The World Socialist Web Site has received numerous statements from educators involved in independent rank-and-file committees across the world supporting the three-day strike by Los Angeles school workers this week.
Having launched a three-day strike, LA educators now confront the need to mobilize ourselves independently in order to expand our struggle and appeal for the widest possible unity and support from workers throughout the city and the world.
More than 80 participants attended the meeting including educators from the primary, secondary and tertiary sector, as well as parents and other workers from across Australia and internationally.
Nearly 5,000 teachers and school staff in the state capital of California began an open-ended strike Wednesday demanding better staffing and more COVID safety precautions.
Redondo Union High School senior Michael Lee-Chang spoke with the WSWS on the students’ courageous actions and the deepening spread of COVID-19 within schools.