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Learning from Education Workers Organising, Revolting and Winning. With ERIC BLANC (‘Red State Revolt’ author) and BECCA BOR (former Chicago Teachers’ Union activist). Presented by PBP Trade Union Dept.
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People Before Profit Trade Union Department hosts socialist labour activist, author and teacher Eric Blanc and Derry-based US labour activist Becca Bor 8pm Tue 2/2/21
Blanc’s Red State Revolt (Verso, 2019) gives a first hand accounts and lucid analysis of the education strikes in states where strikes ‘couldn’t’ happen in 2018. Red State Revolt encourages workers to take the winning radical lessons of ‘leaning on the leverage of workplace militancy, raising demands on behalf of the whole working class and tapping into workers deep social networks’.
Workers in Ireland, especially People Before Profit members were encouraged by Irish teacher this year. Our teachers’ self-organisation and coordinated action to protect communities here during the pandemic. We are seeing thousands of teachers and education workers forcing government into roll backs and retreats with overwhelming solidarity and organisation.
Becca Bor will discuss the Chicago Teachers’ Union actions in 2012 and now, with links to the struggles happening here and now across Irish education during Covid.
Join us for a discussion on how we can organise to win and take back control of our unions Tuesday 2 February 2021 at 8pm.
This event is part of a series of discussions being organised by PBP on building democratic and fighting unions.
