Mark w/ BAMN Interview Work-To-Rule Action in Oakland; 20 Schools Participate

Teachers at about 20 Oakland public schools are working the minimum number of required hours in a labor action to protest the slow pace of contract negotiations, teacher union president Trish Gorham said Friday

Several hundred Oakland Education Association teachers as well as students and parents rallied outside an Oakland Unified School District Board meeting on Jan. 28. After they went inside, they spoke out against proposals to privatize Fremont, Castlemont and McClymonds high schools, Frick middle school and Brookfield elementary. They also opposed efforts to make it easier for charter schools to recruit public school families.