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"Give Us Our Money" SF UESF Teachers Demand Pay & Occupy SFSUD Offices To Get Back Pay

by Labor Video Project
Dozens of teachers, members of UESF and supporters rallied at the SFUSD district to demand their back pay. They also had a sleep until they get what is owed them.
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Dozens of SFUSD teachers and supporters rallied on 3/14/22 and demanded that they be paid for their work. Hundreds have had paycheck problems which has caused stress and financial danger. Speakers also reported that when the board told Vincent Matthews to cut the budget from the administration he instead cutback the staff in payroll to cause the budget payment crisis.

Harrington and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond using the Fiscal Crisis Management & Assistance Team FCMAT is also forcing a layoff of 150 teachers and staff in the middle of a pandemic and with a state budget surplus of $45.7 billion. The Democrats including State Assembly budget chair Phil Ting in San Francisco refuse to appropriate more money to stop the layoffs.

Additional media:
No Cuts In the Classes! Trusteeship Threatened As SF UESF Teachers & Students Protest At SFUSD HQ
https://youtu.be/p-zk1okKQXw

San Francisco School Board made harmful budget choices for students
https://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/san-francisco-school-board-made-harmful-budget-choices-for-students/?fbclid=IwAR34cgzXCA5G77L_r8BxYd5XqoaM4XMbi9Wank11eZmXWsedH0fs-ypgPQc

‘A cruel austerity agenda is the antithesis of what our students and schools need’
https://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/do-not-divest-from-direct-student-services-to-balance-s-f-school-budget/

They Don't Care About Our Safety! UESF Teachers/Students/Staff Protest Lack of Testing & Protection
https://youtu.be/sBSguJmsguI

My Working Conditions Are My Student's Living Conditions" SF UESF Teachers Caravan & Rally Protest
https://youtu.be/t6sgpNGHfpM

Demos, Billionaires & War On Teachers & Public Education From SFUSD To OUSD With Jack Gerson
https://youtu.be/u52tZhMIt7M

Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.labormedia.net
§Teachers Deserve Respect
by Labor Video Project
UESF teacher picketed and had a sleep-in at the SFSUSD headquarters to demand back pay.
§UESF President Cassondra Curiel Delivers Documents For Back Pay
by Labor Video Project
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Cassondra Curiel delivered documents that show the District administration has not paid teachers and other staff violating state law including wage theft.
§Past Due Sign At Press Conference
by Labor Video Project
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Teachers and staff protested the administration responsibility for not paying their wages for months at the same time they are laying off staff.
§Fighting For The Schools Our Students Deserve
by Labor Video Project
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Teachers are angry about he FCMAT state ordered layoffs in the middle of a pandemic. The State Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond who the unions supported is backing FCMAT to force layoffs and school closures for developers and speculators who want the land. The Democrats who run San Francisco and California have a $45.7 billion dollar surplus but refuse to pass immediate funding against any layoffs.
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