AFT Pres Weingarten Supports Good Charters, Merit Pay and Attacks UTLA During Visit To SF

AFT Pres Weingarten On The Crisis In Education, Privatization & The Obama Administration -As part of a national tour, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten visited San Francisco on April 20, 2010. There are 1.4 million members in the AFT. http://www.aft.org/fight4america/ She made some brief comments and then was interviewed. Weingarten discussed the affects of charters schools including Green Dots, merit pay, cutting the school year and the policies of President Obama and Education Secretary Arnie Duncan. She also attacked the UTLA for it's opposition to charter schools. Production of Labor Video Project P.O. Box 720027 San Francisco, CA 94172 laborvideo.blip.tv www.laborvideo.org (415)282-1908 Further Videos On Education From The Labor Video Project LA Students & UTLA Teachers Speak Out On Privatization-No More Give Aways, Save Our Schools! http://blip.tv/file/3213579 Public Education, Privatization and Labor UCB East Bay Forum - Part1 With Gerson,Wright & Brown http://blip.tv/file/3104983 UTR, UTLA, OEA Teachers Speak Out On Privatization Of Public Education http://blip.tv/file/3089609 Public Education, Privatization and Labor - Part 2 With Brechin and Missé http://blip.tv/file/3108721 Public Education, Privatization and Labor UCB East Bay Forum - Part1 With Gerson,Wright & Brown http://blip.tv/file/3104983 Video SF State Students Occupy Business Building To Protest Fee Increases & Defend Public Education http://blip.tv/file/2954787 Richmond UTR-CTA Teachers Protest CTA Push For Privatization http://blip.tv/file/2933715 Richmond UTR-CTA Teachers Speak On Contract Fight, Privatization & Rigged Union Vote http://blip.tv/file/2878250 Richmond UTR-CTA Teachers Picket Scab Training In Berkeley http://blip.tv/file/2678555 UC Berkeley One Day Mass Walkout, Strike & Rallies To Defend Education-Workers And Students Speak Out http://blip.tv/file/2654485 "Solidarity, What Is A Public University" A Poem For The UCB Sep 24,2009 Strike/Walkout http://blip.tv/file/2643965 YouTube - Shut It Down! UC Berkeley Walkout & Mass Rally by Staff, Students & Faculty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4h7fOPO5Cg&feature=channel_page The Lessons Of The UCB Sep 24, 2009 Mass Strike/Walk-out: UCB SWAT Member Blanca Misse http://blip.tv/file/2657153 Blanca Misse UCB UAW-AGSE2865& SWAT Member Speaks At UCB Strike/Walk-Out 9/24/2009 and "Solidarity What Is A Public University" http://blip.tv/file/2645883 UC Berkeley One Day Mass Walkout, Strike & Rallies To Defend Education-Workers and Students Speak Out http://blip.tv/file/2654485 OEA Leader Jack Gerson Supports Strike Action By All CTA Teachers In California http://blip.tv/file/2652793 SFCC/SFSU Speakout Against Buget Cuts At SFCC Mission Campus 9/23/2009 http://blip.tv/file/2639414 Video SFSU Students & Faculty Protest Budget Cuts http://blip.tv/file/2548024