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.
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The Oakland Teachers Strike Isn’t Just a Walk Out—It’s a Direct Challenge to Neoliberalism
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Inside the Closed Facebook Groups Where the Teacher Strikes Began
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Inside the Closed Facebook Groups Where the Teacher Strikes Began
How Facebook helped make the wave of teachers’ strikes possible.
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West Virginia Teachers Are Showing How Unions Can Win Power Even If They Lose Janus
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How Business Unionism Got Us to Janus
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The AFT’s Endorsement of Hillary Clinton Is an Insult to Union Democracy