Seattle Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators

Seattle Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators are committed to building a transparent, democratic, strike-ready union through member-to-member organizing, training, and support to get the antiracist and fully-funded schools we all deserve. Learn more at linktr.ee/seattlecore.

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🟢 In the Seattle Times!⁠ ⁠ “‘Every child deserves a chance to unlock their true potential,’ one person wrote. ‘Fund the Southend,’ another wrote. ‘I want to learn with my friends,’ another wrote.”⁠ ⁠seattletimes.com/education-lab/…

We honor Martin Luther King Jr. by reflecting on his many words of kindness, empathy, and inspiration. #MLKDay

While tabling, we shared information about how educators, families, and community members can support a wealth tax to fund education. We marched from Garfield High School to Jimi Hendrix Park with the labor contingent.

Mark your 2025 calendars! As you prepare for the next six months of the school year, here are predictable events that will be happening. However, there will be plenty other events as we fight for better working conditions for ourselves and learning conditions for our students.

Interested in being an SEA delegate at the WEA Representative Assembly and the NEA Representative Assembly? As a delegate, you will to represent the union and organize with educators from across the state and nation. Check your personal email for a message from SEA for more info.

Dear #teachers, before you close out your school terms, please take a look at our upcoming professional development to prepare for @BLMAtSchool Week of Action and Year of Purpose! Check out the details for more info. Share widely. dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/black-lives-ma…

Read "Education Finance 103" in @SoSeaEmerald to better understand the fight to fully fund our schools: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2024/12…

Here is what is happening in December!

We must continue to build coalition as educators, organizers, parents, and students. Join us to plan our next steps to strategize and take action this legislative session to fully fund our public schools! RSVP: bit.ly/Dec8CoalitionB… See you on Sunday, December 8th at 11am!

How does using short term leave work? Know your contract!

Know Your Rights: Short Term Leave The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) identifies how much short term leave each employee receives and the process for using it. Check out all of our Know Your Rights pamphlets at: linktr.ee/seattlecore

VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE!!! ✊🏾🎉 The Seattle School District announced they would close 20 schools—nearly a quarter of the schools. A community uprising reduced it to 4 schools… and now they scraped the whole plan! We saved our schools! #WhenWeFightWeWin seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s…

Tomorrow (Tuesday, November 26) at 5pm, there is a special school board meeting for the board to approve Superintendent Jones' withdrawal of the school closure plan.

Read "Stop Performative Politics, Recenter Youth of Color and Invest in Ethnic Studies" in @SoSeaEmerald. southseattleemerald.org/voices/2024/11… @NAACPyouthwa @WAEthnicStudies

Suppprt @SeaStudentUnion⁩ demanding mental health funding - tell the Democrats it’s past time they listened to students! realchangenews.org/news/2024/11/2…

These demands are felt nationwide! Solidarity!

It is exciting to see our collection of Know Your Rights pamphlets growing! We set up a table outside the November SEA Representative Assembly with our four Know Your Rights pamphlets, buttons, and Big 5 flyers. The latest pamphlet is about short term leave.