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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. […]
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Unions call for end of anti-worker shutdown

January 14, 2019 Lev Koufax
On January 10, in spite of cold and windy conditions, hundreds of union workers and their supporters gathered outside AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., to protest the current federal government shutdown. A coalition of more […]
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Labor, community mobilize to support LA teachers strike

January 10, 2019 Scott Scheffer and John Parker
Los Angeles — All eyes are on the impending strike by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA).  As in the rest of the U.S., teachers and other school workers are underpaid and public schools are in shambles. The […]
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Trump, big coal and black lung

January 5, 2019 Stephen Millies
Black lung disease is a terrible way to die. Coal miners’ lungs become crusty and useless, according to Dr. Robert Cohen, a pulmonologist at the University of Illinois. Towards the end, Dr. Cohen told National […]
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35,000 maestrx de Los Ángeles iniciaron la huelga de enero

December 24, 2018 Scott Scheffer
20 Diciembre – Después de veinte meses de negociaciones con Unified School District (LAUSD) de Los Ángeles y sin haber tenido un contrato por todo un año, 35,000 miembros del United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) […]