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Opening Up the Schools?

Robert Bartlett — 2020-09-17T07:08:25Z

SIX MONTHS SINCE the worst health crisis in 100 years began, there is no sign that it is under control in most parts of the world. In the United States, it has created mass unemployment, exposed the vast rifts between the rich and poor, and promises to widen them unless the social movements impelled by Black Lives Matter and teacher/community organizing can continue to reframe the political, social and economic landscape.

The UTLA Victory in Context

Robert Bartlett — 2019-03-24T16:26:22Z

The United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) have won a big, although limited victory, as detailed in Peter Olson's on-the-ground account in this issue of Against the Current. The strike is part of a nationwide teachers' upsurge that began with, and was largely made possible by, the 2012 strike of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).

- IV530 - March 2019 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Chicago Charter Teachers Strike, Win

Robert Bartlett — 2019-03-11T17:50:09Z

Last December 4th educators at the Acero charter chain in Chicago became the first charter teachers in the country to go on strike. This was both stunning to the charter industry, which was created in part to avoid the inconvenience of unionized educators, and revelatory to educators across the country.

- IV530 - March 2019 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Two Years after the CTU Strike: “Reform” Plague Still Spreads

Robert Bartlett — 2014-11-04T13:06:20Z

It has been two years since the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) struck for the first time in over 20 years and changed the discourse on education in the United States. The strike was historic in making issues of race and class central to a contract struggle and in garnering public support to defend public education.

- IV478 - November 2014 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing