Organizing for Safe School Openings: Lessons for Labor
Channel: Labor Notes
Date: 27/08/2020

Host: Barbara Madeloni, Labor Notes
Joined by:
Donna Kelly-Williams - Massachusetts Nurses Association
Rudy Renaud - Massachusetts Nurses Association
Jay O'Neal - West Virginia United Caucus, West Virginia Education Association
Ellen Schweitzer - Movement of Rank and File Educators caucus, United Federation of Teachers

Educators are in a fierce struggle to demand that school buildings reopen only when it is safe, while policymakers and administrators are desperate to open schools in the name of restarting the economy - at whatever cost to human lives.

The pandemic has exposed how racism and economic injustice permeate our lives. Yet the battle educators are waging teaches how we can organize for collective action for workers' rights and the common good. We hear from educators and other labor activists who've been involved in this struggle.