October 14, 2016
Chicago families, students, and teachers have a lot to celebrate this week. Late Monday night, educators and school support staff reached a new agreement with Chicago Public Schools. The aversion of a planned strike may have been the headline, but here’s the real news: By uniting with parents and people… Read More»
Tags: American Federation of Teachers, Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Community Schools, CTU, education, Restorative justice, Teachers, Teachers Strike
June 29, 2016
This story was written by Jeff Schuhrke and first appeared at In These Times. When 100,000 protesters occupied the Wisconsin State Capitol in early 2011 in an attempt to thwart Governor Scott Walker’s bill revoking the rights of public sector employees, a group of labor researchers and scholars were motivated to… Read More»
Tags: Academics, Chicago, Karen Lewis, Labor Research and Action Network, LRAN, research, Scott Walker, Tefere Gebre, Thomas Geoghegan, Wisconsin Uprising
