Othisha nezinyunyana zabo baphume ngoMeyi Day kulo nyaka e-St. Paul, Minneapolis, Oakland, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Chicago, naseSeattle. Babambe ukufundisa ezikoleni nasemakhethini ngaphandle, futhi bajoyina imibhikisho yedolobha lonke ngokubambisana nemiphakathi yabokufika.
Othisha basePhiladelphia babefuna ukukhombisa ubumbano ngezindikimba zosukuโkodwa futhi benze isitatimende edolobheni mayelana nomzabalazo wabo wenkontileka. Sebehlale iminyaka emine ngaphandle kwenkontileka neminyaka emihlanu benganyuselwa imali. Bake babhekana nobunzima bokuvalwa kwezikole, ukubanjwa kwezitebhisi nemizila esikalini sokuhola, ukudilizwa kwabahlengikazi bezikole kanye nabeluleki, kanye nokwenziwa kwangasese kothisha ababambele. Ibhodi lesikole elijutshwe nguhulumeni lize lazama ukuhoxisa inkontileka yalo, yize izinkantolo zakuchitha.
Ngakho-ke, ukudala ingcindezi esifundeni, iqeqebana lothisha lahlela owalo umbhikisho. โEkugcineni sesithatha isinyathelo esithile, ngemva kweminyaka emihlanu singenzi lutho olutheni,โ kusho uTom Quinn, uthisha wesikole samabanga aphezulu esikhulu kunazo zonke edolobheni, lapho othisha abangaphezu kwengxenye bathatha khona โusuku lomuntu siquโ ngoMeyi Day.
I-Philadelphia Federation of Teachers enamalungu angu-11,000 ayizange isigunyaze isenzo. Esikhundleni salokho bekuyiqembu lezikhundla, i-Caucus of Working Educators eneminyaka emithathu ubudala, eyafaka othisha abangama-400 bezikole ezingama-24 ukuthi bayeke umsebenzi bajoyine uchungechunge lwemisebenzi yoSuku lukaMeyi. Lokhu bekuhlanganisa umhlangano webanga leshumi ekuseni kanye nerali ekomkhulu lesikole, ukujoyina uSuku ngaphandle kwemashi yabokufika, nokudlulela esimisweni esisemthethweni senyunyana ye-PFT esikoleni samabanga aphansi.
Lesi sinyathelo ngokuqinisekile sakunaka isifunda. Ibike ngesexwayiso esiphezulu sokungabikho futhi kwadingeka ukuthi inikeze amabhonasi engeziwe kwababambele ngalolo suku.
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Othisha babahlele kanjani abantu abaningi kangaka abasebenza nabo ukuthi beqe umsebenzi beyohlangana eCity Hall? Bagxile ezingxoxweni zomuntu oyedwa, bezakhela eyabo inhlolovo yokuxoxisana njengesiqalo sengxoxo. Inhlolovo icele othisha ukuthi bakhethe izindaba zabo ezinhlanu eziphezulu zenkontileka, bachaze ukuthi kungani indaba yokuqala ibaluleke kangaka, futhi bahlonze ukuthi iyiphi inkinga yezenhlalo ethinta kakhulu imiphakathi yezikole zabo.
Othisha baphinde babuzwa ukuthi yiziphi izinhlobo zezenzo abazimisele ukuzenza. Abahleli bamangala ngemiphumela: othisha abaningi bahlole ibhokisi ukuze baphuthe usuku lomsebenzi. Eqinisweni, kwezingu-10 ongakhetha kuzo, amaphesenti angama-70 abathatha inhlolovo esikoleni sikaQuinn aklelise lokhu njengokukhetha kwabo okuphezulu.
Lapho uJessica Way ebona ukusabela okufanayo esikoleni ayefunda kuso, iFranklin Learning Center, waqaphela, โHhawu, abantu bacasuke kakhulu kunalokho ebesikuqaphela,โ kusho uWay, โfuthi kuningi abazimisele ukukwenza.โ
Ngokulandelayo, ezikoleni eziningana lapho inhlolo-vo yayibonise isithakazelo, othisha bavota futhi banquma ukuba nengxenye โOsukwini Lokumelaโ lwango-May 1 olwaluhlelwe yikhokhasi. Abagqugquzeli bomcimbi baye kwezinye izikole ukuze bathole othisha abaningi abazongenela, kwadingeka ukuthi baqinise ukuzimisela kothisha ngemuva kokujikijelwa yinyunyana.
Uthisha ngamunye uvunyelwe izinsuku ezintathu zomuntu siqu ngonyakaโfuthi isifunda sase sivumile ukuthi othisha banelungelo lokusebenzisa izinsuku zabo zezepolitiki, ngemuva kokuthi abesifazane abasebenza ezikoleni ezimbili zamabanga aphezulu bamemezele ngoMashi ukuthi batelekile njengengxenye yezwe. "Usuku ngaphandle kowesifazane" imibhikisho.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, inqubomgomo yesifunda ithi ngemva kokuba amaphesenti angu-10 abasebenzi esikoleni esithile beyekiwe, kusekundleni kathishanhloko ukuthi uyakuthethelela yini ukuqhubeka nokulova. Njengoba izikole ezibambe iqhaza bezilindele izinombolo zokuyekwa eziphakeme kakhulu kunalokho, amalungu adlule emiphumeleni engase ibe khona: ukungabikho kwesikole okunezaba noma ngaphandle kwesizathu sokungaholi.
NgoMeyi 12, unsumpa wathumela i-imeyili othishanhloko, ebayalela ukuthi babhale usuku lokuvala ucingo ngoMeyi 1 njengosuku olungaholile kulabo abahoxa ngemuva kokuthi izikole zabo zifinyelele u-10%. Kepha ngemuva kokuthi abalandeli bekhokhasi bebhikishe ngezingcingo, ama-imeyili, nezinkundla zokuxhumana, isifunda sahoxa kancane. Manje isishiyela othishanhloko isinqumo.
UMKHANKASO OSUKA NGEZANSI
Abasebenzi bezinyunyana kanye nezikhulu bazame ukuyekisa amalungu ukuba abambe iqhaza, beveza ukuthi umthetho wasePennsylvania uhlanganisa nezijeziso zeziteleka zothishaโothisha bangalahlekelwa amalayisensi abo, futhi isifunda singafaka inkontileka enhlanganweni. Kodwa kwacaca kusukela ngosuku lokuqala ukuthi lesi akusona isenzo esisemthethweni, esigunyazwe yinyunyana.
Kungani othisha behlela usuku ngokwabo? Amalungu akhononda ngokuthi ukuxoxisana kwenzeka ngaphandle kweminyango evaliwe, futhi athola ulwazi oluncane kakhulu mayelana nenqubekelaphambili. Amalungu e-Caucus ahambela imihlangano yesigungu esiphezulu ukuze athole izibuyekezo angazitholaโkodwa ngokuvamile afunda okwengeziwe ephephandabeni, lapho uMkhandlu Wokuguqula Izikole oqokwe yisifunda uvame ukuputshuza imininingwane yezingxoxo.
Ngakho-ke banquma ukwenza umkhankaso wenkontileka ukuze baphushele uxhaso oluthe xaxa lwezikole zasemadolobheni, futhi badudule isifunda ukuba sihlehle ezimfuno zaso zokuncishiswa kokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nosuku olude lwesikole nonyaka.
Bakhathazekile ukuthi inyunyana yabo ingase ihlale iphansi kakhulu ekulangazeleleni kwayo ukuthola isivumelwano. Selivele selinikeze izibonelelo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nezimpesheni. Izimfuno zekhokhasi zihlanganisa isikhathi sokufunda ukuze amalungu abe nesikhathi sokubuyekeza noma yiziphi izivumelwano ithimba lezingxoxo eliza nazo.
โAngicabangi ukuthi inyunyana isizakala ngawo wonke ubuhlakani, amandla, nemibono amalungu anayo,โ kusho uQuinn.
Ngokuhola kusukela ngemuva kwegumbi, izishoshovu zilandela imodeli ye-Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators, ehlele umkhankaso wenkontileka kusukela ngezansi endleleni yayo yokuwina ubuholi be-Chicago Teachers Union.
Izishoshovu zikaPhilly zinethemba lokubeka isibonelo esazo ngokufakazela ukuthi ukubandakanya amalungu nokuthatha isinyathelo kuthola imiphumela. "Isimilo siyehla impela," kusho uCatherine Kella, obuye afundise eFranklin. Isenzo sikaMeyi Day โsiphakamise abantu ngempela.โ
Into eyodwa ebingekho ohlelweni lwenyunyana, i-Way added, empeleni ukuthola umqondo walokho amalungu azimisele ukukwenza. "Uze ubuze, awazi." Lesi yisifundo esihle kubo bonke abahleli.
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