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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYC DEMs and DUers can support the Chicago Teachers in Union Square on Monday at 5 pm.
This came from my UFT caucus in today's email:
http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5577919690d77ce9f3c205a26&id=466fe301f8&e=7c9bf5920f
>>>>Chicago teachers are likely to strike tomorrow. Please join MORE to stand with them in solidarity!
When: Monday, September 10th at 5pm
Where: Meet at the south side of Union Square (14th Street)
Teachers in Chicago are striking for increased resources and quality programs for students and fair working conditions for teachers.
MORE sees the Chicago teachers fight as part of a growing national resistance movement against corporate-backed education reformers who bash teachers, push high stakes testing, and promote school privatization as solutions to the problems in our public education system. The destructive reforms being pushed in Chicago are the same as those we see here in New York.>>>
Seems to me, it's not just a union issue. ( Though it IS that.) It's not just an ed issue. ( Though it's that also.)
It's a "$$$$ thinks it can AND SHOULD control everything and everybody" issue.
Smarmie Doofus
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(14,498 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)It's great to see the solidarity and the beginning of what looks like a movement against the corporatization of our education system.
It's long overdue.