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So, it seems the LA teachers' strike has reached a tentative agreement, with a decent raise and a few other concessions. What isn't concluded is anything definitive about the issue that's really driving all of this: Charter schools. All that was agreed to was this (from the NYT article below): "In a summary released by the union, the agreement also includes a pledge that the elected school board for the district will vote on a resolution asking the state to “establish a charter school cap” and create a governor’s committee on charter schools." This is a fraud. The present level of charter schools is already bleeding public education dry. And it's certain that the cap won't be below what exists in LA or Oakland. Oakland teachers beware. They're going to try the same thing here. And remember this: W. VA. teachers were so effective because their strike was state wide. That's what's needed in California. "What?" you say. "That would be illegal." Well, as Trump and the corporations are proving every day, "legal" is what you can get away with. If it takes everybody going out to enable the teachers to get away with a state-wide strike, then so be it! Maybe we could stay out until the end the government shut-down, give full pay (plus back pay plus the previously scheduled raise) to all federal workers, win a $5/hour pay increase for all, kill the Wall once and for all, and release all asylum seekers. Now, that would be a real victory! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/la-teacher-strike-deal.html?fbclid=IwAR3RBGpfcNfFa9C3sZ4r6oiJaxgvBrOfN2PV_2CWHeSyWTOkN_l-Rny1qOQ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
