Colleges and universities are not only places to explore and test ideas; they're also workplaces with increasingly corporate structures. Faculty and staff members are fighting to defend vibrant, diverse education and demand better employment opportunities. Hear how unions are organizing militant contract campaigns, defending workers' rights from attack, and devising strategy to set standards across multiple states.
Educators everywhere are facing the pain of savage austerity, government coercion, and attempts to repress union militancy. But bottom-up resistance and resilience are also everywhere. From a massive strike this March by teachers across Catalonia, Spain, to "little fires everywhere" in the UK, to resistance against Trump-like demagoguery in Alberta, Canada, the stories will teach and inspire.
What can teachers and Amazon workers learn from one another? Hear how workers are building power and striking in two very different kinds of workplaces (and three countries). Between an anti-union mega-corporation and an embattled public sector, and across national borders, it's illuminating to see what our struggles have in common.
