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Portland students stand in solidarity with teachers’ strike | Classroom Struggle

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Portland students stand in solidarity with teachers’ strike





Check out this video of students speaking out in solidarity with the teachers’ union in Portland. What would it take to build this type of solidarity between teachers and students in Oakland?





Portland teachers prove the power of solidarity
Sarah Levy reports on a tentative agreement for Portland teachers that wins on most of the union’s main demands–thanks to teachers’ thorough preparations for a strike. February 25, 2014 Outside the theater where Portland teachers voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike (Bette Lee) WITH LESS than 48 hours to go before what would have been […]