To protest New York the mayor under the epidemic still push the school reopening plan, local time 3 pm, a large number of teachers, parents and students gathered in lower manhattan to hold a protest event, they with handmade coffins, guillotine and other props, asked government to put people's safety first.
According to the New York Post and other media reported on the 3rd, About 200 protest shouted "we want a safe school ", parade from the teachers' union headquarters to the Ministry of Education office in New York, Many of them are educators, parents and students. protest carried at least two large boxes that looked like coffins, It's covered with black cloth, and several hand-made shroud bags. It's worth noting, And someone made a yellow guillotine, The severed position is marked "America ".
Under the Coronavirus pandemic, New York mayor still plans to partially reopen the school system, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction among protest. They stated that the current model did not do enough in terms of security or logistics. "If the children's families or teachers are in the hospital, or even dying, they ca n' t concentrate on their homework ," said Frankie Cook, a kindergarten teacher in Brooklyn ." Moreover, schools will be like prisons. Teachers focus on health and personal safety, because a mistake can lead to life-threatening. "
Anthony Ramil, another Brooklyn educator, added that government plan did not put people's safety first. He said his colleague, Kimar Lee, died of new coronary pneumonia in May. "We have no cure, no vaccine, against Coronavirus, and I think the mayor's plan to reopen the school is unsafe ".
New York mayor bai sihao said that as long as the city's Coronavirus infection rate remains below 3%, schools will reopen in september and encourage teachers to undergo Coronavirus tests before the start of the new school year in september. Teacher union, however, objected, calling on government to adopt stricter security measures.
