Film length: 13:44 As teachers in more and more republican states in the USA take unofficial strike action to defend education, West Virginia teachers explain how they started the movement, and how they organised strikes for the first time in 25 years on a rank and file basis, involving members across unions and non-union members. Packed meeting at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago on April 6.
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