Film Screening and Discussion: Schoolidarity

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Through the eyes of public school teachers fighting for the benefit of all their students, Schoolidarity tells the interwoven story of the two most significant workers’ rights struggles of our time: the 2011 weeks-long occupation of the Wisconsin state capitol building by public employees, and the long struggle by parents and teachers in Chicago to win equality in their public schools and democracy in their union, which culminated in the 2012 teachers strike.

The film celebrates the activism of teachers, union organizers, students, and parents who refuse to let their kids receive a bad education. It joins the national debate over public unions and school reform.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Teachers Work/Teacher Unions