Bonus: L.A. Teachers’ Strike
Will talks to Betsy and Gloria, two LA public school teachers, ahead of the three-day teachers’ strike planned to begin this Tuesday. They discuss their demands, the conditions in the schools, engaging the local community, and challenges from the LA school district superintendent.
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<p style="color: #008600;">It was a pretty constructive conversation. Thanks. It's sad that strikes still happen in the world...</p>
It sure is now let's see those titties.
These fucking dipshit pmc elite liberals and conservative fucks are standing on a wooden plank over a chasm, and can’t saw through the plank fast enough
Solidarity. ✊🏼
Can we share this outside of Patreon? I don't see it on the Chapo YT channel.
Educator here. Love this, thank you, Will. As I was listening at the gym, all MSM was covering the strike and were framing it as illegal and as a rationale for "school choice".
School choice is suuuucks. They have terrible oversight and create way more disparities than exist in public school. Of course, I’m sure this is not a bug, but a feature. Students don’t need choices, they need schools to be properly funded.
Give me my Waco-Lago tomorrow.
It should be stated that "turning the public" against striking workers is mostly just to make you feel bad for striking(with some political angle). If public opinion meant anything, what would that do to CEO compensation? Public opinion doesn't mean a fucking thing. All that matters is the time the (usually a business)system can withstand the shock of absent labor and what alternatives do they have. I will never feel bad for striking because some beaten down hog thinks I should make less because they make less. If you strike, go for broke so you actually save enough to strike again and achieve some real change within the system, and don't need to go begging to the public. Bigger strikes between different labor groups making more sweeping demands is the way forward. Have a logical objective, not just spiraling slower into debt. Striking to simply remain at the poverty line is fucking stupid. You strike to escape poverty not to stay there.
What material effect does the public have on the institution you're negotiating against?
Holding out hope professions dominated by women will have the balls to actually put some fear into capital, unlike all the men "greatful to have a job" because they're fucking idiots. Nurse-teacher coalition could absolutely bring class consciousness to the forefront and capital to its knees, especially now. Jesus. They are asking for way way too little. That doesn't garner respect or increase success. You don't get points for seeming reasonable, you're made to live with less. Either you have leverage or you don't. I got a 20% raise while already making way more for doing a way easier and arguably significantly less important job than teaching children. This shit is made up. Ask for a 200% raise minimum. They will always give you less than you reach for. Let their dumbass kids worship Xi on TikTok if they won't allow the dignity of a good wage. I wouldn't get out of bed for $20k in America. I'd just move, why stay here?
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man, Amber should be serving this slop.
get over it
I'm a Special Ed Assistant. The job has completely melted my sanity in the past few years and no one even seems to know what I do for a living. Heartening to even get a shout out when education labour is being discussed
I make 24k a year on my disability pension welfare payments in Australia plus extra benefits like cheap medicine and free doctors bulk billed on medicare... wtf is going on over there. revolution already
I’m gonna buy some dang tacos for teachers! UPDATE: Tacos bought!
Hell yea dude.
Every American knows what it’s like to be a massive cuck. God bless these teachers for striking. Stick it to them as hard as fucking possible
Boy I’d like to “abstract” that superintendent.
Carvalho was hoping for a feather touch, but the teachers have selected POWER DRIVE!
Sending all my love and support to my fellow teachers in la
Google Carvalho. He’s exactly as much of a worm as you’d expect.
Of course he's from Florida
Carvalho was probably Ron’s designated fluffer before he got the job in LA.
20k a year?! Jesus Christ they should ask for double, not 30% Godspeed teachers.
It's sad. These people have unions and understand need to strike but are so beaten down they're only asking for bigger crumbs. Same with strippers union. There is a fundamental blindness to how lethal etiquette can be. That's what a 30% raise on $20k is. It certainly isn't logical. At $40k that still isn't viable for a career. Anything less than $100k/year is essentially a 5 year time bomb. In LA it's like a 2 or year time bomb. You aren't saving, certainly not buying a house at $30k. What exactly is the point? Irrational etiquette of labor performing gratitude even as they strike. They are just slightly expanding the window for the next time they go broke.
Thanks for this. Donations are quick and easy.
I do love my slop with a healthy serving of worker solidarity. Great bonus ep!
Really great interview, I will definitely donate to the strike fund. I have lived on less than $20k per year and it would have been impossible to convince me to go on strike because I would have been to afraid. Contributing to the fund makes going on strike more of an option.
This is amazing thank you for shedding light on this. I’m an education major & the right wings war on education is scary. Teachers Unions could play a huge role in transitioning to a socialist society 🌹 🤍 solidarity:)
This will be a taco Tuesday for the ages
Wiki'd Carvalho and he's apparently one of the lucky few undocumented immigrants who realized the classic rags to riches "American Dream," bootstraps and all that, and expects others to do the same.
To have the equivalent of a middle class life in the 90s (house, vacations, couple of kids, etc); you’d have to make ~400k a year. Something has to give
Family friend is affected by this and is going on strike Wednesday, thank you will for this interview
Where’s my Wagner group pornhub episode! You can’t just dangle that out there . Chop chop chapo
They talked about it Friday
Monday Chapo!!!
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Cool