OCCUPY LAUSD MARCHES, BUT ‘DON’T HOLD US BACK’ TAKES THE BOARDROOM #ows

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OCCUPY LAUSD MARCHES, BUT ‘DON’T HOLD US BACK’ TAKES THE BOARDROOM

smf: At today’s abbreviated school board meeting - while the 99% were marching, the co-opted representatives of the 1% – in matching “Don’t Hold Us Back” T shirts - took all but two or three of the speakers cards.

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Occupy LAUSD Aligns With Local Occupy Movement, Will March Today BY LINDSAY WILLIAM-ROSS, LASIST.COM | HTTP://BIT.LY/NAAHOF

Bringing a Third Chair to the Bargaining Table BY CHARLES KERCHNER - RESEARCH PROFESSOR, CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY IN THE HUFF POST |HTTP://HUFF.TO/QAWNMR

October 18, 2011 10:20 AM - A group of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, parents, students, and other district employees will march with the Occupy L.A. protesters this afternoon. The groups will leave the Occupy L.A. site at City Hall at 4 p.m. and head to the LAUSD headquarters

10/18/11 06:02 PM ET - Sometimes the most interesting political commentary is found in the comics... or in the ads. Monday's editions of the Los Angeles Times, Daily News and La Opinion carried a full-page ad from a coalition of civic and community organizations aimed at influencing the negotiations between the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers, represented by United Teachers Los Angeles. The ad itself is pretty bland. "Don't hold us back," is not exactly a searing catch phrase. But the underlying issues are explosive: teacher evaluation, employment security, and school-site determination of work rules. Essentially, the ad's sponsors are drawing up a third chair to the bargaining table. They are attempting to influence both labor and management, but clearly they are in line with the positions and issues articulated bySuperintendent John Deasy last summer. The increasingly bold and strident parent and community voice,