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How We Got Here

How We Got Here. OEA presents. OEA’s Long Fight for Quality Public Education and a Fair Contract. Produced by Craig Gordon with additional photos by Mike Myslinksi, David Turner, Steve Neat, Memo Durgin. In 1995-96, Oakland teachers struck for fair compensation and lower class size….

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How We Got Here

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  1. How We Got Here OEA presents OEA’s Long Fight for Quality Public Education and a Fair Contract Produced by Craig Gordon with additional photos by Mike Myslinksi, David Turner, Steve Neat, Memo Durgin

  2. In 1995-96, Oakland teachers struck for fair compensation and lower class size…

  3. Though the strike did not win a binding commitment by the district to reduce class size locally…

  4. …it helped pave the way only months later to funding for class size reduction statewide.

  5. In 2003 OEA continued leading the way, beginning a campaign to make corporations pay for public education and other services.

  6. Labor Day 2004

  7. Oakland Chamber of Commerce 11/4/04

  8. Oakland Tech 12/5/04

  9. Sit-in in State Administrator’s Office3/1/05 “Woody” Carter, OUSD Chief of Staff

  10. Students support sit-in

  11. Town Hall Meeting 3/8/05

  12. Protest and Sit Down at State Building3/15/05

  13. Making ourselves comfortable…

  14. …and others less so.

  15. Allendale Elementary School Boycott4/8/05

  16. Teachers Reject Tentative Agreement4/27/05

  17. Work-to-Rule andInformational Picketing around the District Fremont High 5/11/05

  18. High School Students Walk Out 5/17/05

  19. All District Unions Meeting 6/8/05

  20. Leafleting Downtown through Summer 2005July 27 at Shorenstein Properties

  21. Labor Day 2005 at Health Net

  22. Jonathan Kozol Urges Oakland Teachers to “Fight on!” 9/24/05

  23. Job Action Defending Elementary Arts 10/26/05

  24. Protesting Biased Tribune Coverage(also 10/26/05)

  25. Protest at School Board 12/14/05

  26. AFSCME president reaffirms commitment to support OEA’s picket lines, if necessary

  27. Supermarket Saturdays Begin January 2006 from Rockridge…

  28. …to Eastmont Mall.

  29. The Facts Are In!

  30. Teachers Protest Scab Recruitment1/23/06

  31. Members Send Off Bargaining Team to Renewed Negotiations 1/28/06

  32. City Council Urges Bargaining Based on Fact Finding Report 2/7/06

  33. Back to the School Board2/8/06

  34. Cluster Leafleting All Over Town2/16/06Fruitvale and International Blvd.

  35. SEIU Joins OEA in Rejecting Health Caps2/13/06

  36. OEA Makes Its Case, Wins Support at Public Forum3/6/06

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