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Skip Target For Back-To-School Shopping, Teachers Tell Parents

August 29, 2026 Brooklyn Crawford, People's World. Resist! boycott, ICE, Immigrant Rights, School, Target, Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in collaboration with the AFL-CIO, has launched a nationwide campaign calling on teachers, parents, and communities to boycott Target for back-to-school shopping. The union cited Target’s refusal to condemn ICE for its illegal assaults on communities across the country over the past year, particularly in Minneapolis, where January’s “Operation Metro Surge” led to the murders of two people, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, by federal agents. “We gave Target ample time to stand with the communities in which they operate and help their neighbors,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

Great Victory For East Los Angeles Families: Extera Charter Out!

August 24, 2026 Fight Back! News. Resist! Charter Schools, Los Angeles, Public Education, Teachers

Los Angeles, CA – The start of the new school year brought good news in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). At the Breed Street, 2nd Street and Eastman Avenue Elementary Schools, Extera charter school has finally moved out. For years, Extera charter school had occupied space inside the three schools. This co-location status led to Extera taking over classrooms, libraries, auditoriums and playgrounds during the school day, forcing out the public school students and staff. This also led to lower enrollment in public schools.

Reflections From A Teacher On Labor Notes 2026

July 4, 2026 Emma Lee, Left Voice. Organize! Education, Labor Movement, Schools, Teachers, Unions

This year’s Labor Notes conference was set upon the backdrop of important battles of class struggle within the U.S. and around the world — and in every struggle, educators have been on the front lines. From the United Kingdom to Canada to Puerto Rico to the Spanish state, reflections on and connections to many of these experiences were brought by educators at UCORE and Labor Notes. At UCORE, Eduardo Lozano, a member of the CGT in Barcelona, shared his experience as part of the strike in Catalonia and Valencia of over 100,000 educators fighting for better resources and working conditions, smaller teacher-to-student ratios, police out of schools, and classes taught in Catalan.

They Didn’t Wait: California Teachers Strike And Win

June 10, 2026 Danielle Smith, Labor Notes. Resist! California, Education, Solidarity, Strikes, Teachers, Unions, Worker Rights

Tens of thousands of California educators joined forces statewide, wagering that they could win more by working together. The result was a wave of strikes this school year that defied narratives of austerity and won better funding. “Our districts are different, but our stories are the same,” said Gina Gray, a Los Angeles high school English teacher who served on her union’s extended bargaining committee. “It’s exciting to see how up and down the state, locals are really standing up. Educators everywhere are saying: Enough is enough. Invest in public education the way it deserves to be.”

Education Strikes Across Spanish State Demonstrate Power Of Self-Organization

June 4, 2026 Pola Posen, Left Voice. Organize! Education, Spain, Strike, Teachers

On Wednesday, the yellow shirts of hundreds of teachers shone in the scorching Catalan sun as they flooded onto the AP7, a key highway that connects Barcelona to France and the rest of Europe. As far as the eye could see, trucks slowed to a halt: the Catalan general education sector strike had successfully blocked the movement of goods along the highway. The strike extended to every part of the education sector: even private summer camps were shut down by the strike. Mobilizations burst onto the streets — across the region, tens of thousands of teachers and allies rallied and blocked main roads.

Rank-And-File Educators Challenge Police Presence In Public Schools

May 12, 2026 Fight Back! News. Organize! Education, New York City (NYC), Police, Public schools, Teachers

New York, NY – On Wednesday, May 6, the Movement of Rank and File Educators gathered for general assembly in Midtown Manhattan. More than 40 classroom teachers from across the city met to discuss the presence of NYPD in schools and the police’s role in oppressing the student body of New York and intimidating teachers and staff in schools. The group was joined by the Dignity in Schools organization, which is against scanners and police in schools. The meeting began with a teach-in on the history of policing in schools in NYC, which first began in the 1970s after the United Federation of Teachers made a mistake by striking against Black and Puerto Rican parents who wanted to exercise control over their children’s schools.

Teaching In And Against The State

April 18, 2026 Ranita Ray, Red Pepper. Strategize! Education, Fascism, History, Racism, Teachers

Book bans, immigration raids, and efforts to erase Black, migrant, disabled, trans and queer students and their histories are spreading across the US. Public schools have once again been cast into the political spotlight as the Trump administration tries to dismantle the Department of Education altogether. Teachers are beset on all sides, preparing themselves for union backlash, layoffs as a result of teaching Black and queer history, and even immigration sweeps. In this context, headline after headline casts teachers as natural allies with communities under threat.

Last-Minute Tentative Agreements Avert Big L.A. School Strike

April 17, 2026 Mark Gruenberg, People's World. Resist! Education, Los Angeles, Public schools, Strikes, Teachers, Unions

Los Angeles — Last-minute tentative agreements, reached at 3 a.m. on April 13—two days before a scheduled strike was to start—averted the walkout by the three unions representing 37,000 teachers and support staffers of the Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD), one of the largest districts in the U.S. One key to the agreements, covering the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), a Teachers/AFT local, Teamsters Local 2010, and Service Employees Local 99, was widespread labor, community, and political support for the workers, who sought substantial raises that would enable them to continue to live and work in L.A.

Overwhelmed By Strike, San Francisco Schools Found Money For Top Demands

April 1, 2026 Danielle Smith, Labor Notes. Resist! Public schools, San Francisco, Strikes, Teachers, Unions

Six thousand San Francisco educators won fully funded health care, sanctuary schools, and an up to 8.5 percent raise over two years by walking out for the first time in nearly 50 years. After just four days on strike, February 9 to 12, they won their top demands—some of which the district had previously refused even to bargain over. “It was hard and it was joyful and we f-ing beat them,” said Ilan Desai-Geller, a high school teacher who served on the bargaining committee and as a regional strike captain. “They found the money all of a sudden. “They found the money for the things they said they couldn’t. They agreed to the language they said they couldn’t.”

Los Angeles Unified Faces Potential Strike By 68,000 Teachers On April 14

March 23, 2026 Mallika Seshadri, Portside. Resist! Los Angeles, Strikes, Teachers, Unions, Worker Rights

Two unions representing more than 68,000 LAUSD teachers and employees will strike starting on April 14, unless they reach an agreement with the district beforehand. The announcement was made at a “Fight for LA” joint rally on Wednesday afternoon with members of United Teachers Los Angeles, representing roughly 38,000 teachers, and SEIU Local 99, which represents more than 30,000 workers, including cafeteria workers, bus drivers and special education assistants. UTLA and SEIU Local 99 authorized a strike by 94% and 97%, respectively. “This is definitely to fight for public schools — a fight to make sure that we get the resources that we need at our schools,” UTLA Vice President Julie Van Winkle said.

New York City Teachers, Community Demand AI Moratorium In Schools

March 18, 2026 Fight Back! News. Resist! Artificial Intelligence (AI), New York City (NYC), Public Education, Teachers

New York, NY – On March 14, outside the Martin Luther King Educational Campus in Lincoln Square, unionized teachers, parents, students and community members, led by the Movement of Rank and File Educators/United Federation of Teachers Caucus (MORE Caucus) in collaboration with the organization Climate Families, held a protest against the NYC Department of Education’s push for AI in public school curriculum. Inside, Kamar Samuels, the new chancellor of NYC Public Schools who is part of the push for more AI, was holding a community town hall meeting with parents, students and teachers.

San Francisco Educators Win Major Victory After Citywide Strike

February 14, 2026 Devin B. Martinez, People's Dispatch. Resist! Education, San Francisco, Strikes, Teachers, Unions, Victory

The walkout is the first major educator strike in the city in decades and the first conducted jointly by certified and classified workers. Educators shut down schools across the district and mobilized thousands of workers, families, and businesses. Hundreds of picket lines were seen throughout the city. Before the strike, contract negotiations had stalled for nearly a year, as district officials attempted to push austerity measures that would further shift healthcare costs onto workers, maintain poverty wages for support staff, and fail to address the worsening staffing and support crisis.

Minnesota Teachers, School Districts Go To Court To Evict ICE

February 12, 2026 Mark Gruenberg, People's World. Resist! Education, ICE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Teachers

Minneapolis, Minnesota - In Inver Grove Heights, Minn., ICE agents arrested a special ed paraprofessional in the Concord Education Center parking lot in that suburb south of St. Paul. In Brooklyn Center, another Twin Cities suburb, a parent of an elementary school student “was detained by federal agents while waiting at a school bus stop.” Both those arrests were on January 12. Both of those arrested were “profiled” by ICE. On January 7, ICE agents grabbed teachers at a Spanish-language children’s center in Apple Valley and a Spanish immersion academy in Minneapolis. They pulled the second teacher from her car.

San Francisco Teachers Begin First Strike In Nearly 50 Years

February 11, 2026 The Guardian. Resist! Public schools, San Francisco, Strikes, Teachers, Worker Rights

About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike on Monday, the first public schoolteachers strike in the city in nearly 50 years. The strike comes after teachers and the district failed to reach an agreement over higher wages, health benefits and more resources for special needs students. The San Francisco Unified School District closed all its 120 schools and said it would offer independent study to some of the district’s 50,000 students. “We will continue to stand together until we win the schools our students deserve and the contracts our members deserve,” Cassondra Curiel, president of the United Educators of San Francisco, said at a Monday morning news conference.

San Francisco Educators Prepare Strike As Vacancy Crisis Deepens

February 7, 2026 Cameron Harrison, People's World. Resist! Education, Public schools, San Francisco, Strikes, Teachers, Worker Rights

San Francisco — In a resounding strike mandate, over 5,200 members of the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) have voted 97.6% to authorize a strike on Jan. 9, setting the stage for the city’s first teachers’ walkout since 1979. That is, unless the school district addresses a severe vacancy and turnover crisis. The union announced the overwhelming mandate on Jan. 5 at a press conference as educators gathered for strike preparation. They cited the San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) failure to prioritize classroom stability, fully funded healthcare, and critical support for special education students as the primary reason for the strike.

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