Demand Safe Schools: National Day of Resistance Aug. 3
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), St. Paul Federation of Teachers, MORE UFT caucus of the United Federation of Teachers (New York City) and more are calling on people to come out Monday, August 3, to demand:
No reopening until the scientific data supports it
Police-free schools
All schools must be supported to function as community schools with adequate numbers of counselors and nurses and community/parent outreach workers
Safe conditions including lower class sizes, PPE, cleaning, testing, and other key protocols Equitable access to online learning
Support for our communities and families, including moratorium on evictions/foreclosures, providing direct cash assistance to those not able to work or who are unemployed, and other critical social needs
Moratorium on new charter or voucher programs and standardized testing
Adequate and equitable funding, through federal stimulus
Massive infusion of federal money to support the reopening funded by taxing billionaires and Wall Street
Equitable access to online learning
https://www.demandsafeschools.org/
