Strike

L.A. Teachers Showed Us How It’s Done

January 27, 2019 By Samantha Winslow, Labor Notes Strategize! Charter Schools, Strike, Teachers

Of course, wages and benefits were central to the teachers’ fight. But like many successful strikes, theirs was about something bigger—that the district should invest in public education as a public good, rather than stripping schools of their value and selling them off as parts. And because the union had lifted workers’ expectations of what they can win, members were inspired and motivated to fight. They organized themselves school by school, workplace by workplace.

If LA Teachers Strike Don’t Expect It To Stay In LA

December 30, 2018 By Ricardo Cano, CalMatters Resist! Strike, Teachers

The nation’s second largest school district is about to ring in 2019 with a teacher strike that is already reverberating in public schools across California, and could be felt by taxpayers and communities throughout the state. United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents more than 30,000 teachers and employees in the Los Angeles Unified School District, says it will strike Jan. 10—the first Thursday after students return from the holiday break—unless the district agrees to a wide-ranging list of demands on pay, support resources and working conditions.

First Charter School Strike in US History Authorized In Chicago

November 4, 2018 Rebecca Burns, In These Times Resist! Charter Schools, Chicago, Strike, Teachers

On Tuesday, teachers at 15 Chicago charter schools voted 98 percent to authorize a strike as they continue to bargain a contract with Acero Schools, the largest unionized charter network in the city. On Friday, four locations of the Chicago International Charter Schools (CICS) will take a strike authorization vote. And teachers at nine other Chicago charter networks are also in contract negotiations, and could similarly opt to take strikes votes in the coming months.

Prisoners Organizing National Strike Against ‘Modern Day Slavery’

May 6, 2018 Michael Arria, In these Times. Organize! Human Rights, Prison Industrial Complex, Strike, Worker Rights

Prisoners across the country say they are gearing up for an end-of-summer nationwide strike against inhumane living conditions and unpaid labor—or, in their words, “modern-day slavery.” The strike was announced in an April 24 press release and shared by a number of advocacy groups. According to one of the outside organizers who was contacted by In These Times, the press released was developed and written by prisoners. The strike, which is primarily being organized by the prisoners, will start on August 21 and last until September 9.

With Strike Looming, Arizona Governor Bends to Teacher Demands

April 15, 2018 By Bob Christie and Melissa Daniels, Associated Press Resist! Education, Strike, Teachers

As recently as Tuesday, a defiant Arizona governor refused to meet with teachers threatening to strike over low pay and said he was sticking with a 1 percent raise proposal. By Thursday, Republican Doug Ducey managed to scrape $274 million from the cash-starved state’s coffers to offer a 9 percent wage hike starting this fall. He’s following that with 5 percent more each in the 2019 and 2020 school years. He’s also counting the 1 percent raise the Legislature approved for the current school to call it a 20 percent overall raise. The teacher-led rebellion over low wages and funding cuts spread from its genesis in West Virginia to Arizona, Kentucky, and Oklahoma.

Kentucky Teachers Shut Down Schools Over Pensions

April 1, 2018 Travis Waldron, Huff Post Resist! Education, Strike, Workers Rights and Jobs

Public schools closed in at least 25 Kentucky counties on Friday as teachers staged a quasi-strike after legislation was passed that would overhaul the state pension system. Kentucky teachers called in sick or absent to protest the legislation, which passed mostly along party lines on Thursday night. The closures affected schools across the state, including in its two largest school districts: Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville and Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington. More than one-third of all school employees in Lexington called out of work.

Univ. Of Illinois Graduate Student Workers Strike, Occupy President’s Office

March 7, 2018 Dawn Rhodes, Chicago Tribune. Resist! Education, Strike, Wages, Worker Rights and Jobs

In a sign of escalating tensions surrounding the strike at the University of Illinois, members of the graduate student workers union in Urbana-Champaign have camped outside the university president’s office and are refusing to leave until they receive a contract to their liking. Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization walked off the job on Feb. 26 following nearly a year of unsuccessful contract talks with the administration.

West Virginia Teachers Are Now Out On A Wildcat Strike

March 4, 2018 By Kate Arnoff, In These Times Resist! Strike, Unions, Worker Rights

In a bright spot among an otherwise bleak landscape for labor, over 15,000 teachers and school support employees in all 55 West Virginia counties have been out on strike for seven days, as they and supporters from around the state continue to flood the capitol in Charleston, W.V., demanding higher pay and affordable healthcare. Bucking a deal struck between the West Virginia Education Association (WVEA) and the state government, school workers have defied both union leadership and state law, which affords them no right to strike and does not recognize their right to collectively bargain. These restrictions haven’t stopped West Virginia educators from leading what may be one of the most important labor actions in years.

West Virginia Teachers Take A Stand

February 25, 2018 Joseph Kishore, World Socialist Website. Resist! Education, Strike, Teachers, Worker Rights

More than 20,000 teachers and public school employees in West Virginia are taking a courageous stand in defense of their interests and those of the entire working class. On Friday, teachers completed the second day of a strike that has shut down schools in all 55 counties in the state. The teachers have defied threats of injunctions, fines and even imprisonment from government officials, who have declared any strike action illegal. The American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia (AFT-WV) and the West Virginia Education Association (WVEA) announced on Friday that what was originally announced as a two-day strike will be extended by at least one day, to Monday.

Physically Broken Amazon Workers Strike On Black Friday

November 26, 2017 Massimo Franchi, global.ilmanifesto.it Resist! Amazon, Strike, Workers Rights and Jobs

By Massimo Franchi for il manifesto. Amazon workers are striking in Italy, the first for the country and one of historical importance. On Black Friday morning at 5 a.m., union leaders walked out of Mpx5, the giant warehouse in Castel San Giovanni, in the heartland of logistics in the Piacenza valley. While strikes at Amazon have been organized before, in 2015 in France and Germany, the Italians decided to start theirs on “Black Friday,” an imported American term for a day dedicated to retail. The difficulty of the work required is the other major grievance of the employees. Divided into pickers, who sort the packages with scan guns, packers, who package the products, and the shipping division, the hardest task is undoubtedly that of the pickers. “After five years of this work, you’re not good for anything anymore. Many of my colleagues have left . . . "

Striking Miners Remain Resilient And Strong

October 22, 2017 William Rogers, www.leftlaborreporter.com Resist! Labor, Mining, Strike, Unions

By William Rogers for Left Labor Reporter. Idaho - After six months on strike, 250 miners at the Lucky Friday silver mine in Mullan, Idaho remain determined to continue their fight for a fair contract that protects hard-won union pay, benefits, and safety measures. In addition to maintaining a strong picket line for more than six months, the strikers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5114, have carried out an effective corporate campaign aimed putting their employer Hecla Mining on the defensive. In addition to the Lucky Friday silver mine in Idaho, Hecla owns mines in Mexico, Canada, and Alaska that mine silver, gold, lead, and zinc.

Peaceful Strikers Being Attacked By Armed Police

June 1, 2017 Esther Ojulari, www.blackallianceforpeace.com Resist! Colombia, Human Rights, Police Brutrality, Strike

By Esther Ojulari for Black Alliance for Peace. Buenaventura, Colombia - “I know you’re fighting a just cause…We go all round the country and we see people fighting just causes all the time…But this is our job…our role here is to attack, so that’s what we do.” These were the words my friend was told when he engaged in conversation the other night with an agent of the ESMAD (Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron) on the streets of Buenaventura, Colombia, in the context of the ongoing civic strike. The mainly Afro-descendant and indigenous community of Buenaventura on the Pacific Coast of Colombia has been on a civic strike now for 16 days. 16 days in which business, banks, shops and schools have been closed down and taxis and buses have stopped working to demand that the national government fulfills its basic human rights obligations to its citizens.

Strike In Buenaventura For People Centered Human Rights

May 28, 2017 Esther Ojulari, www.blackallianceforpeace.com Resist! Colombia, Human Rights, Strike

By Esther Ojulari for Black Alliance for Peace. Since the Buenaventura port was privatized in 1991, the vast majority of income generated goes straight into the pockets of private business owners from outside of the city, while the community suffers from a lack of investment and neglect. 64% of the population lives in poverty and 9.1% in extreme poverty. The child mortality rate in Buenaventura is 27.6 per 1000. The sewage system covers only 60% of the city, and only 76% receives running water. For most of the population that water arrives in homes for only a few hours a day and in some communities only a couple of times a week. The city’s public hospital was closed in 2015 leaving the population with access only to primary health care and meaning that patients often have to travel to other cities to receive adequate medical attention. Only 22% of the population have access to secondary education, and schools not only lack materials and infrastructure but resources to provide a culturally relevant education. The privatisation of the port contributed to a rise in unemployment as many of the jobs were given outsiders leaving an unemployment rate today of 62%. Much of the working population are engaged in informal labour, with lack of job security and safe working conditions.

700 New York Chemical Plant Workers Walked Off Their Jobs

May 28, 2017 Carla Javier, www.fusion.kinja.com Resist! Strike

By Carla Javier for Fusion. Seven-hundred workers walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in upstate New York one week before Donald Trump was elected president. They went on strike for more than 100 days after negotiations over a new contract stalled. A new short film called Picket Line, produced by Firelight Media and Field of Vision, documents their days and nights spent on the picket line, and the conversations they had there about the future of their jobs, and of unions.

Esther Ojulari: National Strike in Buenaventura Colombia

May 24, 2017 Esther Ojulari, blackallianceforpeace.com Resist! Colombia, Racism, Strike

Esther Ojulari for Black Alliance for Peace. The city of Buenaventura on Colombia’s Pacific coast is home to the country’s main international port through which billions of dollars of imports and exports pass every year. Since last Tuesday 16th May the community of Buenaventura (along with communities in the Chocó region of Colombia) has been on general strike demanding that the government fulfils basic human rights to water, education, health, culture, land and freedom from racism and violence. Businesses were closed, road blocks were set up at several points along the main road and peaceful protestors chanted, sang, danced and banged cooking pots to call attention to the desperate situation. On the first day along the Chamber of Commerce reported the strikes had caused up to 10,000 million pesos (about $3.5 million USD) in losses.

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