Interview: "Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts"

Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools that reaffirms sanctuary school protections, protects the ability to teach Black history, gives veteran teachers a raise, & more.

“The collective bargaining agreement is a very powerful tool... to ensure that people are protected."

~Stacy Davis Gates

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/1/stacy_davis_gates

#teacherunions #education #collectivebargaining #uspol #dei #trump #autocracy .

Interview: "Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts"

Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools that reaffirms sanctuary school protections, protects the ability to teach Black history, gives veteran teachers a raise, & more.

“The collective bargaining agreement is a very powerful tool... to ensure that people are protected."

~Stacy Davis Gates

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/1/stacy_davis_gates

#teacherunions #education #collectivebargaining #uspol #dei #trump #autocracy .

Interview: "Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts"

Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools that reaffirms sanctuary school protections, protects the ability to teach Black history, gives veteran teachers a raise, & more.

“The collective bargaining agreement is a very powerful tool... to ensure that people are protected."

~Stacy Davis Gates

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/1/stacy_davis_gates

#teacherunions #education #collectivebargaining #uspol #dei #trump #autocracy .

Trump put out an executive order (EO) to take away the collective bargaining (union) rights of federal employees today, claiming such rights counter “national security requirements and considerations.”

With another executive order, Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for >1 million federal workers.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343474/trump-collective-bargaining-unions-federal-employees

Whoa, yesterday, #Trump illegally stripped #CollectiveBargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of #FederalWorkers in 18 different departments across multiple #FederalAgencies.

The admin stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared *#war* on President Trump’s agenda.”

Is he going to use #wartime powers against #union members now?

#law #LaborLaw #labor #Musk #DOGE #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #propaganda #Trumpaganda #gaslighting #NaziState #MafiaState
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-exempts-agencies-with-national-security-missions-from-federal-collective-bargaining-requirements/

Today in Labor History March 22, 1972: U.S. Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. It failed. And to this day, women earn 84% of what men do. One of the exceptions is public education, where teachers’ unions have fought and won the right to collectively bargain salaries based on years of experience, not gender. The first ERA was introduced to Congress in 1923. The 1972 had wide bipartisan support, including by presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter, and seemed destined to pass. However, Phyllis Schlafly mobilized conservative women against the amendment, arguing that it would disadvantage housewives, make them eligible for the draft and cause divorcees to lose custody of their children. This killed the ERA in the 1970s. From 2017-2020, several states have ratified the ERA. However, it is uncertain whether these ratifications are legal, since they occurred after the deadlines. Schlafly went on to become a major player in the anti-abortion and anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQ rights movements.

Per the article, Trump’s recent firing of National Labor Relations Board (#NLRB) members may not have been conducted legally as specified in The National Labor Relations Act. At least one fired board member is fighting back in court.

#USA #USGov #USGovernment #trump #musk #unions #unionization #CollectiveBargaining

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/business/nlrb-trump-musk-workers/index.html

Today in Labor History January 30, 1933: German President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler Chancellor. Almost immediately, Hitler began his attacks on labor, with his Sturmabteilung (paramilitary) raiding and burning union offices and assassinating labor leaders, while the police looked on. In May, 1933, he created the German Labor Front, a fascist labor organization to replace the gutted unions. They sent many of the labor leaders to concentration camps and abolished collective bargaining and union elections. Also in May, 1933, the Nazis also attacked and destroyed the Institute for Sexual Sciences, home to the world’s first trans medical clinic, which performed the world’s first sexual reassignment surgeries, for Karl Meir Baer, in 1906, and Lili Elbe, in 1930-1931.

Whether or not you think the comparison with Nazi Germany is a valid one, they did come after trans people almost from day 1, just like Trump. And Project 2025 very directly targets unions and labor activism. So, if your workplace isn’t already organized, it’s past time to get started.

Today in Labor History January 18, 1934: The anarchist General Confederation of Labor launched a General Strike in Portugal after the government banned unions, strikes and collective bargaining. The government put it down, killing 100, deporting 600 and outlawing of the labor union. Some members of the union blamed the strike’s failure on Communists, who they believe ratted out their plans to the government in advance, resulting in the arrest of several strike leaders the night before the strike took place.

WE VOTED YES! (THREAD)

We are thrilled to share that our members have voted to ratify our new three-year collective bargaining agreement with #NYTimes…

YES! A hopeful milestone for American #Labor & working families:
The #Teamsters launched what the #union described as "the largest strike against #Amazon in U.S. history" on Thursday morning to protest the e-commerce behemoth's unlawful refusal to bargain with organized drivers and warehouse workers across the country.

Workers in New York City, Atlanta, San Francisco, and other locations are expected to participate in Thursday's strike, with more facilities prepared to join if Amazon's management doesn't agree to #negotiate contracts with unionized employees.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/teamsters-amazon-strike

WE HAVE A DEAL

We are thrilled to announce we have reached a tentative three-year agreement with #NYTimes, pending ratification by our members. There’s so much to share but here are just a few highlights of the deal:

WE HAVE A DEAL: We have reached a tentative agreement with the #NYTimes for our members. Read more here...