Vote to defend teachers unions in the state of Washington. Defend the teachers unions!
The Obama administration has been leading the charge in a bipartisan nationwide assault on public education and teachers unions, attacking “failing” schools in black and immigrant communities and threatening teachers with layoffs (see: “Obama’s War on Public Education,” WV No. 967, 22 October 2010). Meanwhile, some of the country’s biggest billionaires and Democratic Party hacks are waging a rabid media campaign to blame teachers and their unions for the disastrous conditions of the public schools, while deceptively showcasing a select few carefully manicured charter schools as the future of education. Charter schools are an attack on the basic democratic right to public education. They further increase segregation in the schools, and for the majority of black and minority youth, offer nothing but a holding pen, while lining the pockets of the owners with public funds.
