Umthombo: Inyaniso
UCarlos Cruz wayehlawula i-$1,550 ngenyanga ukuze aphile kwigaraji-studio ye-750-square-foot-insulation eSanta Cruz ngelixa efumana umvuzo we-18,000 yeedola ngonyaka njengomncedisi wokufundisa wabafundi abaphumelele kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eSanta Cruz (UCSC). Wayesele egqibo ngena ematyaleni. Ngokufanelekileyo, ngoNovemba, wazibandakanya kwiphulo elikhulayo leeNdleko zokuPhila kwikhampasi ye-UCSC.
Cruz, isizukulwana sokuqala esiphandle saseChicano Ph.D. umfundi kwiSebe lezeMbali, ngoku kuphela komfundi onesidanga kumawakawaka abathathi-nxaxheba kwiphulo loLungiso lweNdleko lokuPhila ojongene nokunqunyanyiswa eyunivesithi. Iyunivesithi kunye neengxelo zamapolisa zimthatha "njengenkokheli," utshilo uCruz Thunti, “ngokungathi abantu abanalo ukuzimela geqe. Ngokungathi abantu balindele nje umntu ukuba abaxelele ukuba benze ntoni.”
Njengoko iingxaki ziqhubeka, uthi "uphakathi kweendawo" - engenazindlu ezikhuselekileyo - ngexesha lo bhubhani.
Ngomhla we-23 kaNovemba, uSekela-Chancellor odibeneyo uSue Matthews uthembele ekubekweni kweliso lwamapolisa kunye neengxelo zokuxhasa ukunqunyanyiswa kukaCruz iminyaka emibini. Isigqibo sikaMatthews sichasene nesindululo seBhodi yokuziPhatha yeKhampasi, ebixhomekeke kubungqina beeyure ezili-11 kubafundi abathweswe izidanga kunye nefakhalthi. Izityholo ezichasene noCruz zazibandakanya ukuziphatha kakubi, ukuthintela kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwindibano engekho mthethweni. Kwisigqibo sikaMatthews, wabhalela uCruz esithi, “Kwiimeko ezininzi ibhodi [yabafundi] yafumanisa ukuba awunguye wedwa obekek’ ityala ngolwaphulo-mthetho owawubandakanyeka kulo yaye ngenxa yoko ikufumanise unetyala. Incwadi yeSikhokelo soMfundi ayiluboneleli olo xanduva ngezityholo oye wabekwa zona ixhomekeke ekubeni ububekek’ ityala kusini na ngeziganeko obubandakanyeke kuzo.”
I-UC Student-Workers Union, i-UAW 2865 iphendule kwisigqibo sika-Matthews kwi-imeyile, ibanga ukuba “isusa nawaphi na amathandabuzo okuba ikhowudi yokuziphatha yabafundi asiyonto ingaphaya kwesikhali kumkhosi wengcinezelo wabalawuli.” Iyunivesithi izirhoxisile iintlawulo ngokuchasene nomququzeleli omhlophe abajongene nezityholo ezifanayo.
Xa kuqhagamshelwana naye ukuze ahlomle ngu Thunti, uMatthews wathi, “Andikwazi ukugqabaza okanye ukuphendula nayiphi na imibuzo ephathelele lo mbandela kuba iFERPA [uMthetho Wamalungelo Emfundo Nobumfihlo Bentsapho Ka-1974] uyandithintela ekuchazeni inkcazelo engomfundi ongekhoyo kwiimeko ezithile.” Matthews ubhekise Thunti kwiofisi yezosasazo yeyunivesithi, eyanikela la magqabaza: “Nabani na okholelwa ukuba uye waphathwa ngendlela engalinganiyo angafaka ingxelo kuthi. iqela eliphendula intiyo/elinomkhethe, I-Ofisi yoBulungisa noKhuseleko oluLinganayo, okanye ngesikhalazo somfundi. Ikhampasi yethu isebenza nzima ukuxhasa abafundi ukusebenzisa amalungelo abo okuthetha ngokukhululekileyo. Uninzi loqhanqalazo lwabafundi kunye noqhanqalazo lwabasebenzi kwikhampasi yethu alubangeli nakuphi na ukwaphulwa koMgaqo wokuZiphatha waBafundi. Inkqubo yokuziphatha kwabafundi iqala kuphela xa kutyholwa ngokunyhashwa, ngelo xesha sinyanzelekile ukuba siphande kwaye silandele inkqubo yethu ukuze sixhase amalungelo akhe wonke umntu kuluntu lwethu lwe-UCSC. "
Ekuphenduleni isigqibo sokumisa ukumiswa kukaCruz iminyaka emibini, abaxhasi abaququzelela phantsi kwe-hashtag #HandsoffCarlos babambe umboniso wengxolo kwindlu kaChancellor Cynthia K. Larive ngo-8 ekuseni ngoLwesithathu. UCruz, ofake isibheno kwesi sigwebo, uthi bebemalunga nama-45 abantu abebekho. Benza ingxolo, bamamela izithethi nomculo, baza batshotshozela ecaleni kwendlela. Ababonisi baphinde baxhoma ibhanile ebhalwe “Cindy = Racist” kwisango eliya kwikhaya likaChancellor Larive.
Thunti uqhagamshelane noChancellor Larive, kodwa akazange aphendule kwizicelo zokuphefumla ngexesha lokushicilela.
Amadabi adlalwa e-UCSC luphawu lomzabalazo omkhulu. Ukusabela kwimigaqo-nkqubo yeyunivesiti ye-neoliberal kunye nezindlu ezingafikelelekiyo ngokwandayo, ulungiselelo lwabasebenzi abaphumelele izidanga luye lwaqhuma kule minyaka idlulileyo.
Kwiflaya kaMeyi exhasa i-Cruz, Sihlawule Ngakumbi kwi-UCSC, iqela labafundi abaphumeleleyo abaququzelela iNdleko yoLungiso lokuPhila, wabhala, “Kuyabonakala ukuba abalawuli beYunivesithi ababoni kuphinda-phindwa ukuqesha aba bantwana babazali basemzini njengemiqondiso 'yeyantlukwano' ukuze bafumane iziqinisekiso zabo eziqhubekayo, ngelixa kwangaxeshanye bevelisa iikhowudi zolwaphulo-mthetho ngobuhlanga ngokubeka bonke ubunzima bezixhobo zabo zokohlwaya."
ULarive unamandla okulahla iintlawulo zikaCruz nangaliphi na ixesha.
UCruz uthi eli phulo alikho ngaye kuphela; imalunga nokwenza kube lulwaphulo-mthetho ubutshantliziyo babafundi kunye nokungavisisani kwezopolitiko. Kwaye imalunga nokuvula indlela yokuba abantu abaNtsundu, abaBrown kunye naboMthonyama ababehleleleke kwixesha elizayo bathathe inxaxheba kumzabalazo wokufikelela kwimfundo efikelelekayo.
Le mpikiswano yabasebenzi abaphumeleleyo yavela ngoNovemba, xa uMbutho wabaFundi abaDanga i-UCSC waphembelela ulawulo lweNdleko yokuPhila yoLungiso olongezelelweyo. $ 1,412 ngenyanga, ibalwe ngokusekwe kwimarike yezindlu edume kakubi kaSanta Cruz. NgoDisemba, ngaphandle kokufumana nayiphi na iminyinyiva, abafundi abaphumeleleyo baye kugwayimbo lokuhlelwa. Baye babamba i-12,000 lamabanga aphantsi, kodwa abaphathi basala ukudibana. Nangona ikhontrakthi yemanyano ye-UAW iqulethe igatya elithi "akukho lugwayimbo", abafundi baye "kugwayimbo lwasendle" (isenzo esenziwa ngabasebenzi ngaphandle kwesigunyaziso seenkokeli zabo zombutho) ngoFebruwari 10, emva kokuba uChancellor Larive ethumele. i-imeyile ezoyikisayo zoluleko nge-27 kaJanuwari.
Kangangeeveki, abaqhankqalazi badibana nenkohlakalo yamapolisa, ngoku ka abafundi abanezidanga. Ukongeza bajongana ubuncinane 17 ukubanjwa ngobundlobongela, kwaye babekwe esweni kunye izixhobo zomkhosi-grade, Vice umbiko. Utshilo uCruz show wajoliswa ngamapolisa, echaza ukuba nguye wasondela kumgca wokupiketha ligosa elimchonge ngegama lakhe lokuqala, eliphakathi nefani, kunye nomhla wokuzalwa. Abagwayimbi baququzelela kunye nabasebenzi bokutya ukuze bathathe iintambo iiholo zokutyela kunye neendlela ezivaliweyo.
Iphefumlelwe yi-UCSC, zonke 10 iikhampasi UC baye basungula awabo amaphulo oLungiso lweNdleko lokuPhila ngoFebruwari.
NgoFebruwari 28, UCSC ibhengeze ukupheliswa yabafundi-abasebenzi abangama-54. Ekugqibeleni, bebonke babengabafundi abangama-82 abangabasebenzi zixothwe okanye uthintelwe ukubamba amanqaku. Uqhankqalazo lwaphela ekupheleni kuka-Epreli, xa abanye abafundi "bakhweba" (bathatha imisebenzi kubadlali abagxothiweyo ngaphambili) kwaye - besaba ubungozi bomsebenzi - abanye abahlaseli bawushiya umzabalazo, ngokutsho kweCruz.
Kuzo zonke iinyanga ezizayo, iyunivesithi ibambe iindibano zoluleko ezichazwe liqela labafundi e-UCSC njengesebenzisa “ulwimi olunobuhlanga"Kwaye"Ukusebenzisa amagama afana 'nobundlongondlongo' okanye 'ukusongela' ukuchaza abantu bebala. "
Ngo-Agasti, i-UCSC yalungisa isimangalo kunye ne-UAW 2865 ebandakanya ukubuyiselwa kwakhona yabancedisi bokufundisa. U-Cruz uthi uyakwazi ukusebenza ngelixa kusalindelwe ukuhlaziywa kokunqunyanyiswa kwakhe.
Amadabi adlalwa e-UCSC luphawu lomzabalazo omkhulu. Ukusabela kwimigaqo-nkqubo yeyunivesiti ye-neoliberal kunye nezindlu ezingafikelelekiyo ngokwandayo, ulungiselelo lwabasebenzi abaphumelele izidanga luye lwaqhuma kule minyaka idlulileyo. Ngaphandle kokutyhalwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kubaphathi beyunivesithi, imibutho yabafundi abaphumeleleyo iye yaseka kwiYunivesithi yaseBrown, kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York, kwiYunivesithi yaseHarvard nakwezinye iindawo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo.
Abafundi abasebenza kwezinye iiyunivesithi ezininzi ngaphaya kwe-UCSC nabo baye bagwayimba. KuDisemba ophelileyo eHarvard, abafundi abathweswe izidanga kwi-Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers baye bagwayimba phantse iiveki ezine bafuna imbuyekezo enobulungisa, ukhathalelo lwempilo olwaneleyo, kunye nenkqubo ezimeleyo yokukhalaza yomntu wesithathu ekugwebeni izikhalazo zeSexual Harassment kunye nocalucalulo, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekubeni ikhontrakthi yomanyano uninzi lweemfuno zabo zifezekisiwe kulo June.
NgoSeptemba 8, uMbutho wabaSebenzi abaphumeleleyo kwiYunivesithi yaseMichigan waqhubeka ugwayimbo ngemfuno eyodwa yokuthotywa kwezixhobo kunye nokunciphisa inxenye yamapolisa ekhampasi, phakathi kweminxeba ecacileyo ngakumbi yovavanyo lwe-COVID-19 kunye nokufundisa okude. Imanyano, nangona kunjalo, ivotele ukuba luphelise uqhankqalazo luxhasa ukuvunyelwa okungephi ngoSeptemba we-16 emva kokuba iyunivesithi igrogrisa ngokuphindezelwa ngokusemthethweni.
I-UCSC mhlawumbi iphendule ngeyona ndlela ndlongondlongo ngenxa yemo yogwayimbo. Kodwa, kulandela umboniso wamva nje wengxolo, iphulo le-UCSC lokuPhila lokuLungisa iNdleko lokuPhila alilibali malunga neqabane labo elicinezelweyo. Amalungu akhuthele khuthaza abantu baqhagamshelane nabalawuli be-UCSC ukubonisa inkxaso yabo edibeneyo ye-Cruz.
Kwicala likaCruz, ukuba isibheno sakhe asiphumelelanga, akaqinisekanga ukuba uya kubuyela kwi-UCSC. Unomdla kwiintlobo zemveliso yolwazi ngaphandle kwenkqubo yeyunivesithi.
“Lo mba uphela wokuba 'awunakufumana umsebenzi, ukuba awunalo olu hlobo lwesidanga'… uxhasa ubungxowankulu,” uxelela. Thunti. Ngenxa yeso sizathu, uthi, ngoku uphupha ngenkqubo yemfundo engahambelaniyo nobukapitali, ebuza, “Iya kukhangeleka njani? Kuya kuthetha ntoni oko kuthi?”
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