Tag: Education

My Letter to SPS in Solidarity with Bargaining SEA Members – Demanding SPS Negotiate with the Union

March 8th, 2021

March 8, 2021To: Board of Directors of Seattle Public SchoolsCC: Superintendent Denise Juneau Seattle City Council Seattle Education Association Dear School Board, As a rank and file member of American Federation of Teachers 1789, a socialist and a City Councilmember, I am writing in solidarity with the Seattle Education Association (SEA), and to express my […]

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Solidarity With UCSC Grad Students!

February 20th, 2020

February 20, 2020 Dear University of California Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers of UAW 2865, As a socialist elected representative of Seattle’s working people and a rank and file member of AFT 1789, the union representing Seattle community college educators, I send you my full solidarity in your courageous struggle. My organization, Socialist Alternative, also stands […]

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Solidarity with the Seattle University Adjunct Walkout!

February 23rd, 2015

Last Monday, I sent out the following letter in solidarity with Seattle University’s Adjunct Professors who are walking out to demand better working conditions and defend their right to organize. Join the walkout this Wednesday!    February 16th, 2015 Dear Seattle University Adjunct Professors, As a member of both the Seattle City Council and the […]

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Tax Corporations and Super-Wealthy People to Fund Washington Schools

September 5th, 2014

On Wednesday, the Washington State Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the Court should find state legislators in contempt for its criminal underfunding of Washington schools. Activists traveled to Olympia to deliver a letter (included below), calling on the Supreme Court, Governor Inslee, and the Legislature to fully fund our public schools by taxing corporations […]

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