On Thursday morning, on the first day of Oakland’s teacher strike, a dozen or so teachers from Roots International Academy gathered around a branch-and-grass mandala in front of their school in East Oakland. Bundled up in school jackets, puffy coats, and gloves, they carried signs reading “On Strike for a Living Wage” and chanted lines like “No knowledge, no peace!
Oakland Teachers Are Striking For More Pay, Smaller Classes, And An End To School Closures Like This One
Edwin Rios, Mother Jones
Thu, 02/21/2019 - 6:05pm
Topics: on strike living wage no escucha adriana ortega unified school district los angeles california legislature khoury rosa furneaux/mother jones elmhurst community prep kaiser elementary sankofa to geoff vu in i m oakland roots academy adriana an quinn ranahan ranahan vu classes pay smaller school closures students morning year schools thursday union funding state told raise day support percent middle protested job dishonorable international east fair dozen difficult contract second-year city carried show peace offer board attention staffers budget call agreed negotiations work education counselors charter nurses close time officials demands wednesday dignity front sizes
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