IFlorida akuyona iWisconsin. Umlando weWisconsin uRobert LaFollette, i-Progressive Party, kanye nokuzalwa kwezinyunyana zabasebenzi bakahulumeni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iFlorida yaba neRosewood Massacre kanye neKu Klux Klan. Ijaji elikhulu muva nje lithole ukuthi โinkohlakalo idlangile kuzo zonke izigaba zikahulumeni.โ
UMbusi waseRiphabhlikhi u-Rick Scott usanda kusayina izinyathelo ezenza kube nzima ukuvota, ebuyisela iFlorida emuva kwedlule iJim Crow. Singesinye sezifundazwe ezimbalwa ezingenawo umnyango ozophoqelela amazinga amaholo namahora.
Naphezu kwalezi zingqinamba, amalungu obuhlakani ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme zikahulumeni eFlorida abelokhu akha izinyunyana esimweni sethu esinelungelo lokusebenza ngezinga elimangalisayo ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula. EYunivesithi yaseFlorida ukuminyana kwezinyunyana bekucishe kube ngamaphesenti angama-20 ngonyaka owedlule. Manje isingaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-40 futhi ikhuphuka ngokushesha.
Omunye umfutho obalulekile kwaba ukuhlasela kwesishayamthetho sombuso kunyunyana yabasebenzi bakahulumeni. I-Automatic Decertification Bill ibiyogunyaza noma iyiphi inyunyana yabasebenzi bakahulumeni engaphansi kwengxenye yalabo ebibamele ababhalise njengamalungu. Umthethosivivinywa oqanjwe ngokugconwayo obizwa nge-Paycheck Protection Bill ubuzokwenqabela izinyunyana ekubambeni izimali ezikhokhwayo emalini ekhokhwayo.
Yize le mithethosivivinywa ingadlulanga, iqinisekise ababezoba amalungu ukuthi abasebenzi bakahulumeni bavinjezelwe. Okubaluleke ngokufanayo empumelelweni yethu kwakuwumlando wakamuva we-United Faculty of Florida wokuvikela imisebenzi yezisebenzi ezidiliziwe, eziqashiwe nezingasebenzi.
Amakolishi ezweni lonke akubeke kwacaca ukuthi ukuhlala emsebenzini akusasho isiqinisekiso sokuvikeleka kwemisebenzi. Sigcizelele ophikweni ukuthi ukuphela kwesiqinisekiso sangempela senqubo efanele, ukuphepha komsebenzi, nokukhushulwa kwamaholo yinkontileka yezinyunyana.
Osolwazi baseFlorida State University eTallahassee bahlela ngokushesha njengaseNyuvesi yaseFlorida, njengoba kunjalo nabafundisi kwamanye amanyuvesi ethu amakhulu ocwaningo. I-Faculty emakolishi omphakathi ahlangene eFlorida yayisivele yakha amanani obulungu angamaphesenti angama-70 nangaphezulu.
(Kulokhu iWisconsin, hhayi nje kwaqondana, yayifana neFlorida: amaqembu ayisithupha abasebenzi basenyuvesi lapho avotele inyunyana kusukela uMbusi uScott Walker ethula uhlelo lwakhe lokuqeda ukuxoxisana kwabasebenzi bakahulumeni.)
Ilungu ngalinye Umgqugquzeli
Ezikhathini ezijwayelekile, othisha basekolishi bavame ukusebenza bodwa. Sifundisa izifundo zethu, sibambe amahora okusebenza, futhi senza ucwaningo ikakhulukazi njengabantu ngabanye. Umkhankaso wethu wokuhlela usisondeze eduze njengozakwethu nabafowethu nodadewethu abangabasebenzi. Umkhankaso wethu wamukele umbono wokuthi ngokufunda kontanga kancane, ilungu ngalinye lingaba umhleli.
Ngosizo lwabahleli be-NEA sinike amalungu ukuzethemba kokuvakashela amahhovisi, atolike inkontileka, akhulume emihlanganweni yomnyango ngokubaluleka kwezinyunyana.
Uthisha wethu ongcono kakhulu wayenolwazi. Sasihlangana ngokwethukela izikhathi ezimbalwa ngesonto ukuze sixoxe ngokuthi yiziphi izindawo zokuqasha ezisebenzayo nezingasebenzi. Abahleli bethu abaholayo baxhumanise ishidi lokubhalisa amavolontiya eku-inthanethi eliqinisekisa ukuthi abahleli bamalungu basakazeka kuyo yonke iyunithi yezingxoxo.
Sithole ukuthi izingxoxo zomuntu oyedwa nabangase babe amalungu zisebenze kangcono kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, siphinde sathola amalungu amasha ngokukhuluma nothisha ekupheleni kwemihlangano yomnyango. Sithole ukuthi sidinga ukushintsha amaflaya ethu olwazi nokuqasha ukuze abonise ulwazi oluhlukene lwabaqeqeshi nabasebenzi abangaqashiwe.
Sibambe โabahlanganisiโ benhlalo abangahlelekile lapho amalungu ayekwazi ukwazisana ngesimo somkhankaso futhi azipholele nje azijabulise.
Ukubophela Kwezepolitiki
Ngenxa yokuthi isishayamthetho sezwe sasiphusha umthetho omelene nabasebenzi, akuzange kube nzima ukuhlanganisa izibopho ezibalulekile phakathi kwendawo yokusebenza nezombusazwe ezinkundleni zethu zokuqasha.
Njengoba umxhumanisi wezinga nefayela wohlelo lwethu lokuhlela aphawula, โBesingqongqoza eminyango yehhovisi lobuhlakani bese siqala, 'Uyazi ukuthi uScott Walker wenzani eWisconsin? Yebo, iza naseFlorida.' Ngakho ngicabanga ukuthi ungathi nguWalker noScott nabazalwane bakwaKoch abasisiza.โ
I-Faculty yaqala ukubona inyunyana yabo ngendlela ehlukile. Kwakungekhona nje mayelana nokuxoxisana ekhempasini. Kwakumayelana nesithombe esikhulu sepolitiki yombuso neyezwe, ukuncishiswa kwesabelomali kwezemfundo, nokuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo kwabasebenzi bemboni yomphakathiโthina!
Sekuyiminyaka inyunyana yethu ixhasa amarali nemicimbi yokufundisa egxile ekutheni izidingo zabafundi bethu zibuyisela emuva kanjani ekubuyiselweni kwemali kwezemfundo. Ukukhulisa ukubamba iqhaza emkhandlwini wethu omkhulu wabasebenzi nakho kusisize ukuhlanganisa imizabalazo yethu naleyo ekweminye imikhakha yezomnotho.
Umxhumanisi wethu waphawula, โAmanye amalungu amasha ajoyine ngenxa yobumbano nabanye abasebenzi bakahulumeni. Abanye baqala ukuqonda ukuthi izinyunyana zibanika izwi kuhulumeni ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto abazikhathalelayoโhhayi nje amaholo nemihlomulo, kodwa ikusasa lezemfundo nohulumeni wethu wonkana.โ
Kubandakanya Amalungu Amasha
Amalungu ethu azinikele ekukhuthazeni abameleli e-Tallahassee ukuthi bavotele imfundo yomphakathi kanye nemithetho ephikisana nenyunyana.
Yile ndlela futhi esikhuthaze ngayo amalungu ethu amasha ukuthi abambe iqhaza ngokushesha emisebenzini yezinyunyana. Amalungu amaningi amasha athole kulula ukushayela isigele sombuso kunokuvakashela ehhovisi. Sigcizelele ukuthi yomibili le misebenzi ibalulekile ekutheni inyunyana yethu iphile.
Nakuba osolwazi behlanjalazwa njengabahlonishwayo abahlakaniphile ezindabeni zekhebula, sithole ukuthi osolwazi abaningi banomuzwa ojulile wokuhluka ngomsebenzi wabo.
Umkhankaso wethu wokuhlela unikeze abafundisi ithuba lokucabanga ngokuthi abaluleke kangakanani amandla ethu okusebenza emhlabeni. Elinye ilungu elisha enhlanganweni yabantu lithe, โNgijoyine i-UFF ngoba sikhiqiza imikhiqizo ebaluleke kakhulu emphakathini wethu: imibono yasekuqaleni, izindlela ezintsha zokucabanga futhi mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu, ukugxeka iqiniso lethu lakudala nelamanje okungenzeka kungathandwa kodwa kunesidingo.โ
Amalungu amaningi obuhlakani namanje awaziboni njengezishoshovu zabasebenzi. Kodwa ukwakha inhlangano yezinyunyana ephumelelayo kwabenza baqhubeka becabanga ngobudlelwano phakathi komsebenzi wabo kanye nezinkinga zomphakathi omkhulu ezithinta imfundo ephakeme kanye nentando yeningi.
UPaul Ortiz we-United Faculty yaseFlorida, NEA/AFT, unguprofesa ohlangene womlando kanye nomqondisi weSamuel Proctor Oral History Programme eNyuvesi yaseFlorida.
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