• Here's Why Los Angeles Parents Are Standing with Striking Teachers against Billionaire-Backed Charters
    Yesterday for the second day in a row, 50,000 people rallied in support of the striking teachers of Los Angeles. This time our target was the California Charter School Association, the lobbying arm behind the rapid expansion of unregulated charter schools in Los Angeles. It’s funded by billionaires like Eli Broad and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. The CCSA has pursued a plan to move one million students from public schools into charter schools by 2022. — Jan 16
  • VIDEO: Striking for the Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve
    Thirty-four thousand teachers in Los Angeles are out on strike to defend public education against the privatization agenda of Austin Beutner, the former investment banker and current Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is demanding class size limits, more funding for counselors, social workers, and nurses, and a moratorium on charter school expansion. The school district is hoping to hold on to its $1.9 billion in reserves and continue defunding, dismantling, and privatizing the city's 900 public schools. — Jan 16
  • Using 'Just Cause' to Defend Against Unfair Discipline
    Using 'Just Cause' to Defend Against Unfair Discipline January 15, 2019 / Robert M. Schwartz if(isset($entity->premium) and $entity->premium == 1) { echo "Print Only"; } ?>The principle of “just cause” is the keystone of the collective bargaining agreement. By imposing rigorous qualifications for discipline, the just-cause standard protects everyone in the union. If an employer could fire workers for trivial or manufactured reasons, it could easily rid itself of militant officers, stewards, and rank and filers. — Jan 15
  • Los Angeles Teachers Strike to Defend Public Schools from the Privatizers
    Los Angeles Teachers Strike to Defend Public Schools from the Privatizers January 14, 2019 / Barbara Madeloni if(isset($entity->premium) and $entity->premium == 1) { echo "Print Only"; } ?>Last spring a teacher uprising swept the red states. Today it reached the West Coast, as the 34,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles began a long-anticipated strike in the nation’s second-largest school district. Teachers, parents, students, and community supporters hit the picket lines in their fight against the budget cuts and privatization being pushed by the school board and Superintendent Austin Beutner, a former investment banker. — Jan 14
  • Interview: Why We Occupied Our General Motors Factory in Oshawa, Canada
    Interview: Why We Occupied Our General Motors Factory in Oshawa, Canada January 11, 2019 / Tony Leah if(isset($entity->premium) and $entity->premium == 1) { echo "Print Only"; } ?>General Motors has announced it will end production at five North American plants, just a decade after the company received billions of dollars in U.S. and Canadian taxpayer money and won sweeping concessions from auto unions as part of the bailout. All told, about 6,700 hourly and salaried employees stand to lose their jobs as the lines stop at Oshawa Assembly in Ontario, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Michigan, and Lordstown Assembly in Ohio. Meanwhile the company is posting billions in profits. — Jan 11