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Lois Weiner is the author The Future of Our Schools: Teachers Unions and Social Justice (Haymarket, 2012). An independent researcher and consultant, she writes widely on education and teachers unions.

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What Does a “Safe Return” to School Look Like? Ask Teacher Unions.
Powerful elites are willing to sacrifice the lives and futures of millions to feed their own profits. Teachers are fighting back.
Lois Weiner and Jackson Potter
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The Oakland Teachers Strike Isn’t Just a Walk Out—It’s a Direct Challenge to Neoliberalism
Lois Weiner
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Inside the Closed Facebook Groups Where the Teacher Strikes Began
Lois Weiner
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Inside the Closed Facebook Groups Where the Teacher Strikes Began
How Facebook helped make the wave of teachers’ strikes possible.
Lois Weiner
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West Virginia Teachers Are Showing How Unions Can Win Power Even If They Lose Janus
Lois Weiner
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How Business Unionism Got Us to Janus
Lois Weiner
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The AFT’s Endorsement of Hillary Clinton Is an Insult to Union Democracy
Lois Weiner
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