American Federation of Teachers

Chicago Teachers Divided Over Narrow Strike Settlement

November 10, 2019 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Poverty, Racism, Resistance

By Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, November 7, 2019 Twenty-five thousand Chicago teachers, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers Local 1, AFL-CIO, returned to work on October 31 following a divided vote of the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) 700-member Delegate Assembly (DA) to end the union’s 11-day strike. The vote to accept the five-year tentative contract was 60[…]

As Support Grows to Extend Los Angeles Teacher Strike, Unions Colluding With Democrats to End Walkout

January 17, 2019 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Political Corruption

by Jerry White, from the World Socialist Website, January 16, 2019 Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers and their supporters manned picket lines and marched downtown yesterday on the second day of the strike by 33,000 educators in America’s second largest school district. The walkout has generated widespread public support and growing calls for the spreading of the strike[…]