We fight for labor justice at @UCLA. We educate the UCLA community about labor exploitation within the UC system & organize students around campus labor issues!
Aryana Fields, a 5th Grader at Playa del Rey Elementary School in Los Angeles, performs a song in support of striking teachers.
“A Strike Song” — Aryana Fields
Full Song on UTLA Facebook page. #UTLAStrong#WeAreLA#LAUSDStrike
Tens of thousands of LA public school teachers, parents, and students are on a historic strike to improve + protect local public schools from privatization.
This is inspiring!
Let’s support the teachers & parents strike fund here: https://t.co/DwnDztTmpv
What's the greatest gift all this holiday season? Solidarity! Sending warm wishes and gratitude to all of you that have stood by us in our fight for a fair and just contract! #3299Strong
On this day in 1965:
First collective bargaining contract in Michigan history for public schools teachers is signed by @DFT231 & @Detroitk12 Board of Education.
Mary Ellen Riordan is DFT president; Ed Simpkins, an African American, is first vice president. @AFTunion@aftmichigan
While @UofCalifornia continues to outsource our middle-class jobs and transform them into low-wage contract gigs, UC decision makers continue to widen the income inequality gap by granting raises to its executives. #UC150#StopOutsourcing https://t.co/qpaoISRYgy
To add to the hypocrisy, #UCLA employs Rev. Lawson as a lecturer on a temporary contract, not a professor, even though he's been a faculty member at UCLA for 14 years.
Join us Dec 15 for the #March4Ed. Austin Beutner throws up his hands and won’t help students. He prefers to keep class sizes enormous and not fight for more resources. On the other hand, educators are at the forefront of fighting for smaller class sizes. #UTLAStrong#StrikeReady
Chancellor Block presented a civil rights activist with the UCLA Medal. AFSCME members protested the ceremony, arguing it was hypocritical to reward a civil rights activist, who worked with labor unions, while failing to negotiate an AFSCME contract. https://t.co/TCL0UIRILB
.@AFSCME’s Saunders: When #labor is being attacked, Dems have to speak up and say “you are attacking people’s rights to a seat at the table. You need to show up at the picket lines. You need to call employers like University of California and tell them to pay living wages” 👏🏽
📢BREAKING📢
After over 60 days on strike, @UniteHereLocal2, the last city out on the line, has reached a tentative agreement with @Marriott.
Hotel workers have shown America that when working people stand together and fight back, we win.
#1job