Seattle Schools Education Union to Vote on a Strike By Monica Velez The Seattle Education Association’s board of directors is recommending that its members authorize a strike, a vote that could happen this week. A strike authorization does not mean a strike will happen, but it gives the union’s leaders the power to call one if the union and the…
BY SASCHA COHEN On Aug. 26, 1970, a full 50 years after the passage of the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote, 50,000 feminists paraded down New York City’s Fifth Avenue with linked arms, blocking the major thoroughfare during rush hour. Now, 45 years later, the legacy of that day continues to evolve. Officially sponsored by the National Organization for…
