strikes
Oakland educators join the nationwide wave of teacher strikes
February 22, 2019The teachers have been without a contract since July 2017 and are the lowest-paid in Alameda County.
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Striking Chicago charter school teachers score big win
February 19, 2019The agreement ensures that future increases in public school funding are invested directly in the schools, rather than being captured by corporate management fees. Strikers were also able to beat back management’s attempt to cut family...
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South African unions on national strike over job losses
February 13, 2019Trade unionists across South Africa are walking out in a national strike as the country faces a shutdown over “privatization, retrenchment and imperialism.”
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The deported ghosts of Bisbee still haunt Arizona today
January 29, 2019Labor history is not a soap opera, and Arizona’s recent history of deportation shows the ghosts of Bisbee were never exorcized.
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Teachers win victory for public education in L.A. strike settlement
January 23, 2019The strike began on Mon., Jan. 14, and lasted all that week through four days of steady rain until the skies cleared on Fri.
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