The third day of the Chicago teachers strike is underway. Yesterday the union expressed surprise at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s claim that a deal that would end the dispute was “close.” From The Guardian: ‘The Chicago Teachers Union has 49 Articles in its contract (and) to date we have only signed off on six of them,’ [...]
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Students and Parents Join Teachers in Chicago Streets
See the video below for Amy Goodman’s report on day two of the teachers’ strike in Chicago. School is out in Chicago for a second day as public school teachers continue their first strike in 25 years. Almost 30,000 teachers and their support staff have walked out over reforms sought by the city’s powerful Mayor, [...]
News Desk: Chicago Teachers Strike
From NPR: No Deal: Chicago Teachers To Strike After Contract Talks Fail Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has said, “No [Chicago Teachers Union] members will be inside of our schools Monday,” after contract negotiations failed to reach a deal that would prevent a labor strike, the Chicago Tribune reports. … As Becky Vevea reported [...]
Progressive Notes: UK’s Strike, Wenona for Arizona’s Big Endorsement, Warren’s Poll Rise, Laugh at Newt and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. This week over 2 million workers in Britain went on strike over PM Cameron’s anti-working man policies. Democracy Now did a great report on the mass strike, and it is the largest in decades. Watch and read it here. One of the most important progressive contests [...]
Progressive Notes: Hoyer Moves to Quash Progressive Sheyman, Pray for Demise of Super Committee, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. “Every American ought to have the right to be treated; as he would like to be treated, as one would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated.” -JFK. Labor is launching a great ad campaign against Republican lawmakers in key [...]
Progressive Notes: Houston School Board Member’s Hate Mail Spurs Grassroots into Action
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. There is a major political story exploding here in Houston Texas. I’ve been involved with a school board campaign for Ramiro Fonseca, a well respected member of the Latino community who heads the Hispanic Forum. He challenged the incumbent Houston ISD Trustee Manuel Rodriguez in a [...]
Progressive Notes: UPDATE-WH Nixes Fundraiser at Houston Pension Opponent Arnold’s Home
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Michelle Obama’s fundraiser with pension opponent John Arnold in Houston has now suddenly been cancelled “postponed.” UPDATE: Politico has a brief story up on the cancellation of the fundraisers in Houston here. Did the words of Houston Federation of Teachers President Gayle Fallon, its Director Zeph [...]
Houston’s Art Pronin Takes on the White House, Gets Quoted in Politico
An upcoming Houston fundraiser featuring first lady Michelle Obama at the home of a former Enron executive who is part of a movement to convert public pensions to 401(k)-style plans is angering some local Democrats. – Politico This is what a movement progressive is supposed to do. Art made quite a stir on his breaking [...]
Progressive Notes: UPDATED-**ABOUT TO BREAK IN NATL MEDIA**Obama Camp to Fundraise at Pension Opponent’s House, Houston Teacher’s Union Fights Back
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. **UPDATE: POLITICO HAS CONTACTED ME AND INTERVIEWED ME. THIS WILL BE A NATL STORY AND IN PRINT HOPEFULLY TODAY. WH HAS BEEN ASKED BY POLITICO FOR OFFICIAL RESPONSE*** A row between the Obama fundraising machine and labor has erupted in Houston. Michelle Obama is coming to [...]
Progressive Notes: Trumka’s Plan, Roseanne, Black Caucus Grabs WH Attention, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. The TV series, Roseanne, is seeing a surge in popularity again because the show talked alot about blue collar America. Here is a classic clip making the YouTube hits list. When a state house candidate shows up at her door to talk about tax breaks: Must [...]
Progressive Notes: Al Gore Calls on Us, New Progressive Alliance, Van Os Urges His Party to Wake Up, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. So much to discuss this epic week, a turning point for many activists. Kudos to Russ Feingold, Keith Olbermann, Rep. Cleaver and many other saying NO to this devil sandwich. Al Gore’s words on Olbermann are stirring. He says our system is totally corrupt, the media [...]
Progressive Notes: Citizens at Ohio Townhall Soundoff on Cuts to Big 3.
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. In Youngstown Ohio there was a townhall on cuts to social programs sponsored by labor unions and Senator Sherrod Brown. I see what the attendees said as a sample of what is to come across the country in the general election: “Social Security is not an [...]
Progressive Notes: Labor Goes to War over Gangs’ Cuts
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Labor goes to war over the Gangsters of Six criminal plan. The tone is changing fast. All I know now is labor must come out and announce no union help will come in 2012 to any Democrat who supports these kind of cuts. AFL-CIO’s Trumka damns [...]
Progressive Notes: GOP Freaks… Russ Could Return & Latest Happenings
Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. We have lots of progressive news to catch up on so let us get to it! Progressives are never going to let the Right off the hook for their move to end Medicare. Republican Congressman Charlie Bass, in swing state New Hampshire, is caught up in [...]
PROGRESSIVE NOTES: Labor to Organize National Protests, Ryan’s Problems, Latinos Fed Up with Obama
Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Labor might be getting wiser. They plan to invest in a nationwide protest movement for worker rights and build new relationships with non union households. More: In a major strategic shift, the Service Employees International Union plans to use its giant political operation to try to [...]
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