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Denver Teachers Go On Strike In Latest US Educator Walkout

February 12, 2019 Colleen Slevin, Apnews.com Resist! Colorado, Denver, Education, Strikes, Teachers

DENVER (AP) — Striking teachers picketed outside of schools and marched through Denver’s streets Monday as car horns blared in support of the latest U.S. walkout amid a swell of educator activism in at least a half-dozen states over the last year. Just over half of the 4,725 teachers called in absent for Denver’s first strike in 25 years. Some students crossed picket lines to get to class as schools remained open with administrators and substitute teachers. In one school, students danced and chanted in the hallways as they walked out to demonstrate to support their teachers. Other students joined hundreds of teachers and union members in a march past City Hall.

Teachers At Four Chicago Charter School Campuses Walk Out

February 7, 2019 Kristina Benitis, Wsws.org Resist! Charter Schools, Chicago, Protests, Teachers

With contract talks stalled after nine months of negotiations, 175 teachers at four Civitas campuses, part of Chicago International Charter School (CICS), walked out on strike Tuesday at 6 a.m. Teachers and staff are seeking raises, smaller class sizes, a reduction in healthcare costs and more support staff including social workers. The talks broke down over the demand for 8 percent raises in the first year. CICS says it would accept the proposal only by eliminating crucial support staff, like social workers and counselors.

Oakland Educators Authorize Strike

February 5, 2019 By Julian Peeples, Californiaeducator.org Resist! Class Struggle, Oakland, Strikes, Teachers

Oakland educators are ready to walk off the job and onto the picket line to fight for smaller class sizes, more student support and a living wage, following a strike authorization vote that saw a whopping 95 percent of Oakland teachers vote to strike if necessary and 84 percent of members casting ballots. The announcement came Monday afternoon after a fruitless, two-day fact-finding meeting last week, during which Oakland Education Association (OEA) called Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) management of Oakland public schools “educational malpractice.” The vote allows OEA leaders to call a strike, if necessary...

Virginia Teachers Protest Low Pay At Capitol Rally

January 29, 2019 Alan Suderman, Apnews.com Resist! Protests, Teachers, Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia teachers demanded higher pay and better working conditions during a rally Monday at the state Capitol, as educators look to match the success of similar teacher protests movements around the country. Thousands of teachers and supporters from around the state urged state lawmakers to make education spending a higher priority or risk losing their seats in elections later this year. Teachers said that years of stagnant pay, overcrowded classrooms, and inadequate supplies have led to a breaking point.

Teachers In Denver, Oakland And Chicago Move Toward Strikes, Others Protest

January 28, 2019 Samantha Winslow and Dan DiMaggio, Labornotes.org Resist! Chicago, Class Struggle, Denver, New Economy, Oakland, Protests, Strikes, Teachers

Who will pay for a 5 percent raise, smaller classes, and more nurses, librarians, and counselors for the Chicago public schools? “Rich people,” Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Gates told the press. Their contract expires in June. Meanwhile, fresh off the first charter school strike in history, the union set a February 5 strike date at another Chicago charter network. Five hundred CTU members in the Acero charter network struck for a week in December, winning smaller classes and salary increases that align them with their counterparts in the Chicago Public Schools. Four schools in the Chicago International Charter School network could be next.

Denver Teachers: We Won’t Let H.R. Break Our Strike by Threatening Our Immigrant Colleagues

January 27, 2019 Denver Teachers, In These Times Resist! Immigrant Rights, Strikes, Teachers

It has come to our attention that the Denver Public Schools Human Resources department sent an email letter to school administrators that threatened to report teachers on visas to immigration officials if they chose to participate in the legal strike that 93 percent of Denver Classroom Teachers Association members voted to support. DPS’s action has lasting consequences on the greater community and is in direct violation of the 2017 Board Resolution that guarantees “safe and welcoming schools.” How can we guarantee the safety of these students when we are actively persecuting members of the community for their immigration status? Today, less than 24 hours after hearing of this threatening email, our own students were in disbelief that the school district entrusted with educating them could send such an intimidating message to educators.

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.

Some Early Lessons From The Los Angeles Teachers Strike

January 26, 2019 Bruce A. Dixon, Blackagendareport.com Resist! Class Struggle, Los Angeles, Strikes, Teachers

Corporate media absolutely won’t tell you this, but this year’s Los Angeles teachers strike is the latest chapter in the long running struggle against the privatization of public education in the US. With massive public support, 30,000 teachers have voted a settlement that increases their wages a little, brings back nurses, librarians and counselors to each and every one of the city’s 900 schools, caps class sizes and charter school expansion and more. Striking teachers managed to bring issues to the table that were supposed to be impossible to address, like the manipulation of school board real estate, school closings and charter policies to gentrify neighborhoods, among others.

Black Lives Matter At School Makes Educator Unions Stronger

January 25, 2019 Jesse Hagopian, Iamaneducator.com Organize! Black Lives Matter (BLM), Class Struggle, Education, Teachers, Unions

IT BEGAN as a grassroots effort at John Muir Elementary here in Seattle, where teachers and community members partnered together. It was educators at the school, along with a group called Black Men United to Change the Narrative, who wanted to hold an event to celebrate their Black students early in the 2016 school year. An art teacher, Julie Trout, designed a beautiful shirt that said “Black Lives Matter, We Stand Together.” When the white nationalists found out about that, they began inundating the school with hate mail. Then one hateful person made a bomb threat on the school for the audacity of the community and teachers to declare that their Black students lives have value.

Canada’s Reconciliation Fail, LA Teacher’s Strike Big Picture & The Commodified Self

January 24, 2019 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Canada, Energy, Los Angeles, Strikes, Teachers

How the lie of a struggling school district drove LA teachers to strike – and the larger fight for public school funding vs. charter school elitism that these actions highlight. Next, in the forests of British Columbia, sovereign indigenous clans continue a decade-long shutdown of dirty energy projects. And finally, Chris Garaffa joins us to talk tech – suggestion: leave your phone in the other room – it won't want to hear this.

UTLA Reaches Bargaining Deal With District

January 23, 2019 Staff, Utla.net Educate! Class Struggle, Los Angeles, Strikes, Teachers, Unions

After six days on strike along with parents, students and community members across Los Angeles, we have reached a historic agreement that addresses major issues impacting our schools, students and professions. Below are links to the full text and summary of that agreement, which the UTLA Board of Directors endorses for a YES vote.

Capitalist-Style Wealth Gap: 1 Tech Guy = 1,000,000 Teachers

January 22, 2019 Paul Buchheit, Nationofchange.org Educate! Capitalism, Teachers, Workers

As of 01/20/19, the richest six American tech leaders (Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg, Ellison, Page, Brin) averaged over $80 billion in net worth. Meanwhile, the 25 million Americans just above the median, many of them teachers, have an average net worth of $78 thousand. That’s a difference of a million times. For anyone questioning this disturbing truth, the following information should be helpful: There are over 4 million preschool, primary, secondary, and special education teachers; the median teacher age is 41; the median elementary school salary is $57,000; the median wealth of a 41-year-old is only $60,000.

The Radical Worker Politics Of The Los Angeles Teacher Strike

January 21, 2019 Jared Sacks, Roarmag.org Resist! Class Struggle, Education, Los Angeles, Strikes, Teachers

Depending on one’s capacity for optimism, 2018 either foretold the rebirth of labor militancy in the United States or, conversely, suggested the last gasp of a movement that has been in near-terminal decline since the 1970s. Two key events took place last year, which, per one’s analysis, have led to opposing predictions for workers in the US. First, in February 2018, after years of austerity under Republican control, West Virginia teachers and school personnel decided to go on strike. But this was no conventional work stoppage. In West Virginia, teachers are considered providers of “essential services”, making any strike action illegal...

Teacher Strikes Expose The Corrupt Privatization Of Schools

January 19, 2019 By Jeff Bryant, IndependentMediaInstitute.org Educate! Education, Los Angeles, Privatization, Schools, Strikes, Teachers

This week, Republican lawmakers held a press conference on Capitol Hill to kick off National School Choice Week, an annual event that began in 2011 under President Obama who proclaimed it as a time to “recognize the role public charter schools play in providing America’s daughters and sons with a chance to reach their fullest potential.” This year, Democratic lawmakers took a pass on the celebration. You can thank striking teachers for that. In the latest teacher strike in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest school system, some 30,000 teachers walked off the job saying unchecked growth of charter schools and charters’ lack of transparency and accountability have become an unsustainable drain on the public system’s financials.

L.A. School Board Member Breaks Ranks To Support Striking Teachers, Blames Beutner As District Losses Mount

January 18, 2019 Erick Galindo, Lataco.com Resist! Class Struggle, Education, Los Angeles, Schools, Strikes, Teachers

The teachers strike is happening because of Superintendent Austin Beutner and School Board policy of not contradicting him publicly during the negotiations, according to L.A. Unified School Board Member Scott M. Schmerelson. “I believe that there are resources available to end this strike,” Schmerelson said in a statement. “What I do not see from Austin Beutner, and his supporters, is the political will to substitute constructive negotiations for the fear mongering, expensive taxpayer funded ads, slanted editorials, and endless press conferences.” Schmerelson’s statement comes on the heels of news that school attendance dropped 22 percent from already tiny numbers the previous two days.

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