Striking teachers and aides in Newton, Massachusetts, returned to their classrooms Feb. 5 after winning a new contract with solid gains in wages and benefits. Their union, the Newton Teachers Association, didn’t get everything it wanted, but by going on…
Teachers and aides on strike in Newton, Massachusetts, remain solid on the picket lines in the longest teachers strike in recent state history. The Newton Teachers Association members voted by 98% to strike Jan. 18, after more than a year…
Some 1,100 teachers and 800 teaching aides went on strike in Newton, Massachusetts, Jan. 19 following an overwhelming vote for action by members of the Newton Teachers Association. “The most important issue is better pay and schedules for the teaching…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party participating in the Portland Book Festival Nov. 4 took advantage of the opportunity to bring solidarity to two strikes in the area. The first-ever strike by members of the…
OAKLAND, Calif. — After seven months of contract negotiations nearly 3,000 public school teachers, counselors, nurses, social workers and other school employees organized by the Oakland Education Association went on strike at 80 schools here May 4. The union is…
LOS ANGELES — The day after ending a massive March 21-23 strike, Service Employees International Union Local 99 announced that a tentative settlement had been reached with the Los Angeles Unified School District. The contract will be presented to the…
LOS ANGELES — Thousands of public school workers held a spirited rally here March 15 outside City Hall to demand the Los Angeles Unified School District negotiate a new contract. The rally was organized by Service Employees International Union Local…
KENT, Wash. — Some 1,700 members of the Kent Education Association, the union that represents teachers in one of the largest school districts near Seattle, ended a 14-day strike Sept. 8. The new contract agreed to has not yet been…
MINNEAPOLIS — Some 4,500 teachers and professional support staff, represented by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59, went on strike March 8. The school district has hard-balled the workers’ needs in negotiations so the union authorized the strike by 97%.…
WATERLOO, Iowa — United Auto Workers members on strike at John Deere plants in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas, and distribution centers in Denver and Atlanta, rejected the bosses’ second contract proposal Nov. 2. While it contained a higher wage offer…
