@angryeducationworkers
Six thousand San Francisco educators won fully funded health care, sanctuary schools, and an up to 8.5 percent raise over two years by walking out for the first time in nearly 50 years. After just four days on strike, February 9 to 12, they won their top demands—some of which the district had previously refused to bargain over.
https://labornotes.org/2026/03/overwhelmed-strike-san-francisco-schools-found-money-top-union-demands
#educationworkers #labourmovement #organize #SanFrancisco #solidarity #Strikes #teachers #unions
Overwhelmed by Strike, San Francisco Schools Found the Money for Top Union Demands
Six thousand San Francisco educators won fully funded health care, sanctuary schools, and an up to 8.5 percent raise over two years by walking out for the first time in nearly 50 years. After just four days on strike, February 9 to 12, they won their top demands—some of which the district had previously refused even to bargain over. “It was hard and it was joyful and we f-ing beat them,” said Ilan Desai-Geller, a high school teacher who served on the bargaining committee and as a regional strike captain. “They found the money all of a sudden.
Conditions regarding protests: a response to the University of Melbourne - Overland literary journal
What has been done cannot be undone. But a reversal of the current descent into barbarism begins with justice for Gaza. The University of Melbourne still has an opportunity to speak out against genocide and apartheid. It should do so.
Book ban in Manchester school: Are we becoming Texas? - Freedom News
Without even being told to, the school authorities arbitrarily decided to censor titles like Twilight and 1984 ~ Andrew J Boyer ~ It has been …
Education
On the education sector, including english language teaching
WAR: militarism & labour movement struggles: #DPWorld’s #AI #automation push threatens over 1,000 skilled port jobs while shifting control of critical #supplychain infrastructure offshore; Australia’s fuel insecurity—hollowed refineries and a depleted tanker fleet—exposes us to global choke points and the fallout of foreign military campaigns; Victoria’s #educationworkers strike highlights domestic #austerity
https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/war
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War
This episode examines how war and militarism shape workers’ lives and labour struggles: DP World’s AI automation push threatens over 1,000 skilled port jobs while shifting control of critical supply‑chain infrastructure offshore; Australia’s fuel insecurity—hollowed refineries and a depleted tanker fleet—exposes us to global choke points and the fallout of foreign military campaigns; Victoria’s education strike highlights domestic austerity and the costs borne by public services.
@angryeducationworkers
#UTLA United Teachers Los Angeles 38,000 teachers & #SEIU Local 99 30,000 workers: cafeteria workers, bus drivers and special education assistants authorized a strike by 94% and 97%, respectively.
https://edsource.org/2026/lausd-deficit-unions-strike/754008
#EducationWorkers #LabourMovement #LosAngeles #Teachers #Strike #Unions
Los Angeles Unified faces potential strike by 68,000 teachers, other employees starting April 14
The United Teachers Los Angeles and the SEIU Local 99 are demanding better salaries, smaller class sizes and more staff for student services, among other things.
Thousands of Victorian teachers and support staff strike amid pay dispute
About 500 state schools could close or face significant disruptions today, as teachers walk off the job for the first time in 13 years, says the Australian Education Union.
What San Francisco Educators Won on Their Strike
Over 6,000 public school educators in San Francisco went on strike last month for the first time in nearly 50 years. We spoke to three of them about what they won, including coverage of skyrocketing health care costs and easing special education workloads.
‘Only Nazis ban books’: on the frontlines with students fighting Trump over higher education
Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida’s New College
@angryeducationworkers
#rankandfile public school #teachers #educationworkers support staff and pre-service teachers in Victoria committed to building up the power of our #union the Australian Education Union (#AEU).
https://classstruggleeducation.substack.com/
Class Struggle | Substack
We’re a group of rank and file public school teachers, education support staff and pre-service teachers in Victoria committed to building up the power of our union, the Australian Education Union (AEU). Click to read Class Struggle on Substack. Launched a month ago.
Peter Riley