Teachers
National Strike After Death of Two Teachers in Argentina
Ten weeks ago, teachers in Chubut, in southern Argentina, began a strike because the government is refusing to pay them their salaries. On Tuesday, two workers who were returning from a protest were killed in a car accident. As a result of massive outrage, there is a national teachers strike today.
Ana Rivera
September 19, 2019Massachusetts Teachers Union Calls for a Strike to Win Green New Deal
The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), representing 110,000 education workers, has called for a strike to curtail climate change through a Green New Deal. This militant initiative shows the way forward: Working people can stop capitalism’s destruction of the planet.
Thaddeus Greene
August 6, 2019Chilean Teachers’ Strike: Seven Weeks and Counting
Teachers across Chile have been on strike for seven weeks now. What are teachers striking for and how has the government responded?
Left Voice
July 17, 2019LA Teachers Strike Ends with New Contract and Mixed Feelings
The LA teacher strike won important gains, with massive protests in the rain and pickets at the majority of schools. However, some teachers have mixed feeling about the process of approving the contract, as well as about the contract itself.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
January 23, 2019Los Angeles Teachers Strike for Public Education
The LA teachers’ strike in defense of public education makes the rich and the government of California tremble.
Thaddeus Greene
January 16, 2019[VIDEO] Interviews: L.A. Teachers Strike
Left Voice interviewed LA teachers in the lead up to the strike. They spoke about the attack on higher education, de facto pay cuts, social justice, and the importance of labor solidarity.
Left Voice
January 14, 2019Worker to Worker Why We Must All Support the Los Angeles Teacher’s Strike!
The teachers' strike in Los Angeles requires the broadest solidarity of the working class to succeed. Below, a letter from a graduate of LAUSD in support.
Julia Wallace
January 9, 2019Solidarity with Los Angeles Teachers
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1277 (LA) expressed their support if and when UTLA strikes.
Left Voice
December 28, 2018Teachers’ Strike Wave: Next Stop, Los Angeles
After this year’s “Teachers Spring,” educators in Los Angeles are planning to spread the rebellion of education workers to the West Coast.
Thaddeus Greene
December 25, 2018Massive Mobilizations in Defense of Public Education in Argentina
After four weeks, the fight waged by university professors for a better salary and working conditions has turned into a serious political crisis for the government.
Nicolás Daneri
September 3, 2018