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January 21, 2019
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Sarah Jaffe writes in The Nation about “The Radical Organizing that Paved the Way” for the ongoing LA Teachers’ Strike. In the wake of the financial crisis, a group of LA teachers formed the Union Power caucus to fight back against mass layoffs of teachers and other school staff. In 2014, the Union Power caucus […]

Worker Voice Beyond Wages, Hours and Terms and Conditions of Employment

Jan 17, 2019 Sharon Block

This week, United Teachers Los Angeles called their first strike in decades. While the parties are negotiating over wages and staffing, a central issue in the dispute is the much bigger question of underfunding of the public school system. Teachers are asking for smaller class sizes, repairs to crumbling school buildings, and the hiring of […]

January 15, 2019
News & Commentary

Vail Kohnert-Yount

More than 32,000 teachers in Los Angeles went on strike yesterday asking for higher pay, smaller class sizes, and schools fully staffed with nurses, counselors, and librarians. After negotiations stalled between the school district and the teachers’ union, United Teachers Los Angeles, an overwhelming 98% of teachers voted to authorize a strike. LAUSD is the […]

December 10, 2018
News & Commentary

Ryan Wheeler

Labor unrest is growing at NPR, the United States’ largest radio news organization. The nonprofit group, which recently faced a staff rebellion over its handling of sexual harassment allegations against a top newsroom executive, now faces criticism that it is exploiting its temp workers. Up to 20% of NPR’s staff is employed on a temporary basis, […]

October 26, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

While the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief to the Supreme Court this week arguing that Title VII’s workplace discrimination protections do not extend explicitly to transgender or transitioning workers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Acting Chair Victoria Lipnic said the agency has no plans to stop enforcing the law based on its more […]

Teachers’ Strikes: An Explainer

May 8, 2018 Feyi Lawoyin

For the past couple months, teachers’ strikes have featured prominently in national headlines. The first of these high-profile strikes began on February 22, 2018 when teachers across the state went out on strike. The strike, which protested low pay and high healthcare costs, has since inspired teachers’ strikes across the country, including in Arizona, Kentucky, […]

May 8, 2018
News & Commentary

Vail Kohnert-Yount

The New Yorker reported last night that four women have accused New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of sexual misconduct and physical abuse, including one woman who previously worked closely with his office. Schneiderman, who positioned himself as a champion of workers’ rights and women’s rights in the wake of the #MeToo movement, denied the […]

May 4, 2018
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Arizona public school teachers have reached an agreement with the state government to end their weeklong strike after the Governor signed a new education funding bill into law. Under the new legislation, certified teachers will receive a 20% raise by 2020, including a 10% raise by 2018; and the state will dedicate an additional $100 […]

April 29, 2018
News & Commentary

Matthew Carrieri

On Friday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announced that the state legislature had reached a deal to raise teachers’ pay 20 percent by 2020 and to restore public education funding that has been cut since the last recession. Arizona teachers, who have been on strike since Thursday, reacted with skepticism and expressed frustration at Ducey’s refusal […]

April 25, 2018
News & Commentary

Sejal Singh

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced a groundbreaking job guarantee plan this week. Sanders’ plan would guarantee a job paying $15 an hour to any American “who wants or needs one,” by funding large-scale public works projects aimed at national needs like infrastructure, education, and care-giving. Jobs guarantee advocates told the Washington Post that the policy […]

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January 21, 2019

Worker Voice Beyond Wages, Hours and Terms and Conditions of Employment

January 15, 2019

December 10, 2018

October 26, 2018

Teachers’ Strikes: An Explainer

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April 29, 2018

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