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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.

SEIU California Sits Out Fight Against Classroom Censorship

December 16, 2025 Larry Bradshaw, Anne Wolf, and Noga Wizansky, Labor Notes. Organize! California, Education, SEIU, Teachers, Unions

SEIU California routinely uses fighting words. Unfortunately, when it was time to “stand up” and “fight back” against legislation that threatens the working conditions of tens of thousands of SEIU education workers, our union’s spirited rhetoric dissipated. SEIU California stood down. In the final days of the legislative session, AB 715, a dangerous censorship bill with broad implications for California public education, was forced through an abbreviated legislative process and subsequently signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. The bill was backed by Israel lobby groups and California Democrats.

To Get On Offense, Offer Workers Many Ways In

December 9, 2025 Diamonte Brown, Labor Notes. Organize! Baltimore, Political Education, Teachers, Unions

To fight back against authoritarianism and the billionaire takeover, the labor movement must get on offense. We must have our own agenda, set by rank-and-file members, rooted in the issues that members care most about—issues that unite us and build power. Maybe our agenda includes a starting wage of no less than $30 an hour, expanding workers’ rights, and building union membership to a supermajority in our bargaining units. We can be fighting for a lot of things. But to fight for any of them, we need enough involved union members, armed with political education and trained on organizing skills, to increase our fighting capacity.

Texas College Teacher Fired For Free Speech

November 26, 2025 David Finkel, Labor Notes. Resist! Freedom of Speeh, Retaliation, Teachers, Texas, Worker Rights and Jobs

Support is building within the labor, academic, and Palestine solidarity movements in defense of Tom Alter, a history professor at Texas State University in San Marcos. Shortly after receiving tenure, Alter was hastily fired on September 10 by university President Kelly Damphousse. He had spoken in his private capacity at an online socialist conference, where his presentation and comments were flagged by a self-described “fascist” and reported to the university administration. Alter is a member of the Texas State Employees Union, part of the Communications Workers (CWA).

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