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All of our endorsed candidates have won or moved into the run-off!
Educators and allies knocked on thousands of doors, talked to thousands of voters, and organized communities across LA for strong public schools.
Paid for by
@lateacherchoice
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This is the power of public education when parents, students, and educators join forces. This is the power of unity.
#WeAreLA
#UTLAstrong
#Red4Ed
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Tonight
#UTLAStrong
House of Reps voted 80% to endorse
#BernieSanders
, following the most comprehensive member engagement process UTLA ever conducted for a political candidate. Like UTLA, Sanders believes in building a national movement for lasting change.
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LA flooded with public education supporters, demanding a reinvestment in our public schools. Not just a declaration and show of support for public education and teachers, but a rebuke of Beutner’s agenda to starve and privatize our schools.
#LAUSDStrike
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
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Today, UTLA members went on strike in solidarity with
@seiulocal99
, marking the first-ever combined strike by the district's two largest unions.
Picket lines will continue on Wednesday, 3/22, and Thursday, 3/23!
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The teacher pay gap hit a record high in 2021, according to a new report from
@economicpolicy
. The teacher retention crisis is only getting worse and children are suffering for it.
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@adamcarolla
Who is the coward, the teachers who dare confront government officials and powerful business to fight for the health of their students and families, or you who sit safely in your La Cañada mansion criticizing what apparently you don’t even understand: Teachers ARE working
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Our movement is winning, the billionaires are scared. Check out senator
@NinaTurner
shouts out LA teachers in our fight against privatization. Only through UNITY can we have real and lasting change.
#NotMeUs
#Bernie2020
#UTLAstrong
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Free speech teaching moment! Yesterday, a Kennedy High School student was fired by the school principal from doing the school announcements after she simply said, "We stand with you teachers." The community stands behind her and demands her reinstatement.
#RespectOurStudents
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Over 60,000 people converged in DT Los Angeles to mark the end of the first week of our strike. Bargaining continues through the weekend. Our picket lines remain strong.
#UTLAstrong
#LAUSDstrike
#WeAreLA
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We thank
@RichardDreyfuss
for his support in this important moment. For full video please visit his facebook page:
@richardsdreyfuss
. "Teachers are among the last remaining heroes of our culture"— Richard Dreyfuss
#LAUSDStrike
#UTLAStrong
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There are powerful forces trying to stop Bernie’s movement. We call on our union sisters & brothers across the country to stand up and fight. Post a video supporting Bernie w/hashtag
#LaborForBernie
#NotMeUS
#UTLAStrong
#Bernie2020
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Over 60,000 people converged in DT Los Angeles to mark the end of the first week of our strike. Bargaining continues through the weekend. Our picket lines remain strong.
#UTLAstrong
#LAUSDstrike
#WeAreLA
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As workers we are powerful. As parents we are powerful. As the people united, we are unstoppable.
We are on strike to fight for the future of LA public schools.
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UTLA MEMBERS WIN GROUND-BREAKING TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
Today, the UTLA member bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with the district.
This historic agreement makes significant progress for educators and students that goes beyond the school site and into our communities.
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UTLA members closed out the first week of our historic strike with a raucous and joyful rally with parents and students in front of City Hall, just steps away from where UTLA was bargaining with LAUSD. More than 60,000 let the sunshine in at UTLA rally.
#LAUSDStrike
#UTLAStrong
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.
@BernieSanders
supports
#UTLA
in the fight to save public education in LA!
“I stand with the Los Angeles teachers in their fight for justice and dignity.” — Bernie Sanders
#StrikeReady
#UTLAStrong
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When you cut our schools to the bone, you set us up for failure. When you reinvest in our schools, we thrive. That’s why
@UTLANow
is on the picket line.
#Strike4Ed
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
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.
@AustinLASchools
says only 3500 educators out today
@LASchools
. Here’s the march half an hour after initially entering the 2nd street tunnel. His counting is about as strong as his budget projections.
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
#Red4Ed
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Going on strike is never easy. It is our radical joy that sustains us and allows us to dream of better futures for LA public schools.
It is our collective action that will turn them into reality. Join us at noon TODAY in front of
@LASchools
to demand what we deserve.
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This was the view of City Hall just before tens of thousands of striking teachers, students, & their supporters marched through downtown. We are demanding smaller class sizes for our students as well as a full-time nurse and counselor in our buildings 5 days a week.
#utlastrong
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Denver teachers to strike for first time in 25 years. The truth is that one job should be enough. Teachers shouldn't have to work side gigs, get roommates, or worry about living in a camper van.
#DCTAStrong
#UTLAStrong
#RedforEd
#Solidarity
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#BernieSanders
has the only campaign that isn’t about an individual—it’s about a broad movement, just like our strike was,” — UTLA/NEA Vice President Cecily Myart-Cruz.
#WeArePublicSchools
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UTLA educators,
#LAUSD
parents, and students on the picket line this morning in the rain demanding smaller class sizes and justice outside RFK.
#UTLAStrong
#Red4Ed
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First day of our historic strike! On the line for our students. So much at stake.
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
#Strike4Ed
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✊ SOLIDARITY STRIKE 3/21-3/23✊
Los Angeles is in solidarity with
@SEIULocal99
! Educators will be joining our union siblings on the picket lines.
@LASchools
won’t get away with underfunding our schools. This is for our students, for our communities and for our lives.
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Stop the privatization movement in LA and you’ll stop it everywhere—words to inspire from none other than public education luminary Diane Ravitch. Today at Hamilton High, she walked the picket line and thanked LA teachers for our courage.
#UTLAStrong
#LAUSDstrike
#WeAreLA
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"I want to speak to the billionaires. We’re not going way of New Orleans, where you privatized & closed every single public school in that city. Public ed. is not your plaything – it belongs to the people of L.A."
- Alex Caputo-Pearl, UTLA President
#UTLAStrong
#LAUSDstrike
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Aryana Fields, a 5th Grader at Playa del Rey Elementary School in Los Angeles, performs a song in support of striking teachers.
“A Strike Song” — Aryana Fields
Full Song on UTLA Facebook page.
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
#LAUSDStrike
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✊ EDUCATION WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE ✊
Tens of thousands of education workers and community allies are out on strike to demand the district treat us with dignity and respect.
We aren’t going to let the district disrespect us anymore. We are LA Public Schools!
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Today is the beginning of a new day for our students! We're on strike because our students and our classrooms cannot wait any longer. We cannot continue on without the nurses, counselors, and librarians our students need.
#Strike4Ed
#WeAreLA
#UTLASrong
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The district plans on hoarding $4.9 billion in reserves. $4.9 billion in unspent school funding.
Workers are going hungry.
Schools are going under-resourced.
We’ve had enough.
We continue the fight for dignity, respect and investment ✊
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We’re on Day 2 of our Historic Strike and we are only getting stronger.
Los Angeles is backing up our education workers. WE ARE A UNION TOWN AND PROUD OF IT
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What we’re doing together to
#SavePublicEducation
is a revolutionary act of love. Together with tens of thousands of our closest friends, we’re going to dance, sing, laugh, cry, march, shout - AND WE WILL WIN.
#UTLAStrong
#LAUSDStrike
#UTLAStrikeDay5
#acceleratedstrike
#RedforEd
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UTLA Officers write a letter to encourage Sen. Bernie Sanders to stay in the presidential race.
#UTLAStrong
#NotMeUS
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They. Just. Do. Not. Stop.
Rally at Grand Park to demand the schools our students deserve.
#UTLASTRONG
#STRIKEREADY
#WeAreLA
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Do we starve our public neighborhood schools so that they are cut and privatized or do we re-invest in our public neighborhood schools for our students and for a thriving city?
#UTLAStrong
#LAUSDStrike
#WeAreLA
#redFored
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Los Angles is
#StrikeReady
for the schools our students deserve. We are
#UTLAStrong
and will be on the frontlines for the change that is needed. Join us on the picket line.
#WeAreLA
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Over 60,000 people converged in DT Los Angeles to mark the end of the first week of our strike. Bargaining continues through the weekend. Our picket lines remain strong.
#UTLAstrong
#LAUSDstrike
#WeAreLA
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Have you seen this beautiful video? This made everyone's day!
Delegan is a school in Eagle Rock California (Los Angeles)♥️
#DelevanDriveElementary
#UTLAStrong
#LAUSDStrike
#RedForEd
#EagleRock
#TeachersAndStudentsMatter
🎶Count on me🎶 Bruno Mars🎤
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Happy anniversary! The couple that strikes together, stays together!
#UTLAStrong
#RedForEd
#utlastrike
#lausdstrike
#WeAreLA
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🔥 We Have the Power!
@SEIULocal99
wins a historic contract! 🔥
65,000+ took to the streets over the past week to demand a fair contract for the
@SEIULocal99
workers who are the backbone of LA public schools.
#LAUSDStrike
#99Strong
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Read and share UTLA’s Strike FAQ , which includes ways to support educators.
#strike4ed
#utlastrong
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With this tentative agreement all secondary english and math classes will go from 46 to 39 students. This is effective immediately.
#UTLAStrong
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#BernieSanders
is clearly the teachers choice. The movement continues to grow as more and more unions continue to endorse him.
We need an unapologetic, longstanding ally of progressive policies to make public education a priority in the White House.
#NotMeUs
#UTLAStrong
UTR &
@OaklandEA
endorse Senator
@SenSanders
for President of the United States for the 2020 Primary! Joining
@UTLAnow
as educator unions and thousands of teachers across the US supporting
@BernieSanders
!
@NEAToday
Please read our press release below:
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After six days on strike along with parents, students and community members across Los Angeles, we have reached a historic agreement that addresses major issues impacting our schools, students and professions.
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Let the sunshine in ☀️! Public education belongs to the people!
#UTLAStrong
#UTLAStrike
#LAUSDStrike
#acceleratedstrike
#REDForEd
#WeAreLA
#LAUSDStrike
: Thousands of people show up for the latest teachers’ union rally in downtown LA. Contract talks set to resume in a few minutes across the street at City Hall.
@KNX1070
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UTLA educators, parents, and students streaming off the metro and headed for the Rally at Grand Park.
#WeAreLA
#UTLAStrong
#RED4ED
#STRIKEREADY
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School workers have made it clear that we will not put up with the district's disrespect and abuse anymore. We are proud to be going on a solidarity strike with
@SEIULocal99
tomorrow through Thursday.
We will be out on the streets every day. Learn more:
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Day 5 - Another HUGE rally at Grand Park today!!! Thanks to parents, students, and community members for your support! Together we can do this! ✊🏼
#LAUSDStrike
#UTLAStrong
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Check out this
#PublicEdDanceChallenge
. Students from Venice are challenging all of Los Angeles to learn these steps and show up on picket lines at your local neighborhood school.
#WeAreLA
#LAUSDStrike
#UTLAStrong
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Hamilton High School Senior, Macy Bartlett, had to sit on the floor in her chemistry class for an entire year.
This is unacceptable.
Our students deserve lower class sizes.
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
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LAUSD has been a target of unregulated charter expansion by groups like CCSA and wealthy privatizers Eli Broad, who see public education as an industry to be broken up rather than reinvested in and supported.
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
#Strike4Ed
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✊🏽Congratulations to Denver teachers! When we strike, we win! ✊🏽 Denver’s educators have successfully won their strike. Next up:
@OaklandEA
#RedForEd
@DenverTeachers
#DCTAStrong
#utlastrong
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LA IS UNITED BEHIND EDUCATION WORKERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Education workers, parents, students and community members have been on strike for three days.
We are now three days closer to winning respect, dignity and a living wage for workers and school communities.
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California’s first charter educators’ strike has just begun outside the Accelerated Schools here in Los Angeles! Parents, students, and teachers out on the line!
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Today's homophobic protest in Los Angeles was an attempt to intimidate and scare the LGBTQIA+ community.
It won't work. We are going to stand shoulder to shoulder with our queer and trans siblings in the classrooms, at the School Board, and on the streets.
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"I’m a 2018-19 Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year, and I love my job. I love it so much I spent my rainy Saturday laminating 40 signs and making a dozen strike-related phone calls."
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
#Strike4Ed
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Iconic labor leader
@DoloresHuerta
stands with LA teachers. Huerta is a co-founder of the United Farm Workers. Huerta continues not only to inspire those around her, but to do the work of building a just society for working people.
#Solidarity
#StrikeReady
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Hateful, Racist, Colorist, Homophobic and Classist language has no home in LA — whether in City Hall or the House of Labor.
We call for the immediate resignations of Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, and Gil Cedillo, and LA Labor Federation President Ron Herrera
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Category is: epic protest signs 🔥
We’re just getting started. Rally with us at 12 PM in front of LAUSD HQ as we hold the district accountable.
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Let's be crystal clear: white supremacist fascist groups are preying on existing fears and prejudices in our communities to attack LGBTQ+ people.
They're scared of the inclusive world we are building in our schools. We're going to be there to protect our LGBTQ+ siblings.
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Our strike and our unity on the picket lines have resulted in tremendous contract and policy victories. The strike made us stronger as a union for future struggles, connected us with parents in ways we have never seen.
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
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This what the LOVE of PUBLIC SCHOOLS looks like: over 50,000 marched today for public education. Our message to Austin Beutner: Unless you use the $1.8 billion reserve to invest in our students, expect to see us on strike in January.
#StrikeReady
#March4Ed
#WeAreLA
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When you walk back into schools tomorrow, do it proudly! "Together we said we deserve better, our students deserve better. We must keep our expectations high and not let go of this moment, because the next struggle is right around the corner."
#UTLAStrong
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Lead-free drinking water at school is in our tentative agreement.
Union made solar panels and electric buses is in our tentative agreement.
We're expanding what it means for organized educators to fight for environmental and climate justice in our schools.
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"MAKE YOUR LINES STRONG!"
President Alex Caputo-Pearl reminded teachers of importance of keeping picket lines strong:
"A strike day is a workday except your work is fighting for a good contract and educational justice. So everybody has to be there."
#UTLAstrong
#LAUSDstrike
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Educators are UNAPOLOGETIC about our demands because they are what parents want: lower class sizes, more nurses, counselors, and librarians, ending overtesting so there’s more time for arts, music, science.
#UTLAStrong
#StrikeReady
#WeAreLA
#March4Ed
@UTLANow
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The district has confirmed it is ready to return to the bargaining table at City Hall tomorrow. We met with Mayor Eric Garcetti today and he has offered to mediate in an effort to help us work toward an agreement.
#StrikeReady
#WeAreLA
#LAUSDStrike
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OUR SOLIDARITY MAKES US UNSTOPPABLE 🫶
❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜
We also want to thank ALL
@UTLAnow
members! Together, we stood in the rain holding picket signs and umbrellas. We marched, we chanted, we sang from before the sun was up and through the day, through the wind, through the rain. OUR SOLIDARITY IS STRONGER THAN EVER.
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BREAKING: UTLA members have voted overwhelmingly to resist a premature and unsafe physical return to school sites.
#WeArePublicSchools
Read the full story ⬇︎
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LAUSD estimates that a first year teacher can spend up to $1,286 a month in rent and utilities.
The lowest average rent across LA is $1,335. There is literally no neighborhood in LA where a first year teacher could afford rent.
We must raise educator wages ⬆️
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After a powerful week of action, LA educators are ready for a return to the picket lines Tuesday morning. With the strong support of the parents and community, this fight for public education will continue for as long as it takes.
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
#LAUSDStrike
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Solidarity with our West Virginia sisters and brothers! They are staying out on strike on Wednesday 02/20 to ensure that Republicans do not attempt to revive the pro-privatization bill.
#WhenWeStrikeWeWin
#UnionStrong
#55Strong
#55UNITED
#WVStrong
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Mariachi
#UTLA
rally at Grand Park LA. Our educators and our communities are stronger together. We fight together, we make art together, we win together.
#LAUSDStrike
#UTLAStrong
#WeAreLA
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6th Day Strike March
On Tuesday after the picket lines come to downtown and march with educators.
10:30 am: RALLY & MARCH
***********************************************
Musical Performance:🎵 Quetzal 🎵
Invited Guest: Alyssa Milano
UTLA MARIACHI BAND🎺🎺
DJ Phatrick
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Bernie Sanders will call for a ban on all for-profit charter schools. Sanders believes the growth of charter schools has done disproportionate harm to the black community because it has pulled public dollars away from community public schools.
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We're tired of:
- underfunded schools
- underpaid and overworked workers
- under-resourced communities
Overwhelming solidarity has always been the solution to the underfunding of our communities. On 3/15, we will be demonstrating our united power for public schools.
Join us!
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BREAKING: The Los Angeles Unified School District will close all schools starting Monday, March 16 for two weeks due the COVID-19 situation.
#coronavirus
#COVID19
#lausd
#LosAngeles
#lausdteachers
#UTLAStrong
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The weekend is that much better knowing that we made history together this week 🤩
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UPDATE: We are making progress but whether or not we reach an agreement late tonight, everyone should report to picket lines as usual Tuesday morning. We will need to ratify the TA before we end the strike.
#UTLAStrong
#LAUSDStrike
#WeAreLA
#Strike4Ed
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What an amazing turnout of teachers, students, parents, and community supporters today! We definitely made a strong statement on behalf of our students and we're just getting started!
#UTLAStrong
#LAUSDStrike
#redfored
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🎉BREAKING: UTLA MEMBERS VOTE TO RATIFY 2022-2025 TA 🎉
With a 94.13% YES VOTE, UTLA members voted to ratify the 2022-25 agreement.
We fought together for more than a year to win our Beyond Recovery demands.
With this agreement, we are setting a new standard for public ed!
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Today is the beginning of a new day for our students! We're on strike because our students and our classrooms cannot wait any longer. We cannot continue on without the nurses, counselors, and librarians our students need.
#WeAreLA
#LAUSDStrike
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After 20 months of fruitless bargaining and lies and manipulation on the part of Supt. Austin Beutner, UTLA today announced a strike date of January 10.
#utlastrong
#StrikeReady
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Wow, just hours after our massive rally in downtown LA, this happens.
#utlastrong
#strike4ed
#lausdstrike
#wearela
Teachers need our support – now more than ever.
@UTLAnow
President Alex Caputo-Pearl received a well-deserved shoutout during tonight's monologue.
#UTLAStrong
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"LA’s hard-learned lessons on organizational transformation, democratic practices, power, scale, and working solidaristically across groups of workers through their unions provide important and visionary guideposts for the country."
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From our workplaces
to the streets
Workers Run LA 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
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Bloomfield and his cronies are funding millions in propaganda against LA and our communities. They have become the charter corporations' biggest funders and are looking to destroy public education.
This Super Tuesday vote with the teachers' choice!
#WeArePublicSchools
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This is our moment. This is our movement. Solidarity is pouring in, from Los Angeles to London, from Palms to Puerto Rico. Tomorrow. The dedication & passion educators bring every day to the classroom, will be brought to the streets to demand the
#schoolsourstudentsdeserve
!
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Solidarity ✊✊✊
All power to the hotel workers!
BREAKING: Southern California hotel workers are ON STRIKE! Thousands walked off the job at properties across DTLA & Santa Monica. Dozens more properties remain without a Union contract. Visiting the area? Don't be a scab! Where are we striking? Learn more ⤵️
#SoCalHotelStrike
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