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PBS News Hour: “At a school with a history of social protest, this teacher is...
A couple of weeks ago, Gwen Ifill and the PBS News Hour crew flew to Seattle. They spent one day following me and one day following the richest person who ever lived, Bill Gates, to ask us about our...
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Why Chicago Teacher Sarah Chambers Is Voting To Strike
Chicago teacher Sarah Chambers speaks truth to power In 2012, the Chicago Teachers Union waged a successful strike that revived the lessons of social justice unionism and taught educators around the...
View ArticleLivestream the Revolt: Educators in Solidarity with Oklahoma Strikers
LIVESTREAM "Educators in Revolt: Solidarity with Oklahoma," is a forum taking place in Seattle at the King Country Labor Temple on Saturday March 31st. This forum will feature educators from West...
View ArticlePuerto Rican Teachers’ May Day Strike Brutalized By Police: “We resisted. We...
In the spirit of May Day, International Workers Day, the unionized educators of Puerto Rico went out on strike against mass school closures, layoffs, and the school privatization. These members of the...
View ArticleTeachers and Parents of Puerto Rico Launch Historic Strike & Boycott against...
Today, my third grade son is supposed to take the Common Core high-stakes test, "Smarter Balanced," at his school here in Seattle. He decided, however, that he would rather do a research project about...
View ArticleFrom May Day to Testing Day: Puerto Rico’s Teachers Battle for the Schools...
On May Day, thousands of Puerto Rican teachers, parents, and students launched strikes and boycotts to push back against austerity measures that would close nearly 300 schools, lay off 7,000 teachers,...
View ArticleThe “Fight for 15(%)”: Seattle educators prepare to strike for living wages &...
As students and teachers prepare for the start to another school year in Seattle, the contract negotiations between the union, the Seattle Education Association (SEA), and the school district are...
View ArticleA White Supremacist Murdered Two At My Supermarket: Kentucky teacher speaks...
In October, two Black grandparents were gunned down by a white supremacist in a Kroger supermarket in Louisville, Kentucky, sending shock waves through the Black community. The shooter was recorded on...
View Article“Proving the impossible”: Teacher’s union president Mercedes Martinez on the...
First Published in The Progressive Jesse Hagopian spoke with Mercedes Martinez, president of the teachers union Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, the Teachers Federation of Puerto Rico or FMPR, as...
View ArticleSeattle Educators on Strike for the Schools Students Deserve!
Members of the Seattle Education Association—the union that represents Seattle’s teachers, nurses, librarians, instructional assistants, office professionals and educational support staff—voted...
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