Monday, January 14, 2019

How to Win a Teachers Strike

You need a movement to win a strike.

DSA members on this morning's picket line. 


https://www.rethinkingschools.org/articles/you-need-rank-and-file-to-win-how-arizona-teachers-built-a-movement

30,000 Teachers On Strike in Los Angeles


Teachers and employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest school system, say that working conditions have become untenable. Despite California’s reputation as a progressive bastion, the state still spends relatively little on public education — about half as much as New York spends on the average child. 
Now, educators are demanding higher pay, smaller class sizes and the hiring of more support staff like counselors and librarians.

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