Author: Rhiannon Maton
Lessons from the Rutgers Strike
Six months later, Rhiannon Maton draws lessons from the Rutgers strike.
“We Won!”: University Professors Strike in Québec City
This February, thirteen-hundred faculty members walked off the job at Québec City’s Université Laval for nearly five weeks, winning a number of concessions from the university including pay raises and improvements to faculty workloads. Rhiannon Maton interviews Nat Nesvaderani about life on the picket line and the lessons learned for future struggles.
“We Are the Guardians of Public Education”
Rhiannon Maton talks to two founding members of Raising Educators’ Voices (REV), a radical teachers’ union caucus in Vancouver.
“We Fought and We Won”: Teacher Organizing in Philadelphia
Rhiannon Maton interviews a member of the Caucus of Working Educators in Philly about how the caucus has fought for safe schools and a safe workplace during the pandemic.
“Front Row Seat to All That’s Wrong”: School Nurse Organizing in Chicago
A rank-and-file member of the CTU speaks about his experience working as a school nurse in Chicago, covering working conditions, the pandemic, and above all, how the CTU is fighting back.
Building Union and Community Power During COVID-19
Rhiannon Maton interviews Jennifer Johnson, asking how the Chicago Teachers Union led the fight to put the health and safety of the entire community first against the backdrop of COVID-19.