{"id":22791,"date":"2019-03-03T01:34:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T09:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=22791"},"modified":"2019-03-03T01:34:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T09:34:59","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-oakland-fights-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-oakland-fights-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Oakland Fights Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Oakland Rank and File Strike Committee’s FB page, now organizing to stop the OEA Sellout.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kentucky teachers stage ‘sick out’ to protest legislature<\/h1>\n

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Multiple school districts were forced to close in light of teachers’ state-wide protest against legislature, in a bid to protect their pensions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

FRANKFORT, Ky. \u2014 At least six Kentucky school districts were forced to close Thursday \u2014 including the two largest systems in the state \u2014 as a wave of teachers called in sick to protest what one leader called “half-truths” and “shadiness” at the state legislature.<\/p>\n

The “sick out” was organized by the group KY 120 United, a reference to the state’s 120 counties, which encouraged teachers in a Facebook post Wednesday night to call in sick.<\/p>\n

Within hours, the state’s two largest school districts in Jefferson and Fayette counties announced they would close because they did not have enough teachers to cover classes. Districts in Marion, Carter, Letcher and Boyd counties were also closed Thursday. In Fayette County, officials said at least 40 percent of teachers called in sick.<\/p>\n

The protest comes on the same day lawmakers in the Republican-controlled state legislature were scheduled to discuss House Bill 525, a proposal that would change how people are nominated to the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System’s board of trustees. But Nema Brewer, one of the group’s leaders, said the protest is not targeting one specific bill.<\/p>\n

“This is (about) a series of kicks in the teeth. And the dog is now ready to fight back,” said Brewer, who is not a teacher but works for Fayette County Public Schools.\u00a0 www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/kentucky-teachers-stage-sick-out-protest-legislature-n977716?fbclid=IwAR2GhVG2MbYHMQqg1e248tTsvQya7N7R_bEx-AiDHLN9rroiUNqrB5llMmE<\/a><\/p>\n

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‘We won’t be trampled on’: striking Mexican workers vow to fight the fight<\/h1>\n

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Strikes close or slow production at dozens of assembly plants and factories as workers demand better salaries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Despite the winter chill in the air, the mood on the picket line outside the Matamoros Coca-Cola bottling plant was optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not fighting for ourselves, but for a better quality of life for our kids and their children. They won\u2019t be screwed over or trampled upon by these kinds of people any more,\u201d said Juan Luis Gayt\u00e1n, 37, a mechanic at the plant, which is operated by Arca Continental, the world\u2019s second-biggest Coca-Cola bottler.<\/p>\n

Workers dressed in khaki uniforms brandished colourful homemade signs reading \u201cWe continue the struggle\u201d and \u201c20-32\u201d \u2013 a reference to the strikers\u2019 <\/a> of a 20% pay hike and a one-off 32,000-peso bonus.<\/p>\n