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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Today in Labor History—April 25

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April 25, 1886 – The New York Times called the eight-hour workday movement "un-American" calling the public demonstration...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Today in Labor History: April 24

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April 24, 1920--A General Strike in Piedmont, which started on April 15, was put down on this date by the Italian authorities. ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

We Don’t Need New Standards

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The standard assumption about standards, regardless of politics, is that standards are a necessary and pedagogically important part of...

Today in Labor History: April 23

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April 23, 1918-- A General Strike ended conscription of Irish men into the British army during WWI. (From the Daily Bleed )  ...
Monday, April 22, 2013

L.A .Teachers Vote No Confidence in Deasy and Their Own Union

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The Los Angeles times reported that LAUSD teachers “overwhelmingly expressed ‘no confidence’ in superintendent John Deasy last Wednes...

Today in Labor History: April 22

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day in Labor History: April 22 April 22, 1526 –The first known slave revolt in American occurred, just eight years afte...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Today in Labor History: April 21

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Friedrich Froebel, 1897 April 21, 1782 —Friedrich Froebel was born. Froebel was a German pedagogue who coined the term...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Today in Labor History: April 20

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April 20, 1812 — Luddite s attacked factories in Middleton, Manchester, Bolton, Ashton,  Oldham and Cheshire England in protest of new...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Today in Labor History: April 19

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April 19, 1943 – The 50,000 Jews remaining in Warsaw began a desperate and heroic attempt to resist Nazi deportation to exterminatio...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Fixing LAUSD’s Rubber Room With Hot Knives

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Teachers Locked Down in LAUSD's Notorious "Rubber Room" Los Angeles Superintendent John Deasy’s take all prisoners a...