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Through their historic strike, Los Angeles teachers have taught working people across the country how to fight back and win
Eric Blanc
Eric Blanc is an assistant professor of labor studies at Rutgers University, the author of We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big (University of California Press, 2025), and an organizer trainer in the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee.
The Los Angeles teachers’ strike isn’t all about wages. At its core, the strike is a fight against a hostile takeover of public schools by the superrich
The historic victory in West Virginia has inspired teachers and staff across the United States. Marches, rallies, and sickouts in defense of…