Teachers

Oakland teachers fight for higher pay, community schools

Oakland, California The Oakland Education Association represents around 3,000 teachers in the Oakland Unified School District. Its 50-member bargaining committee…

May 3, 2023

Education workers in Los Angeles and Oakland strike for a fair contract

Oakland, California When education workers are under attack, what do they do? They rise up and go on strike! And…

March 30, 2023

Seattle educator-student unity in school strike

Seattle A five-day strike by the Seattle Education Association (SEA) produced gains for the district’s 6,000 educators and 50,000 students.…

September 21, 2022

Teachers and community organize to fight retaliation and violence by the Oakland School District

Oakland, California The new school year in the Oakland Unified School District began on a seriously sour and disturbing note:…

August 15, 2022

Oakland coalition plans one-day strike against privatization

Oakland, California At the first in-person school board meeting since August, Moses Omolade, one of the original hunger strikers protesting…

April 22, 2022

On the picket line

Teachers take bosses to ‘Strike School’ Teachers across the country are still reeling from the topsy-turvy pandemic world of virtual…

April 1, 2022

Oakland, California, march to stop school closures reaches thousands

Oakland, California, March 26 Students from three Oakland area schools, scheduled to be closed at the end of this school…

March 28, 2022

On the picket line

Ohio auto parts workers move to unionize Workers at the Borger auto parts plant in Norwalk, Ohio, have experienced sexual…

February 12, 2021

Washington state teachers vote to strike

Aug. 25 — Teachers throughout southwest Washington state have overwhelming­ly approved potential strikes and work stop­pages if their demands for…

August 29, 2018

Teachers win a victory in Mexico

Mexico City -- Some 10,000 teachers converged on Mexico City on Feb. 9, and immediately set up hundreds of tents…

February 16, 2015