UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl warned that if LAUSD could not reach an agreement by January, they would strike early in the new year.
Outside of traditional labor structures, a new labor activism is surging, often supported by traditional unions. This new activism ranges from the “Fight for $15” movement to the statewide teacher strikes that broke out last spring.
As a new school year begins, teachers in California, Colorado and Illinois, among other states, are determined to continue the fight for better pay and school funding
Teachers and education workers in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the country (after New York), voted 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize their first strike in nearly 30 years.
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The more that right-wing groups spend to drive teachers from their unions, the harder educators fight back—and the more they are running for office.
Public funding, private management — these four words sum up American-style privatization whether applied to airports, prisons, or elementary and secondary schools.
Labor unrest harmed Democrats in the 1960s and 1970s. This time the GOP might be the loser.
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