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EDUCATORS. PROGRESSIVE. FOR ACTION. Campaigning for Quality Public Education through Union and Community Engagement. PEAC. PEAC is a caucus of UTLA members seeking to transform UTLA into a fighting social justice union that:

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  1. EDUCATORS PROGRESSIVE FOR ACTION Campaigning for Quality Public Education through Union and Community Engagement

  2. PEAC PEACis a caucus of UTLA members seeking to transform UTLA into a fighting social justice union that: • builds lasting relationships with teachers, parents & community • participates in the creation of democratic reform to advance the education of our students • trains members to be organizers and active leaders inside and outside of our schools and union

  3. HURDLES • Privatization • De-funding • Union-busting

  4. PRIVATIZATION • “Public School Choice” disrespecting the teacher & parent votes • Charter giveaways to schools that discriminate • The Mayor, PUBLICLY DEMANDING, that CMOs be given more schools in PSC Round II • Charters run by undemocratic corporate boards • Generally NOT unionized; high teacher turnover

  5. DE-FUNDING “California has a spending problem.” Actually, California has a revenue problem.

  6. Overspend vs. underfund? • 47th in the nation in K-12 per student spending, and sinking • 45th in the nation in community college per student spending • 48th in the nation in government employees per resident These numbers are pre-2009. We are most likely LAST in each of these categories now, after the latest rounds of cuts.

  7. Lower tax rates for wealthy and corporations in California • 16 years ago: those who made at least $250,000/year paid 10%, and those who made $500,000/year paid 11% • Today: both pay 9.3% • The difference: 2.5 to 6 billion dollars less per year for education and other services

  8. Robbing from the poor to …fund the Prison Industrial Complex • If we cut back prison spending to its share of the budget in 2000, we would save vast sums of money • How much would we save? At least 4 billion dollars* • HOW MUCH GOOD COULD THAT MONEY DO if spent on education and social services? *Source: California Budget Project

  9. U.S. Wealth Distribution, 2007 Richest 1% of population owns more than a third of the country’s wealth; worst wealth distribution since before the Great Depression Again, these statistics are based on three-year old numbers. The gap has most certainly widened since then.

  10. UNION-BUSTING • “Teacher effectiveness” tied to test scores alone—leading to teaching to the test, mandated curriculums & assessments (that testing companies love) • Anti-teacher PR (sometimes masquerading as L.A. Times News articles) ignores reality of grossly unequal, underfunded, segregated city schools • LAUSD is not proposing any genuine system of teacher support and development to make teachers better • Attacks on health care, pay and seniority de-professionalize teachers • Unions are necessary to fight for fair funding, challenging curriculum and lower class sizes

  11. Think/Pair/Share! (3 min) • How have some of these issues affected your school site? Your staff? Your students?

  12. What does UTLA need to do? • Develop a long-term strategy to take on education crisis at local, state and federal levels • Build member power—activate teachers in areas and school sites • Build strong ties with parents and the community

  13. What Has PEAC helped PUSH inside UTLA? • Strategic planning committee • Charter school committee • Actions in the areas • Etc. • HOW HAS PEAC DONE THIS? – by organizing inside and outside UTLA through building campaigns. Last year, we decided that it was critical to push for strategic planning so UTLA wasn’t always putting out fires and we were able to move on some of that. This year, we have an even better plan…. (see next slide for details!)

  14. The PEAC Campaign

  15. Budget Justice: Prop 24

  16. $100K + to oppose Prop 24

  17. Budget Justice: Prop 25

  18. Precinct Walking for Props 24 &25: Building a Movement The plan is to work in targeted, strategic precincts over the course of six months—through the November elections, January PSC votes, all the way through to the March School Board elections

  19. Our Schools are NOT for Sale! NO to Privatization!

  20. Social Justice Unionism

  21. Q & A (10 min) • What do you need to know to get more active in PEAC campaigns?

  22. Why be a part of PEAC?

  23. Get Involved Today! • Come to the next PEAC meeting, Sept 16 • Distribute A Second Opinion to teachers at your school • Sign up to do precinct walking for the State Budget Justice Campaign • Sign up your co-workers to join the precinct walk; bring them to a PEAC meeting! • Help organize a community forum at your school

  24. EDUCATORS PROGRESSIVE FOR ACTION www.progressiveeducators.org

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