Month: January 2019

Socialist Feminist Contingent: Meeting for Posters and Security 953 Jenifer Street, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 7 – 9 P.M.  

In late 2018, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers went on strike, fighting for a new contract that would reduce workplace injuries, end forced overtime, and gain pay equity for women workers. On November 27th, the Canadian government forced postal workers back to work, defying Canada’s Charter of Human Rights. As the Canadian postal workers […]

This past November, workers in Alexandria’s DASH bus system voted overwhelmingly to join the ATU. Last week, however, the company fired LaTonya Robinson, “probably our best leader during the organizing drive,” reports ATU Field Mobilization Specialist John Ertl. “They got her on two technical infractions of very broadly-written work rules,” Ertl says, noting that “This […]

Striking for the Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve Description 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 […]

Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action begins February 4, 2019. The Edgewood College School of Education invites you to a special event on Sunday, January 27, at 12:30 p.m. with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss Teaching for Black Lives and the Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action. This event will be […]

United Electrical Workers (UE) UE fully supports the UTLA strike. Teachers are on the front lines of defending public education, and reversing the decades-long attempt to starve the whole public sector. United Teachers Los Angeles has been in contract negotiations with LAUSD for almost two years. In August, 98 percent of union members voted to […]