Teachers Association of Long Beach - Collective Action

Worksite Organizing

The word “Union” simply means the collective actions of a group of individuals. While TALB is your Union, you also have the potential of collective action at your site. The axioms “Strength in numbers” and “Two (or more!) Heads Are Better Than One” attest to the idea that organizing your colleagues is probably more effective in resolving an issue than filing a grievance (or lawsuit!). Here are a few ideas and case studies of how teachers can organize themselves in either proactive fashions (Professional Collaboration Teams) or with survival tactics (when there are abusive principals like Miriam Garcia).

SUCCESS STORIES

Burroughs Elementary - Click here to read

Alvarado Elementary - Click here to read

Adopt A Classroom

LBUSD Teachers are the worst paid among the local 40 districts. Yet each one spends on average almost $1000 of their own money annually to provide supplies and books for their kids. Would you like to adopt-a-classroom and help a teacher help his/her students?

 

Stop Military Recruitment of Children

The president's so-called No Child Left Behind Bill bypasses the rights of parents and allows their under-age children to be recruited by the military without the parent's knowledge or consent. The Leave My Child Alone campaign focuses on one simple issue: should public high schools turn over private contact information of minor children to military recruiters without explicit written permission from parents. Among those who support our campaign are current and retired military service members who are proud of their service to their country and indeed fought to protect the privacy rights and freedoms which we seek to defend. We support our troops, but we do not support recruiters visiting or calling children at their homes without explicit written permission from their parents.

 

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