PINK FRIDAY IS MARCH 13th

Fight Pink Slips, Stand Up For Schools

Join teachers, parents, students and community members and Stand Up For Schools on March 13, the deadline for teacher layoff notices from school districts. Thousands of educators are expected to receive pink slips -- or Reduction in Force (RIF) notices -- this year. In fact, 17,777 pink slips have already been issued!
For more information, please go to http://www.cta.org/

Here is our local activity - please join us:
On March 13 (Fri) we are planning a 4:30 rally of our members converging on the capital. WE would love to have a show of solidary with all of the teachers from districts surrounding the capital to join us. We will ask our teachers to wear their NTA T-shirts or school shirts and we will have stickers and some will wear pink armbands. I know there will be a lot of frustration and anger and this provides an outlet with an organized activity, and it would publicize how teachers are being effected by the budget cuts. Please let us know if this is something you can participate in. Other local districts will be joining us such as Sac City TA and San Juan TA among others. It would be a great show of solidarity for ALL CTA TEACHERS in the area to join together - "an injury to one is an injury to all".