Labor Struggles

Victory to the UTLA Teachers Strike!

  Victory to the UTLA Teachers Strike!   Oakland Teachers prepare for Strike with series of Solidarity actions with Los Angeles Teachers, reviving the Red4Ed strike wave of 2018.  Oakland teachers have been working without contract since July, 2017 and are demanding 12% for three years, which barely covers inflation; management offers only 5%.  The…

Janus Decision Attacks All Wage Labor!

Janus Decision Attacks All Wage Labor! The recent Supreme Court Janus v. AFSCME decision marks yet another decisive moment for the American labor movement.  This ruling overturned the previous 1977 Abood v. Detroit Board of Education decision that allowed labor unions in the public sector to collect “fair share” dues from non-union members for the union’s purpose…