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Teachers and communities unite to win

March 5, 2019 Scott Scheffer
March 2 — After seven days on strike, members of the Oakland Education Association (OEA) have reached a tentative deal in what seems a resounding victory! A vote to ratify the deal is scheduled to […]
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What was won in Los Angeles teachers’ strike

January 26, 2019 John Parker
For almost two years the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and Superintendent Austin Beutner, whose background is business and not education, had rejected proposals to invest in public schools. They rejected the teachers’ demands […]
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Los Angeles teachers’ strike vs. school privatization

January 26, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), representing more than 30,000 teachers, counselors, librarians, nurses and other school staff, waged a militant six-day strike in mid-January. They won enormous grassroots support from students, parents, the labor movement […]
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LA teachers and community unite

January 19, 2019 Scott Scheffer and John Parker
Jan. 18 — Los Angeles shook this week. It wasn’t the shifting of tectonic plates that made the earth move, but the shifting of class forces. Working-class people of all nationalities came out in the […]
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Los Angeles teachers’ strike bulletin – Jan. 16, 2019

January 18, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
On Wednesday, the third day of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) strike, picket lines remained strong — while more cracks showed in the armor of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) bosses headed […]
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Los Angeles teachers’ strike bulletin – Jan. 15, 2019

January 17, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
If the first day of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) strike was dramatic, then the second truly showed the strength of the union and its supporters. UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl, speaking to union members, […]
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Los Angeles teachers’ strike bulletin – Jan. 14, 2019

January 16, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Jan. 14 — Today, some 27,000 members and supporters of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) picketed school sites on the rainy first morning of the Los Angeles teachers’ strike, then gathered for a huge rally […]
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Support Los Angeles teachers, school workers and students!

January 14, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Education is a right for all! The upcoming strike by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) — teachers, nurses, librarians, counselors and social workers in the Los Angeles County Unified School District (LAUSD) — will be […]
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¡Apoye a lxs maestrxs, trabajadorxs escolares y estudiantes de Los Ángeles!

January 14, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
¡Educación es un Derecho de Todxs! La próxima huelga de la UTLA  — maestrxs, enfermerxs, bibliotecarixs, conserjes y trabajadorxs sociales en el LAUSD (Los Angeles County Unified School District) — es importante no solo para […]
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India: Workers strike against right-wing government

January 14, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
On Jan. 8 and 9, Indian workers, 200 million strong, carried out a general strike that may be the largest in labor history. The fury of the strike took many forms, without a unified agenda. […]