New Orleans My dad was born and raised in Orange County, California, first in Tustin, then Santa Ana, and finally Orange itself where he lived until he finished high school. My grandfather was a foreman on an orange grove ranch until he couldn’t be, and then he worked as the janitor at the Lutheran Church, next …
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Strikes Against Charters, Amateurism, Disinvestment and DeVos/Trump Agenda
New Orleans Reporters and commentators don’t know what to make of the anger and activism of teachers who are flipping the red-state script and taking job actions, with and without their unions, to directly target governors and legislators in Oklahoma, North Carolina, West Virginia, and likely Arizona. West Virginia teachers were out nine days …
Public Unions are Adjusting Their Strategies around Strikes and Checkoff
New Orleans Public employee unions are trying to recalibrate to find a future, and there’s hope, no matter the naysayers. Case in point of course has to be the success of the West Virginia teachers and their strike that continues to galvanize the labor movement and give courage and conviction to other unions elsewhere. Their …