Month: December 2018

Chicago Charter Schools Strike
Labor and strikes

Chicago charter schools teachers walk out

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Chicago teachers have launched the first major charter school strike. The teachers and their union charge that the “independent” schools are overcrowded and underfunded. Charter schools are being used to create a second tier in […]
Google walkout
Labor and strikes

Google workers demand better pay, benefits

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Google’s temporary, vendor and contract workers (TVCs) are demanding better pay and access to benefits. TVCs make up more than half of the company’s workforce. A letter from the TVCs to Google CEO Sundar Pichai […]
Fightfor15
Labor and strikes

Fight for $15 a winner

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
The Fight for $15 movement to raise minimum hourly wages led directly to a collective $68 billion raise for 22 million low-wage workers in both the public and private sectors. That’s the conclusion of a […]