#UTLA

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Oppose the persecution of high school students protesting ICE! Mobilize the working class against dictatorship! Across the United States, students are being threatened, suspended, arrested and violently attacked for exercising basic democratic rights.

Oppose the persecution of high school #students protesting #ICE! Mobilize the working class against dictatorship! #teachers #educators #Quakerstown #schools #parents #AFT #NEA #UFT #CTU #UTLA #UESF #Minneapolis @EduRankAndFile www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

1 month ago

Online meeting: The Nurses’ Strikes and the Movement Against Dictatorship The <i>World Socialist Web Site</i> (WSWS) will host an online meeting on the way forward for the 15,000 striking New York nurses and the 31,000 striking healthcare workers in California and Hawaii at...

Online meeting: The #Nurses’ Strikes and the Movement Against Dictatorship. #NYSNA #UNACUHCP #UFCW #1199seiu #NNU #NYCNurseStrike #MontefioreNYC #MountSinaiNYC #NYPhospital #NursesCareforNY #RespectNursesRespectPatients #doctorscouncil #healthcare #UESF #UFT #UTLA #SFUSD www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

War Against War

@waragainstwar.bsky.social

1 month ago

“Obey now. Grieve later”: Teachers unions suppress resistance to fascism As students walked out in opposition to fascistic attacks that threatened their communities, friends and families, teachers were ordered to do the opposite: remain in their classrooms, obey administra...

#Teachers #Students #StudentsProtest #NoICE #AbolishICE #StopICE #UTLA #SEA #Spokane

No one is more terrified of the call for a #generalstrike than #union leaders. Their bloated salaries depend on their delivery of labor peace to management and corporate politicians

www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Shao

@shalico43.bsky.social

1 month ago

#NEA #UTLA protect our schools, protect our kids, protect our families and communities!! Protect our professional status!!! Where are you on this? Suspiciously silent.

Shao

@shalico43.bsky.social

1 month ago

Agreed. Where are the teacher’s unions? #utla

Shao

@shalico43.bsky.social

1 month ago

United Teachers Unions across the country need to step up. A teacher strike to protest what’s happening to our students and their families!! Also, second reason to protest is the down grade of our professional status by this administration. F$#k Dump Truck! F$#k ICE! Stand together!! #utla

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

2 months ago

Tens of thousands of school jobs cut in 2025 as Trump escalates war on education As Democrats join with Republicans to divert $1 trillion to the military budget, schools are being starved of resources.

To fund another $1 trillion for war, tens of thousands of #school jobs cut in 2025 as Trump escalates war on education. #AFT & #NEA track only dues income, not #layoffs, showing the union bureaucracy's real priorities. #teachers #UFT #CTU #UTLA #PFT www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

2 months ago

Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class Today the International Committee of the Fourth International inaugurates Socialism AI, a transformative application of advanced technological development to the political education and mobilization o...

For #educators: Socialism AI is a new tool to help workers gain political clarity and build practical organization for #school struggles—contracts, understaffing, cuts, threats to immigrant #students. Learn more: www.wsws.org/en/articles/... #teachers #AFT #NEA #UFT #CTU #UTLA #PFT

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

3 months ago

Vote NO on the UTR–WCCUSD tentative agreement! Teachers must seize control of the struggle and expand it! After Teamsters shattered the strike's unity, UTR followed suit, imposing a sellout deal that betrays teachers and protects austerity.

Vote NO on the #UTR–#WCCUSD tentative agreement! #Teachers must seize control of the struggle & expand it! #Educators can no longer work under these conditions imposed by bureaucrats that isolate & sellout. #AFT #NEA #UTLA #UFT #CTU #PFT #GeneralStrike www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

4 months ago

Shielding the Democrats: Randi Weingarten’s “Why Fascists Fear Teachers” obscures the necessary fight against fascism The longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers and leading Democratic Party figure is incapable of presenting a historical and scientific analysis of fascism, let alone a proposal for e...

Shielding the #Democrats: #RandiWeingarten’s “Why Fascists Fear #Teachers” obscures the necessary fight against #fascism. #AFT #UFT #UTLA #CTU #PFT #Educators #Schools #Parents #Students #paraprofessionals #GenreralStrike #IWARFC #SEP #socialism www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

California Politics Huddle

@ca-politics-huddle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

4 months ago

**Immigration coverage: What to know **Know your rights | Resources | How to help | Groups tracking ICE | How parents can prepare | Photos | Our approach | Full coverage As parents scramble to drop off students at an Eastside high school, one mother typically arrives well before the first bell. Mia Gomez scans the blocks around the campus, greeting students and parents she recognizes while keeping watch. Since before dawn, she’s been checking social media for reports of immigration enforcement activity nearby. _(Mia Gomez is a pseudonym. Boyle Heights Beat is changing her name to protect her from potential retaliation or immigration enforcement.)_ With a whistle at the ready, she stands alert and prepared to notify the mostly Latino school community of approaching immigration agents. “I see the need,” Gomez said. “And as a parent, you cannot just cross your arms and just sit down, because I know that we can make a difference.” Parents like Gomez are part of a wider network of volunteers patrolling Eastside schools in response to ramped-up immigration enforcement operations. Along with educators and students, they’ve formed grassroots “sanctuary teams” to protect their community and help students feel safe traveling to and from school. The volunteers patrol nearby intersections and offer reassurance during a tense time for undocumented or mixed-status families. Most people patrolling wear red vests to make themselves visible. But Gomez maintains a lower profile in her regular clothing. For her, this work carries an added risk: like many of the families threatened with deportation whom she works to protect, she, too, is undocumented. “I have to do it, not only for myself and my family, but because it’s affecting us all,” Gomez said. ## **Building a sanctuary team** Across Los Angeles, other schools have launched similar efforts, some with support from groups like Unión del Barrio, the Association of Raza Educators, and members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). These organizations have offered trainings on how to protect students, faculty, staff and families from immigration enforcement actions, including guidance on starting sanctuary teams and connecting schools to resources to help monitor for enforcement. At Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, history teacher Gillian Russom saw how the surge in immigration raids had led to higher levels of anxiety and a drop in attendance. Teacher Gillian Russom greets students while on patrol at Roosevelt High School. (Andrew Lopez / Boyle Heights Beat) “It’s obviously affecting student attendance because they’re worried about whether if they really are safe coming to school,” Russom said, pointing out that the recent back-to-school night saw many student and parent absences. “It’s an issue affecting our school in multiple ways.” Over the summer, she and her colleagues had formed a sanctuary committee made up of educators, parents, students and community members to address how to keep their community safe. By August, volunteers were patrolling the campus, distributing Know Your Rights cards and coordinating with the Boyle Heights Immigrant Rights Network to monitor ICE activity and train parents to respond if agents appear nearby. Roosevelt High social studies teacher Thalia Cataño said educators play a key role in these efforts. “We are some of the first people that our students and our families come to when something has happened; when someone has been detained, when there’s questions about safety and going to work or even dropping students off,” she said. Volunteers hand out Know Your Rights cards outside of schools. (Andrew Lopez / Boyle Heights Beat) Students, too, have joined the effort. Senior Prisila Hernandez, who organizes through Roosevelt’s social justice club, joined her school’s sanctuary committee to help her peers stay informed. “There are a lot of students in my classes who are terrified about the whole situation. [Students] who migrated to this country are also terrified, but they still come to school…” Hernandez said. “I think it’s important for everybody to know and to be informed of the situation and what they can do to fight against it.” Similar teams have emerged at Hollenbeck Middle School and Felicitas & Gonzalo Mendez High School. At Hollenbeck Middle School, librarian Sharon Nicholls said her team is preparing parents and staff for what to do before, during and after an ICE raid. She sees the emotional impact daily. “I was teaching poetry to kids and it was smattered all over their poetry,” she said. “It was one poem after another, describing ICE in Los Angeles. I didn’t prompt it; they just needed to share it. Every kid feels it and every kid knows it.” Families walk by Hollenbeck Middle School, one of the campuses with a growing sanctuary patrol team . (Alejandra Molina / Boyle Heights Beat) At Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School, students have recently joined forces with educators and parents to discuss immigration protocols, according to community school coordinator Emily Grijalva. The school has also been working with Proyecto Pastoral, an immigrant rights and women’s advocacy group across the street. Proyecto Pastoral leads the Boyle Heights Immigrant Rights Network, which monitors enforcement activity and alerts schools when needed. At the school, a buzzer wired to the front door works as an extra buffer to quietly alert administrators in the event immigration enforcement agents try to access the school. Boyle Heights Beat reached out to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security about their protocol for entering schools but did not receive a response. A student exits Mendez High School after dismissal on the first day of school. (Andrew Lopez / Boyle Heights Beat) ## **Expanding on district resources** The Los Unified School District does not ask students about their immigration status, but immigrant rights groups estimate that about 1 in 5 students, or 76,000, in the district come from mixed-status families, according to CalMatters. A spokesperson confirmed the district isn’t directly involved in organizing the sanctuary teams but said it has formed communication lines with various advocacy groups and established rapid response protocols for potential immigration enforcement activity near schools. In addition, LAUSD has expanded Know Your Rights workshops, resource guides for mixed-status families and bus services. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has been largely outspoken about protecting students and their families since the ICE raids began. “I hope people hear that our school system has protected its community of learners and that we are safe spaces, are a welcoming district, and that every parent should feel safe in bringing their children to school,” Carvalho said at the start of the school year during a press conference. Students walk to Roosevelt High School where one group patrols the area for ICE. (Andrew Lopez / Boyle Heights Beat) Still, educators like Russom say gaps remain – particularly in supporting students outside of school hours. “I think there’s more of a sense [of fear] since the summer invasion of LA that there isn’t really anyone else protecting us. We have to step up and try to protect our communities ourselves,” Russom said. Cataño and other teachers hope to see sanctuary teams grow on the Eastside and beyond. “The goal is that every school site has a sanctuary team and a sanctuary safety plan in place,” Cataño said, urging schools to organize themselves at the site level. ## **Taking a stand** That grassroots organizing at school sites depends on volunteers willing to show up. For Gomez, even with the risks she faces as an undocumented person, staying away from the front lines isn’t an option. She’s committed to protecting others, even as she’s had to plan for the possibility of deportation to Mexico. Her husband and children worry about her whenever she goes out. “They tell me they worry, but I tell them, ‘We cannot live in fear. We can’t. Because eventually, it’s going to affect you guys,’” Gomez said, noting that her family, who all have U.S. citizenship, may still be targeted because of their appearance and the color of their skin. Gomez hopes her presence every morning sends a message to the young people on their way to school — and to her own children “I have to do it for my kids,” she said. “To show them how to have courage and get up and fight as much as we can with the resources and support we have.”

CPH Daily Bulletin 11/11/2025

She’s undocumented — and she’s on the front lines protecting students from ICE raids

boyleheightsbeat.com/los-angeles-schools-sanc...

#LosAngeles #UTLA #ICEraids #MutualAid #RapidResponse #UnionDelBarrio

KikiLaDoucette

@kikiladoucette.bsky.social

4 months ago

United Teachers union members smiling standing on the sidewalk wearing red and holding up pro public education signs

#ImNotBoldButICan hit the streets and rally for education with my union peeps! ( on Thursday)
#UTLA

@k8delgado.bsky.social

4 months ago

Sign up for a Rally!!!✊🏻🌹 #UTLA

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

5 months ago

WSWS videos of teachers speaking out against Trump’s dictatorship resonate on Facebook and Tiktok While the Democrats and the media are doing everything to conceal from the population the danger of Trump’s unfolding fascist coup d’etat, the response to these short videos has revealed a desire in t...

WSWS videos of #teachers speaking out against Trump’s #dictatorship resonate on Facebook and Tiktok. #educators #AFT #NEA #UFT #CTU #UTLA #PFT #NTU www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

5 months ago

Teachers union president preaches calm as educators back call for mass strike against Trump dictatorship She claimed “the courts, Congress and the Court of Public Opinion” were the battleground against Trump, and rejected suggestions that a political strike was needed to stop Trump.

#Teachers union president preaches calm as #educators back call for mass strike against Trump dictatorship. #AFT #NEA #schools #parents #students #UFT #CTU #UTLA #PFT #DFT www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

5 months ago

Australian research exposes mental health crisis among teachers Teachers are being crushed by an ever-expanding administrative workload, while also being asked to deal with the increasing and complex social and emotional traumas of students and their families.

Australian research exposes #mentalhealth crisis among #teachers. #educators #schools #UFT #CTU #UTLA #PFT #AFT www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

California Politics Huddle

@ca-politics-huddle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

CPH Daily Bulletin 9/25/2025

How LA Unified is trying to protect immigrant families during Trump’s pervasive crackdown

calmatters.org/education/2025/09/la-uni...

#LAUnified #LosAngeles #Education #LAUSD #LosAngelesUnified #UTLA

California Politics Huddle

@ca-politics-huddle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

By Mariana Dale for LAist Originally published Sept. 16, 2025 There’s increasing tension between Los Angeles Unified and the labor unions that represent teachers, support staff and principals over wages and benefits for about 68,000 district employees. The unions reported picketing at more than 600 schools and held a joint press conference at RFK Community Schools in Koreatown on Tuesday morning. “Nobody wants to go on strike, but if we have to, we will,” said United Teachers Los Angeles President Cecily Myart-Cruz. “We’ve shown that two times in the past, but that’s not what we want. We actually want real supports, real investments. The district can do it.” Members of the teachers union, SEIU Local 99 (which represents support staff) and the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (which represents principals) are working under expired contracts. The unions are also in the midst of separate negotiations over healthcare benefits that will expire at the end of the year without a new agreement. “We very much value the work and dedication of all of our educators and services providers and look forward to continuing negotiations with all of our labor partners,” an LAUSD spokesperson said in a statement to LAist. Educators and support staff won double-digit wage increases after teachers joined a three-day SEIU strike in 2023. The contract negotiation sticking points are familiar — wages and benefits for workers — but the unions also want their contracts with the district to include mental health support for students, _immigrant families_ and _LGBTQ+ people_. ### What do the unions want? And how would it affect schools? Here’s a summary of what each union is asking for and the district’s response: **_United Teachers Los Angeles_** **35,000 members include:** Teachers, psychologists and counselors. **Contract expired:** June 30, 2025. **_Proposals include_****:** * Raises for educators and changes to the salary schedule so that newer teachers who complete professional development can earn increases more quickly. UTLA estimates this would amount to an average pay increase of 21% over two years. * More protections for immigrant students, including support for students whose parents or caregivers have been detained. * The creation of a task force with the goal of reviewing district policy, resources and trainings and recommending changes to better support LGBTQ+ students and staff. **LAUSD’s most recent offer includes:** * Raises of 2% annually in the first two years of the contract (2025-27) and the option to negotiate for higher increases in the 2027-28 school year. * * * **_SEIU Local 99_** **30,000 members include:** Bus drivers, cafeteria workers and classroom and campus aides. **Contract expired:** June 30, 2024. **Proposals include:** * A 30% wage increase over three years. * More hours for school support staff. President Conrado Guerrero estimates up to one-third of members are not assigned enough hours to earn benefits. * The elimination of outsourcing for roles including special education services and warehouse workers. **LAUSD’s most recent offer includes:** * Raises of 2% annually, including retroactive increases starting in July 2024 and 2025, for a total of 6% through July 2027. * * * **_Associated Administrators of Los Angeles_** **3,000 members include:** Principals, directors and other administrators. **Contract expired:** June 30, 2025. **State of negotiations:** * AALA has not laid out a specific economic proposal yet but is broadly seeking salary increases, pay for additional duties and hours worked. * ”We will use all the processes that we have legally to ensure that we continue to push the agenda of fairness, equity, and dignity and respect, and bring some joy and balance back to our workforce,” said President Maria Nichols. Part of the union’s escalation efforts include courting the support of students and their families. Union members are passing out leaflets and plan to hold a rally later this year. Helen Sanchez is the parent of two students at New Open World Academy in Koreatown. She said she’d like to see more staff and support for bilingual learners during the school day and in the afterschool programs. “ We want each classroom to be a minimum of kids so that they’re not overstimulated with too many kids,” Sanchez said. ### Where’s the money? The unions have long pointed to the district’s reserves as a potential source for raises and increased benefits. “This money belongs to the students, to the teachers, to the staff,” said Estuardo Mazariegos, an LAUSD parent and co-director of advocacy group Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action. “This money should be spent now. We are living in a crisis, and if we don’t step up, if our district does not step up, we will be in the streets.” According to the _most-recent financial report_, LAUSD had an estimated _$5 billion left_ at the end of its last budget year; about 40% is not designated to a specific purpose, the remainder is set aside for existing district programs, economic uncertainty or is otherwise restricted, though district leadership can choose to redirect some of that funding. For the last two years, LAUSD’s spending has exceeded its revenue and the district relied on reserves to make up the difference. The board was required to approve a plan that outlines _potential cuts_, such as layoffs and school closures, along with the most recent budget. **This report is reprinted with permission from Southern California Public Radio. © 2025 Southern California Public Radio. All rights reserved.**

CPH Daily Bulletin 9/21/2025

#LAUSD’s unions want new contracts. Here’s what’s happening now, and what it means for families

boyleheightsbeat.com/lausds-unions-want-new-c...

#LosAngeles #UTLA #SEIU99 #WorkerPower #AALA

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

6 months ago

Evergreen classified staff in Vancouver, Washington defy district “final offer” amid legal threats Evergreen Public Schools staff are continuing their strike in the face of threatened legal action by the district.

#Evergreen classified staff in #Vancouver, #Washington defy district “final offer” amid legal threats. Isolation of every struggle for jobs, healthcare, & public education must be ended by the rank&file. #SEIU #NEA #AFT #UFT #CTU #PFT #UTLA #educators www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

6 months ago

UTLA bureaucrats holding Los Angeles educators back from struggle Education workers in Los Angeles face deepening attacks on jobs, healthcare, and public education as the union works to suppress opposition, paving the way for budget cuts, privatization and another h...

#UTLA bureaucrats holding #educators back from struggle. Isolation of every struggle for jobs, healthcare, & public education must be ended by the rank&file in the face of the dictatorial drive to budget cuts, privatization. #UFT #CTU #PFT #GeneralStrike www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

6 months ago

Philadelphia teachers union rams through contract in sham vote Even by the standards of the American trade union bureaucracy, the maneuvers to ram through this contract are noteworthy for their brazenness and crudeness

#Philadelphia #teachers union rams through contract in sham vote that should not be considered legitimate. #Philly #educators should form independent Rank&File Committees calling meetings to coordinate district-wide action. #PFT #PHLed #PFTstrong #TWU234 #CTU #UFT #UTLA www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

6 months ago

Philadelphia teachers: Prepare for a struggle—break the cycle of sellout, unite the working class, and build rank-and-file power! The Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee calls for teachers and all city workers to build independent rank-and-file power to defeat austerity, union betrayal, and attacks on living stan...

#Philadelphia #teachers: Prepare for a struggle—break the cycle of sellout, unite the working class, and build rank-and-file power!
#PFT #PSD #Philly #educators #AFT #NEA #UFT #CTU #UTLA #schools #parents #students #education #GeneralStrike www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@boneyardz.bsky.social

7 months ago

the purpose was to demand that the district have a plan ready for all schools in case that ICE tries to enter a school. www.
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#UTLA

@nohoutla.bsky.social

7 months ago

Last day of UTLA Leadership Conference. This year we will fight for our students and the contract we deserve! @utlanow.bsky.social
#utla #wefightwewin #winourfuture #wecantwait

Convergence Magazine

@convergencemag.com

7 months ago

(2/2) Check out ​​Alex Caputo-Pearl, Jackson Potter, Jesse Sharkey, and Stephanie Luce’s article responding to Leo Casey here: shorturl.at/g4zAm | Link in Bio

#UnitedAutoWorkers #LaborActivism #convergencemag #OrganizingStrategy #UAW #CTU #UTLA #UnionStrong #LaborUnions #Plan2028

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

7 months ago

Letter from a rank-and-file Chicago educator to teachers in Philadelphia and California An educator urges his counter-parts in other cities to draw the lessons from the betrayal in Chicago and wage a counter-offensive against the Democrats and Trump.

Letter from a rank&file #Chicago educator to teachers in #Philadelphia & #California -- and for fellow #educators in #NewYorkCity as well, for fighting Democratic Party austerity measures and #Trump’s efforts to destroy public #education. #UFT #CTU #PFT #teachers #UTLA www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

@stevelightwsws.bsky.social

9 months ago

“We have no real power unless we unite”: Teachers rally in defense of education, against Trump across California The rallies drew thousands of educators, school staff, students, parents and workers, reflecting the deep and growing anger towards the Trump administration’s assault on public education.

“We have no real power unless we unite”: #Teachers rally in defense of #education, against #Trump across #California. #schools #educators #students #UTLA #AFT #NEA #UFT #CTU #GeneralStrike www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Ruben Garcia

@gorubenruben.bsky.social

9 months ago

Oralè Resisters
LA Teachers Union
Ca Fast Food Workers
Demanded Government
Hands off Education and Billionaire Treasury Raid at
Tesla in Hawthorne Ca!
#UTLA #LAUSD #Teachers #Unions #TeslaProtest
#50501SoCal #USDemocracy

Ruben Garcia

@gorubenruben.bsky.social

9 months ago

Oralè Resisters
LA Teachers Union
Ca Fast Food Workers
Demanded Government
Hands off Education and Billionaire Treasury Raid at
Tesla in Hawthorne Ca!
#UTLA #LAUSD #Teachers #Unions #TeslaProtest
#50501SoCal #USDemocracy

KFD

@kdew1.bsky.social

10 months ago

Flyer: Stop Trump and Musk Fight for schools Saturday May 27 11am Rally at Spacex 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne CA 90250 Corner of Crenshaw and Jack Northrop

In their war against diversity and public education, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are threatening to rob California students of $16.3 billion of our own tax dollars — federal money allocated for school lunches, Special Education services, and Title I programs that our most vulnerable students rely on. Trump and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, are stealing food out of the mouths of children and resources from our schools. On May 17 educators take the fight to SpaceX — Musk’s company that gets billions in tax breaks and private government contracts while Trump moves to starve out our schools. The rally connects with educator-led actions on the same day in Sacramento, San Francisco, Hanford, and San Diego. We’re building up a world and a vision through struggle and community. Let’s rally together at this family friendly event with good music, good food, and great people. Let’s build the visual language of resistance with live interactive art, screen-printed protest posters, button making, and more.

#UTLA #Fight4Schools Rally 🚌
5/17 11am at Spacex in Hawthorne. Join CA educators statewide fighting a $16.3 billion cut of our tax dollars allocated for school lunches, Special Ed svcs & Title I programs that our most vulnerable students rely on.
#Familyfriendly w/music, art, food, button making+ ❤️