What is a Caucus?
Channel: Labor Notes
Date: 21/01/2020

Teacher unionists across the country have established rank & file caucuses in 30 cities and states over the last decade. 

With the goals of revitalizing their unions, and organizing to challenge "ed reform" - high stakes testing, re-segregation, charters, austerity budgets - they have been changing the face of the labor movement. 

Caucuses have elected union leadership in Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Chicago, Baltimore, Denver and elsewhere. 

This webinar was organized by Labor Notes for teachers in Rochester, New York so they could hear first-hand from activists and leaders who have successfully organized caucuses in their own unions.

This webinar is being held on Monday, January 13 - 8:00 pm.

Speakers:

Merrie Najimy, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Educators for a Democratic Union

Barbara Madeloni, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Educators for a Democratic Union

Gillian Russom, United Teachers Los Angeles, Union Power

Arlene Inouye, United Teachers Los Angeles, Union Power

Cristina Duncan Evans, Baltimore Teachers Union, Baltimore Movement of Rank & File Educators

Shira Cohen, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Caucus of Working Educators

This call was facilitate by Labor Notes Board chair Ellen David Friedman.