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DESCRIPTION: \nMEDIA ADVISORY\nUnited Teachers of Richmond/CTA                          
                    				   May 2, 2011\n700 Crestview Drive\nPinole, CA  
 94565\nContact:  Diane Brown, UTR President  Office:  (510) 222-5112 Cell:  
 (510) 672-3526					  \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\n United Teachers of 
 Richmond Educators to Protest Tuesday\nTo Highlight Local Impacts of 
 Devastating State Budget Cuts  \nDemonstration to be held 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
 at the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cutting Blvd. in Richmond – 
 Parents, Labor Groups to Join In\n\nRICHMOND -- The United Teachers of 
 Richmond is mobilizing to highlight the destruction that is taking place in 
 our schools and community by doing all-day picketing with parents and other 
 labor groups on Tuesday in advance of the California Teacher 
 Association’s ”State of Emergency” campaign May 9-13.\n\nThe protest 
 is on the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cutting Boulevard in Richmond. 
 It’s part of the statewide campaign to pressure lawmakers to act now to 
 extend current revenues to help close the state budget deficit. That 
 campaign next week is coordinated by a broad coalition of educators, 
 parents, students, labor groups and public workers.  More information is at 
 www.castateofemergency.com.\n\n“In Richmond, we are publicizing the 
 impacts of more than $18 billion in state budget cuts to education funding 
 over the last three years,” said Diane Brown, president of  United 
 Teachers of Richmond, which represents educators in West Contra Costa 
 Unified School District. “California can’t afford an all-cuts budget 
 that could result in an additional $4 billion in education cuts. That would 
 devastate California’s economy and schools.  This is not the California 
 we want for our students, our families or our future.”\n\nDue to state 
 cuts, West Contra Costa Unified has made millions in cuts in recent years, 
 leading to soaring class sizes, and about 80 district educators still face 
 pink slips this spring.\n\nWHAT:     West Contra Costa Unified educators 
 will picket before and after school to draw attention to the local impacts 
 of state budget cuts. Local labor groups and parents will picket during the 
 school day.\n\nWHEN:      6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 3.\n\nWHERE:    
 Corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cutting Boulevard in Richmond.\n###\nThe 
 United Teachers of Richmond is affiliated with the 325,000-member 
 California Teachers Association and the 3.2 million-member National 
 Education Association.\n\n \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/02/18678712.php
SUMMARY:State of Emergency
LOCATION:Corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cutting Blvd., Richmond, CA across from El 
 Cerrito BART station
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/02/18678712.php
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