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Federal Workers: Shutdown and Out

Saurav Sarkar Labor Notes
By January 14, the TSA itself was conceding that the national rate of sick calls was three times as high as the same day a year ago.

Is The Los Angeles Teacher Strike A Different Kind Of Strike?

Peter Greene Forbes
Teachers across the country face a systematic underfunding of public schools and a systematic devaluing of the teaching profession by leaders who say public education should be swept aside to make room for a system of private free-market education.

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L.A. Teachers Prepare to Strike

Nelson Lichtenstein Dissent
A teachers strike scheduled to begin Monday Jan.14 appears imminent after United Teachers Los Angeles on Friday declared an impasse over a revised offer by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

L.A. Teachers Prepare to Strike

Nelson Lichtenstein Dissent Magazine
Thirty-five thousand Los Angeles teachers may possibly strike. Their demands include a 6.5 percent pay increase, smaller class sizes, more funding for school counselors, nurses, and librarians, and a cap on the proliferation of charter schools.