Seattle Teachers to Vote On Possible May Day Strike
If you decide to strike, well have your back!
Thus ends an op-ed, published today in the South Seattle Emerald, by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and Mike OBrien in support of bold action by Seattle teachers and other unionized workers on May 1st, aka International Workers Day, aka May Day. The Seattle Educators Association (SEA) is voting this week on whether to strike on May 1.
Such a strike would add a new element to May Day in Seattle, which in recent years has consisted of gigantic, permitted marches by immigrant and labor groups during the day and smashier anti-capitalist marches in the evening.
We applaud the incredible courage Seattle educators are showing in considering strike action on behalf of their students, their schools, and all those in our community under attack from the Trump administrations, wrote Sawant and OBrien. Your bold actions are an inspiration for working people everywhere.
Read more: http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/seattle-teachers-to-vote-on-whether-to-strike-may-1/