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Between rhetoric and reality: Evaluating the Oakland teachers’ strike

Submitted by Scott Jay on Mar 7 2019 06:04

The budget cuts immediately following the Oakland teachers' strike raise important questions about the union's strategy.

Do All Organizing Roads Lead to Bernie? A Response to Eric Blanc’s Interview on Dead Pundit Society From a West Virginia Teacher and Strike Leader

West Virginia teacher and strike organizer Michael Mochaidean argues against an interpretation of the recent wave of teachers' strikes that links them to the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign. This article was originally published by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.

Progressive experience

OLIVE MARKHAM also writes children’s books, some of which have been illustrated by her daughters.

Teacher's Dilemma

MISTER P. teaches in a London secondary modern school.

West Virginia Walkout Beats Back Neoliberal Education Bill

Submitted by R Totale on Feb 23 2019 19:11

A #55Strong Update on the Omnibus Bill Walkouts From a West Virginia Teacher. This story was first published by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.

Picket Line Lessons: The UTLA Teacher Strike

Submitted by R Totale on Feb 6 2019 21:59

Assembly of teachers, parents, and students at UCLA Community School in Koreatow

Members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra – Los Angeles who were involved in community mobilization in support of the strike and as members of UTLA provide their summary and analysis. The article highlights the community-worker nature of the strikes demands, the conditions of the settlement, the pitfalls of union leadership and labor law, as well as outlining next steps in the struggle.

LA Teachers Strike Over the Emptying Out of the City's Classroom

Submitted by AfricanPrint on Jan 26 2019 19:37

Following the six-day teachers' strike in Los Angeles, January 14-22, 2019, a look at union demands, contract results, and a union with a history of following the commands of the capitalist Democratic Party.

"The writing is on the walls": Interview with a striking LA teacher

Submitted by R Totale on Jan 23 2019 22:04

At the time of this writing, members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) have been on strike for a total of six school days. The school district for which these teachers work, Los Angeles Unified, is the second largest in the United States. Salvo, a working-class paper for the greater LA area, spoke with Claire, a member of UTLA, about why teachers are striking over much more than a simple pay raise…

Striking For The Future of Education: Interview with a Los Angeles Teacher

Submitted by R Totale on Jan 14 2019 20:00

More than 30,000 educators in the country’s second-biggest school district of Los Angeles are poised to strike Monday, January 12 for the first time since 1989. In the aftermath of the inspiring wave of teacher strikes and actions in 2018, LA teachers are preparing to fight not just for their own jobs, but to defend a vision of democratic and equitable public education against the attack from neoliberal corporate privatizers.