokuququzelela intlanganiso ye Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign (CTSC). Apho, amatsha ntliziyo angama-70 avela kumaqela angundoqo oluntu kunye neemanyano zabasebenzi beva amalungu eCTU echaza imiba ejongene nootitshala-phambi kokuba bahlukane babe ngamaqela asebenzayo ukuze baqalise ukwakha inkxaso yomzabalazo.
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UGUNYAZISO logwayimbo lweMANYANO luza emva kweenyanga ezintandathu imanyano yaququzelela uhambo losuku olunye ngoAprili 1, ukudibanisa umzabalazo we-CTU kunye noqhanqalazo olubanzi malunga nokuncitshiswa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukaRhulumente olubetha zombini i-K-12 kunye nemfundo ephakamileyo kunye neenkonzo zentlalontle.
Indibano ye-CTU ephakathi kwedolophu ngaloo mini yatsala kungekuphela nje amalungu emibutho kwimfundo ephakamileyo, kodwa nabafundi beekholeji kunye nesizukulwana esitsha samatsha ntliziyo asuka kumbutho weBlack Lives Matter.
Kuyacaca ukuba u-Emanuel unexhala-ngokufanelekileyo-ukuba uqhankqalazo lootitshala luza kongeza kwingxaki yezopolitiko esixekweni. Usodolophu wabona ukuthandwa kwakhe kuyehla emva kokubhencwa kwe Ukufihla ukubulawa kwamapolisa ngokudutyulwa kolutsha oluNtsundu, uLaquan McDonald-umsitho othathwe kwividiyo otsale umdla kwihlabathi liphela xa yakhutshwa ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo.
U-Emanuel ukwaphantsi koxinzelelo lokuza nesisombululo sokunyuka okubukhali kwinani lokudutyulwa okugxininiswe kakhulu kwiindawo zase-Afrika zaseMelika eNtshona nakumaPhakathi aseMzantsi.
Ngeli xesha, wahlukanisa abantu abasebenzayo kwisixeko siphela kunye nezivumelwano zabasebenzi ezinciphisa imali yomhlalaphantsi kunye nokunyusa irhafu yepropathi. Kwaye Ukuvalwa kukasodolophu kwezikolo ezingama-50 ngo-2013 basilele ukuvelisa iinzuzo zemfundo ezithenjisiweyo zabafundi abafudukela kwizikolo ezitsha-njengoko ootitshala kunye namanye amatsha ntliziyo ayeqikelele.
Isicwangciso sikasodolophu sokubuya kwezopolitiko sichanekile: Ucenga intlupheko, utyhola uRhuluneli waseRiphabhlikhi yase-Illinois uBruce Rauner ngokunciphisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lombuso kwaye utyhola i-CTU yokwala ukwenza idini.
U-Emanuel ufuna ukuba ootitshala bacuthe umvuzo osebenzayo ngepesenti ezisi-7 ngokutshintshela kubo iindleko zomhlala-phantsi–ukubuyisela umva wenkqubo yamashumi eminyaka ubudala apho izikolo zihlawula inxalenye yentlawulo yomhlalaphantsi yootitshala endaweni yokunyuselwa. Enyanisweni, ootitshala baye banyamezela ukudendwa emsebenzini kunye nokumiswa kokunyuswa kwemivuzo okusekelwe kubukhulu kunye nokuqhubela phambili kwemfundo.
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KODWA ukukwazi kuka-EMANUEL ukoyisa iCTU kusekude nokuqinisekiswa. Umbutho wezopolitiko owayekade engoyiswa owayesebenza njengoMongameli uBarack Obama oyintloko yabasebenzi ngoku usesichengeni kakhulu.
Kwintetho enkulu-hyped Septemba 22 ngobundlobongela eChicago, Isisombululo sikaEmanuel kulutsha oluMnyama yayiyinkqubo ecetywayo "yokucebisa"-kwaye kuqeshwe phantse amagosa asebupoliseni angama-1,000 ngelo xesha xa iSebe lePolisa laseChicago libonisa imbali yobundlobongela bobuhlanga.
Ngokwahlukileyo koko, i-CTU indulule inkxaso-mali yezikolo ngokuthi, okokuqala, kushenxiswe imali kwinkqubo yeRhafu yoKwandiswa kweMali (i-TIF) – ngokufanelekileyo ibe yingxowa-mali emdaka kasodolophu eqokelelwe ngokuphambukisa ingeniso yerhafu kwimfundo yoluntu ukuya kwiiprojekthi zophuhliso ezinxulumene nezopolitiko.
Ngokwengxelo kaJulayi evela kuMabhalane weCook County uDavid Orr, I-461 yezigidi zeerandi kwiingeniso zabahlawuli berhafu eziye zangena kwinkqubo ye-TIF kulo nyaka, i-$ 89 yezigidi zokunyuka kunonyaka ophelileyo. Uninzi lwaloo mali luzinikele kwiiprojekthi esele ziqhuba. Kodwa abalandeli beCTU abaye bavavanya amanani bakholelwa ukuba isixeko sinokutshintsha phakathi kwe-150 yezigidi zeedola kunye ne-200 yezigidi zeedola ngaphandle kwenkqubo ye-TIF ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zomanyano nokunye okuninzi.
Lo mbutho ukwakhuphe ingxelo, enesihloko IChicago nje: Ukulwela iSixeko esifanelwe ngabafundi bethu, njengoko le manyano isitsho, “inika iinkcukacha ngonxibelelwano olusenyongweni lwezempilo, izindlu, imisebenzi, ukwahlulwahlulwa kunye nenkxaso-mali kwimfundo” yaye “ibonisa ukuba imingeni kwizindlu, ingqesho, ubulungisa nenkathalo yezempilo inxulumene ngqo nemfundo; Izisombululo zifuna ukucuthwa komsantsa wamathuba oziswe yintlupheko, ubuhlanga nocalucalulo.”
Ngokubophelela amadabi ayo kwingxoxo-mpikiswano ebanzi malunga nekamva labafundi besikolo saseChicago-uninzi lwabo lwabaMnyama nabaseLatino kwaye phantse bonke abasebenzi-iCTU ilungiselela umzabalazo wentlalo obanzi onokunyanzela usodolophu, iBhunga leSixeko kunye indlu yowiso-mthetho karhulumente ukuza nemali yokuxhasa izikolo zethu kunye nokubonelela ngeenkonzo zentlalo ezifunekayo ngokukhawuleza kunye neenkqubo ezisekelwe esikolweni kubantu abatsha abajongene nesongelo lobundlobongela.
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U-MAYOR EMANUEL kunye ne-CPS akubona kuphela abachasi abajongene ne-CTU kulo mlo.
Urhuluneli uBruce Rauner, usozigidi-gidi owathenga ngokoqobo indlela yakhe yokungena eofisini ngoNovemba ka-2014, ikwiphulo lokucutha irhafu yenkampani, ukucutha inkcitho yentlalontle kunye nokutyumza imibutho yabasebenzi bakarhulumente.. U-Rauner uye wagxininisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwi-CTU, efuna ukuba iZikolo zikaRhulumente zaseChicago zibhengeze ukubhanga ukuze ziphelise ikhontrakthi yayo kunye ne-CTU kwaye zibeke iminyinyiva enkulu kwintlawulo kunye neemeko zokusebenza.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iinzame zikaRauner azizange ziye ndawo-isininzi seDemokhrasi kwindlu yowiso-mthetho imvimbile. Kodwa i-vetoes yakhe esongelayo ithintele ukugqithiswa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali ngaphezu konyaka, okukhokelela ekunciphiseni okukhulu kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo zentlalo.
URauner unike yonke into ebonisa ukuba uzakuzama ukungenelela xa kuthe kwakho uqhankqalazo lweCTU. Ukhuphe ingxelo egxeka uqhankqalazo losuku olunye nge-1 ka-Epreli “njengelihlazo,” echaza ukuba “abantwana bangamaxhoba kule mbonakalo ikrwada yegunya lezopolitiko. Irhuluneli inokuzama ukuya entlokweni ka-Emanuel ukuba ifune isithintelo ngokuchasene nogwayimbo okanye icele igunya leBhodi yeMfundo yase-Illinois ukuba ithathe izithili “ezisilelayo”.
U-Emanuel ngokwakhe unokuthi athathele isithintelo senkundla sokumisa ugwayimbo lwe-CTU-mhlawumbi ngesizathu sokuba ukuphuma kungabangela umcimbi "wokhuseleko". Iinzame zakhe zokukwenza oko ngeentsuku zokuvalwa kogwayimbo luka-2012 zabhanga xa ijaji, umnwe wayo kwimimoya yezopolitiko, yagqiba ekubeni ingathathi manyathelo.
Nokuba zithini na iinkcukacha, kucacile ukuba lo mbutho uza kujongana nazo zonke iintlobo zohlaselo lwezopolitiko xa kuthe kwakho ugwayimbo.
The Chicago Tribune, isasaza iibhodi zayo zabahleli ezithiye umanyano zenkulungwane ye-19, ikhuphe uluhlu lwamanqaku achasene neCTU. The Chicago Sun-Times, ekudala izithengise njengephepha lekhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ibambe i-CTU ngokunjalo-utshintsho olubukhali kwithoni ukusuka ekugubungelelweni kwayo kwedabi lika-2012.
Amalungu ambalwa e-CTU aya kumangaliswa ngokuhlaselwa kweendaba eziqhelekileyo. Kodwa uxinzelelo lokuzinza kwikhontrakthi engafanelekanga luya kuvela "kubahlobo" babasebenzi kwiDemocratic Party ngokunjalo.
Ngowama-2012, umanyano lwaba phantsi koxinzelelo olukhulu ngasemva kumanyano lwabazali, i-American Federation of Teachers (AFT), ukuba bangaqhankqalazi kwidolophu yakuloBarack Obama ngobusuku bento eyayithathwa njengolunyulo olusondeleyo lukamongameli.
Ngokukhokela kuka-Hillary Clinton phezu kukaDonald Trump ephuphumayo kugqatso lukamongameli walo nyaka, uxinzelelo luya kuba lukhulu kakhulu. Iqela likaClinton loyika ukuba ugwayimbo lwaseChicago luya kudlala kumyalezo weTrump-nomyalelo, ojolise ngakumbi kwesi sixeko.
Uxinzelelo oluvela kwiphulo likaClinton aliyi kuza kuphela ngo-Emanuel, kodwa kunye nephiko lenkululeko yokusekwa kwendawo yeDemokhrasi, apho i-CTU inobudlelwane obuqinileyo.
I-CTU ichithe kakhulu kwaye yachitha iiyure ezininzi zabantu ekuxhaseni iiDemokhrasi kwinqanaba lengingqi kunye nelikarhulumente, kuquka nowayesakuba nguRhuluneli weDemokhrasi uPat Quinn, nasemva kokuba ejike abaxhasi babasebenzi.
Umanyano wawusembindini wephulo likaChuy Garcia, umkomishinala wenqila onyanzelise u-Emanuel ukuba avote kunyulo lukasodolophu kunyaka ophelileyo. Amanani afana noGarcia, ngelixa ekhohlo lika-Emanuel, nangona kunjalo bamkele ngokuphandle i-ajenda ye-austerity kwaye baya kucinezela imanyano ukuba imodareyithe iimfuno zayo. Nditsho neProgressive Caucus yeBhunga leSixeko, ehlala ithatha imiba yeCTU, ayisebenzi.
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AMATHEMBA omanyano lwabasebenzi kwiCTU angcono. Inkxaso yootitshala, nangona kunjalo, ayiphumi kwiimanyano ngokwesiko okanye kwiChicago Federation of Labor. Uninzi lweemanyano zaseChicago zilungelelaniswe ngokuphandle okanye ngokuzolileyo noEmanuel ngethemba lokufumana imisebenzi kumalungu. Abanye bayoyika ukuze bathule.
Nangona kunjalo, i-CTU inamahlakani abalulekileyo kwezabasebenzi-kunye namandla okufumana inkxaso ebanzi ukusuka kwinqanaba lomanyano kunye nefayile.
Umbutho ophambili wecandelo likarhulumente kwilizwe lonke, i-AFSCME Council 31, iye yavelana ne-CTU, nangona iqhinga layo kwidabi lekhontrakthi kunye noRhuluneli uRauner ibikukuphepha ukungqubana, nokufuna umthetho onokuthi uvale uqhankqalazo okanye ukuvalwa. I-SEIU Healthcare, emele abasebenzi bokhathalelo lwasekhaya, idityaniswe ne-CTU kwiinkalo ezininzi. Kukwanjalo nangobunkokheli obutsha babo bobabini i-Amalgamated Transit Union yasekuhlaleni emele abasebenzi beebhasi noololiwe.
Uninzi lwale mibutho lwalumelwe kwintlanganiso yomanyano yangoSeptemba 20. Ukuba bazibandakanya ne-CTU ezitalatweni-kwaye bathathe amanyathelo obumbano ngokwabo-inokuba nefuthe elinamandla kulo mzabalazo.
Okukhona umanyano lwabasebenzi lusanda lwe-CTU, kokukhona imanyano yabasebenzi kunye namahlakani ayo iya kuba nako ukwakha inkxaso phakathi kwabazali, amaqela oluntu kunye nemibutho yezenkolo.
Zonke ezo zinto bezikho kugwayimbo luka-2012, kodwa kuya kufuneka badlale indima enkulu ngakumbi kwesi sihlandlo. Emanuel's-kwaye ngalo mbandela, iqhinga likaRauner lokoyisa iCTU lixhomekeke kubuchule babo bokudala umva ngokuchasene nootitshala. Okukhona ufikeleleko lweCTU namahlakani ayo, kokukhona amathuba okuba abe neziphumo ezincumisayo kumanyano.
UMongameli weCTU uKaren Lewis ukuvume ngokucacileyo ukubaluleka kobumbano kulo mzabalazo kwintlanganiso yeNdlu yaBameli. “Sifuna ukuba abazali bahambe nathi emgceni wokupiketha kwaye bafundise abantwana babo ngokubaluleka kokuzimela,” utshilo uLewis.
Lo moya wokulwa awumtsha. I-CTU yasekwa ngo-1937 njengokudityaniswa kweemanyano ezininzi ebezisokola ngokwahlukeneyo ngokuchasene nokuthotywa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kunye neentlawulo ezingahlawulwayo kwi-Great Depression, kubandakanywa neentshukumo ezifana nokugqogqa iibhanki. Umanyano lwabasebenzi luye lwaqhubeka ukwakha eminye iminyaka engama-30 nangona kungekho ngxoxo isesikweni.
Uqhankqalazo olubi lootitshala abaNtsundu ngowe-1969 lwakhokelela ekugxothweni kobunkokeli obungqongqo kwaye lwabhengeza ukwanda komkhosi wombutho owathi wafumana ugwayimbo olusithoba kwiminyaka eli-18. Ukwaywa kwezikolo ngoo-1960 ngabantwana base-Afrika baseMelika ngokuchasene nocalucalulo, okulandelwa kukuthontelana kootitshala abaMnyama kwiCTU, kwenze unxibelelwano oluluqilima phakathi komanyano kunye nabasebenzi ngokubanzi.
Uqhankqalazo luka-2012 lweCTU-olokuqala kwikota yenkulungwane-lubone ukufunyanwa kwakhona kwezo zithethe zokulwa. Ngoku, njengoko imanyano ijongene nomceli mngeni wayo omkhulu kumashumi eminyaka, amalungu omanyano angangena kweso siko njengoko elungiselela idabi elingaphambili.
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