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DESCRIPTION:July 9 Conference Call\nThe Fight Against the Destruction of Public 
 Education and Public Services\nSchool Closures, Class Cuts, Privatization, 
 Charters, and Union Busting ILWU Local 6 Hall, 99 Hegenberger Rd., Oakland, 
 10 a.m. -5 p.m.\nOur public schools and community colleges are undergoing 
 many-sided attacks. School sites are being shut down and turned over to 
 “charter schools.” Devastating class cuts in the community colleges 
 have accelerated during the pandemic. The longstanding underfunding of 
 public education in California despite a massive budget surplus is 
 outrageous.\nPrivatization is affecting public services and public workers 
 as their jobs and the services they provide continue to be turned over to 
 private contractors and non- profit organizations. The plan to turn over 
 the Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland to A’s billionaire John Fisher 
 to build a sports stadium and expensive condos would devastate longshore 
 workers and the port, and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.\nThe time 
 has come for students, parents, educators, and school staff—all of us and 
 all workers—to stand up and fight back! Schools and Labor Against 
 Privatization (SLAP) will be holding an educational conference on July 9 
 from 10 to 5. This will be a hybrid conference, vaccination and masking is 
 required to attend in person, vaccination status checked at the door. To 
 participate on zoom, email labormedia1@gmail.com to register. Social media 
 information coming later.\nWe seek to bring together educators, students, 
 community members and trade unionists to share and discuss the growing 
 attacks on our public schools, the privatization of public services, why 
 this is happening and what to do about it.\nConference Panels\nMorning 
 session: 1. What is happening in Bay Area school districts?\n2. Impact of 
 the cuts on students.\n3. Privatization of public services; the role of 
 non-profits; Howard Terminal plans. Afternoon session: 4. The Big Picture. 
 Why is public education being downsized despite a $97 billion state 
 surplus? The role of FCMAT. Charter schools. The efforts to weaken unions 
 and the role of union leadership. What are the alternatives?\n5. Plenary: 
 What is to be done? Proposals to be put forward and discussed.\nFor more 
 information,\nSLAP website at www.slapbayarea.org\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/27/18850734.php
SUMMARY:SLAP Oakland Ed Conf: Fight Against the Destruction of Public Education & Public Services
LOCATION:ILWU Local 6\n99 Hengenberger\nOakland, Ca
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/27/18850734.php
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