Picket Line Lessons: The UTLA Teacher Strike
Submitted by R Totale on Feb 6 2019 21:59
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.
Citizens for better science
The left should advocate for free access to not only scientific literature and data but also the means of production of science.
La grève des écoliers de Stepney
Un compte rendu court à propos de la grève par 800 élèves à Stepney, dans l’est de Londres le 27 mai 1971, qui a réussi à obtenir le retour d’un professeur qui avait été licencié pour avoir publié un livre de poésies écrites par les enfants.
Teacher Strikes Show Social Movements the Way Forward
Michael Reagan of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation on the lessons that can be learned from the current wave of education workers' struggles in the US.
Gambia: April 10, 2000 - I remember…
Submitted by Mike Harman on Apr 10 2018 19:12
First-person account of the massacre of school students who were protesting the fatal torture of one school student by firefighters and the rape of a 13 year old girl by a soldier.
Oklahoma and Kentucky: Tens of Thousands On Strike
Submitted by R Totale on Apr 3 2018 20:29
Today, tens of thousands of teachers and school staff, joined by supporting community members, parents, and students, walked off their jobs across Oklahoma and Kentucky, inspired by the historic West Virginia teacher’s strike, which saw masses of teachers across the state defy union bosses and government officials. This report first appeared on It's Going Down.
Mass wildcat strike by Kentucky teachers
Submitted by Mike Harman on Mar 30 2018 12:04
Teachers in Kentucky are on wildcat strike today with at least eight school districts closing schools due to lack of teaching staff.
